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Clear off your desk except for a pencil and your current events articleGive me honors work!!!

Journal Entry

Define tragedy in your own words and give an example from your current events article. (There is an extra article next to the journals if you need it)What TV shows, movies, or books show tragedy? How does tragedy affect people’s lives? What do you think “tragic love” means?

Romeo & JulietBy William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare: Biographical Info

1564-1616Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, EnglandWrote tragedies, histories, and comedies Wrote 38 plays and appx. 154 sonnetsBegan as an actorWrites in Modern English

The Globe Theatre

The TheatreRoofless - open air

No artificial lightingAudience

Rich sat on benches“Groundlings” or “droolers” or “stinkards” stood in the pit

Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleriesStage: platform that extended into the pitSecond-level gallery: upper stageTrap door: ghosts“Heavens”: angelic beings

The Plays

Opening scenes could promise supernatural beings, a party, or a fightNo scenery, but elaborate costumes and plenty of propsSettings: Referenced in dialogueCrowd interaction

The Actors

Only men and boysYoung boys whose voices had not changed play women’s rolesWould have been considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage

Romeo and JulietWritten about 1595TragedySetting: Verona, ItalyHigh class characters speak in iambic pentameterLow class characters speak in prose

Romeo and Juliet: SummaryA family feudFalling in loveA secret marriageA fightA banishmentA match-making fatherA desperate planSome deadly gossipThe death of Romeo and JulietA lesson learned