Once more unto the breach

What with so many missed lessons recently, I haven't blogged for a while, but it's the end of half term, so time to catch up.

Before half term, we did some solid work intended to develop your confidence with Shakespeare's language and with your own skills of interpretation, by rehearsing a reading of parts of Act 2, Scene 2. I then asked you to finish reading Act Two, and to read Act Three, over the holiday, and also to ensure that you understand in detail what happens in the first half of Act Two.

In the coming week, we'll recap the first half of Act Two, and look in more detail at Shakespeare's use of metaphor and other literary devices. Then, we'll discuss the second half of Act Two before we move on to looking at Act Three. The following week, we'll start moving towards the end of the play, and return to the question of tragedy.

Mr Snapper