1. Re-read the prologue silently to yourself once. 2. Re –read the prologue with your partner out loud, trading off every other line (ex. person A read line 1, person B read line 2, person A read line 3, etc.).

Prologue Close Reading Activity

Romeo and Juliet

Act 1 Prologue
Period:
Enter Chorus
Chorus:
Two households both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
5 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 the parents’ rage,
10 Which, but their children’s end, nought 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.

We all live in a society and we all have neighbors. But how many of us have really good and loyal neighbors? Some of us don’t even know who stays next door! That is how things have changed in the modern world.

Yet others on the other hand have great neighbors, who live more, like a family and enjoy each other’s company.

I live in an apartment and I have a lovely and nice neighbor. They came to this apartment after we had been here for more than a year. At first since my parents and they were also working, we did not have much time to speak to each other.

Gradually, we started mingling and talking and I had a company in that house, a boy of my age. So we became friends quickly and that led to the fast growth of our families’ relationship too. We invite them for birthdays and special occasions and they also invite us when they have something special at their home. apart from the celebration, they are also very helpful people. Once my sister fell, it was the uncle of that house who took her to the hospital as my parents had just gone out for something very urgent and similarly my parents have also helped them when they required help. Now most of the evenings, either we go there to play or my friend comes over to play and our moms discuss and talk so many matters while we play. For any emergency, we could rely on each other and we have no problems over it.

I am glad that we happened to have such a good neighbor, who is very helpful and caring and we also like them very much. They take good care of us and we also return the same. We discuss many matters, sometimes go on outings together, yet we have a boundary and know how to maintain it. This is what makes both our family united and happy and almost be like one family.

I love them very much and I wish we do not have to separate for any reason. Good neighbors are hard to find and we are lucky to have one