Renaissance
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
* Interpret literary elements with special emphasis on poetic meter, sonnets, blank verse, imagery, and figurative language
* Learn about the birth of Modern English, Shakespeare's English, and the growth of Modern English
* Explore through a variety of projects the characteristics of a Renaissance person
Literature in Textbook
Macbeth
Various world religious pieces
Dante's: The Divine Comedy: The Inferno
Of Studies
Paradise Lost: The Fall of Satan
Links
Macbeth
Prezi of Shakespeare
The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare Activities (bulletin board with link to Macbeth's curse)
Macbeth Soundtrack
Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno
Milton's Paradise Lost: The Fall of Satan
Francis Bacon's Essays
Shakespeare Sonnets
Helen Vendler Expert on Shakespeare sonnets