How Does Shakespeare present the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet?

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Matt Bonner, 10MCO

How Does Shakespeare present the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet?

In Shakespeare’s times, Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting would’ve been very challenging to perform with true passion. Firstly, this is because both of the characters are played by men, so it would have been hard to show the chemistry between the two characters .This is because, I feel, that men would find it a great deal harder to perform as a couple on stage than man and woman and because a man would find it harder to act as a female teenager just meeting there first love, and the actors have to kiss.

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 Also, in Shakespeare’s time, the actors were a lot more interactive with the audience. For example, if the audience didn’t like the performance they might throw food at the actors, or if the was someone drunk or acting loud, shouting how bad the actors are, the actors on stage may say something to, maybe, make the member of the audience look stupid.

In the more romantic or passionate moments between Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare has them speaking in rhyming couplets. In one very compassionate moment between the two they are actually sharing parts of a sonnet. This has an ...

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