Blog 1 Spe 2020-2021

  The theatre in Shakespeare’s time Authors wrote plays for the masses, especially those who couldn’t ____ read _______ The theatre (GB)/ theater (US) changed a lot during Shakespeare’s lifetime. The authorities didn’t like it and didn’t allow acting in the city itself. They thought it had a bad ___influence____________ on people and kept them from going to church.____ Queen Elizabeth__ ____________, on the other hand, loved acting and helped the theatre become popular. Shakespeare’s theatre was full of life. People did not sit all the time and it was not quiet during the _____performance________________________ . The ___audience______________ could walk around, eat and drink during the play. They cheered, _booed____________ and sometimes even threw objects at the actors. Theatres were open arenas or playhouses that had room for up to three thousand people. They were structures made mainly of ____wood___________. There was no heating and actors got wet when it raine...

    MEETINGS   Impossible matches   The balcony scene / Focus on Shakespeare/ West Side Story/ Shakespeare in Love     Some more… about Shakespeare…     Ben Jonson anticipated Shakespeare’s dazzling future when he declared , "He was not of an age, but for all time!" The following are the top four reasons why Shakespeare has stood the test of time.   1) Illumination of the Human Experience   Shakespeare’s ability to summarize the range of human emotions in simple yet profoundly eloquent verse is perhaps the greatest reason for his enduring popularity. If you cannot find words to express how you feel about love or music or growing older, Shakespeare can speak for you: • The seven ages of man • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? • What's in a name? • Now is the winter of our discontent • If music be the food of love • Beware the ides of March • We are such stuff as dreams are made on • S...

  Language: A)    Compare and translate He asked Juliet if she would marry him.        (Volonté) She said she would be ready the next day.   (expression du futur) Her parents would   always make choices without asking her! ( fréquence)   If you will follow me… (Si vous voulez bien me suivre) I will show you the different books we have when you visit the library. (rappel: pas de WILL après WHEN ou autre subordonnant de TEMPS si WILL est déjà dans la principale) The dog won’t eat! (Le chien refuse de manger)   B)     What ‘s the meaning of BUT? “Call me but love” (ne m’appelle plus que …/ appelle moi seulement… = BUT restrictif) “Tis but your name that is my enemy” (ce n’est QUE ton nom…) They are all angry but Juliet. ( tous SAUF)