Monday, May 22nd:
Romeo and Juliet
Page 835
Let’s look at how Mercutio makes fun of the Nurse:
Vocabulary:
Hare is a rabbit
Hoar: old, frost as in white.
His hoary pate (pate is head) means his old white head,
which means he is old.
Lent: forty days before Easter where one sacrifices
something one likes (such as food) to honor Christ’s sacrifice for us.
Read page 836; line 161 – 182 and try to figure out Romeo’s
instructions to the Nurse.
Vocabulary:
Shrive: to confess to the priest; to be forgiven of their
sins
The alibi is for Juliet to go to the priest on the pretense
of going to confession
What is she really going to be doing? Getting married to
Romeo!
Abbey wall: the wall surrounding the church
My man: Romeo’s servant
Where will Romeo’s servant be? He will be waiting behind the
abbey wall! He will be holding a
rope ladder!
Why will he holding a rope ladder?
So Romeo can climb the ladder to Juliet’s balcony to be with
her on their wedding night!
“High topgallant of my joy!”
High topgallant is the ‘crow’s nest” on a ship!
This is the peak of his joy!
Act 2, Scene 5:
Juliet is waiting anxiously and impatiently for the nurse to
return with the news from Romeo whether the marriage will take place.
The nurse returns and tells her – finally, after a lot of
teasing – that yes, the marriage is on!!!!
Vocabulary:
Feign: pretend (pronounce like fane)
Hie you hence: get you there (hence) to the church
Safia: the Nurse was making Juliet wait for the news.
Bonus question: What does “wherefore art thou, Romeo?” mean?
Malia: Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Safia: Why do you have to be a Montague!?
Act 2, Scene Six:
Setting: The Friar’s cell so that he may join Romeo and
Juliet in marriage!
Can the heavens smile? No!
It is personification! Why?
Personification is
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is the Friar’s attitude towards the marriage?
Carolina:
Friar, “These violent delights have violent ends.”
He has misgivings that this relationship, which started so
quickly and passionately, will last.
Act Three, Scene 1
Page 845
Look at lines 5 – 9 and 15 – 29, Mercutio’s speech.
Can you find one silly example Mercutio gives about Benvolio provoking fights?
What happens in this scene?
Safia:
At the beginning of the scene, Mercutio and Benvolio are
joking around as they always do. However, Benvolio, always cautious and wanting
to avoid fights, says that it is hot, the Capulets are out and about spoiling
for a fight, and that they, He and Mercutio should “lay low.”
That is about the time Tybalt shows up and begins to insult
Romeo in front of Mercutio.
Tybalt is so angry that Romeo crashed the Capulets’ party he
sent him a letter challenging him to a duel!
However, Romeo and Juliet just got married a few minutes
ago, but nobody knows this except the Friar and the Nurse! Now, Romeo is related to Tybalt, who is
Juliet’s cousin! This is why Romeo
does not want to fight Tybalt! This infuriates Mercutio because he thinks Romeo
is being weak by not defending himself from Tybalt’s insults, so he steps in to defend Romeo’s honor.
Romeo steps between Tybalt and Mercutio to keep them from fighting, and this
causes Mercutio’s death.
Even as Mercutio is dying, he is making jokes.
None of the young men thinks he is hurt and they are
laughing at his jokes – not realizing that his life is quickly ebbing from him.
How many times does Mercutio curse the house of both the
Montagues and the Capulets?
The Elizabethans believed that the curse of a dying person
held special weight and power.
After Tybalt kills Mercutio what happens next?
Tybalt runs off because he knows he killed Mercutio, thus
putting into effect the Prince’s ban on street brawling.
Tybalt runs back to fight Romeo. Why does he do this?
Safia and Malia:
He doesn’t want to seem like a coward!
He remembers he has challenged Romeo to a duel.
Romeo, enraged that Mercutio, his best friend, has been
killed by Tybalt, kills Tybalt.
Romeo avenges the death of Mercutio by killing Tybalt.
What does Benvolio tell Romeo to do? To run and hide!!!!!
What happens next?
Everybody starts piling into the streets to find out what’s
going on!
The Prince shows up.
What does Benvolio tell the Prince?
Benvolio says Tybalt started it. Romeo tried to stop it, but
Tybalt killed Mercutio, and Romeo killed Tybalt.
What does Lady Capulet say?
She says Benvolio is lying, and that it took twenty men to
take down Tybalt.
What does the Prince say?
Romeo did what the law should have done, so Romeo should
just be exiled. However, if he is found inside the walls of Verona, he will be
put to immediate death. Romeo must leave for Mantua immediately!
Wednesday, May 24th:
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Wednesday, May 24th:
Act 3, Scene 2
Page 853
Setting: Juliet’s room
Juliet is waiting impatiently for the night so that she
might be with her Romeo!
Soliloquy is like a monologue except the character is alone
on onstage speaking his or her inner thoughts.
Safia:
The nurse crying and hysterical because Tybalt is dead and
was killed by Juliet’s husband, Romeo, but she doesn’t tell Juliet that. The nurse blubbers “He’s dead! He’s
dead!” Juliet thinks she is
talking about Romeo! Juliet becomes upset! Finally, the Nurse spits out that it
is Tybalt who is dead and that he was killed by Romeo.
Oxymoron: putting two contradictory words together to form a
new idea, such as “dry ice”, “sweet sorrow”, “strangely familiar”, etc.
Juliet expresses her contradictory feelings about Romeo by
calling him “Serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face” (a snake’s heart with a
gorgeous face), “fiend angelical” (a demon angel).
When the Nurse says that “shame should come to Romeo”,
Juliet becomes angry and begins to defend him.
Juliet soon realizes that had Romeo not killed Tybalt, then
Tybalt would have killed Romeo.
But the she realizes that Romeo has been banished, which is
as if the world is dead – father, mother, Juliet, Romeo, the Nurse – all dead.
When Juliet says, “Death, not Romeo takes my maidenhead”,
the Nurse realizes Juliet may be contemplating suicide. The Nurse promises
Juliet that she will unite her with Romeo tonight. She knows where Romeo is
hiding and will take him to Juliet tonight!
Act 3, Scene 3:
Setting: Late afternoon of the same day in the Friar’s cell.
What state is Romeo in?
Gina:
Romeo is on the floor
John:
And Romeo is ranting about being banished!
And Romeo is threatening suicide.
What does the Friar say to him to calm him down?
He was as if dead before he met Juliet; now he is alive and
happy! You should be happy!
If you hadn’t killed Tybalt, Tybalt would have killed you!
You should be happy!
Who knocks on
the door?
The Nurse
What decision does the Friar make?
Read page 863; line 146 – 158
Hellen:
The Friar tells Romeo to go to Juliet to comfort her. He needs to leave Verona before
daybreak to Mantua.
Meanwhile, the Friar will wait until everything calms down
and then he will reveal their secret marriage and Romeo will be welcomed back
from Mantua, the lovers united and the families will live in peace together
Act 5, Scene 5:
Setting: Capulet’s mansion late at night!
What is the mood of the family?
Danny:
The family is very sad because Tybalt is dead – killed by
Romeo.
Does Capulet seem very upset over Tybalt’s death?
Samantha:
Capulet seems indifferent.
Textual Evidence: He says that we’re all going to die.
Capulet offers – out of the blue – Juliet’s hand in marriage
to Paris.
It is Monday night – twenty-four hours after Juliet and
Romeo met and about fourteen hours after their wedding!!
Capulet sets the wedding for Thursday.
It will be a small affair because he doesn’t want people to
think he doesn’t care about his nephew’s death by throwing a huge wedding three
days after Tybalt’s death.
He tells Lady Capulet, before she goes to bed, to knock on
Juliet’s door to tell her she is getting married in three days!
Rachel: This is called dramatic irony because the parents
don’t know Juliet is already married AND Juliet is RIGHT NOW UPSTAIRS WITH HER
HUSBAND, ROMEO, who is a MORTAL ENEMY OF THE FAMILY!!!!!!
Friday, May 26th:
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Friday, May 26th:
Friday, May 26th:
3rd Period:
Arts Integration
What is internal conflict?
Have you ever experienced an internal conflict?
An internal conflict is the psychological struggle a
literary or a dramatic character experiences, which creates the suspense of the
plot. Will she or won’t she resolve the internal conflict?
Many times the internal conflict is between what the
character wants to do and what the character thinks she or he should do. Sometimes the character isn’t sure what
she or he wants. This conflict drives the dramatic action of the plot. The plot
isn’t resolved until the character resolves the conflict.
What is an external conflict?
An external conflict is a conflict a literary or dramatic
character is experiencing with an external force, such as nature, another
person, society, a machine, or the supernatural. This conflict drives the
dramatic action of the plot.
Can anyone share an example of an external conflict?
Vocabulary:
Beckoning: to summon somebody or to ask someone to come with
them.
Students read scenes 6 and 9 between Doloris, Mary Robert,
and Mother Superior:
Deloris:
Malia
Mary Robert:
Maricarmen
Mother Superior:
Itzel
Eli:
Eddie
“Taking Center Stage”
“On the Surface Description of Your Character”
Mary Robert: Shy in the beginning, obedient, Catholic,
young, hasn’t experienced very much of life
Pair/Share
Discussion
“Questions to Ask Characters on the ‘Center Stage’”
1. What
do you do?
2. How
old are you
“Under the Surface Questions”
1. When
did you receive your calling from God?
2. Why
do you love God?
3. Why
did you choose to be a nun?
Discuss the internal conflict.
Listen to the song “The Life I Never Led”
Character Map #2
Character:
Traits and Evidence:
Trait #1: Shy/Innocent
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Trait #2: Obedient
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Evidence:
“I’ve never been kissed.”
“I’ve never asked questions and taken a dare.”
“And all of the feelings
unspoken,
And all of the truths
unsaid
They’re all I have left
Of the life I never led.
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Evidence:
“I’ve always obeyed.”
“I’ve always prayed as
you’ve prayed.”
“I’ve never rebelled.”
“I’ve never sat down when
told to stand straight.”
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Trait #3: Passionate/Adventurous/Curious
Gina: “Then I want to go with you!”
Jasmin: “It’s time I start living the life I’ve never led.”
Carolina: “Now that you’ve given me one little taste of it,
And now, now that I know what I know,
Well, how, how can I go on ignoring the waste of it?”
Carolina: “I’ve never quite realized
Just how much I’ve missed…”
Hellen: “I’ve never let go
And gone with the flow
And don’t even know, really, why…
Give an example of a character from the scene with internal
and external conflict from the text:
Internal Conflict #1: Mary
Robert is debating whether to leave the Church and go with Deloris or stay.
(Internal conflict)
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External Conflict #1:When
Mary Robert defies the Mother Superior by saying no to her when she says
Deloris has to leave! (External conflict)`
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Citation or Textual
Evidence:
“They all know where they
belong
They all received their
calling
But maybe this life is not
for me…”
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Citation or Textual:
Mother Superior, “…So I
must ask you {Deloris} to leave. For their sake.”
Mary Robert, “No!”
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