UPET Unit 3 Part 5

UPET Unit 3 Part 5

Theme: Love and relationships

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

1. English poet and playwright (1564 - 1616)

2. Known as the greatest writer and England's national poet.

3. His surviving works consist of 38 plays and over 150 poems.

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

4. His plays have been translated into every major living language and many well-known English sayings come from his work.

5. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.

6.At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children.

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

7. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later.

8. He is buried in Stratford upon Avon and the houses where he lived can be visited.

9. His plays are regularly performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

His best known plays are

- Anthony and Cleopatra

- King Lear

- Macbeth

- Othello

- Romeo and Juliet

- The Merchant of Venice

- A Midsummer Night's Dream

- The Taming of the Shrew

Vocabulary

• Warring - in a war / conflict

• Feud - to swear (promis)

• Dawn - the first light of day, or the first time period

Vocabulary

• to unite - join in marriage

• To be *wed - get married

• to take revenge

• to banish/ exile - send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.

Vocabulary

• to bear - carry the weight of; support / endure (an ordeal or difficulty).

• nobleman - a man who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peer.

Vocabulary

• tomb - a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

• poison

Vocabulary

• weep (wept) - mourn for; shed tears over.

• dagger - a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.

Vocabulary

• to stab - thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.

• overwhelmed with grief - have a strong emotional effect on intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death.

Look at the list of characters in the story of 'Romeo and Juliet'.

What do you know about the story?

How did people at that time decide who to marry?

Who made the decision?

Characters

The Montagues: Lord Montague, Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio

The Capsules: Lord Capulet, Juliet, Tybalt, Paris

Others: Friar Laurence

Marriage

At the time of the story of Romeo and Juliet, marriages were often a way of bringing the two families together to increase their wealth, power, and status.

Marrying for love was not common, especially among wealthy families.

A young person's parents, usually the father, decided who he/she would marry.

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1. Why did the Montagues and the Capulets hate each other?

They had hated each other for so long that no one could remember how the feud had started

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2. Why wasn't it a good idea for Romeo to go to the Capulet's party?

Because Romeo was Lord Montague's son and the Capulets hated him and his family.

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3. What happened when Romeo and Juliet first met?

Romeo and Juliet fell instantly in love. They touched hands. They talked. They kissed. Then they discovered their families were enemies.

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4. 'Wherefore art thou Romeo?' (=Why are you Romeo?) Why was Juliet upset about Romeo's name?

Romeo's name indicates he is a Montague and links him to the family that Juliet's family hates.

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5. How long had they known each other when they decided to get married?

They had known each other for a day.

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6. Why did Friar Laurence agreed to marry them?

He wanted to unite the families.

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7. Why did Romeo try to stop the fight?

Because the man Romeo's friend and cousin were fighting was Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

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8. Why was Juliet desperate?

Because Romeo had killed her cousin, and now he was exiled.

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1. What couldn't Juliet tell her father?

She couldn't tell her father that she had already married Romeo.

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2. What was Friar's plan?

To give Juliet a sleeping potion to make her appear dead for 42 hours, so she couldn't marry Paris.

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3. Which part of the plan worked?

Everyone believed that Juliet was really dead.

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4. What went wrong with the plan?

Romeo never received Friar's letter.

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5. Why did Romeo kill himself?

He thought Juliet had died and so he killed himself.

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6. Why did Juliet kill herself?

She woke up and saw Romeo dead. She couldn't stand the grief and so she stabbed herself.

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7. How did their families feel at the end?

They were overwhelmed with grief, and horrified at the pain their families' hatred had caused.

Whose fault was the tragedy?

• The Montagues: Lord Montague, Romeo, Mercutio, Benvelio

• The Capulets: Lord Capulet, Juliet, Tybalt, Paris

• The priest: Friar Laurence

In the play, Juliet was just thirteen. Do you think this is too young to fall in love?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe