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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare is intense!. Feuds Battles Parties Gossip Grudges Poison Suicide Death Death D eath. Tragedy or Comedy?. Characters start in comedy form and then are transformed into tragic characters. Comedy – mistaken identities, minimizes evil, jokes and word play

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet

  2. Shakespeare is intense! • Feuds • Battles • Parties • Gossip • Grudges • Poison • Suicide • Death • Death • Death

  3. Tragedy or Comedy? • Characters start in comedy form and then are transformed into tragic characters. • Comedy – mistaken identities, minimizes evil, jokes and word play • Tragedy – heroes have some flaws, fate controls story, ends in catastrophe

  4. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE • boy sees girl • girl sees boy • boy and girl fall in love • What’s a popular phrase that would describe this scenario?

  5. Problems • Girlis engaged • Boy’s parents HATE girl’s parents • Boy and girl secretly get married • Boy thinks girl is dead – Boy drink poison • Girl sees dead boy – Girl stabs herself

  6. Character Chart

  7. Life lesson from Shakespeare • Big words make you smarter! • Confusing characters/plots can be understood • Arguments = DEATH

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