Romeo and Juliet (lesson 2)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Monday, October 9th

Programme

- 15 minutes of silent reading

- Literature: Romeo and Juliet (continued)

Read your novel

Recap Romeo and Juliet, lesson #1

The famous balcony scene

Read this extract from the famous balcony scene, in which Juliet is talking about her love for Romeo.

Shakespeare’s original version

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy.


Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What’s Montague?
It is nor hand, nor foot,

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man.
O, be some other name!

What’s in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.

Modern English
Only your name is my enemy.You’d be yourself even if you weren’t a Montague.
What is a Montague?
It isn’t a hand, foot, arm, face, or any other body part.
Oh, change your name!
What does a name mean?
A rose would smell as sweet
even if we called it by some other name.

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While watching

Use your reader and look at page 49. We start at the top of the page ("Which is the god of my idolatry").

Try to find out what Romeo and Juliet have decided to do.

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Juliet: Just tell me where and when and I'll be there to marry you tomorrow.

Read the brief summary at the bottom of page 49, then the lines from 'Now, good sweet nurse...' until 'Honest nurse, farewell' on page 50. What's going on here?

Why would Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

Scene 3, act 1. But then things turn for the worst:

Romeo and his friends run into Tybalt (Juliet's cousin). Tybalt is angry with Romeo because of his presence at the party.

"Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain."

Thursday

- Bring your Literature reader and novel to class.
- Two weeks left: take some time to read your novel!