NAME:________________________________________________
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AIM:
To develop ideas about how William Shakespeare defined the concept of
love.
DO NOW:
List three words that you would use to describe the physical
characteristics of each of these “royal” ladies.
Princess Fiona from Shrek
Princess Kate of England
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Based on the words you used to describe each of
these “royal” ladies, explain which one of them would be easier to write a love poem
about.
LESSON VOCABULARY:
Imagery: (n) vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses
(sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).
Sonnet: (n) fundamentally a poetic concept which allows the poet to examine the
nature and ramifications of two usually contrasting ideas, emotions, or states of being.
POETRY ANALYSIS: Read along as the sonnet is read to you and underline the words
that do not fit in a love poem.
Sonnet 130—William Shakespeare
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red,
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun,
If hairs be wires, black wires grow upon her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks,
And in some perfumes is there more delight,
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak: yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound,
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground,
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
THE FIVE MOST INSULTING WORDS
USED IN SONNET 130
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What is the movie Shrek saying about beauty and love?: Based the lines below,
which character would agree with the words used in Sonnet 130?
Lord Farquaad: I will have
order. I will have perfection.
Fiona: I’m supposed to be
beautiful!
EXPLAIN:
EXPLAIN:
Shrek: But you are beautiful!
EXPLAIN:
LESSON SUMMARY: How are Sonnet 130 and the movie Shrek examples of
the saying: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?”