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Monday, March 14

Tuesday, March 15 page 163 The short story "Romeo and Juliet" is based on a play by William Shakespeare.

Characters
 * Characters act without thinking things through
 * Friar Lawrence is wisest character
 * Juliet is stronger than Romeo
 * Romeo is weak and foolish

Plot
 * Action is very dramatic and theme--not like the real world
 * Story unfolds over only a few days
 * main characters fall in love at first sight and marry in secret

Setting
 * Verona, Italy in the 1500s
 * teens had little to say over whom to marry
 * violence erupts all the time'
 * Prince has power to sentence lawbreakers to death

Theme
 * The best intentions can lead to the worst problems
 * Blind hatred can lead to sorrow and tragedy
 * hate is more powerful than love

Wednesday, March 16 page 163
 * type your first paragraph of literary analysis on laptop (sentence that states text type, author, and title plus thesis statement on line D)
 * Work on body of literary analysis in rbook.

Thursday, March 17

Friday, March 18