Starter quiz
- Starting with the first, put the following events from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in chronological order.
- 1⇔Lady Capulet brings up Juliet's potential marriage to Count Paris.
- 2⇔Juliet meets Romeo at the Capulet ball.
- 3⇔Romeo and Juliet marry in secret.
- 4⇔Lord Capulet demands that Juliet marry Paris.
- 5⇔Juliet fakes her death.
- Stereotypically, women in a patriarchal society were expected to be which of the following?
- obedient ✓
- controlling
- authoritative
- submissive ✓
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- To be 'submissive' means to be which of the following?
- speaking clearly and with authority
- willing to do what others tell you to do ✓
- unwilling to do what others tell you to do
- dictating the actions of other people
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- To 'criticise' something means to do which of the following?
- find things to praise
- indicate the faults ✓
- approve of something
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- 'Doing, or willing to do, what you have been told to do by someone in authority' is the definition of which word beginning with 'o'?
- 'obedient' ✓
- 'The capacity of an individual to act independently from others and to make their own free choices' is the definition of which word beginning with 'a'?
- 'agency' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following decisions does Juliet make in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?
- to disobey her parents and marry Romeo
- to marry Romeo secretly ✓
- to argue with her father about marrying Paris
- to fake her death ✓
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- 'Something that you want and plan to do; an aim' is the definition of which word beginning with 'i'?
- 'intention' ✓
- To write 'tentatively' means which of the following?
- to be certain
- to not be definitive ✓
- to be definite
- to not be cohesive
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- Which of the following words are tentative?
- must
- may ✓
- absolutely
- potentially ✓
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- 'To behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?
- 'conform' ✓
- 'The current discussions and conversations happening in a specific field or context' is the definition of __________ discourse.
- tentative
- contemporary ✓
- intentional
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Key learning points
- Arguably, Shakespeare shows Juliet as both exerting agency and assuming a passive role in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
- A writer’s intentions can reveal their overall message - what are they saying about society or humanity.
- Using tentative language is important because we can never truly be sure of a writer’s intentions.
Common misconception
We can get a definitive idea of the writer's intentions from the text.
We can never truly know what the writer's intentions were but we can tentatively explore ideas.
Keywords
Intentions - something that you want and plan to do; an aim
Agency - the capacity of an individual to act independently from others and to make their own free choices
Conform - to behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society
Contemporary discourse - the current discussions and conversations happening in a specific field or context
Tentative - not definite or certain
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