5.27.16

Final project information: Components/Rubric: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HxquqeNdB4NfmbMCUhu39TSgg3Si2QdTvlMxhzlosgw/edit?usp=sharing

Actor Reflection:
 * 1/2 a page-one page, typed and double-spaced.
 * Analyze the character you play in the scene: What is his or her motivation in this scene? What does he or she want/need? How do you know? What elements of the character are clear in this scene and what do they reveal? How will you be portraying this character accurately, and how you know why to do what you do to make him/her come alive?
 * Needs direct quotes from the text. Use them to prove your assertions about the characters. When you cite // Romeo and Juliet //, the title is in italics and quotes use the following format: "Quoted material"(5.2.14)=(Book #.Scene #.Line numbers).
 * Formal, proofread writing.

Scenes: We broke into groups based on scenes today. If you were absent, you might have been claimed by a group. Either way, talk to me about this next class. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yI1AuvyyPApB28_gK8sBz9btVd9AEZkoFx2IIeetm1Y/edit?usp=sharing

Work time to discuss plans with you groups. I would suggest that this weekend you make a copy of your scene and annotate your character's role. Remember, here you're showing that you understand the content and the character's intent. How would your character feel at this point? How would he/she say his/her line? What would the character's body language reflect?

Close-read balcony scene: Motifs/devices:
 * stars
 * sun--new start, change rising, love, new love, possibility/danger, beginning of a cycle, source of life/love, exposes truth
 * moon
 * jealousy
 * brightness vs. darkness
 * heavenly or celestial beings: angel
 * eyes
 * spheres/orbits/circles
 * body parts
 * silence vs. speaking
 * mortals vs. immortals (angel)
 * earthy (Romeo) vs. heavenly (Juliet)
 * sickness vs. health
 * daylight vs. night
 * sun=light=Juliet
 * moon=night=Romeo
 * east vs. west (dawn/beginning/setting/death)

HW: Begin working on final project