Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
Learning Targets/Standards:
I can read dramatic literature and analyze its conventions to identify how they express a writer’s meaning.
1. Opening Assignment: Answer the following questions.
A. In Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess," the speaker says, "I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together," meaning he had his wife killed. This is an example of what?
B. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet says, "Death is my heir; / My daughter has he wedded." This proclamation is an example of what?
C. In the passages, "Was not Jesus an extremist? Was not Amos an extremist? Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel?", Martin Luther King, Jr., justifies his actions using which two literary devices?
2. Literature circles for part I of Heart of Darkness
3. Anticipation Guide for the reading of Hamlet.
4. Video about the basics of Hamlet.
5. Read Act I (Discussion circle).
6. Complete Act I Standards Focus Graphic Organizer (Conflict).
7. Closing: Review
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
Learning Targets/Standards:
I can read dramatic literature and analyze its conventions to identify how they express a writer’s meaning.
1. Opening Assignment: Answer the following questions.
A. In Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess," the speaker says, "I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together," meaning he had his wife killed. This is an example of what?
B. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet says, "Death is my heir; / My daughter has he wedded." This proclamation is an example of what?
C. In the passages, "Was not Jesus an extremist? Was not Amos an extremist? Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel?", Martin Luther King, Jr., justifies his actions using which two literary devices?
2. Literature circles for part I of Heart of Darkness
3. Anticipation Guide for the reading of Hamlet.
4. Video about the basics of Hamlet.
5. Read Act I (Discussion circle).
6. Complete Act I Standards Focus Graphic Organizer (Conflict).
7. Closing: Review