Romeo and Juliet: A Video Review

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Yes, we do!

Because I have received an above-average number of text messages, let me confirm two things:

Your study guide IS due tomorrow. Completed: )

Your Act 3 quiz is tomorrow. Study: )

See you then!

Sample Outline

Your outlines are due tomorrow.

Last year, the children completed their introductions BEFORE they wrote outlines.  YOU will be outlining your introduction as well.

Have a look at this sample from last year:

Paige Outline

And here is mine:

Emily Rock

English I Honors

20 May 2009

I.                     Introduction:

A.  There are no lines from William Shakespeare’s canon more immortal than those opening Sonnet 18. 

B. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day…” begins as an ode to a near-perfect love and serves to end the burdens of the earlier sonnets in the cycle

C. Sonnet 18 stands not only as a testament to the epitome of Renaissance beauty, but as a cautionary tale for wayward youths.

II.                  Sonnet 18 is really about surface love, not real love.

A.       Vendler calls it “innocuous, dulcet, light.”

B.      Love is too deep for elaboration?

C.      Real love cannot be expressed in 14 lines, but immortalization can be achieved.

III.                The theme of Nature lends itself to the ideas of reproduction

A.       Vendler discusses the idea of ‘necessity’ in the sonnet.

B.      Reminders of death, particularly with image of ‘sun.’

C.      Beauty will die first, and then the Young Man is worthless.

IV.                Sonnet 18 is , after all, a sonnet of conventions.

A.       Shakespeare takes convention and trumps them

B.      The beloved is too beautiful even for convention—beyond flattery.

C.      This pedestal foreshadows that eventual death of the relationship

D.      In the end, it is impossible to love someone so revered/perfect.(Vendler—“denigrate the perfect metaphor.”)

To Know...

How to:

Format your research paper: MLA

Use quotations: Quote Away!

AND....Today's HW:

Literary Analysis Outline

Follow this handy-dandy outline format to complete an outline for your literary analysis paper—this step is key in writing a well-organized, eloquent, paper.

I.                     Introduction

A.       Opening ‘hook’

B.      Background Information

C.      Statements/summaries about sonnet

D.      Thesis statement

II.                   Body 1

A.       Transition Sentence

B.      Backup of Thesis

C.      “Proof” with quotes, research

Etc., etc., etc.,

      V.            (or whatever)  Conclusion

                       A.  Summary of main points

                      B.  Restatement of thesis

The length of this paper is a minimum of 2 pages; the way you break this down is up to you.

Please have this neatly written or typed on Wednesday, May 15th…or many curses await you.

Read this, folks: )

The Story of the Sonnets

The link above does a great job of giving background to the Sonnets and the "characters" within; the Dark Lady, Fair Youth, and Rival Poet.  If you feel like your research is a failure, this is a good starting place.

Enjoy your weekend.

Sample Analysis Essay

Many people today were concerned with the eventual point of our research.  Therefore, I decided to post one of last year's Literary Analysis essays.  In the next week, you will be given one more resource(from me) and will craft a thesis statement about your sonnet.  You will prove this thesis within your essay, using information from your research and the lines of your sonnet.  Take a look at last year's:

Tommi's essay

This Week's Research

I've uploaded the files from this week's library trip.  If you missed a day, or forget my instructions, the links can be found below.

Library Day 1

Library Day 2