
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet presents "star-cross'd" lovers whose plight has become the subject of many of today's novels, plays, films, and television dramas. Explore with your students the techniques that Shakespeare uses to capture the magic of the couple's first meeting and to make that meeting so memorable. This lesson plan complements the study of plot and characterization in Romeo and Juliet in its focus on lyrical form and convention that heighten the impact of the action on the stage.
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities
- Literature
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Reading
- Teaching/Learning Strategy
- Provider:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Provider Set:
- EDSITEment
- Date Added:
- 09/19/2000