Romeo and Juliet Act I Review

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The Tragedy ofThe Tragedy of

Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare


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The PrologueThe Prologue

Chorus.Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient trudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins if these two foesA pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows,Do with their death bury their parents rage,

Which, but their childrens end, naught couldremove,

Is now the two hours traffic of our stage;The which if you with patient ears attend,

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive tomend.


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So what does that mean?So what does that mean?

The Chorus is played by asingle actor, whose job is tobriefly summarize the plot ofthe play.The story is set in Verona,

Italy.The recent fighting thatbroke out between two

feuding noble families dooms


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So what does that mean?So what does that mean?

The unfolding of their death-marked love is the playssubject.

Its tragic climax is their untimelydeaths, which cause theirrespective families to resolve the

feud.


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ACT IACT I

Romeo and Juliet

Remember when we did the plotpyramids for Marigolds?The beginning of a story is called the____________.What does an exposition do?In Romeo and Juliet, Act I functions

as the exposition of the play.


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ACT I, SCENE IACT I, SCENE I

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Act I, Scene I SummaryAct I, Scene I Summary

On a street in Verona, twoservants of Lord Capulet start afight with two of Lord Montagues

servants.Benvolio, Romeos friend, enters

and stops the fight.

Then Tybalt, a relative of theCapulets enters and insultsBenvolio, and the fighting starts

again.


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The fighting is stopped by severalpeople, just as Lord and LadyCapulet and Lord and Lady

Montague enter.The two Lords exchange angry

words.

Prince Escalus, the Prince andleader of Verona, comes andwarns the Lords that if they fight

any more theyll be sentenced to


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Romeo enters thescene andconfesses to hisfriend Benvolio thathes upset because

he loves a youngwoman, Rosaline,whos sworn shellbecome a nun.

Benvolio tells

Romeo to forgetabout her, butRomeo says anyother woman willonly remind him ofRosaline, who he

loves so much.


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ACT I, SCENE IIACT I, SCENE II

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Act I, Scene II SummaryAct I, Scene II Summary

Paris asks LordCapulet forpermission toMarry Juliet, butCapulet hesitatesbecause he thinksJuliet is too youngfor marriage.

He says if Pariscan win Julietsheart, the two willhave his blessing.

So, he invitesParis to a feast.


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Act II, Scene II SummaryAct II, Scene II Summary

Romeo finds out Rosaline is onthe guest list to attend the feast,so he and his friends decide they

will sneak into the Capulets bigparty.


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Act I, Scene 3Act I, Scene 3

Now well watch the rest of Act Iin the 1968 film version of Romeoand Juliet, directed by a famous

Italian director named FrancoZeffirelli.Pay close attention to the party

scene, when Tybalt sees Romeo

and gets mad that hes there.Also, pay close attention to

the part when Romeo and

Juliet first meet.

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