Romeo and Juliet Coursework
Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare, an English play writer. He was born in around 1564 and died around 1616. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets which survived until the 18th century. Shakespeare got the plot of the play Romeo and Juliet from a similar poem written by Arthur Brooke 'The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'. Though Shakespeare's play is based on this poem he quickened the pace of the action. In Brooke's poem the love of Romeo and Juliet lasted 3 months whereas in Shakespeare it lasts only 1 night. The 1500's were a development period for modern man, principles and methods were being challenged for the first time. Everything was expanding and people were becoming more civilized. However the media at the time was very different to ours now. We expect a new story line every time we go to see a film yet in Elizabethan times it was very different. People were happy to be given a recognised story line, just as long as the dramatist's treatment was new. Romeo and Juliet is an Elizabethan Play set in the Italian city of Verona. It tells the story of the Montague's and Capulet's. These two families sound familiar to two families who lived in the 13th century; Montecchi and Capellitti. The irony of this is that these two families are believed to have been responsible for the civil strife in Italy at that time. In Romeo and Juliet the two families have deep hatred for each other. The story takes the worst when Romeo (A Montague) and Juliet (A Capulet) become stuck in a dangerous love rollercoaster.
The Genre of the play is Tragedy; this allows the audience to know that during the play tragic events will take place, for example the death of Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy is a form of Drama. The themes of this play are Love, Hate, Death and Conflict. All of these are shown through the characters such as Mercutio's Death enrages Romeo with hate and Love at first sight between Romeo and Juliet also Montague and Capulet are always in some form of conflict.
Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare, an English play writer. He was born in around 1564 and died around 1616. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets which survived until the 18th century. Shakespeare got the plot of the play Romeo and Juliet from a similar poem written by Arthur Brooke 'The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'. Though Shakespeare's play is based on this poem he quickened the pace of the action. In Brooke's poem the love of Romeo and Juliet lasted 3 months whereas in Shakespeare it lasts only 1 night. The 1500's were a development period for modern man, principles and methods were being challenged for the first time. Everything was expanding and people were becoming more civilized. However the media at the time was very different to ours now. We expect a new story line every time we go to see a film yet in Elizabethan times it was very different. People were happy to be given a recognised story line, just as long as the dramatist's treatment was new. Romeo and Juliet is an Elizabethan Play set in the Italian city of Verona. It tells the story of the Montague's and Capulet's. These two families sound familiar to two families who lived in the 13th century; Montecchi and Capellitti. The irony of this is that these two families are believed to have been responsible for the civil strife in Italy at that time. In Romeo and Juliet the two families have deep hatred for each other. The story takes the worst when Romeo (A Montague) and Juliet (A Capulet) become stuck in a dangerous love rollercoaster.
The Genre of the play is Tragedy; this allows the audience to know that during the play tragic events will take place, for example the death of Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy is a form of Drama. The themes of this play are Love, Hate, Death and Conflict. All of these are shown through the characters such as Mercutio's Death enrages Romeo with hate and Love at first sight between Romeo and Juliet also Montague and Capulet are always in some form of conflict.
