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Reading Shakespeare: Verse and Structure — Homework
Read Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet, including the Prologue, before answering.
- 1.Scan this line for meter and name it: "A PAIR of STAR-crossed LOVers TAKE their LIFE."
- 2.What does the Prologue reveal about the plot before the play begins?
- 3.Why does knowing the ending in advance change how an audience watches the rest of the play?
- 4.Match each act, 1 through 5, to its role in the five-act tragic structure.
- 5.In three or more sentences, explain why Shakespeare might choose to write the Prologue specifically as a sonnet.
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