numeracy challenge - triangles

triangles in English... Love Triangles in Literature Activity: Identify these celebrity love triangles Love triangles are a common plot tool in literature; in modern day texts, and in the Classics. Why Love Triangles? 63% of young adult heroines are part of a love triangle There is considerable research regarding love triangles within literature. Most importantly, the impact these relationships have on the plot and on the people around them. By having a deep understanding of the love triangle, the students better understand the story that is unfolding. Who can deﬁne fatuous love? Love Triangles - R&J.. An example of fatuous love... Romeo + Juliet + Paris Why do students need to understand this love triangle? The love triangle Shakespeare portrays in Romeo and Juliet consists of Juliet, Romeo, and Paris. We learn that Paris truly does deeply love Juliet and, by the end of the play, we see him in profound mourning. We see him visit Juliet's tomb late at night to privately cry and "strew" flowers on her tomb, as we see in the lines, Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew (O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones) Which with sweet water nightly I will dew; Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans ... Nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. (12-17) These lines show us that Paris is truly in grief and that he truly did love Juliet, but not only that, we see that Paris is the one in the love triangle who was forgotten in the fast and passionate affair between Romeo and Juliet. It is easy to forget about Paris... Can you identify love triangles from novels, plays or films? what did you come up with? The Princess Bride: Westley, Buttercup & Prince Humperdinck The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby,, Daisy Buchanan & Tom Buchanan Gone With the Wind: Scarlett O'Hara, Ashley Wilkes & Rhett Butler Bridget Jones' Diary: Bridget Jones, Daniel Cleaver & Mark Darcy Pride and Prejudice: Elizabeth Bennett, George Wickham & Fitzwilliam Darcy Still don't think love triangles are important? The Resistant Reading... Then again... Created using Piktochart All images and information can be referenced at http://www.pinterest.com/nvrcease2learn/numeracy- challenge-triangles/

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trianglesin English...

Love Triangles inLiterature

Activity: Identify these celebrity love triangles

Love triangles are acommon plot tool in

literature; in modern daytexts, and in the Classics.

Why Love Triangles?

63% of young adult heroines are part of alove triangle

There is considerableresearch regarding love

triangles within literature.

Most importantly, the impact theserelationships have on the plot and on the

people around them.

By having adeep

understandingof the love

triangle, thestudents betterunderstand the

story that isunfolding.

Who can definefatuous love?

Love Triangles -R&J..

An example of fatuous love...

Romeo + Juliet + Paris

Why do students need tounderstand this love triangle?

The love triangle Shakespeare portrays in Romeo and Juliet consists of Juliet,Romeo, and Paris. We learn that Paris truly does deeply love Juliet and, by the

end of the play, we see him in profound mourning. We see him visit Juliet's tomb late at night to privately cry and "strew" flowers

on her tomb, as we see in the lines,

Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew (O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones)

Which with sweet water nightly I will dew; Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans ...

Nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. (12-17)

These lines show us that Paris is truly in grief and that he truly did love Juliet,but not only that, we see that Paris is the one in the love triangle who was

forgotten in the fast and passionate affair between Romeo and Juliet.

It is easy to forget about Paris...

Can you identifylove triangles

from novels, playsor films?

what did you come up with?

The Princess Bride: Westley,Buttercup & Prince

Humperdinck

The Great Gatsby: JayGatsby,, Daisy Buchanan &

Tom Buchanan

Gone With the Wind: ScarlettO'Hara, Ashley Wilkes & Rhett

Butler

Bridget Jones' Diary: BridgetJones, Daniel Cleaver & Mark