Shakespeare LLCE

Staging emotions

Why is Shakespeare the master of emotions ?

Axe : expression et construction de soi

Objectif 1 : Shakespeare lives on

Tell why The Bard would have won a prize nowadays.

Pick out emotions depicted in Shakespeare’s play

Tell why The Bard would have won a prize nowadays.

The Bard would be the winner because he’s written so many stories that we can relate to, and which are still famous today.

Pick out emotions depicted in Shakespeare’s play

-“lovesick” “heartbroken” “jealousy” “greed”

Comment on the last sentence “No wonder artists around the globe are still eager to adapt Will’s work”

Comment on the last sentence “No wonder artists around the globe are still eager to adapt Will’s work”

This sentence proves that Shakespeare’s works are eternal. The emotions depicted are timeless and people can still identify with Shakespeare’s characters.

Pick out adjectives in the second video.

Pick out adjectives in the second video.

- best - amazing - brilliant - enjoyable - absolutely fantastic

- fabulous - really cool - funny - hilarious - true

comment on their use

comment on their use

These are laudatory adjectives, they are meant to compliment somebody / something. To sum-up the play must be incredible according to the persons in the video.

Tell the purpose of the video.

Tell the purpose of the video.

The purpose of the video seems to be promoting the play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

what is "the globe" ?

Objectif 2: a variety of emotions

Focus on the four plays and identify the emotions at stake.

- love - greed - laziness - fear - joy -madness - wrath

Determine if each play is a comedy or a tragedy.

Othello might be a Romeo and Juliet King Lear A Midsummer Night's Dream

How are emotions staged ?

How are emotions staged ?

Emotions are conveyed through the actors’ words, but also through the staging. The balcony scene reinforces the idea of the lovers being apart in R&J. In Othello, the actors’ performance also highlights the various emotions at stake.

Objectif 3: What is a Sonnet ?

Let's read together

SONNET 18 an example

Read the poem and identify who the speaker is addressing.

Read the poem and identify who the speaker is addressing.

The speaker is addressing his loved one.

Pick out words of the lexical fields of seasons and eternity.

Pick out words of the lexical fields of seasons and eternity.

Sum-up the general message conveyed here in one line.

Sum-up the general message conveyed here in one line.

The speaker is confessing his eternal love.

Focus on the last couplet.

SPOT A FIGURE OF SPEECH AND TELL WHAT EFFECT IT PRODUCES.

COMMENT ON THE COUPLET RHYMES TOO.

Focus on the last couplet.

SPOT A FIGURE OF SPEECH AND TELL WHAT EFFECT IT PRODUCES.

The anaphora helps the persona (narrator but for a poem) to declare his love and insist on his feelings.

COMMENT ON THE COUPLET RHYMES TOO.

The couplet rhyme of “see” and “thee” means that he only sees the person he’s speaking to.

In what way does poetry enable love to be eternal ?

In what way does poetry enable love to be eternal ?

Poetry is a written form that lasts in time since it can be read and re-read and tell and re-tell indefinitely.

In what way does poetry enable love to be eternal ?

In what way does poetry enable love to be eternal ?

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

Objectif 3: How to read a sonnet !

What do you feel ? What emotions are conveyed by Andrew Cullimore ?

What do you feel ? What emotions are conveyed by Harriet Walter ?

Objectif 4: Condemned lovers

Recap the evolution of her feelings in the scene.

Recap the evolution of her feelings in the scene.

Juliet is first longing for Romeo. Then, she is puzzled, angry and desperate.

Tell what the words below stand for :

thee hath thy doth

“This is thy sheast;” to “let me die.”. Explain how the change in the verse adds a tragic effect.

“This is thy sheast;” to “let me die.”. Explain how the change in the verse adds a tragic effect.

The run on line (l'enjambement) creates a suspension in time and some suspense. It adds to the tragic tone of the scene

“Taking Romeo’s dagger” “Stabs herself” “Falls on Romeo’s body and dies”. What effect do they have ?

“Taking Romeo’s dagger” “Stabs herself” “Falls on Romeo’s body and dies”. What effect do they have ?

The staging directions help to convey Juliet’s sorrow (chagrin). Her gestures amplify the tragic dimension of her words.

Sum-up the prince’s message. What is the tone of the message ? Comment on the enemies’ friendship at the end.

Sum-up the prince’s message. What is the tone of the message ? Comment on the enemies’ friendship at the end.

The prince denounces the families’ stupidity and ignorance : he is being very critical towards the two families. The enemies become friends now that their children’s lives have been sacrificed, which prove the prince to be right about their stupidity.

Objectif 4: graphic novels inspired by Shakespeare

Read the extract and recap the situation.

READ THE EXTRACT AND RECAP THE SITUATION.

The scene takes place in a forest. Titania, the queen of fairies, falls in love with Bottom (with his donkey head). The scene is comical because both Bottom and Titania are acting in a foolish way : - Bottom singing with his donkey head - Titania being head over heels in love with a donkey

“This is to make an ass of me”. Explain the pun on words, and explain what tone it gives to the excerpt.

“This is to make an ass of me”. Explain the pun on words, and explain what tone it gives to the excerpt.

With that line, Shakespeare wanted to attract the viewers’ attention on Bottom’s donkey head. Bottom is asking the audience not to make fun of him, when he actually is wearing a donkey mask to make people laugh. It gives a humorous tone to the passage. ass / ass

“Reason and love keep little company together”. What would it means here knowing it is the first encountering of the two characters?

“Reason and love keep little company together”. What would it means here knowing it is the first encountering of the two characters?

Titania and Bottom’s meeting illustrates the expression “love at first sight”. With that scene, Shakespeare wanted to show that love is blind and that it can be irrational.

Objectif 5: an example of soliloquy

HAMLET

What is the main topic ?

“to be, or not to be, that is the question” : what is he thinking about precisely?

comment the rhythm of it

What effect does such a soliloquy have on an audience ?

RECAP

COPYBOOKS CLOSED, USE YOUR MEMORY TO RECAP !

RECAP

The set of documents under study ________________ Shakespeare's Hamlet which was __________ around 1600. One document is a ______________ of a film adaptation, one is a written _________________ of the play and the last one is an ________________ , and all represent the famous ____________ of the protagonist. The main topic is ______________________. Indeed right from the first sentence we understand that Hamlet is _____________________ life & death and considering suicide : he has doubts. Shakespeare used a ternary rhythm for the famous quote "______________________________" and the three parts of the line help to reflect Hamlet’s state of mind. Thus, the soliloquy appears to be an _________________________, for the audience, to think about the worth of life and death too.

Objectif 5: Staging Shakespeare's work

What adjective is told to describe the characters in Shakespeare’s plays ?

Sum-up what actors have in mind when playing a character of Shakespeare’s works.

Sum-up what actors have in mind when playing a character of Shakespeare’s works.

Actors have to use their emotions and understand Shakespeare’s characters’ points of view. They shouldn’t be shy to express their points of view, and connect to human primal emotions.

Sum-up what actors have in mind when playing a character of Shakespeare’s works.

Actors have to use their emotions and understand Shakespeare’s characters’ points of view. They shouldn’t be shy to express their points of view, and connect to human primal emotions. Actors have to be so involved and explore many possible interpretations when they’re playing Shakespeare.