Romeo and Juliet

Act Questions

Questions have already been assigned.  The questions should be completed by Tuesday, April 7. 

Scene Study

Choose one of the following excerpts:

• Act One, Scene One, lines 157-224 (Romeo, Benvolio)
• Act Three, Scene One, lines 1-83 (Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo)
• Act One, Scene Two, lines 1-31 (Lord Capulet, Paris)
• Act Three, Scene Five, lines 142-205 (Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, Juliet, Nurse)
• Act One, Scene Five, lines 93-110 (Romeo, Juliet)

Analyzing Characters and their Relationships

Choosing one of the characters from the scene answer the following questions:

1. What kind of person is your character?  What evidence for this did you find?
2. What is your character trying to do in this scene?
3. What type of relationship does your character have with other characters in this scene?

Poetic Elements

1. What rhyme appears, if any?  Where?  What is its purpose?
2. Which characters speak in rhyme?
3. Which characters speak in blank verse (iambic parameter, unrhymed)?
4. In your opinion, what word choice is particularly effective?
5. What imagery enhances the expression?
6. Where has Shakespeare used poetic devices, such as simile, metaphor, personification, symbol, allusion, alliteration, and repetition?  What is the effect of these poetic devices? 

Reading

Prepare to perform a passage from the scene as the character assigned to those lines.

The scene study should be completed by Thursday, April 9.

Scene Comparison

Essay on Romeo and Juliet

The rubric for the essay can be found here.

ENG1D1 Drama