Name: Homeroom: Date: Teacher(s): OBJECTIVES: SWBAT identify and describe facts about Shakespeare and tragedy. SWBAT articulate their opinions about topics Shakespeare explores in Othello. SWBAT identify and use specific Shakespearean words DO NOW Directions: Write your opinions, with explanations to the following three statements: 1. We can never know the full truth about a person, who a person really is. 2. Interracial marriage is accepted by most people. 3. True love involves some amount of jealously. If you re not jealous, you re not really in love.
NOTES: William Shakespeare and Tragedy A. William Shakespeare i. Shakespeare: b. 1564; d. 1616 ii. writes in iii. considered one of the greatest iv. Wrote B. : i. a drama or literary work depicting the of a central character ii. : a character, often the protagonist, who commits an action or makes a which eventually leads to his/her a. Traditionally the hero is of or high standing before his/her downfall. iii. : the in a character that brings about the character s downfall in a tragedy
Guided/Independent Practice Shakespeare changed the endings of many verbs, but you can still figure out what he s saying. Common examples: wouldst: would lookest: looks art: are canst: can hast, hath: has wilt: will dost: does moveth: moves Translate the following lines into modern English: 1. By whose direction found'st thou out this place? Juliet [to Romeo, who has shown up at her balcony] *2. Death hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Romeo [to Juliet, who is lying there dead]
Shakespeare also often dropped letters out of words, and replaced them with apostrophes. Common examples: e er: ever t other: the other tis: it is o er over i : in o : of, on Translate the following lines into modern English: 1. I ne er saw beauty till this night. Romeo [the first time he meets Juliet] 2. Those who mock love ne er felt its aches. Romeo [to someone who is teasing him about Juliet]
Here are some other words you might encounter: hither: here kinsman, cousin, coz: family member, friend whither: where hence: from now on; from this place anon: soon ere: before wherefore: why hie: go 3. How camest thou hither? Juliet [to Romeo, who has shown up at her balcony late at night] 4. Hie you hence to Friar Lawrence s cell! Nurse, Juliet s nanny [to Juliet, when Friar Lawrence wants to see her] 5. Thy kinsman, brave Mercutio... The Prince of Verona [to Romeo, after Mercutio has been killed by mistake] 6. Anon! Anon! Juliet [to Nurse, who keeps calling her while Juliet is secretly talking to Romeo]
7. Then say at once what thou dost know. The Prince of Verona [questioning Friar Lawrence about the deaths of Romeo and Juliet] **8. How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath to say to me that thou art out of breath? Juliet [to her nurse, who says over and over that she s too out of breath to talk] ***9. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. Juliet s mother, Lady Capulet [when Juliet won t do what her mother says]
A. Shakespearean Pronouns Thou You (subject pronoun) Where hast thou been? Thee You (object pronoun) I beg thee, do not speak! Thy Your (possessive pronoun) Thy mother calls! Thine Yours (possessive pronoun) My heart is thine. Use the correct Shakespearean pronoun in the lines from Romeo and Juliet. 1. wast the prettiest babe that e er I nursed. Juliet s nurse [like a nanny] You were the prettiest baby I d ever taken care of. 2. We follow! Juliet s mother, Lady Capulet We will follow you! 3. And I will make thee think swan a crow! Benvolio, a friend of Romeo s And I will make you think your lovely girlfriend is actually ugly. 4. Peace, Mercutio, peace! talkest of nothing! Romeo Quiet, Mercutio, quiet! You re not saying anything important. 5. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art Romeo? Juliet O Romeo, Romeo! Why does your name have to be Romeo? [She says this because her family and Romeo s family are enemies.]
Shakespeare s Insults Shakespeare made up lots of words. He also took words that already existed and used them in interesting ways. Here are some of the insults characters call each other in his plays: Red-tailed bumble-bee! Mad-headed ape! Deformed lump! Thou beslubbering reeling-ripe boar-pig! Thou reeky weather-bitten scut! Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon! Use two words from Column 1 and one from Column 3 to make your own Shakespearean insults. You can use more than two adjectives if you desire. Follow the example below. Write your insults on the page in your packet. The modern English definitions are next to each card. Adjective #1: Reeky Adjective #2: Mad-headed Noun: Ape Shakespearean insult: Thou reeky mad-headed ape! Modern English translation: You stinky, crazy monkey!
ADJECTIVES Puking (adj.) Lumpish (adj.) Mammering (adj.) Puny (adj.) Beslubbering (adj.) Reeky (adj.) Pribbling (adj.) Villainous (adj.) Dankish (adj.) Roguish (adj.) Beef-witted (adj.) Idle-headed (adj.) Swag-bellied (adj.) Toad-spotted (adj.) Boil-brained (adj.) Fly-bitten (adj.) Knotty-pated (adj.) Flap-mouthed (adj.) Vomiting Slow-moving Whimpering Weak Crying Stinky Whining Sinister Smelly Sneaky Stupid [like a cow] Lazy-brained Fat [your belly is so big it sways] Warty Foolish Diseased Nappy-headed Loud-mouthed NOUNS Hedge-pig (n.) Harpy (n.) Foot-licker (noun) Joit-head (noun) Flap-dragon (noun) Clotpole (noun) Measle (noun) Ratsbane (noun) Wagtail (noun) Pigeon-egg (noun) Scut (noun) Rudeling (noun) Pig Screamer Kiss-up Idiot Loudmouth Dummy Disease Weed Good-for-nothing [a useless, lazy person] Lump Loser Rude person 9
Shakespeare s Insults Use two adjectives and one noun to make your own Shakespearean insults. You can use more than two adjectives if you desire. Follow the example. The modern English definitions are on the right side of each card. 1. Adjective #1: Adjective #2: Noun: Shakespearean insult: Thou Modern English translation: You 2. Adjective #1: Adjective #2: Noun Shakespearean insult: Thou Modern English translation: You 10