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3. On Monday we will try out a Cambridge Listening Test
Today we finally get to start studying our Shakespeare play- a comedy entitled "Two Gentlemen of Verona"
We will use a Shakespeare Survival Kit which should be completed by the time we finish the play.
We will start off by getting a copy of the play from Björn.
Then there will be a video about Shakespeare's life.
Fill in some information for each heading on the document (available on paper)
General information about Shakespeare:-
Here is a link document to help you
After that we will begin studying the language and looking at the compendium.
Here are some of the documents:
General
Words -Some basic information about Shakespeare's language
Common Shakespeare terms- more general language information
Figurative language- some of the devices Shakespeare uses to enrichen his plays
What did he say? Test your own knowledge of Shakespeare's words having read through the information about his language
Punny guy! The classic Shakespeare device for providing verbal humour (N.B. This is a pdf file!)
Here ia an extra resource from about.com( http://specials.about.com/service/newsletters/shakespeare/3d5479d1d00001ad8c000fac.htm )which I can recommend
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Here is a document to get you going with the language
Here are the study questions for Act I
Scene 1
1. How does the play
begin ?
2. Which characters
are on stage?
3. What are they
discussing ?
4. What is Valentine
about to do?
5. Who is Speed? Why
do you think he is called the way he is ?
To help you here is a short summary of this first scene in the play
Act I, scene i
Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona opens on a street in Verona as Valentine
bids an emotional farewell to his dearest friend, Proteus.
Valentine explains to Proteus that he must leave Verona for Milan because he believes
that young gentlemen remain simple if they do not venture out to see the world.
Proteus responds that his passion for Julia
keeps him at home in Verona. Valentine chides Proteus for being so consumed
with love, and hints that Proteus' devotion to love will ultimately make him a
fool. Proteus promises to pray for his friend, and Valentine departs. Proteus
muses that Valentine has set out to find honor, and that Valentine honors his
friends by becoming more dignified himself. With melancholy in his voice,
Proteus notes that he has abandoned his friends, his studies, and his rational
thoughts, all for his love of Julia.
Proteus' mournful thoughts are interrupted by the entrance of Speed,
Valentine's punning page. After a long, silly discussion about whether Speed is
a sheep and Valentine a shepherd, Proteus asks Speed if he has delivered
Proteus' love letter to Julia. More punning ensues, until Speed finally
confesses that while he did indeed deliver the letter, he could discern no
particular response from Julia since she simply nodded her head when she
received the letter. Speed notes that Julia did not tip him for delivering the
letter, from which he infers that Julia will be hard and withholding toward
Proteus' as well. Proteus angrily sends Speed after Valentine's ship, worrying
himself over Julia's cold reception to his love letter.
Scene 2
1. Who is Julia ?
2. What is her
relationship to Lucetta?
3. Why is this scene
“comic”?
4. Who is Julia in
love with?
Scene 3
1. In all these
scenes, there is a master/mistress and servant? Who is the servant here?
2. Panthino is not
like Lucetta and Speed. Why?
3. Proteus gets
tricked by his own lies. Can you explain how?
4. What is the
relationship between Antonio and Proteus?
5. Give examples of
5 puns (plays on words) from the First Act of the Play
We shall go through Act I next Friday (on the blog). By then you should know the answers!
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