Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your
child with today’s homework.
Today we discussed the background of Romeo and Juliet
(what the story is about, where it takes, the main characters, etc.) Over the
next two weeks we will be stuying Romeo and Juliet, learning about Shakespeare
and the times he lived in, and making connections with Romeo and Juliet’s
themes and Shakespeare’s time with our times.
Option 1:
The story is set in the late 1500’s mostly in the town of
Verona, Italy. However, there are a few
acts set in Mantua, Italy a smaller town just a few miles away. Romeo and
Juliet is a story about two teenagers who fall in love but are forbidden to
see each other by their parents. They
meet one night at a party (Romeo is actually there to check out another girl,
Rosaline) and quickly fall in love.
Unfortunately, Juliet’s parents already have a husband picked out for
her. Romeo’s family, the Montagues, have a long standing feud with Juliet’s family,
the Capulets. So, the two decide to get
married and enlist the help of Juliet’s nurse to act as a messenger between the
two and Friar Laurence who agrees to marry them. However, plans go awry after Romeo is
banished from Verona and doesn’t get filled in on the plans that Juliet has for
them to live happily ever after…
Where and when do the story take place?
How do Romeo and Juliet meet?
Why are they forbidden to see each other?
How do Romeo and Juliet continue to see each other? Who
helps them and how?
What does awry mean? And how do things go awry?
Option 2:
Romeo and Juliet is set in the late 1500’s, mostly in the
town of Verona, Italy…
Romeo and Juliet is a story about two teenagers who
fall in love but are forbidden (not allowed) to see each other by their
parents. Romeo and Juliet meet one night
at a party …and quickly fall in love.
Unfortunately, Juliet’s parents already have a husband picked out
(chosen a husband) for her. Romeo’s
family, the Montagues, have a long standing feud (fight) with Juliet’s family,
the Capulets. So, Romeo and Juliet
decide to get married and enlist (get) the help of Juliet’s nurse to act as a
messenger between them and Friar (like a priest) Laurence who agrees to marry
them. However, plans go awry (bad) after
Romeo is banished (kicked out) from Verona. Romeo doesn’t get filled in on (he doesn’t
find out about) the plans that Juliet has for them to live happily ever after…
Where and when does Romeo and Juliet take place?
What is Romeo and Juliet about?
Why are Romeo and Juliet not allowed to see each other?
Option 3: Base response on what we read in discussed today
in class. Write complete sentences. Support your responses with points
discussed in class and your reding.
What are some themes in Romeo and Juliet?
Who are the Montagues and Capulets? Why is their feud
important in the story?
Explain how Romeo and Juliet is both a comedy and a tragedy?
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