Thank you for getting right into the text with me!
Here’s a reminder of what we worked on in today’s class:
Background on Shakespeare and his plays
- Who was Shakespeare as a person?
- What kind of plays was he writing?
- Who was watching them and how were they consumed?
Romeo and Juliet: The Prologue
- What is the function of the chorus?
- What is the chorus telling us?
- “The Prologue” (0:00-0:50)
- What did we expect based on the Prologue? How is this different?
- This scene is clearly not set in Verona. How else does the setting differ? What other settings could we imagine for this story?
- Your ideas: two teams where the families of the players are fighting (like high school sports); two members of the same family fighting and splitting the family apart.
- This will be an ongoing assignment as we work through the play. You were assigned a character in-class on Tuesday. We will discuss what you need to do in class on Thursday. If you have concerns, please come and see me.
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