Wednesday, 3/25

Pre--
Submit Lit Terms (all) and Vocabulary (1-2) to Google Classroom

Lesson--

Recall Romeo's speech to Juliet in Act 2, Scene II. What are some images he uses to praise Juliet's beauty?

Grab a buddy, and read the poem below 3 times. Copy and paste the poem and the instructions/questions below into a Notability document so you can annotate.

SONNET 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
   As any she belied with false compare. 

• Reading #1: Paraphrase and summarize what the poet is saying.
• Reading #2: Identify poetic techniques like rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter, and the volta.
• Reading #3: Answer the following analysis questions:

1. Shakespeare lists images that, historically, were related to Italian standards for feminine beauty. What is his purpose in listing these images?
2. What does a reader usually expect from a love poem? How does Shakespeare play with this expectation?
3. In the final line, "belie" means to give a false idea or notion about something. How does the final couplet turn the previous 12 lines into a true love poem?
4. How is Shakespeare critiquing superficial views of beauty through imagery and poetic technique?

Post--
Read the remainder of Act 2 in groups of three. Focus on analyzing Dramatic Technique, and paraphrase/consulting the parallel text where necessary.

HW--
Be sure to find your Q4 Book, and bring it to class on Block Day--we will have time to read.