Middle/High School Monologues Teaching Students to Read and Write Monologues Welcome to the World of Monologue A Sample Unit of Lessons for Middle and High School Teachers Jefferson County Public Schools Version 2.0 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MONOLOGUE By all reports from the field‚ this unit can be a lot of fun for you and your students: • there’s performance • there’s walking in others’ shoes and learning empathy 1 Middle/High School Monologues • there’s connecting to Farris Bueller‚ Bill Cosby
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Verona‚ Italy a city dominated by two families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues not only are they each extremely rich‚ they are also bitter rivals.Yet through all this tension Romeo (A Montague) and Juliet (Capulet) fall in love with each other‚ but in the end they take their own lives at the fault of Juliet’s father‚ Sir Capulet. He is the most responsible based on the fact that he let Romeo stay at his party even after Tybalt warned him that he was there‚ also he showed his stubbornness by not
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“Dear God‚ cleanse me of this horrible sin that has corrupted my life. I don’t need this sin to runneth over. Please take it away. Take it away‚ take it away‚ take it away‚” I cried out loud to the heavens as I kneeled down in the sanctuary. I often call out to the members and the visitors who hear me preach to lay their burdens on the altar and I had to reevaluate my own life and ask if I had did the same. The answer to that was no and it was time. I knew that if I were to be elevated to the next
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take their life.” This quote from the chorus‚ in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by: William Shakespeare explains what happens to Romeo and Juliet. The actions of Capulet‚ Lady Capulet‚ Romeo‚ and Juliet leads to the suicide. Capulets constant disregard for Juliet’s feelings pushed Juliet into many tough situations. Capulet lets his anger get the best of him when addressing Juliet‚ “…disobedient wretch! ...get thee to a church Thursday Or never look me in the face.” Using abrasive name-calling
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Tituba’s Monologue [Sitting down‚ eyes closed and hands gathered‚ praying] "Dear heavenly father‚ I bow my head down to you now‚ asking you for your forgiveness. I have committed a grave sin even resulting in someone being executed. I wronged you father and I shouldn’t have confessed to having connections with the devil. [Stand up] Who knows now what the results would have been if I was honest and kept to your name until the end. The beatings and all of Mr Hale’s questions were just too much
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The poem‚ “Monologue for an Onion” written by Sue Kim‚ the onion is a metaphor and is the whole poem is written about it and based off of it. The basic main viewpoint of the poem is about the feelings and thoughts that onion experiences when being handle by the person or more specifically when it is being cut. The poem revolves around the whole idea of how the onion feels and thinks as the person cuts away at it and how it reflects on the actions of the person and the person themselves. Sue Kim’s
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Act I Scene I Gainesville Square. Public place Sampson and Gregory enter (with guns and body armor) From the Atlas Pizzeria Sampson Gregory‚ I swear‚ We cannot let them make fun of us like that. We can’t take that junk. Gregory (Teasing Sampson) No. Because then we would be trash. Sampson What I mean is that if they make us mad. We will pull our guns and fight! Gregory Maybe you should try and not get in trouble Sampson. Sampson I beat people up when I am angry. Gregory We all know that it
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THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE IN TENNYSON’S ULYSSES The greatest Victorian contribution to poetry is certainly the form of the dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is defined by various critics as a type of poem in which a single speaker‚ a persona‚ “utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem‚ in a specific situation at a critical moment.” This speaker addresses and interacts with one or more other people. They are silent but usually identifiable listeners in whose presence the speaker reveals
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’Romeo and Juliet’ Monologue Both the Capulet family and the Montague family are fools. They think all this fighting will achieve something? Well I hope Christ is looking upon them‚ for their sake. Now all this fighting has led to the death of a child from each of their families. Romeo and Juliet are dead because of this ludicrous feud‚ but I will pray for them none the less. I feel as though it is my fault‚ that I caused all of this‚ but they are still children of the Lord and it is my duty to
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The indirect interior monologue we get next is essential. There is something seriously affecting Henry— his faith is being tested— and what he once found comforting is now not. He is worried and this worry is mentioned twice in one paragraph. Henry also admits his sadness. Now compare this segment to the exchange between him and his wife. He does not tell her of this sadness‚ his worry or his confusion. He clearly thinks about her own lack of faith‚ but does not ask her about that either. Instead
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