Act One, Scene Four - Romeo & Juliet

LO: To understand Romeo’s lovesickness and Queen Mab’s speech by Mercutio

03/05/2023

When listening to the Queen Mab speech, underline…

1. The description of Queen Mab2. What sort of dreams does Queen Mab fill their

dreams with?3. What sort of character is she?

O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone 

On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies 

Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners' legs, 

The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the smallest spider's web, 

The collars of the moonshine's watery beams, Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film, 

Her wagoner a small grey-coated gnat, Not so big as a round little worm 

Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are: Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; 

And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep, 

Then dreams, he of another benefice: Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck,

And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five-fathom deep; and then anon 

Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two 

And sleeps again.

This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,

Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes: This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, 

That presses them and learns them first to bear, Making them women of good carriage.

Homework

• Draw your depiction of what you think Queen Mab looks like using the description that Mercutio gives. Label the drawing with annotations around it showing why you have included it. • There is a question at the end – Why do you think

Shakespeare has included Queen Mab in the play?• DUE – Thursday 10th March

Plenary

•Why do you think Queen Mab has been included in Romeo and Juliet?

• Are dreams a reality? In your dreams, do they often happen in real life?•What happens to Mercutio later on in the play?

Act One Scene Five - Romeo & Juliet

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

03/05/2023

What are these examples of?

‘as happy as a clam’‘as black as coal’

‘His heart is a cold iron’‘He is a shining star.’

‘The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.’‘The wind sang through the meadow.’

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

P.E.E Paragraph

Identify the words/ phrase in this statement that tells the audience that Romeo has truly FALLEN in love . Now write as a PEE paragraph[ 5-8 lines]Starter sentence….In scene 4 Romeo, who is at the Capulet’s party, sees Juliet for the first time. The phrase ……………..