Romeo and Juliet | Class 28: Group Work on “Characters on Trial”

Small Group Exercise: Law and Order (Special Lover-Suicide Unit)

Student level: track and higher

Per their assigned “cases,” the class will prepare evidence designed to either exonerate or convict the defendant (see Class 27). Character witnesses, evidence, and anything else that might be included in a real trial may be used.

Responses may include the following:

Character witnesses: The Nurse who raises Juliet, the Friar who arranges the plot, ladies at the ball who are subjected to Lord Capulet’s behavior, the citizens of...

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