St Valentine 2014 (4 ESO)
One of the most famous lovers of all time are Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare wrote about them centuries ago, but their love story is eternal.
The many different adaptations that has been made of this play prove it.
In the video below, you can watch some of them. All of them show the beginning of the Balcony Scene (Act 2 Scene 2), also perhaps the most famous one from the play.
I hope you LOVE it!
Can you do these activities?
Romeo
and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2 Balcony Scene )
Juliet.
O
Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore (a) art
thou Romeo?
Deny
thy ________1 and refuse thy name;
Or,
if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a
Capulet.
Romeo.
[Aside.] Shall I _______2
more, or shall I speak
at this?
Juliet.
'Tis
but thy name that is my enemy
Thou
art thyself, though not a Montague. (b)
What's
Montague? It is nor _______3, nor _______4,
Nor
_______5, nor _______6, nor any other part
Belonging
to a man. O, be some other name.
What's
in a name? That which we call a rose
By
any other name would smell as sweet;
So
Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain
that dear perfection which he owes (c)
Without
that title. Romeo, doff thy name, (d)
And
for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
Romeo.
I
take thee at thy word.
Call
me but love, and I'll be new baptis'd;
Henceforth I never will be
Romeo.
Juliet.
What
man art thou that, thus bescreened in night,
So stumblest on my councel?
(e)
Romeo.
By
a name
I
know not how to tell thee who I am:
My
name, dear saint, is hateful to myself,
Because
it is an enemy to thee.
Had
I it _______7, I would tear the _______8.
why (a)
But only your
name is my enemy; you would be yourself even if you had some other
name. (b)
owns (c)
discard your
name (of Montague). (d)
Discover my
secret. (e)
A.-
Complete the text with these cues.
1.
a member of the family. 7. read and …
2.
See, smell, taste, feel and …. 8. Sentences are a group of …
(sing.)
3-6
Parts of the body
B.-
The words in bold were used in Shakespeare time, but not today. Can
you translate them to modern English?
C.-
This is one of the most famous lines of all times. Change the
underline words to make other meaningful lines.
What's in a name? That which we
call a rose
By any other name would smell
as sweet;
D.-
Write 5 sentences comparing the 5 scenes you have seen. You can use
some of these adjectives:
modern
/ old-fashioned // beautiful / handsome / ugly // young / old //
static / dynamic // believable / unbelievable / good / bad // natural
/ artificial...
Examples:
Scene
1 is more old-fashioned than the rest.
The
best actor is Romeo in Scene 1.
E.-
Write 4 sentences with the Connectors of Contrast that we have
studied (but / although / however / on the one hand / on the
other hand) to give your opinion.
Examples: I liked scene 1
although it is very old-fashioned.
I don't like Juliet in
scene 2, however she is beautiful.
You
can watch the video again in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py5YPJGCtpg
You
can read the text from the whole scene here
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/balconyscene/romeoandjulietbalconyscene.html
