Week 10 Syllabus: May 28
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ROMEO OR JULIET—OR THEIR PARENTS for that matter—might have done to prevent the tragedy of their deaths from occurring? We will see how the death of Tybalt and subsequent expulsion of Romeo from Verona lead to a series of events that end in tragedy: Romeo is prevented from meeting with and speaking with Juliet; Paris redoubles his marriage proposals; Lord Capulet decides to marry Juliet to Paris as soon as possible; Juliet, now suicidal, spurs Friar Lawrence to fake Juliet’s death; the plague prevents Romeo from finding about the plan; Romeo ends his life believing that Juliet is dead; Juliet—upon awaking—does the same. Could anything have prevented this tragedy? Or, like their love, was their lives fated to end in this fashion, ordained in the heavenly stars by God?
WEDNESDAY, May 29
Review of summer reading, and Independent reading for 20 minutes.
Watching the end of act four in R&J.
Small group work on Act 4 worksheet/annotation guide.
HW: I am collecting the R&J study guide on Friday. Make sure it is complete!
FRIDAY, May 30
The end of Romeo and Juliet! We will watch Act 5.
Small group work on annotation guide. I will collect and grade these at end of class.
Watching John' Greene’s “Crash Course: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”
HW: No homework. Our finals take place in room C-235 at 8 am on Wednesday, June 5