Romeo and Juliet The Prologue Lesson Objective To

Romeo and Juliet The Prologue Lesson Objective: To be able to summarise the story of Romeo and Juliet in modern English. Key Word: Tragedy – a type of play that has an unhappy ending which deals with fate and destiny.

Shakespeare Love Romeo and Juliet

We don’t use page numbers! ACT 1 SCENE 1 1. 5. 10. Two households, both alike in dignity, Sonnet: Sonnet A poem with 14 In fair Verona (where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, lines, 10 syllables per line Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean, and rhyming couplets. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which but their childrens’ end nought could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Act 1 Scene 1 line 7 We use the Act and Scene and line numbers!

Answer the questions in full sentences: 1. Where is the play set? ACT 1 SCENE 1 1. 5. 10. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona (where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean, From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which but their childrens’ end nought could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. How long is the play? 2. How do the two families feel towards each other at the start of the play? 3. What happens to the two children? 4. How do the two families feel towards each other at the end of the play?

In your own words summarise the prologue The prologue tells us that the two families are ……. It also tell us that the children of the families will ………. and that at the end of the play the two families will be ……. . Which 3 words, in your opinion, are the most important words from the PROLOGUE