Unit 4: Star-Crossed Romances

Essential Questions: 

• Do we determine our own destinies?

• Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choices?

• Should the opinions of others affect our own choices or destinies?

Texts:

• The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

  • Act 1: 

    • Figurative Language

    • Elements of Drama

  • Act 2:

    • Iambic Pentameter

  • Act 3:

    • Dramatic Structures

    • Foil Characters

  • Act 4:

    • Dramatic Elements (Comic Relief, Pun)

  • Act 5:

    • Tragedy

    • Tragic Flaw

    • Tragic Hero

• Pyramus and Thisbe