Famous Feuds and Rivalries: From Romeo and Juliet to Modern-Day Conflicts

1. r romeo j juliet feuds

2. rivalries & feuds With one partner, you have five minutes to think of as many famous feuds / rivalries as you can.

3. rivalries & feuds • Republicans vs. Democrats • Yankees vs. Red Sox • Mac vs. PC • West Coast vs. East Coast Rappers • David Letterman vs. Jay Leno • Hatfields vs. McCoys

4. r romeo j juliet prologue

5. meter and rhyme scheme? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Two households, both alike in DIGNITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In fair Verona, where we lay our SCENE, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 From ancient grudge break to new MUTINY, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Where civil blood makes civil hands UNCLEAN.

6. meter and rhyme scheme ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Two households, both alike in DIGNITY ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (In fair Verona, where we lay our SCENE), ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 From ancient grudge break to new MUTINY, ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Where civil blood makes civil hands UNCLEAN. A B A (slant) B

7. shakespearean sonnet A B A B C D C D E F E F G G Two households, both alike in DIGNITY In fair Verona, where we lay our SCENE, From ancient grudge break to new MUTINY, Where civil blood makes civil hands UNCLEAN. From forth the fatal loins of these two FOES A pair of star-crossed lovers take their LIFE; Whose misadventured piteous OVERTHROWS Doth with their death bury their parents’ STRIFE. The fearful passage of their death-marked LOVE And the continuance of their parents’ RAGE, Which, but their children’s end, naught could REMOVE Is now the two hours’ traffic of our STAGE; The which, if you with patient ears ATTEND, What hear shall miss, our toil shall strive to MEND.

8. translate the prologue (directions)

9. translate the prologue Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

10. translate the prologue From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.

11. translate the prologue The fearful passage of their death-marked love And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;

12. translate the prologue The which, if you with patient ears attend, What hear shall miss, our toil shall strive to end.

13. translate the prologue In the beautiful city of Verona, the setting of our story, new fighting erupts from a long-lasting feud between two respected families, and the hands of citizens become guilty with blood. From the households of two enemy families, two ill-fated young lovers end their lives. Their sad, hopeless adventures end in death, which ends their parents’ fighting. For the next two hours, you will watch the story of their ill-fated love and their parents’ angry feud, which would never have ended if the lovers didn’t die. Listen now with patient ears; we’re going to tell you the story.