English 10 Agenda: 1/30/15

1. English 10 Agenda: 1/30/15 Objective:Students will develop vocabulary and a deeper understanding of drama and Shakespearean techniques in “Julius Caesar”. • The Emergence of Theatre T.E.D. video • “Julius Caesar” notes • Dramatic Irony T.E.D. video • “Julius Caesar” notes continued • “The Great Conspiracy Against Julius Caesar” T.E.D. video, m/c, & quick writes • Homework: Study for ACES and Unit Test!

2. The Emergence of Theatre in England • http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-emergence-of-drama-as-a-literary-art-mindy-ploeckelmann

3. “Julius Caesar”

4. Tragedy • A play, novel or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character(s) comes to an unhappy end. The audience usually feels pity or terror for one or more characters.

5. Dialogue • Conversation between two or more characters.

6. Stage Directions • Directions given to the character(s) telling them how to act or move during the performance.

7. Monologue • An extended speech presented by an actor in a drama or narrative. Example: Antony’s funeral speech to the Roman crowds in Act 3 scene 2.

8. Soliloquy • A long speech given by a character alone on stage to reveal his or her private thoughts. The actor/ actress thinks no-one is listening. Example: Brutus’ speech justifying his actions while he is in the garden.

9. Irony- Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality.

10. 3 Types of Irony • Verbal- Discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. (EX: “But Brutus is an honorable man/So are they all, all honorable men " (Said with verbal  irony since the audience knows only what has been told them, but Antony knows of the conspiracy.) • Situational- Contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens, or when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really takes place. (EX: Caesar is going to stay home on his assination day but Decius changes Caesar’s mind.) • Dramatic- When the audience or reader knows something that a character in a narrative does not know. ( EX: The audience, knowing that Caesar will be assassinated watches him set out on the Ides of March.)

11. Dramatic Irony • http://ed.ted.com/lessons/in-on-a-secret-that-s-dramatic-irony-christopher-warner

12. Extended Metaphor • A comparison made over many lines. Example: “But ‘tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scourning the base degrees By which he did ascend.” (II, i, 21-27) Brutususes of an extended metaphor when comparing Caesar's rise to power to someone climbing a ladder.

13. Foreshadowing • The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot. • The soothsayer warns Caesar about the Ides of March, but he ignores the seer.  •  Marullus remarks that Caesar keep the Romans in "servile fearfulness foreshadowing danger to Caesar.  • Caesar notices that Cassius "has a lean andhungry look such men are dangerous” (I,ii,194-195).

14. Pun • Play on the multiple meanings of a word. Example: In Act 1, Scene 1, Marullus mentions Pompey. Julius Caesar defeated Pompey, which led to JC's sole rule of RomeA pun is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. Second Commoner: A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safeconscience; which is, indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles.(Lines 13-14) **bad soles (bottom of your shoes), bad souls (a person in a poor moral state)

15. The Great Conspiracy Against Julius Caesar • http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-great-conspiracy-against-julius-caesar-kathryn-tempest#review

16. HOMEWORK: • Study all your notes • Study and memorize the definitions of the following words: • Scene • Dialogue • Monologue • Soliloquy • Dramatic Irony • Tragedy • Stage Directions