i have to memorise 21 lines from shakespere's Romio and Juliet by thursday. i only have 4 lines memorised because it was assigned today and i'm REALLY bad at memorising things. normally, i would write the lines over and over until i get it, but it took a page and way too much time for me to learn the 4. help? any really great tips?
2007-05-22 11:25:03 · 5 answers · asked by angel 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
There are dozens of ways to memorize the lines. I personally love the tape recorder method. But my addition is to divide the monologue into chunks of 4 to 5 lines each, dividing them by ideas.
Leave a pause in between each section on the tape. That way, if you screw up a line, or forget a section, you can skip it and move onto another section smoothly. If you remember the section you skipped, it may be easier to slip it back in, provided the ideas make sense. in any case, it's a good way to analyze the lines, which will help your brain juices flowing anyway.
2007-05-23 03:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Recite it out loud over and over again, but make sure you understand what you're reading. It's always easier if you understand the story and what part of it you're trying to get across to your audience. If you don't understand it, try translating each line into plain English by today's standards like what words would Juliet use today. Then say it with Shakespeare's words, but with your new found understanding of what the words mean you should have an easier time remembering what it is you're trying to say. If all else fails... make yourself a cheat sheet and keep it with you, Chances are you won't have to use it, but you'll know it's there in case you need to use it. Just stay in character as you look for and at the paper :-) Break a leg!
2007-05-22 11:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Record yourself saying the lines into a tape recorder, and then play the tape over and over again every chance you get. However, it really depends on how you memorize things. Are you a visual, audible, or tangible learner? Meaning, do you memorize things best when you see it on a page, hear the words, or interact in some way with it? Because you usually memorize by writing things over and over again, I would say you're a visual learner. (So am I!) However, when learning lines for a play, I usually record myself reading them, and then listen to it in the car, at home, in bed before going to sleep at night, and anywhere else I can! That usually helps a lot. Good luck!
2007-05-22 11:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by rdiva_2007 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
relies upon what you opt to memorize. if this is vocab, try writing some down on a bite of paper and taping it someplace interior the bathing room the place you could locate it, so each and every time you bypass in there, you're making your self memorize it, after which you would be able to leave. you additionally can stick some next to the refrigerator, television, door, and in some jacket/denims wallet so which you will choose it with you each and all of the time. you additionally could make some clues interior the be conscious. like in chemistry, cation has the "t" that looks like a good (+) sign, so which you will undergo in suggestions that cations are certainly charged. additionally try memorizing beginning from the tip of the checklist. for some reason, it type of feels to be much less annoying and swifter for me. easily, examine it and write it again and again returned. and examine it out loud so which you're the two saying it and listening to it.
2016-11-05 01:18:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
write them down over and over or have someone read them to you a few times
2007-05-22 11:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by mrs. Saporta <3 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋