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Book report: Look at your revised schedule to see whatchapters and questions are due on weeks 6, 9 &

13 for your book report project.

Warm-up: sonnet 116

Match the lines of sonnet 116 with their summarized versions

Mabillard, Amanda. An Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. Shakespeare Online. 2000. (day/month/year you accessed the information) < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116detail.html >.

a. Oh no! it is a lighthouse

b. Love is the guiding north star to every lost ship,

c. Which changes when it finds a change in circumstances,

d. That sees storms but it never shaken;

e. Whose value cannot be calculated, although its altitude can be measured.

f. Or bends from its firm stand even when a lover is unfaithful:

g. Let me not declare any reasons why two

h. True-minded people should not be married. Love is not love

1. Let me not to the marriage of true minds

2. Admit impediments. Love is not love

3. Which alters when it alteration finds,

4. Or bends with the remover to remove:

5. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

6. That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

7. It is the star to every wandering bark,

8. Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

9. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

10. Within his bending sickle's compass come:

11. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

12. But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

13. If this be error and upon me proved,

14. I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

i. Love does not alter with hours and weeks,

j. Then I recant all that I have written, and no man has ever [truly] loved.

k. Comes within the compass of his sickle.

l. But, rather, it endures until the last day of life.

m. Love is not at the mercy of Time, though physical beauty

n. If I am proved wrong about these thoughts on love

1. Let me not to the marriage of true minds

2. Admit impediments. Love is not love

3. Which alters when it alteration finds,

4. Or bends with the remover to remove:

5. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

6. That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

7. It is the star to every wandering bark,

8. Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

g. Let me not declare any reasons why two

h. True-minded people should not be married. Love is not love

c. Which changes when it finds a change in circumstances,

f. Or bends from its firm stand even when a lover is unfaithful:

a. Oh no! it is a lighthouse

d. That sees storms but it never shaken;

b. Love is the guiding north star to every lost ship,

e. Whose value cannot be calculated, although its altitude can be measured.

9. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

10. Within his bending sickle's compass come:

11. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

12. But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

13. If this be error and upon me proved,

14. I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

m. Love is not at the mercy of Time, though physical beauty

k. Comes within the compass of his sickle.

i. Love does not alter with hours and weeks,

l. But, rather, it endures until the last day of life.

n. If I am proved wrong about these thoughts on love

j. Then I recant all that I have written, and no man has ever [truly] loved.

• What is the theme or main idea of this sonnet?• What does Shakespeare compare love to? • Do you agree with the comparisons?• How would you describe love? What is love like?*These types of descriptions through comparison

are types of figurative language called metaphors and similes.

• Metaphor: a figure of speech comparing things that are basically unalike to make the reader see them as similar in some way

e.g. The thief was a fox. The boy remained a rock for his family during the tragedy.

O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! (from ‘Romeo & Juliet)

• Simile: a comparison of things that are basically unalike by using the words like, as, as if, than, such as, or resembles; most similes begin with like or as

e.g. The unkind words struck like a knife in the girl's heart.

She eats like a bird.

Sunshine and rain at once; her smiles and tears were like (from ‘King Lear’)

The Renaissance1485-1660

Notes on pg.

35

Notes on pg.

35

Two Time Periods: •The Elizabethan Period: the reign of Elizabeth I, 1586-1603•Jacobean Period: he reign of James I of England, 1603-1625

Content: •world view shifts from religion and after life to one stressing the human life on earth •popular theme: development of human potential •popular theme: many aspects of love explored •unrequited love •constant love •timeless love •courtly love •love subject to change

• Style/Genres: • poetry

– the sonnet• drama

– written in verse – supported by royalty – tragedies, comedies, histories

• Effect: • commoners welcomed at some play productions (like

ones at the Globe) while conservatives try to close the theaters on grounds that they promote brazen behaviors

• Historical Context: • War of Roses ends in 1485 and political stability arrives • Printing press helps stabilize English as a language and

allows more people to read a variety of literature • Economy changes from farm-based to one of

international trade

• A Sampling of Key Literature & Authors:• William Shakespeare • Thomas Wyatt• Ben Jonson• Cavalier Poets• Metaphysical Poets

Queen Elizabeth I

The Globe Theatre

The Globe Galleries

Inside the Globe

Group 1: William Shakespeare

The Facts...

Born in 1564 1582 – marries Anne Hathaway 3 children – Susanna, Judith, Hamnet Writes in 16th & 17th century English

154 sonnets & a few poems Probably 35 plays

Probably the most famous English writer EVER

Pg. 36-how many

blanks can you fill in?

Pg. 36-how many

blanks can you fill in?

Shakespeare wrote in three genres:

ComedyTragedyHistory

+Sonnets

• Comedy– Often romantic– Characters resolve their problems– Usually ends with a wedding– Tragicomedy—looks like disaster, but ends well

• History– Interpreted events from the past– Built nationalism– Often commented on current politics and leaders

• Tragedy—different types– Noble hero falls due to a flaw– Wronged hero falls seeking revenge– Evil “hero” falls while doing evil

Shakespeare’s plays take place in:

DenmarkScotlandEnglandFranceGreece

ItalyMany locations

TroyEgyptUnknown islands

Shakespeare deals with issues we still deal with!

GenderSexualityRacismHonorWar & fightingDeath

ReligionTeenage loveParent/child disputesPoliticsRevenge

Romeo and Juliet

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Hamlet

Sonnets

• What is a sonnet?• What are sonnets usually about? • How many lines does a sonnet have?• What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

– E.g. pg. 38

• What is the meter of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Look on pgs. 37-38

Look on pgs. 37-38

Rhyme Scheme

• Stanzas (=‘paragraphs’ in poetry)– 2 line stanza= couplet– 3-line stanza=triplet– 4-line stanza=_____train– 5-line stanza=_____tet

ABAB CDCD EFEF GGQuatrain/quatrain/quatrain/couplet

Meter • Iambs and trochees (=pairs of syllables; either stressed/unstressed (trochee) or

unstressed/stressed (iamb) e.g. wander; goodbye; forget; problem

• A foot (=a pair of syllables) • 1 foot= monometer• 2 feet=dimeter• 3 feet= trimeter• 4 feet=tetrameter• 5 feet=?

Meter=type + number of feet per line

To determine a poem’s meter:1.Divide each line into pairs of syllables and decide whether they are iambs or trochees2.Count how many feet there are in each line

When I / con si/der how/ my life / is spentEre half / my days / in this / dark world / and wide

How many feet are in each line?

=iambic pentameter

From ‘On His Blindness’ by John Milton

When I consider how my life is spentEre half my days in this dark world and wide

When I / con si/ der how/ my life / is spentEre half / my days / in this / dark world / and wide

Are these pairs iambs or trochees?

=trochaic tetrameter

From ‘The Phoenix and the Turtle’ by William Shakespeare

Reason, in itself confounded, Saw division grow together

Rea son,/ in it / self con/foun ded, Saw di/vi sion/ grow to/ge ther

Focus on Sonnet 18

Sonnet 18What does Shakespeare compare his lover to?

What is the “eye of heaven” in line 5?

What else does Shakespeare tell us about a

summer’s day in lines 1-8

How is his lover different from a summer’s day?

What do the last two lines mean?

Homework: due next class

• Write a Shakespearean sonnet describing someone you love or greatly admire. Make sure it has the correct rhyme scheme and use at least one simile or metaphor.

• Read pg. 41-44 and answer questions on pg.43 & 45

Updated scheduleweek period In-class Homework 4 Renaissance Group presentations on

Shakespearesonnets

-read pgs. 41-44 + ?s on pg.43,45-Write sonnet

5 Renaissance Group presentation on Globe TheatreHamlet

-read pgs. 46-48 + ?s on pgs. 48-49-Finish book report ?s for check #1-Study for quiz

6 Classical Group presentations on John

Bunyan

*quiz* on Renaissance/

Shakespeare

*book report reading check #1

-read pgs. 55-58 + ?s on pg. 58-Study for quiz on Classical period