The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth: October 30, 2018

Focus: What causes the women to turn on each other?

1. Warming up by hurling Shakespearean insults at each other

• What patterns do you notice among the insults?
• Consider sound, images, diction, syntax, and subject matter.

2. Reading the rest of Act 3 with a focus on dichotomies and motifs

• Following up by considering the authorial intent behind your dichotomy or motif:

• Shakespeare uses .... to suggest / reveal / criticize / celebrate...

3. Viewing the film version of Acts 2 and 3 with a focus on directorial choices:

• What happens to their clothes / appearance, and why? What does it suggest?

HW:
1. For YESTERDAY: Please e-mail me your sonnet essay thesis along with any brainstorming you may have done (and check your e-mail for my feedback).

2. For WEDNESDAY: You will have the entire class to work on your sonnet essays. Bring your laptop and all sonnet materials to class.

3. For FRIDAY: Complete your sonnet essay rough draft for our peer workshop day.

4. For NEXT WEDNESDAY, NOV 7: Final draft is due. It must be printed with the Night-Before Checklist stapled to the top.