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__Here is your Topic Question for your Mini-Research project:__
Research one of the gods or goddesses from the play and give a presentation to the class, using any form of visual media of your choice to show the class. The ones that are alluded to are as follows:

1. Diana (1. 1. 94): Roman name of Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt. 2. Cupid (1. 1. 175): Roman name for the Greek god of love, Eros, who shot arrows at humans to wound them with love. 3. Venus (1. 1. 177): Roman name for the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. She was the mother of Cupid. 4. Dido (1. 1. 179): Dido is not referred to by name but by the designation Carthage queen, meaning she was the queen of the North African country of Carthage. She appears in Virgil’s great epic ...... poem, //The Aeneid//. Dido falls desperately in love with //The// //Aeneid//’s main character, Aeneas, after he stops in Carthage on his way from Troy to Italy. But after he abandons her, she kills herself by ...... falling on a sword. At sea on his ship, Aeneas can see Carthage glowing with the flames of Dido’s funeral pyre. 5. Aeneas (1. 1. 180): See Dido, above. 6. Ariadne (2. 1. 84): Daughter of King Minos of Crete. She gave Theseus a thread that enabled him to find his way out of the labyrinth, a ...... maze constructed to house the Minotaur, a creature with ...... the head of a bull and the body of a man. 7. Neptune (2. 1. 131): Roman name of Poseidon, god of the sea. 8. Apollo and Daphne (2. 1. 239): Apollo–god of poetry, music, medicine, and the sun–pursued the nymph Daphne, daughter of a river ...... god. After she prayed for a way to escape Apollo, her father ...... changed her into a laurel tree. Apollo later used the leaves of the laurel in ...... wreaths with which victors of various contests were crowned. 9. Hercules (4. 1.98): Greek demigod known for his feats of strength. 10. Cadmus (4. 1.98): Son of the king of Phoenicia and founder of the Greek city of Thebes. 11. Jove (5. 1. 181): One of two Roman names for Zeus, the king of the Olympian gods. The other Roman name is Jupiter.















**__FILM STUDY__** __**WORKSHEET**__

__OPENING: __

A) What happens in the opening moment? The camera films the city of New York and slowly closes up, all from above.

B)What mood dose this set? I my opinion you get a kind of a suspenseful mood.

C) How does the camera, with shot selection and editing, suggest this mood? Give details of three or four different shots. ??? Do not understand.

D) What place do sound and dialogue have in this scene? There is no dialogue but the music makes the scene more interesting and suspenseful.

__IMPORTANT SCENE:__

a) Choose an important scene. What happens? After the camera flyes over the city of New York, you see the Jets snapping there fingers and running all over the place.

b) Why is it important? (Effect on character/situation/theme) It makes you think that the Jets are the "good ones".

c) What mood is present? This scene makes a happy and suspenseful mood.

d) How does the CAMERA, with shot selection and editing, suggest this mood? Give details of three or four different shots. ???

e) What place do SOUND and DIALOGUE have in this scene? No dialog, only music and dancing. The Jets tell a Puerto Rican "Beat it".

f) What effect did the scene have on **you**? I think they should show both sides, not only one.

__CHARACTER:__ Choose an important character.

a) What aspects of this character do the directors pick out? (E.g. COSTUME, VOICE, PERSONALITY, MANNERISMS, CHARACTERISTICS). Mention use of CAMERA in achieving this.

b) Describe THREE SCENES this character is in, and say what aspects of his/her character are shown in each.

__THEMES/IDEAS:__ What are three main ideas this film dealt with? - Racism/ Human rights/ Immigrants

What did the film make you think about them? . The film made me think of that racism is not just a small thing and that it actually still is an issue in these days.

__MORE SHOTS: __ Describe THREE shots (NOT scenes) that you found especially effective. Say what effect was achieved. - What are shots? __ENDING: __

Describe the ending. What was the mood? How did you respond to it? - In the ending tony gets shot in Marias arms by chino and the main mood was sadness.

Mention two or three specific shots. -Sharks and jets carry away tony. I was pretty surprised that the sharks helped the Jets carry away Tony. It is very sad, that first one person had to be killed before the two guys found to each other!!!! Maria wants to kill every one

__SECOND CHARACTER __  Choose a character that was DIFFERENT or ECCENTRIC.

How did the Director show this eccentricity?

(Refer to speech, appearance, actions and habits)

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