Scene Breakdown Project

Working in groups, you will present the scene to the class. In the presentation, you will:

1. Give a summary of what happens in the scene (the five Ws) and how the scene moves the play forward.

2. Identify and analyze the use of literary tools in the language of the scene.

3. Discuss the themes that emerge in the scene and how these themes might be translated into a production on stage.

4. Read the scene in a lively way, highlighting the dramatic action and the motivations of the characters.

By the next lesson, you should have read the scene on No Fear Shakespeare. I will give you time in class to analyze and rehearse the scene. Even though the characters have more or fewer lines in each scene, I expect the information for numbers 1, 2 and 3 to be evenly divided.

Act 2 Prologue and scene 1

Prologue/Romeo - Syvanna

Benvolio - Nicole

Mercutio - Briana

2.2

Together

2.3

Friar Laurence - Zoe

Romeo - Amaya

2.4

Benvolio - Viqueline

Mercutio - Melanie

Romeo - Emmalee

Nurse - Daniela

2.5

Juliet - Melanie

Nurse - Natalie

2.6

Romeo - Alianna

Juliet - Danielle

Friar - Ariella

3.1

Together

3.2

Juliet - Erica

Nurse - Rebecca

3.3

Friar - Elona

Romeo - me

Nurse - Tavia

3.4

Skip

3.5

Together until Lady Capulet's entrance -

Lady Capulet - Jennifer

Juliet - Ariel

Capulet - me

Nurse - Nicole

4.1

Friar Lawrence - Grace

Paris - Elizabeth

Juliet - Kristen