3. Recitation: A Sonnet or Soliloquy 50 points
Each person in class will do one presentation of either a
sonnet or soliloquy, including a written summary—half a
page describing what the piece is about—and a
memorized performance. You may read the summary
either before or after your recitation. Please be prepared
to turn in an appropriately formatted (MLA) copy of your
summary. You may complete this assignment beginning
week four.
If you have not signed up yet, see me when you
finish your exam.
Bring a copy of your
sonnet or soliloquy
suitable for overhead
projection!
5. work
Read Richard III: Acts 1 and 2
Post #7
1. It is important, in Richard III, for the
audience to understand what the
Elizabethan audience would have known.
Read the selection from Act 1, scene 1,
lines 148-166 and analyze Shakespeare’s
strategies for telling the audience of the
schemes Richard had devised. Does it
seem forced or is it smoothly revealed?
2. Richard’s wooing scene is in Act 1, Scene 2
lines 72 to 244. How effective is it?
Analyze his arguments and his ability to
mask evil under the guise of piety. Name
key moments that push his agenda. Why is
Lady Anne susceptible to his wooing?
3. QHQ
6. You have until the end of the class
period to finish your test.
