V5B P3 W2L2 & W3L1 Whoso List to Hunt & The Taming of the Shrew

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The Taming Of The Shrew 

W1L1

Good morning V5! 

English class

Mevrouw Plazier/Ms. Plazier 

Basisregels

RESPECT

We hebben respect voor elkaar 

NIET OVER DE STREEP

We houden ons aan de afspraken die we met elkaar maken

AANSPREEKBAAR

Als we over de streep gaan, praten we daarover
 

Planning Period 3 

• Leesvaardigheid (examenteksten) 90 minuten 

•  Literatuurgeschiedenis + fictie deel 1 (sonnets/plays) 90 minuten 

Literatuurgeschiedenis

• Utopia 
• Literary devices and sound techniques 
• Iambic pentameter, italian/shakespearean sonnet 
• Sonnet 13 
• Sonnet 180 
• Romeo and Juliet + Taming of the Shrew (basic plot, relevance, type of play, stylistic devices) 

learning goals

-I know the sound techniques/ stylistic devices and can apply them to a Shakespearean/ Petrarchan sonnet. 

- I know the basic plot and relevance of the Taming of the Shrew. 

What do you remember from previous literature lesson?

iambic pentameter 

pentameter: a line of 10 syllables. However, each line can be divided in 5 segments and these are called feet (penta = Greek )

Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum/ mer's day/

 iamb: there are five iambs of two syllables in every line of Sonnet 18. The second syllable is always stressed. compare = an iambic word

iambic pentameter

But soft! What light through yon-der win-dow breaks?

It is the East and Ju-liet is the sun!

A-rise fair sun and kill the en-vious moon,

Who is al-rea-dy sick and pale with grief

That though her maid art far more fair than she

• Can you find a personification in this part? 

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)

Courtier

Ambassador and adviser to the king (Henry VIII)

First person to translate Petrach/Petrarca (Italian) 
Went on to write his own poems in a similar style

Remember that the artists of the English renaissance looked to the Italian renaissance artists and mimicked them.

Alquin - Whoso list to hunt 

Read the pages 14-15 in Alquin. 

Then, answer the reading questions in your notes: 1-3, 5-9 and 12. 

Extra:  can you find some other literary devices/sound techniques? Write them down. 

Alquin - Whoso list to hunt 

 Can you find some literary devices/sound techniques? 

Write them down. 

personification - metaphor - simile - oxymoron- imagery  - consonance - assonance - onomatopoeia

Which literary devices/sound techniques did you find in Whoso list to hunt?

Whoso List to Hunt

Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,

But as for me, alas, I may no more.

The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,

I am of them that furthest cometh behind.

Yet may I by no means my wearied mind

Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore

Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,

Since in a net I seek to hold the wind.

Whoso list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,

As well as I may spend his time in vain.

And graven with diamonds in letters plain

There is written, her fair neck round about:

Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,

And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.

Alquin - analysis questions

• 1. Petrarchan (italian) sonnet 
• 2. ABBA ABBA CDD CEE while an Italian sonnet normally goes like this: ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
• 3. to other "hunters" (i.e. men) B) to hunt for the heart of the woman referred to.
• 5. He says it is like trying to catch the wind in a net.
• 6. A hind is a female deer, regarded as a symbol of grace and nobility.

Alquin - analysis questions

• 7. break of thought = change is sentiment 

• The break is between lines 8 and 9. The first eight lines describe the exhausting chase; the final six lines explain that she belongs to someone else, i.e. Caesar, a metaphor for King Henry VIII.

Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, alas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath worried me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I, by no means, my wearied mind

what is true?

1. There is no rhyme in the first part
2. There is alliteration in all the lines
3. This is about a hunting trip
4. There is alliteration in some lines

8. Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I, may spend his time in vain.

What is the poet saying here?

Alquin - analysis questions

• 9.  Her necklace is diamond, a symbol of Caesar; we therefore know that she is from the highest level of society.
• 12.  A) hunt/hind (line 1), so/sore (line 3), furthest/from/fleet/afore (line 4/6), fainting/follow (line 7) 
• B the f sound 
• C the pursuers' heavy breathing as they are hunting 

The Taming of the Shrew

* 'De Getemde Feeks' 

* 1590 / 1592

* What is 'a shrew'?

Shrew

'An unpleasant, angry woman' (Oxford)

'An unpleasant woman who is easily annoyed and who argues a lot' (Cambridge)

The Taming of the Shrew

• Frame story (story within a story)
  
• 3 interwoven storylines 
• Frame: The tale of Christopher Sly 
• a play is arranged for him = a play within a play = the story of the taming of the shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

What is the difference?

Tragedy

Comedy

History

comedy:

full of slapstick comedy, flat characters

instead of happily ever after, this play focuses on what it's like to be married. 

frame story, there is a play within a play

Comedies

A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains resolution of the thematic conflict.

disguise

- Christopher Sly (drunkard) dressed up as a nobleman and tricked into believing that he is married to a beautiful wife

- Lucentio who dresses up as Bianca's tutor and they fall in love. 

- Kate also "dresses up" by changing in personality throughout the play. 

Shakespeare's comedies

• As You Like It
• Much Ado About Nothing
• The Taming of the Shrew
• Two Gentlemen of Verona
• A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tragedies

A work in which the main character is brought to ruin especially in consequence of a tragic flaw or moral weakness. It has an unhappy, but meaningful ending.

Shakespeare's tragedies

• "the Scottish Play"
• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Othello
• Julius Caesar
• Romeo and Juliet

Histories

Based on the life of a historic (British) King.

In his histories, Shakespeare explores the issue of kingship: What is a good king? What is a rightful king? How do you deal with a rightful king that is not a good king?

(deposing of a king was seen as a sin against God because a king was seen as God's temporal representation on earth)

Shakespeare's histories

• Richard I
• Henry IV (pt. 1 and 2)
• Henry V
• Henry VI (pt. 1 and 2)

Plays during this time were meant ...

1. to teach a lesson
2. to entertain
3. as a classy outing

The Taming of the Shrew is a..........

1. tragedy
2. comedy
3. history

Bianca's and Katherine's father

Bianca's suitor

the Shrew

the nice girl

the tamer of the shrew

Gremio

Baptiste

Katharina

Bianca

Lucentio

Hortensio

Alquin - Taming of the Shrew 

Read p. 33-36 

Which of the following best explains what a 'shrew' is in Shakespeare’s era?

1. a woman who complains a lot
2. a woman who is strong-willed and bad-tempered
3. a woman with a drinking problem
4. a woman who wants to have everything she desires

Why does Petruccio agree to marry Katherine?

1. For money/dowry
2. For land
3. For the estate
4. For love

What does Katherine mean when she says.
"a woman moved is like a fountain troubled, muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty" ?

1. A woman should be dumb and uneducated
2. A woman should be strong enough to move a fountain but loud like water
3. A woman should flow her words like a fountain because everyone wants to hear her talk
4. A woman should remain calm and pleasing so more people will like her

Who do you think said:
"If I be waspish, best beware my sting"

1. Katherine
2. Bianca
3. Baptista
4. Christopher Sly

Alquin - Taming of the Shrew 

Read p. 33-36 

Answer the following questions 

1-3-4-6 

Links

https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/the-taming-of-the-shrew/character/whos-who

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/summary/

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-taming-of-the-shrew/read/

Reflection

8. Afsluiting

De docent controleert in de slotfase van de les of de leerdoelen door alle leerlingen behaald zijn en plaatst de les in de context van de betreffende Unit. De docent evalueert samen met de leerlingen het leren en het gedrag op basis van het Learner Profile en de ATL-skills. Dit wordt vastgelegd in Toddle. Samen blikken docent en leerlingen vooruit aan de hand van de JdW-planner.