Do Now
Clear off your desk except for a pencil and your current events articleGive me honors work!!!
Journal Entry
Define tragedy in your own words and give an example from your current events article. (There is an extra article next to the journals if you need it)What TV shows, movies, or books show tragedy? How does tragedy affect people’s lives? What do you think “tragic love” means?
Romeo & JulietBy William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare: Biographical Info
1564-1616Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, EnglandWrote tragedies, histories, and comedies Wrote 38 plays and appx. 154 sonnetsBegan as an actorWrites in Modern English
The Globe Theatre
The TheatreRoofless - open air
No artificial lightingAudience
Rich sat on benches“Groundlings” or “droolers” or “stinkards” stood in the pit
Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleriesStage: platform that extended into the pitSecond-level gallery: upper stageTrap door: ghosts“Heavens”: angelic beings
The Plays
Opening scenes could promise supernatural beings, a party, or a fightNo scenery, but elaborate costumes and plenty of propsSettings: Referenced in dialogueCrowd interaction
The Actors
Only men and boysYoung boys whose voices had not changed play women’s rolesWould have been considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage
Romeo and JulietWritten about 1595TragedySetting: Verona, ItalyHigh class characters speak in iambic pentameterLow class characters speak in prose
Romeo and Juliet: SummaryA family feudFalling in loveA secret marriageA fightA banishmentA match-making fatherA desperate planSome deadly gossipThe death of Romeo and JulietA lesson learned