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Elements (The 1996 Baz Luhrmann Version) (The 1968 Franco Zeffirelli Version)
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Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
Which film is more effective, and why?
Close Reading of Lines from Act III, Scene iii
Artist William Hatherell created a watercolor painting of Romeo weeping after he has killed Tybalt called Where’s Romeo?The lines that inspired the painting are below. Read and annotate the excerpt using the annotation guide.
Nurse
81 O holy friar, O, tell me, holy friar,
Where is my lady's lord, where's Romeo?
Friar Laurence
There on the ground, with his own tears made
drunk.
Nurse
O, he is even in my mistress' case,
85 Just in her case! O woful sympathy! Piteous predicament! Even so lies she, Blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering. Stand up, stand up; stand, an you be a man:
Sentence Structure/Syntax:
● Highlight all of the questions in the excerpt.
● Highlight all of the exclamatory statements in a second color.
● Underline all of the imperative statements.
● Write the effect of these sentence types below.
Word Choice/Diction:
● Circle words that describe the teens’ behavior.
● Define any words that you do not know.
● How does the diction influence your understanding of the characters?
90 For Juliet's sake, for her sake, rise and stand; Why should you fall into so deep an O?
Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
Analyzing a Visual Depiction of Act III, Scene iii
Examine the details in the William Hatherell painting titled Where’s Romeo?Then complete the accompanying activities.
Complete the OPTIC1 graphic organizer as you examine the painting.
Ois for Overview.Conduct a brief overview of the main subject of the visual.
O
P isforParts. Scrutinize the parts of the visual. Note any elements or details that seem important.
P
T isfor Title. Read the title or caption of the visual (if present) for added information.
T
I isforInterrelationships. Use the words in the title or caption and the individual parts of the visual to determine connections and relationships within the graphic.
I
C isforConclusion. Draw a conclusion about the meaning of the visual as a whole. Summarize the message
C in one or two sentences.
1 Adapted from Pauk, W. (2000). How to study in college(7th ed.). Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston.
Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
1. Using your mood words handout, list some words that appropriately depict the emotional atmosphere of the painting.
2. Using the words that you used to describe the mood of the painting, complete the following statement:
While Romeo is ________________________________________________________, the others in the painting are ______________________________. The mood of the painting can be described as ____________________, which communicates the idea that
_______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_.
3. Look at the idea you wrote above and think about how the details that create the mood of the painting reveal Hatherell’s general statement about life or human nature. Write a thematic statement about the painting, Where’s Romeo?What does this painting have to say about human experience?