Romeo Juliet Introduction and Characters Essential Questions For

Romeo & Juliet Introduction and Characters

Essential Questions For This Unit • Why does this play continue to be so popular? • How do directors make creative decisions to make this 400+ year-old play relevant to a modern audience? • In what ways do our modern-day texts draw from the archetypes presented in Romeo and Juliet?

Timeline and Expectations May 4 TKAM Essay Work Period 5 TKAM Essay Work Period 6 TKAM Essay Work Period 7 8 SANE – Tyson TKAM Essay & Katie Work Period SANE – Mya & Ashley 11 12 13 14 15 Intro. /Prologue Act 1, sc. 2 & 3 Act 2, Prologue Act 2, sc. 2 & 3 SANE – Olivia Insults and sc. 1 & Tre Act 1, sc. 1 ESSAY DUE TKAM Essay Edit 18 19 20 21 22 Act 2, sc. 4 -6 Act 3, sc. 1, 2, Act 3, sc. 4 & 5 Act 4, sc. 1 -3 SANE – 3 Cameron & Haben 25 26 27 28 29 Act 4, sc. 1 -3 Act 4, sc. 4 -5 Act 5 ISU Work SANE – Period Hannah & Shawna June 1 2 3 4 5

Timeline and Expectations • • Quizzes Extension of Vocabulary Act Questions Act Summary Sheets Insult Game Tableau Dramatizations • Be prepared to read aloud in class!

Romeo & Juliet Facts • Setting: Verona, Italy • Total death count: 6 • The play is inspired by Arthur Brooke’s poem “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet”, written in 1562. This was very common. • First published in the mid 1590’s • Due to Elizabethan law, Juliet (and all other female roles) would have been played by young men in the original production at the Globe Theatre. • Romeo and Juliet is argued to be Shakespeare’s first play about romantic love. • Romeo and Juliet, alongside Hamlet, is probably Shakespeare’s most performed play and has also been adapted in many forms. http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/The_Tragical_History _of_Romeus_and_Juliet#mediaviewer/File: Arthu r_Brooke_Tragicall_His. jpg

Romeo Montague The son of Lord and Lady Montague 16 years old (approximately) http: //images 2. fanpop. com/image s/photos/5100000/Romeo-Julietromeo-and-juliet-5125789 -992424. jpg

Romeo on Film • http: //images 5. fanpop. com/image/photos/26600000/Romeo. Montague-1968 -romeo-montague-1968 -26657081 -720 -540. jpg Leonard Whiting as Romeo in Franco Zefferelli’s 1968 production

Romeo on Film • http: //2. bp. blogspot. com/WV 2 txh. WOSgs/T 9 P 7 Wvu. Czo. I/AAAADls/pm. WQp 7 mzm_8/s 1600/L eonardo+Di. Caprio+as+Romeo+Montague+in+Baz+Luhrmann's+Romeo+ ++Juliet+6. png Leonardo Di. Caprio as Romeo in Baz Luhrmann’s modern 1996 production

Romeo on Film • http: //athenacinema. com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/10/Romeo-and-Juliet-2013. jpg Douglas Booth as Romeo in Carlo Carlei’s 2013 production

The Montagues http: //www. montaguemillennium. com/images/Heraldr y/montague-b-f-72. jpg • Lord and Lady Montague • Romeo’s parents http: //3. bp. blogspot. com/-p. Bz. F--pes. E/Te. LN 4 B 0 f. I 6 I/AAAAAo/Dvou 2 S 5 pkw M/s 1600/mdm. jpg

The Montague Men • Benvolio • Montague’s nephew • Romeo’s cousin and friend • Abram and Balthasar • Loyal servants to the house of Montague http: //img. wikinut. com/img/mriflj 7 g 2 ca 4 e 2 xv/jpeg/72 4 x 5000/The-Montague-family-with-Mercutio-in-the 1996 -film. jpeg

Mercutio Romeo’s closest friend A kinsman to the Prince https: //acahtss. files. wordpress. co m/2014/09/1996_romeojuliet_har old_perrineau. jpg

http: //images 5. fanpop. com/image/photos/28100000/Mercutio. R-J-1968 -Film-1968 -romeo-and-juliet-by-franco-zeffirelli 28120943 -640 -480. jpg Mercutio is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters due to his wordplay, wit, and use of sexual double entendres. http: //2. bp. blogspot. com/qx 1 pzd. EDZi. I/U 9685 Md. LOw. I/AAAACAs/AMhp. Twc p. WCg/s 1600/mercutio. png

Juliet Capulet The daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet 13 years old (Two weeks shy of her 14 th birthday) http: //mmjordahl. files. wordpress. co m/2012/04/juliet. jpg

Juliet on Film • http: //images 4. fanpop. com/image/photos/22900000/Juliet-Capulet. Montague-1968 -romeo-and-juliet-by-franco-zeffirelli-22928431 -318424. jpg Olivia Hussey as Juliet in Franco Zefferelli’s 1968 production

Juliet on Film • http: //www. monologuedb. com/wpcontent/uploads/2011/02/claire-danes-as-juliet. jpg Claire Danes as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s modern 1996 production

Juliet on Film • http: //images 6. fanpop. com/image/photos/35800000/Romeoand-Juliet-2013 -romeo-and-juliet-2013 -35804000 -20003000. jpg Hailee Steinfeld as Juliet in Carlo Carlei’s 2013 production

The Capulets • Lord and Lady Capulet • http: //fc 00. deviantart. net/fs 70/i/2012/316/7/d/mb__cre st_of_capulet_by_burningartist-d 32 lg 9 e. png Juliet’s parents http: //havlicek. weebly. com/uploads/6/8/5/2/685209 /5331572. jpg

The Capulet Clan • Tybalt • Lady Capulet’s nephew • Juliet’s cousin • Sampson and Gregory • • Loyal servants to the house of Capulet Peter • A Capulet servant http: //images 2. fanpop. com/images/photos/5100000/ Romeo-Juliet-romeo-and-juliet-5124987 -992 -424. jpg

Confidants Friar Lawrence Catholic Friar Friend to both Romeo and Juliet http: //images. contactmusic. com/images/feature-images/romeo-and-juliet-paul-giamatti -600. jpg Nurse Juliet’s personal nurse Raised her since birth http: //images 5. fanpop. com/image/photos/28100000/Nurse-R-J-1968 -Film -1968 -romeo-and-juliet-by-franco-zeffirelli-28125790 -640 -480. jpg

Nobility Prince Escalus The Prince of Verona. Kinsman to Mercutio and Paris http: //www. canadianshakespeares. ca/folio/Profiles/Zeff- Paris Suitor for Juliet, preferred by Capulet Kinsman of Prince Escalus http: //www. moviestarspicture. com/photos/paul-rudd-movies/Paul-Rudd-Romeo-+-Juliet-

The Feud “Two Households, both alike in dignity…” (Prologue)

Anticipation Guide Agree/ Somewhat Agree/ Disagree/ Somewhat Disagree 1. If I am attracted to someone, I’ll find a way to see him or her even if my parents tell me not to. 2. It is very important that the parents of the bride and groom get along well. 3. My parents would have to really like the person I married, or I wouldn’t get married. 4. “Love at first sight” is rare, but it does happen. 5. I agree with the saying, “love conquers all” 6. It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. 7. It is possible to die of grief. 8. It is possible to die of a broken heart. 9. Being separated from the one you love is worse than death. 10. All’s fair in love and war. 11. It is better to take love slowly than to rush into things and act on impulse. 12. Plays are boring. 13. Shakespeare is hard to read. 14. Parents always make the best decisions for their children. 15. It is ok to hate someone just because your family does.

Girl meets boy, boy meets girl boy and girl fall in love girl’s parents don’t approve some things never change http: //ffaasstt. swide. com/w p-content/uploads/Best. Romeo-and-Juliet-movieadaptations-list-coverromeo-ok. jpg