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Romeo & JulietRomeo & JulietRomeo & JulietRomeo & Juliet

IMPORTANT: Bring this packet to class everyday. If you lose it, you must print out another copy from the class website. Vocabulary: You will be tested on the vocabulary terms listed on page 2 of this packet.

The test dates are as follows:

Act I ________ Act II ________ Act III ________ Act IV ________ Act V ________

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Anticipation Guide Before Reading: After Reading: Agree Disagree Agree Disagree

□ □ 1. If I am attracted to someone, I’ll find a way to see him or her □ □

even if my parents tell me not to.

□ □ 2. It is very important that the parents of the bride and groom □ □

get along well.

□ □ 3. My parents would have to really like the person I married, □ □

or I wouldn’t get married.

□ □ 4. “Love at first sight” is rare, but it does happen. □ □

□ □ 5. I agree with the saying, “love conquers all” □ □

□ □ 6. It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have □ □

loved at all.

□ □ 7. It is possible to die of grief. □ □

□ □ 8. It is possible to die of a broken heart. □ □

□ □ 9. Being separated from the one you love is worse than death. □ □

□ □ 10. All’s fair in love and war. □ □

□ □ 11. It is better to take love slowly than to rush into things and □ □

act on impulse.

□ □ 12. Plays are boring. □ □

□ □ 13. Shakespeare is hard to read. □ □

□ □ 14. Parents always make the best decisions for their children. □ □

□ □ 15. It is ok to hate someone just because your family does. □ □

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Vocabulary

Act I 1. act- major unit of action in a play 2. scene- each act is divided further into

scenes, which represent a different time and/or place

3. lines- spoken words of the play, “sentences” 4. prologue- an introduction to a play or an act

of a play 5. oxymoron-figure of speech that combines

two normally contradictory terms, ex: pretty ugly

6. pun- multiple meanings of words that create a joke

7. civil- adhering to the norms of polite social interaction

8. disposition- mental outlook; tendency of one’s spirits

9. endure- to hold against; sustain 10. grievance- resentment or complaint 11. intrusion- wrongful entry 12. revel- to take delight; to make merry 13. spite- desire to harm or annoy 14. valiant- boldly courageous or brave 15. virtuous-conforming to moral principals

Act II 1. personification- figure of speech in which

human qualities are attributed to an abject, idea, or idea

2. simile- figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

3. metaphor- figure of speech that compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like, as, than, or resembles

4. hyperbole- figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect

5. reversed- reversing the normal order of words for effect, ex: up fill, rather than fill up

6. alliance- relationship created between two parties

7. cherish- to hold and treat as dear 8. chide- to scold or find fault 9. envious- jealous with ill-will 10. incorporate- combine in one body 11. predominant- having power, authority, or

influence 12. rancor- bitter resentment or ill-will 13. torment- to afflict with great bodily or mental

suffering 14. variable- likely to change; changeable 15. wanton- without regard for what is right

Act III

1. aside- words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by others onstage

2. soliloquy- a speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, generally alone not be conscious of addressing the audience

3. absolve- to free from consequences 4. affliction- state of pain 5. ally- to unite formally 6. dismal- gloomy; cheerless; captivated 7. enamored- inflamed with love; captivated 8. jest- joke or witty remark 9. lamentation- expression of grief or sadness 10. reconcile- to bring acceptance 11. submission- humble obedience 12. vengeance- infliction of trouble, injury, pain

with force

Act IV 1. irony- contrast between appearance and

reality, reality usually opposite from what is seen

2. imagery- descriptive words/phrases that allow the reader to almost see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what is being described

3. detestable- hateful; vile 4. enjoined- to direct or order; to force to do

something 5. heir- a person who inherits property of

another 6. lamentable- regrettable; unfortunate 7. pensive- serious. Full of thoughts 8. prosperous- fortunate; successful 9. receptacle- container; device that holds

something 10. redeem- to make up for 11. stifle- to smother; to crush or end by force 12. wayward- turn away from what is right;

disobedient

Act V 1. sonnet- a poem make up of 14 lines and has

a specific rhyming pattern 2. aloof- at a distance; disinterested 3. ambiguity- doubt or disbelief 4. apothecary- licensed to prescribe medicine 5. enmity- feeling or condition of hostility 6. felon- wicked person, someone convicted of

a felony 7. infectious- tending to spread from one to

another 8. kindred- family; relationship by birth 9. menace- threatens to cause evil 10. scourge- to punish or criticize

11. tedious- long and tiresome

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Act 1 scene1: Yin-Yang

The Yin-Yang is an ancient Chinese symbol that represents the duality of nature and attempt to explain how everything works. The outer circle represents “everything”, while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called “yin” (black) and “yang” (white), which causes everything to happen. They are not completely black and white, they cannot exist without each other. The shape of the yin and yang sections of the symbol, actually gives you a sense of the continual movement of the two energies, yin to yang and yang to yin, causing everything to happen. Therefore, the yin-yang represent all opposites. Your assignment: represent Romeo’s oxymoronic state in Act I, scene I by creating your own yin-yang symbol. Directions: 1. Chose one oxymoron from the following lines:

Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O any thing of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, Sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!

This love feel I, that feels no love in this.

2. Find pictures on line, in newspapers, and magazines to represent each aspect of your chosen oxymoron. 3. Create a Yin-Yang on paper and glue the pictures on this respected side.

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Act 1, Scene 5: Capulet’s Feast You have been invited to Capulet’s feast tomorrow! Select one of the two following options for your assignment: 1. You must receive an invitation to go to this fancy party. Create an invitation with all the information about the party on it: When, where, who can attend, what to wear, what food will be served, etc. Remember the invitation needs to also reflect the theme and family statue of the Capulets. Creative invitations will receive more points. 2. A mask is part of your dress code, so you will need to make one. Does it need to be artistic? No. Does it need to be complicated? No. Does it have to be pretty? Only if you want to be. Use any materials that you may have at home: cardboard, felt, fabric scraps, construction paper, aluminum foil, tissue paper, crayons, markers, glitter, feathers, magazine pictures, ribbon, paint, etcG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Act 2 Scene 1: Newspaper Directions: In groups (no more than 5 people), create a newspaper announcing the events in Verona during the time of the play.

1. Give the newspaper a name. 2. Each person must write 2 “articles” for the paper. One must contain at least 100 words, and the other can

be a shorter one or even an advertisement. For example, someone should write about the Capulet’s party, but other options can be about fashion, celebrities from Shakespearean times, advise columns, political news, headline news, other events in the city/country.

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Act 3, scene 1:Lazy Sonnet Directions: After reading, write a lazy sonnet describing a scene from the act. Draw a picture to accompany it. Regular sonnets contain 14 rhyming lines, but a lazy sonnet contains 14 words (one per line) that describe the event. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Act 3, scene 2: Night Imagery Directions: read Juliet’s speech in Act 3 scene 2 lines 1-33.

1. Write down each time the word “night” is used (including the entire image) 2. What feelings/images are associated with each use of “night”—you can describe the images or draw

them. 3. How does the imagery of night add to this scene? 4. How is the image of night in this play different from how night is traditionally symbolized in literature? 5. Draw a picture of one of the images from the passage.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Act 4, scene 1: I’d rather… Poem

ASSIGNMENT: Write a poem in the style of Shakespeare’s poem “I’d ratherG” speech by Juliet. You need to include the thing you don’t want to do in the beginning and end, and have ten or more alternatives listed in the middle of the poem. The point of the poem is to create outrageous alternatives to show exaggeration, so do not create alternatives that you actually would want to do. A student example is provided. JULIET O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,

80 From off the battlements of yonder tower; Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears; Or shut me nightly in a charnel house, O'ercovered quite with dead men's rattling bones, 85 With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls; Or bid me go into a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in his shroud— Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble— And I will do it without fear or doubt, 90 To live an unstained wife to my sweet love.

Oh have me share my bed, rather than eat mayonnaise, With one million slimy grand-daddy long legs, Or take away my phone; or leave me alone

In the dark; forbid me to eat chocolate; Or make me stay a rainy day at Disneyland;

To have no social life in school, Isolated from all my friends;

Or bid me listen to classical music, or raid my closet And dress me like a preppyG

These that to hear them would make me trembleG I would do without fear or doubt To never have to eat, or look, or

Smell mayonnaise again

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Act 4, scene 3: Advise Column Directions: Romeo and Juliet did not, of course, have a great advantage in their day that we have in ours: to be able to write to a local or national advise columnist to answer “unsolvable” problems. But imagine they did. Step 1: Write a letter from either Romeo’s or Juliet’s perspective about any event in the play so far asking advise about what to do. The letter must be in letter format. Step 2: After you turn in your questions in class, you will be given a letter and must answer it with the advise you would give as if you were the advise columnist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Act 5: Fate versus Human Error What is fate? ______________________________________________________________________________ Answer each question with: F for fate or H for human error. 1. Romeo receives news that Juliet is dead _____ 2. Romeo buys poison _____ 3. The Friar’s message does not reach Romeo _____ 4. Paris and Romeo meet at Juliet’s tomb. _____ 5. Romeo kills Paris _____ 6. Romeo swallows the poison ______ 7. Juliet stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger _____ 8. Friar Lawrence arrives at Juliet’s tomb too late _____ 9. Capulet and Montague end the feud _____

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Significant Quotes

Directions: For all of the following quotes, identify (1) who said it, (2) who heard it, (3) what/who is the quote about, (4) what do the lines mean either literally or figuratively, (5) are there any literary devices in the quote, and (6) why is this quote important to the story or character development?

Act I 1. “Many a morning hath he there been seen/ With tears augmenting the morning’s dew” (I.i. 129-130)

2. ”I have a soul of lead/ So stakes me to the ground I cannot move” (I.iv. 15-16)

3. “My only love sprung from my only hate!” (I.v. 138)

Act II

1. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet”(III.ii. 43-44)

2. “Young men’s love then lies/Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (II.iii. 67-68)

3. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be;/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your

households rancor to pure love.” (II.iii. 90-92)

Act III 1. “Ask for me/tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man” (III.i. 94-95)

2. “Mercy by murders, pardoning those that kill” (III.i. 195)

3. “O serpent heart, hid a flow’ring face!/Did dragon keep so fair a cave?GWas ever book

containing such vile matter/ So fairly bound?” (III.ii 73-74, 83-84)

4. “These times of woe afford no times to woo” (III.iv.8)

5. “Indeed I shall never be satisfied/ With Romeo till I behold him—dead--/ is my poor heart so for a kinsman vexed” (III.v. 93-95)

6. “And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, / For, by my soul, I’ll ne’er acknowledge

theeG” (III.v. 192-193)

Act IV 1. “Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous/ That she do give her sorrow so much away, / And in

his wisdom haste our marriageG” (IV.i. 9-11)

2. “O, shut the door, and when thou has done so,/ Come weep with me—past hope, past care, past help!” (IV.i. 44-45)

3. “Death lies on her like an untimely frost/ Upon the sweetest flower of all the field” (IV.v. 28-29)

Act V 1. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight” (V.i. 34) 2. “Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight!/ Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” (V.iii. 210-211) 3. “And I, for winking at your discords too, /Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished”

(V.iii. 294-295)

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Romeo and Juliet Characterization

Character Traits

Supporting Quotes (provide Act, scene, and lines) * 2 quotes per character *

Romeo

A gentleman, dignified

“He bears him like a portly gentleman, / And, to say truth, Verona brags of him / To be a virtuous and well-governed youth.” (I, v, 65-67)

Juliet

Lord Capulet

Lady Capulet

Lord Montague

Lady Montague

Nurse

Benvolio

Mercutio

Friar Laurence

Tybalt

Paris

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Timeline Day Events

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

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Character map

Directions: Complete the character map by providing characters’ names, descriptions and relationships to one another where needed.