Star Crossed Lovers

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Star Crossed Lovers

• Romeo and Juliet

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Word Splash collaborate with the person next to
you and write sentences using all of the words
below
astrology
Forbidden
Star-crossed
fate
Lovers
Juliet
death
tragedy
Romeo
life
families
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Prologue

• Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair
  Verona, where we lay our scene,
• From ancient grudge break new mutiny, Where civil
  blood makes civil hands unclean.

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Prologue continued

• From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
• A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life
• Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
• Doth with their death bury their parents strife.
• The fearful passage of their death-marked love,
• And the continuance of their parents rage,
• Which, but their childrens end, naught could
  remove,
• Is now the two hours traffic of our stage
• The which if you with patient ears attend,
• What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to
  mend.

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What is Astrology?

• The study of the positions and aspects of
  celestial bodies in the belief that they have an
  influence on the course of natural earthly
  occurrences and human affairs.

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In other words

• At the moment when each of us was born, the stars
  and planets were all aligned in a unique way.
  According to astrology, thats what makes each of
  us different.

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Astrology continued

• The stars do change in regular ways with the
  seasons.
• Astrologers divide the year into 12 periods which
  are associated with the appearance of certain
  constellations, or groups of stars, just like we
  have 12 months in the year.
• There are 12 astrological signs

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Astrology continued

• People born under a certain sign are believed to
  have some similar qualities.
• Astrologers also believe that some signs are more
  compatible than others and so,
• if two people are star-crossed then their
  signs are not compatible.

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So, what do Astrology and Romeo and Juliet have
in common?
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• Most people in Shakespeares time believed in
  astrology. They believed that the course of
  their lives was partly determined by the hour,
  day, month and year of the birth, hence the
  stars under which they were born.

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People in Shakespearean times also believed in
Fate/Destiny

• Predetermined (preplanned) course of events
• Predetermined future whether in general or of an
  individual
• Concept that is based on the belief that there is
  a fixed natural order of the universe.

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Some Quotes to Think About
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• Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a
  choice, but falling in love with you I had no
  control over.
• Author unknown

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Marcus Aurerlius Roman Emperor once said

• Accept the things to which fate binds you and
  love the people with whom fate brings you
  together, but do so will all your heart.

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Henry Miller, American Author

• We create
• our fate every day
• we live.

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• Fate is a misconception, its only a cover up for
  the fact you dont have control over your own
  life.
• Author Unknown

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Astrology, Fate Chance

• It was believed that the stars or planets
  influenced a persons life. Romeo and Juliet are
  referred to as star-crossed lovers. It was
  destined that they would meet, fall in love, but
  that their love would not work out as they
  planned it.

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Ticket Out The Door

• On the paper provided, answer 1 the following 2
  questions while you listen to the music
• How important do you think fate is in affecting
  what happens to us?
• To what degree do you think we control our own
  destinies?