This week we have started to delve into Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The first task you approached with gusto was galloping around the classroom to the rhythm of iambic pentameter. We established the natural rhythm and then went on to read the prologue. Today we began to ask questions about why Shakespeare decided to write in iambic pentameter and Kai asked if this was used all the time in his plays. We will see as we read the play. The second question we considered was how a playwright protected his ideas and writing in Elizabethan times. Akira suggested that the writer weave his name into the text at regular intervals (an interesting version of a trademark!) while Jonathan suggested a successful performance would secure recognition of the work. Lots of interesting discussion. Tomorrow we will look at your translations of the prologue.
React!