NOVEL: Romeo and Juliet

NOVEL: ROMEO AND JULIET

CHAPTER : The Montagues and the Capulets

There were two families in the city of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets. They had hated each other for a lot of years.
The servants, one day, met in the street and they start a fight. Then Lord and Lady Capulet arrived. And Lord and Lady Montague arrived too. Everyone was fighting.
At last the Prince of Verona arrived. He was very angry and he said that if they fight again, they will both die. The fight was over.
Romeo was in love of Rosaline. But Rosaline wasn't love Romeo.
Lord Capulet decided to have a party, because he wonted his daughter, Juliet, to meet Paris. The rich Lord. He hoped he would marry Juliet in the future.
The servant went to invite the guests. Then met Romeo and Benvolio in the street and ask for help to read the names of the list.
Romeo saw that Rosaline were invited in the party.
While Lady Capulet was talking to Juliet to say she would marry Paris.

CHAPTER TWO: The garden of the Capulets

Romeo and Benvolio went to the party with a mask because the people weren't recognise that they were Montague.
He forgot Rosaline when he saw Juliet.
The people dance to the music, and Tybalt recognised Romeo's voice.
Tybalt called his uncle, but Lord Capulet said they can stay in the party.
Romeo went to talk with Juliet and he kiss her lips. Juliet went with the Nurse. Juliet asked who was that young man and Romeo asked the same. They knew who were them.
In the night, Romeo jumped the wall to go in Juliet's garden.
And they were talking, and decided to get married secretly.

CHAPTER THREE: The Prince of Cats

Romeo went to see Friar Laurence because he wanted to marry with Juliet secretly.
Tybalt wanted to fight with him.
The Nurse went to visit Romeo and he gave a message for Juliet “They will meet to Friar Laurence's cell to get married secretly”.
The two lovers got married.
Finally there was a fight between Tybalt and Mercutio. Romeo didn't want to fight to Juliet's cousin. Romeo want to stop the fight and Tybalt killed Mercutio and he run away.

CHAPTER FOUR: Fortune's Fool
Tybalt returned to the fight and Romeo killed him because he was very angry.
Romeo run away because the Prince was coming. Benvolio explained the fight to the Prince.
The Prince say they banish Romeo from Verona.
Romeo went to see for the last time Juliet and they spent the night together.
Paris was very happy because he will married Juliet. But nobody knew that Juliet was married with Romeo secretly.

CHAPTER FIVE: My Lady's Dead!

Lady Capulet explained to Juliet that she had to get married with Paris next Thursday morning. Juliet tried to explain that she didn't want.
Then her father force her to marry him.
Juliet visited Friar Laurence and he gave a special potion for to sleep for forty-two hours and her family think she's death and carry her to the tomb. And there she wakes up and meet Rome for to escape together.
The day of the wedding, the Nurse found Juliet died in the bed and the wedding became a funeral.
And Friar John went to Mantua to tell Romeo to come back to Verona.

CHAPTER SIX: With a Kiss, I Die

Romeo knew that Juliet was dead. Rome went to the tomb of Capulets. In the tomb, Paris tried to arrest Romeo, they fight and Romeo kill Paris.
Rome went inside the tomb, kiss Juliet and drank the poison.
Friar Laurence went to the tomb because he want to help them. He found Romeo dead and Juliet wake up. When Juliet saw Romeo dead, she want to dead too and stabbed herself and fell.
Finally Friar Laurence told the truth to the Montagues and Capulets and families became friends.

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SHAKESPEARE TIMES

1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS :

1. Who were the Shakespeares and the Ardens, and what was each family's place in local society?The Shakespeares were the family from William Shakespeare’s father called John Shakespeare. Hi was a prominent and prosperous alderman in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, and was later granted a coat of arms by the College of Heralds.

The Ardens were the family from William Shakespeare’s mother called Mary Arden.

She inherited her father's farm and land when he died. The Ardens were a prominent Warwickshire family.

The two families have a good place in local society.

2. When do historians think that Shakespeare arrived in London? What is the reason he may have had to leave Stratford? We are not sura what Sheakespeare did between 1585 and 1592, but we know that he was already working in London as an actor and playwright in 1592.

Looking for work.

3. What was the population of London during Shakespeare's time? Can you briefly describe what the city was like at the time? How did it smell like?The population of London liked going to the theater and see works of drama and romantic comedies. The theaters in London had to close because of the plague: it was dangerous for many people to be together in a small place. In these years Shakespeare wrote poetry , and began his sonnets,

4. Who was the ruler when Shakespeare first came to London? Who were her parents? Was she a good queen? Why?Their patron was the Lord Chamberlian, an important person at Queen Elizabeth's court.

The Family of Queen Elizabeth I  Queen Elizabeth I was a member of the illustrious Tudor Dynasty. Facts, key dates and timelines about her ancestry and her immediate family are as follows:

• Aug. 22, 1485 - Henry Tudor, grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I, wins battle of Bosworth becoming Henry VII
• Henry VII cemented his succession and settled the friction between the Yorkists and Lancastrians by marrying the Yorkist heir, Elizabeth of York
• Jan 16, 1486 - Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV
• Jun 28, 1491 - Birth of Prince Henry, future Henry VIII
• 1509 - Accession of King Henry VIII - father of Queen Elizabeth I,
• 18 February, 1516 - Mary, daughter of Henry and Katharine of Aragon is born
• January 25th 1533 Henry marries Anne Boleyn - mother of Queen Elizabeth I,
• 7 September 1533 Queen Elizabeth I the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, is born
• May 15th 1536 Anne Boleyn tried for treason, adultery and incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London
• May 19th 1536 Anne Boleyn executed on Tower Hill. Anne's body and head were buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
• Within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn's execution, Jane Seymour and Henry VIII were formally betrothed
• Edward VI born 12 October, 1537
• July 28th 1540 - 49 year old Henry married 19 year old Catherine Howard
• 13th February 1542 - Catherine Howard is executed for adultery
• King Henry VIII dies 28 January, 1547
• Edward VI (Henry's son by Jane Seymour) becomes King of England
• 6 July, 1553 King Edward VI dies of tuberculosis
• 6 July 1553 - Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, is proclaimed Queen of England
• Queen Mary I dies on November 17, 1558
• November 17, 1558 - Accession of Queen Elizabeth

5. What was the established religion in England during Shakespeare times? Who was Henry VIII? How did he and his daughter influence religion in England?Catholic and protestant.

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.

When they were kings they influenced on the religion.

6. Who was Cristopher Marlowe? Which kind of relationship did he have with Shakespeare? How did he die? What might have been suspicious circumstances surrounding his death? Cristopher was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian until his mysterious early death.

7. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? Who is believed to be the "Dark Lady" of the sonnets? Who else, other than Shakespeare, is believed to have written his plays?

8. Who were the Puritans? What were some of their beliefs? What did they think of the theatre and the actors in Shakespeare's time?

9. What were the main theatres in Shakespeare's times? Where did Shakespeare use to act? What are the names of the acting companies with which Shakespeare was associated?

Robin Hood

a. Did Robin Hood really exist? Robin Hood is one of the world's favourite legends.There are parts that are true but most doesn't.

b. What was he famous for? Because he was rich and the poor helped me all he could.

c. Where was he from? Robin and his men lived in Sherwood Forest near the town of Nottingham.

d. Can you write a few lines about the story?
-His real name was Robert.
-Robin Hood was born near the end of the 12th century.
-Robin is opposed as always by Sir Guy of Gisborne and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
-Is very skillful with the bow and arrows.

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ACTIVITIES
1. What do you know about Mark Twain?

He was born in Florida, Missouri.
Twain was the sixth of seven children.
He was humorist and writer.
Twain died on 22 April in 1910.

The principals works are Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Swayer.

He married Olivia, in 1870 on New York.
He's first son died of diphtheria at 19 months.
Then he was three children, Susy,Clara and Jean.

2. Write a summary of each chapter. Add images/videos...

The sheriff found Muff Potter's knife near the body of the doctor. He put Muff in St. Perersburg small jail. Tom and Huck saw Injun Joe kill the doctor, Muff didn't kill him. One day on the summer Tom, Joe and Huck went to sit by the mississippi River. They fished, talked and looked at the boats. Then, they wanted to go to Jackson's Island. At midnight the three boys met on the river. When they arrived on the island they made a fire and cooked some meat.

The next morning they went swimming in the river. Then they went fishing and cooked the fish on the fire and ate it. the people of St. Petersburg went to church because they thought they had killed the children. When they were do in the mass the boys appeared and everyone was happy.

3. Write a description of the main characters.

4. SPEAKING:Podcasting
Option A : Reading the summaries.


Option B: Find your favourite scene and podcast it in pairs.
5. Write your group summary in Tom Sawyer's wiki. Yes.