Final Speech Analysis

We looked at the final soliloquy in the play, when Romeo loses all sense of…

February 11, 2021

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We looked at the final soliloquy in the play, when Romeo loses all sense of rationality and makes a horrible decision based primarily on emotion. We examined how Shakespeare develops this idea within the text by

  • extensive use of “O”;
  • chaotic changes in the soliloquy’s subject;
  • references to a loss of control;
  • and other techniques.

Students first presented their claims about the text, many of which led naturally into the observations I wanted students to have later in the lesson.

They were doing some pre-teaching for me, in other words.

Homework

  • English I Honors: 
    • prepare for the Socratic seminar tomorrow on the question of who is most culpable for the events/deaths in the play;
    • work on phrase work (Moodle);
    • continue with the “Decoration Day” assessments (Moodle);
    • work on additional songs for Romeo and Juliet project.

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