Shakespeare's sonnets

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In deze les zitten 15 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 8 videos.

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Slide 1 - Video

On beauty.

Today we'll look at two of Shakespeare's sonnets.

We'll dig into what comprises a Shakespearean sonnet.

We'll ask ourselves if people in Shakespeare's time had a different view of beauty.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Shakespeare

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Brain dump:

Who was Shakespeare?

What did he do?

What do we need to know?

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Slide 4 - Video

What do you know
about sonnets?

Slide 5 - Woordweb

Slide 6 - Video

Sonnet 130 - Questions

What is the rhyme scheme?
How does Shakespeare describe his “mistress”?
How are the last two lines different from the beginning of the poem?
What is the poem about?
What does Shakespeare criticize in this sonnet?

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Video

Sonnet 130

- Joke on the conventions of love

- Doesn't praise his lover:
- not white as snow
- no beautiful red lips
- no golden hair

- Love doesn't need to be extreme
to be real, against unrealistic ideals

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Slide 10 - Video

Slide 11 - Video

Which sonnet do you prefer and why?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Do you think that social
media has influenced our
perceptions on beauty and in what way?

Slide 13 - Woordweb

Slide 14 - Video

Slide 15 - Video