Finish Romeo + Juliet.
Homework: Socratic Seminar tomorrow on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Socratic Seminar Prep Questions
Choose at least three out of the five questions to answer for your seminar prep (you may answer more if you are so inclined!). Write at least one well-developed paragraph per question. Everyone should create at least one original probing seminar question.
1. Are Romeo and Juliet truly in love? Did Shakespeare mean for us to interpret it as real love?
2. Which character in the play is the most to blame for the events of this tragedy?
3. What are some themes and issues in Romeo and Juliet that are still relevant today? What about this play can you relate to our times, either personally or generally?
4. Compare and contrast the two movie versions that we watched. (Be sure to discuss similarities as well as differences.)
5. Why do people still read Shakespeare 400 years later?
AND: Create an original probing seminar question about Romeo and Juliet.
