Analyze Craft And Structure - Romeo and Juliet Act V

Analyze Craft And Structure - Romeo and Juliet Act V

By Gwynevere Isabella

To Do List:

• Discuss tragic heroes

• ​Reminder - memes are due today!

• Quiz review - in Quizizz!

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Tragic Hero - https://youtu.be/W_qx9opWu5g

What do you think - is Romeo a tragic hero?

Tragic Heros - What are they?

1. The hero is a person of noble birth and admirable character.

2. The hero is a victim of fate, the prearranged destiny that was meant to be.

3. The hero's motives, or reasons for doing something, are usually good but often misguided.

4. The hero suffers from a tragic flaw, a character defect of some type. The tragic flaw inevitably leads to the hero's downfall.

Poll

Vocab time! We discussed the word meager (or meagre) in class. That word means:

• broad and heavy

• muscular and strong

• s

Multiple Choice

Vocab time! We discussed the word misery in class. This means:

• looking forward to an exciting adventure

• experiencing a fun new thing

• feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body, being upset

• sadness or sorrow

Multiple Choice

Vocab time! We discussed the word penury in class. It means:

• privacy

• loyalty

• poverty

• energy

Multiple Choice

Still vocab time folks! We discussed the word parallelism in class. It means

• the repetition of a word, phrase, or type of word/phrase within a sentence or group of sentences

• when two lines never intersect with one another

• when two characters have the same experiences as one another, but not at the same time

• girl what?

Multiple Choice

Whew! Vocab time over. Let's keep talking about parallelism. Which of the following sentences contains parallelism?

• Audiences laugh loudly at Shakespeare’s comedies, but his tragedies evoke sorrow.

• Readers associate Juliet with beauty, Mercutio with wit, and Tybalt with hostility.

• A happy outcome seems possible at many moments during the play Romeo and Juliet.

• Friar Lawrence is primarily a serious character, while the Nurse provides comic relief.

Multiple Choice

Let's try another one. Which of the following sentences contains parallelism?

• The ending of the play implies that in the future, the two families will be friends.

• Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself.

• Friar Lawrence cannot control events, and the Nurse is equally incapable of helping the lovers.

• Romeo and Paris both love Juliet, but each reacts in his own way to her supposed death.