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ACTIvITy 4.11
Analyzing and delivering a shakespearean monologue
leArNING sTrATeGIes:
Summarizing, Diffusing, Marking the Text, Choral Reading, Paraphrasing, Rereading, Discussion Groups, Rehearsal
About the Author
Little is known about the early life of William Shakespeare (1564–1616) except that he was born and grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare moved to London to become an actor, playwright, and poet. He wrote 37 plays (comedies, tragedies, and histories) and 154 sonnets (poems). Shakespeare is considered one of the world’s greatest dramatists, and his plays continue to be performed in theaters around the world.
surfeiting: overindulging, having too much
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Compare and contrast the written text of a drama and a filmed performance of the work.
• Deliver a choral reading of a Shakespearean monologue with appropriate vocal and visual delivery.
Preview
In this activity, you will read a monologue and then view and analyze a performance of the same monologue.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the monologue, underline words and phrases that indicate how the speaker feels.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
from MonologueTwelfth Night
by William Shakespeare Duke Orsino:
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again, it had a dying fall:
5 O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odor! Enough; no more: ’Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou,
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