Act One Scene Five - Romeo & Juliet

LO: To understand how Shakespeare uses literary devices to show Romeo’s lust for Juliet

01/05/2023

What imagery techniques did we look at?

• Similes• Metaphors• Personification

Recap - imagery

• Similes are when one thing is like something else. Key words like or as.•Metaphor is when the writer says one thing is something else • Personification means describing a thing as if it were a person

Romeo’s speech

• Lines 44 – 53Imagery: Find and annotate the metaphors/similes. Find the lines which compare her to light, jewellery and an animal.Try to explain what these images mean in your own words

Think, Pair, Share

• Talk to the person with you to find out what they have highlighted, and discuss what the images could mean.

Imagery

ROMEO:O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! –For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night

Look at one of the paragraphs

Read through the paragraph and• Identify the point, evidence and explanation• Highlight the language terminology• Why is explanation worthy of this level?

Level 6 paragraph

Romeo has just seen Juliet for the first time at the Capulets’ ball and is enchanted by her beauty. This is evident as Juliet ‘doth teach the torches to burn bright’. Here, the declarative phrase compares Juliet to a glowing torch, and that she is giving the torch human-like qualities. The word ‘bright’ has connotations of allure, and that we should all be drawn to the light.

Level 7 paragraph

Romeo has just seen Juliet for the first time at the Capulets’ ball and is enchanted by her beauty. This is evident as he describes Juliet as someone who teaches ‘the torches to burn bright’. Here, the declarative phrase compares Juliet to a glowing torch; the personification suggests her beauty is so powerful that it is not only bright, but ‘burns’ bright. The verb ‘burns’ suggests how ferocious the light is, and that it can be compared to fire, and the adjective has connotations of allure, and that we should be drawn to the light.

Level 8 paragraph

Romeo has just seen Juliet for the first time at the Capulets’ ball and is enchanted by her beauty. This is evident as he describes Juliet as someone who teaches ‘the torches to burn bright’. Here, the declarative phrase compares Juliet to a glowing torch; the personification suggests her beauty is so powerful that it is not only bright, but ‘burns’ bright. The verb ‘burns’ suggests how ferocious the light is, and that it can be compared to fire, and the adjective has connotations of allure, and that we should be drawn to the light. In addition, the bilabial ‘b’ sounds seem to mimic the lighting of the fire, and the harshness suggests that Juliet has just been thrusted into his vision.

Checklist for levels

Level 6 Level 7 Level 8

Pick out…

•Using the annotations that we have done using Romeo’s speech, pick out one image that you find particularly powerful…

P.E.E Paragraph

Using your chosen image, write a P.E.E paragraph

Starter sentenceIn scene 4 Romeo, who is at the Capulet’s party, sees Juliet for the first time. The phrase ……………..

Peer Assessment

• Swap books with your partner

Do they have… a point, evidence and explanation Embedded the quote language terminology (and word classes) spoken about a word or two in detail spoken about more than one suggestion