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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. Prologue & Act I. What is the purpose of the Prologue?. The Prologue is delivered by the chorus. The Prologue serves several purposes.  It introduces the play and provides some general information, such as: the location of the play ("fair Verona") and

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet Prologue & Act I

  2. What is the purpose of the Prologue? • The Prologue is delivered by the chorus. • The Prologue serves several purposes.  • It introduces the play and provides some general information, such as: • the location of the play ("fair Verona") and • the length of the play ("two hours").  • It also provides the dramatist's view of the tragedy that is about to be performed, citing two causes of the disaster--fate ("star-crossed lovers") and the feud between the families ("parents rage"). • The tone of the Prologue is serious and formal, as befits tragedy.

  3. Prologue • sonnet – a poem consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter • Consists of three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet • Rhyme scheme is: abab, cdcd, efef, gg • A question or theme is presented in the quatrains • An answer or resolution appears in the final couplet quatrain: four-line stanza couplet: two-line stanza stanza: a division of poetry

  4. Iambic Pentameter • Contains one unstressed and one stressed syllable, in that order times five. • It borrows from the natural swing of our heartbeats—ker-THUMP, ker-THUMP • Five of these ker-THUMPS units in a row makes a line of iambic pentameter • It contains a total of ten syllables

  5. Rhyme Scheme • Two households, both alike in dignity, a • (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), b • From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, a • Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.b • From forth the fatal loins of these two foesc • A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;d • Whose misadventured piteous overthrows c • Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. d • The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,e • And the continuance of their parents' rage, f • Which, but their children's end, naught could remove, e • Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;f • The which if you with patient ears attend, g • What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. g

  6. The Prologue is a Sonnet • Give your attention to the word “two.” • Circle the word each time it comes up in the prologue.

  7. The Prologue is a Sonnet • Identify ways in which the concept of “two” is reinforced.

  8. The Prologue is a Sonnet • Find twosomes in repeated words, sounds, and in echoing concepts. • What are the effects of the repetition?

  9. Foreshadowing Review • Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author drops subtle or vague hints about plot developments to come later in the story. • Each of these hints widens the range of possible consequences and maintains tension throughout the narrative as these possibilities narrow. • Why isn’t the prologue an example of foreshadowing?

  10. MLA Review 1) Write out Act, Scene, Line in MLA format. 1.2.113-134 2) Use slashes to divide lines of poetry. O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, / That monthly changes in her circled orb, / Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. 3) Use correct grammar and conventions in your analysis.

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