Monday, 18 October 2010

Romeo and Juliet Research

Year 11 Romeo and Juliet Research


http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juliet/full.html
Search for any use of the words fate/fortune. Copy the quotation and try to work out what it means and whether it could go into your essay.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/romeoscenes.html
Read the article called Shakespeare on Fate - make notes on anything that might help in your essay.
Look at Q&A on Romeo and Juliet. e.g. the note on tragedy
Have a look at the notes on Romeo as a character.

Read the modern version of act 3, scene 1 alongside the original. Do you think it gets across the meaning of the original as you have studied it? Which do you prefer and why?
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_136.html

This page has a summary of 3:1 with notes on the action.
http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/S31.html

Go to http://10x1english.blogspot.com/
Look at the essay on Fate/Destiny. Look at the Powerpoint.

Watch the video on the following page on themes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramaromeojuliet/romeothemesact.shtml

Have a go on the following game
http://www.shakespeare4kidz.com/r-j-shootout-game-3.html

Create your own poster to advertise a new version of the play or movie.