Thinking Challenge
• 5 adjectives to
describe Juliet
If Juliet was a biscuit what would she be?
Today we will focus on Juliet
Objectives
• Understand the character of
Juliet
• Understand how character
develops and how
Shakespeare uses language
to show this
Outcomes
• Notes made in books
• Love changes activity
Assessment Objectives (AOs)
AO1
• Respond to texts critically and imaginatively;
select and evaluate relevant textual detail to
illustrate and support interpretations
AO2
• Explain how language, structure and form
contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas,
themes and settings
Literature IGCSE
Coursework – 40%
• Candidates will
study two or more
texts and complete
a coursework task
on these.
• Candidates will be
asked to comment
on the connections
across the texts.
50 marks
Examination (Unseen
Poetry and Prose) – 60%
Section A: unseen poetry text.
• Foundation tier - a number
of structured questions
• Higher tier - single open
response question.
• 35 marks
Section B: Drama text
• Foundation tier - answer a
two part question on the
prose or drama text of their
choice.
• Higher tier paper - a choice
of two open ended
questions on each text.
• 40 marks
She is brave and
determined:
“Poison, I see, hath been his
timeless end.—
O churl, drunk all, and left no
friendly drop To help me
after? I will kiss thy lips.
Haply some poison yet doth
hang on them, To make me
die with a restorative…O
happy
Dagger This is thy sheath.”
Act 5 Scene 3
She is very loyal to Romeo:
“Shall I speak ill of him that is my
husband?... My husband lives,
that Tybalt would have slain,
And Tybalt’s dead, that would
have slain my husband.” Act 3
Scene 2
She is innocent and
pure:
“It is an honor that I
dream not of.” Act 1
Scene 2. She hasn’t
ever considered
marriage.
She knows nothing of love
and will be guided by her
parents:
“I’ll look to like if looking
liking move. But no more
deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives
strength to make it fly.” Act 1
Scene 2.
She is quite sensible in
love:
“O, swear not by the moon,
th' inconstant moon, That
monthly changes in her
circle orb,
Lest that thy love prove
likewise variable.” Act 2
Scene 2
First impresions Juliet
• Look at the short extract from Act 1 scene 2
• Do we also learn anything about the role of
women?
Juliet
It is clear from the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet
that Shakespeare is using the courtly love tradition to elevate
Juliet to the role of goddess in Romeo’s eyes. The use of
religious rhetoric highlights his admiration for her. Women
were valued in Renaissance England but they were frequently
viewed as possessions belonging to a man. They were not
free to make their own choices so the tragedy of this scene is
that, as an audience, we know that Romeo and Juliet will not
be allowed to be together. The prologue informs us of their
untimely death and the previous scenes emphasise the hatred
between their two houses. Shakespeare’s utilisation of
dramatic irony taints this love scene with a hint of sadness
because we know this meeting will lead to the young lovers’
death.