Extra Activities
The Globe in paper toy: http://papertoys.com/globe.htm
The following are parts of the bard's plays. Classify:
a. Plots:
A love story in the forest with a happy end.
Young Hamlet discovers that his uncle assassinated his father to become the King of Denmark. Hamlet pretends to be insane to get his revenge, but he is eventually killed.
Three witches tell him that he will be the King of Scotland. His wife's greed makes him kill King Duncan and other good men. He lives in remorse and eventually his wife goes mad. Finally they both die.
A love story in Verona with a sad end.
Shylock wants to be paid back with a pound of flesh for a loan of money to Antonio. Portia makes justice and saves Antonio.
Coriolanus, who had conquered Corioli, is appointed consul, but later he's banished from Rome because of his arrogance and bad temper. He joins his latter enemy and attacks Rome in revenge. He renounces to destroy Rome in the end, but people form Corioli find him a traitor and kill him.
b. Places:
Rome
Venice
Verona
Scotland
Denmark
Athens
c. Main characters:
Oberon, Titania, Puck, Bottons
Hamlet, Ophelia, Claudius, Laertes
Romeo Montague, Juliet Capulet, Mercutio, Tybalt
Shylock, Portia, Antonio, Bassanio
Macbeth, Duncan, Lady Macbeth, Banquo
Caius Marcius Coriolanus, Titus Lartius, Tullus Aufidius, Volumnia
d. Symbols:
Ass head, fairies
The witches and their cauldron
A skull
A cup of poison and a dagger
The scales
A Roman helmet