Transcript Meet the Characters

Lesson objectives:
• To understand the main players in ‘Romeo and
Juliet’
• To investigate the relationships between the
characters in the play
Starter task:
Unscramble the names of the two families
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Plot Review
Complete these sentences
•Romeo and Juliet meet when......................
•The Friar marries Romeo and Juliet.............
•Romeo is then involved in a fight with...........
•Mecutio dies and this leads to Romeo................
•Romeo is banished and Juliet is made to
marry...........
•She tricks her family by...........
•Unfortunately, in the end...............
Meet the
characters
In Verona, Italy in the late 1500's, two
powerful families the Montagues and
the Capulets have been fighting with
each other for years.
Romeo
• * The hero in Romeo and Juliet, son of Old
Montague.
• * When he meets Capulet's daughter Juliet, he
falls instantly in love with her.
• * His two closest friends are Benvolio and
Mercutio…
Benvolio
* Nephew of Montague and friend to Romeo.
* He has huge loyalty to his friends and family.
* He is a sensible and trustworthy young man
Montague
* Head of one of the most powerful and rich
families in Verona.
* This character is the enemy of Capulet, but a
good father to his son.
Lady Montague
* Not a very important character is the play
* She is a loving mother who adores her son and
dies of a broken heart when Romeo is sent
away
In Verona, Italy in the late 1500's, two
powerful families the Montagues and the
Capulets have been fighting with each other
for years.
Juliet
* The thirteen-year-old daughter of Capulet
* Begins the play as an innocent and gentle girl,
who always listen to her parents.
* Juliet was raised by her nanny who is her
closest friend
Tybalt
* Cousin to Juliet.
* Tybalt is vain and fashionable, who can also be
violent, aggressive and quick to draw his sword when
he feels his pride has been injured.
* Honour and his family mean a lot to this character.
Capulet
* The head of the Capulet
family and enemy of
Montague.
* Capulet is a stubborn old
man, who is used to
getting his own way
Lady Capulet
* Lady Capulet wants her daughter to marry Paris, for
money rather than love
* She loves her daughter but is not close to her
The In-Between Players!
Friar Lawrence:
* Friend to both Romeo
and Juliet
* He secretly marries the
young lovers in the hope
that the marriage might
bring peace to Verona
(where the play is set)
* Is a holy man who
makes the plan to try
and save Romeo and
Juliet
Nurse:
* The woman who has cared for Juliet her
entire life.
* She is Juliet’s friend, but does not support
Juliet’s
Mercutio:
* Best friend to Romeo, on the
side of the Montagues.
* Very hot headed and passionate.
The In-Between Players!
Paris:
* He is handsome and polite and a
favourite to the Capulet family.
* Juliet’s parents arrange for Juliet
to marry Paris when they do not
realise she is still married to Romeo
Prince Escalus:
* The most powerful man in Verona,
who wants peace
Who am I?
Come up with 5 clues
about your character
Name the
family as one
of your clues
Your task:
Themes and
Characters
•In your books draw a grid with the five key
emotions down the side.
•Then write down three events that fit with your
emotion and two characters you think link to this
emotion
Explain WHY- why does your events link
to your emotion and why do your
characters link to your event.
Plenary
1- A character from Romeo and Juliet
2-Important events in Romeo and Juliet
with explanations.
3- Examples of loyalty in Romeo and
Juliet.
Quick revision…Acts 1-3
Two families are f……………….. They have been for as
long as anyone can remember. The Capulet family
have a p………..……. Romeo who is a M…………..… sneaks
in and falls in love with J………………….. who is a
Capulet. They meet on the b…………..…….. and decide
to marry. Tybalt is Juliet’s c……….………and sees
Romeo at the party. After the wedding,
T…………………. wants to fight Romeo, but Romeo
won’t fight him. His friend M………………..….does
instead and Tybalt kills him. Romeo is furious and
……………...Tybalt himself, killing him.
Quick revision…Acts 4-5
Because R……. Killed Tybalt, he is then banished by P……E……
and in forced to leave V……..
Meanwhile, L…….. C……… forces his daughter to accept the
proposal of P……. Juliet is so upset, she visits
F………..L………….., and they create a plan where Juliet will
seem d……. and she can therefore be f……. of the marriage;
leaving her and Romeo together.
Juliet takes the potion and appears dead. She is laid in the
Capulet t……
Romeo receives news on Juliet’s death and believes her dead.
He returns to Verona, and after killing P…….., drinks some
p……… and dies next to Juliet. On awaking and finding her
love dead, Juliet takes a d…….. and she too dies.
The Capulets and Montagues then become friends