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 * Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue**

Thank you to the brave souls who volunteered (or were volunteered) to read the prologue. It may seem a bit unusual for a writer to reveal so much about what happens in his story at the very beginning...this usually spoils it for the reader, doesn't it? Judging from the continued popularity of the play however, the 'beans-spilling' prologue doesn't exactly cripple our enjoyment of the play...why do you think this is so? Why do you think Shakespeare opted to have the prologue in the first place?

**Task 1 - whole class** Visit our 'gallery wall' for today to share some of your ideas...Click on this [|link] to write on our wall. Once you're done, come back to this page and **refresh** it to see the updated wall. media type="custom" key="12405090"

Now, let's look at the prologue a bit more closely...can you find any opposing ideas or ideas that are related in some other way? Access our shared document using this [|link]. a) **Highlight** pairs of **opposing** ideas, using a different colour for each half of the pair. (**orange** and **blue**) b) Using the **annotation** tool, **circle** and **link** pairs that share a **similar**, broad theme (use **red** for this) c) Look for other **relationships** between the words/phrases, **circling** them and **linking** them with the **annotation** tool (use **green** for this)
 * Task 2 - group work (4 per group) **

Once you're done, come back to this page and refresh it to see your group's updated crocodoc :) media type="custom" key="12404898"