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ROMEO AND JULIET One of Shakespeare's most well known plays is Romeo and Juliet; it is a romantic tragedy a favoured genre in Elizabethan times. This play was written in 1593. The romantic tragedy begins with a prologue telling you what happened, what is happening, and what's going to happen. The prologue says that the two households (Montague & Capulet) have been fighting since ancient times and has broken into new mutiny, but the only children of these two households fall in love, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Their love cannot be because the houses are at war. The reason behind telling the audience what's going to happen is because, like the blurb of a book a person may want to know what's the basic outline of the story but in this case the play, if a prologue does not appeal to somebody then they will leave before the play actually starts. To break into the play two members from the house of Capulet are joking around and making fun of each other, until two Montague servants are introduced, the Capulet's insult the Montague servants, they take notice and begin to argue they end up drawing swords. Romeo's cousin Benvolio Montague enters the scene to break them up but to no success as Juliet's cousin also enters, Tybalt Capulet, this turns into a civil brawl, more like an uncivil brawl. Many innocent people die, so the Prince is introduced into the play to break up
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SHAKESPEARE COURSEWORK "ROMEO AND JULIET" A discussion of the character of Juliet as a woman/girl of her time and an analysis of what extent her character changes and develops throughout the play, and why this is so. How would you act Juliet or direct the actor playing the part so that these ideas were clear to a modern day audience? William Shakespeare wrote and set the play "Romeo and Juliet" in the fifteenth century, a time where society and families were run very differently how they are today. In those times, young girls of Juliet's age (about fourteen) would be married off to men of their parents choice, usually someone that the family respected and got along well with. It was quite unheard of for a young girl or boy to refuse to marry the person of their parents' choice, this would disgrace the family. Of course, this made young people's choices quite narrow and for many young girls and boys, they might have felt quite scared and helpless. Juliet was brought up in a large family, the Capulets who had a constant history of quarrelling and rioting with another large family group, the Montagues. In these days, it would be a disgrace to the family even to be seen talking to a member of the other family. This is just an example of how trapped you could be, unable to make decisions even about who you could be friends with. The first time the audience sees Juliet, she
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ROMEO & JULIET ACT 1 SCENE 1 During the first scene of the play we are introduced to several character and the setting for the play. The story is set in the Italian city of 'Verona'. Italy was regarded as a wealthy and romantic country where extravagant love affairs took place. Verona is a town that was popular with the rich and classical civilisation. This makes Verona an ideal setting for the tragic romance. The play was written in the 16th Century (1595) and is about forbidden love. "A pair of star crossed lovers", find themselves facing death due to their feuding families. We are introduced to two different families with one major thing in common. They despise the other family. Both families will go to extreme lengths to out do the other. They will do anything from "biting" their "thumb" at each other, to fighting to the death. Both families take any opportunity to hurt/ destroy the other family. Sampson and Gregory, Capulet servants, are roaming Verona looking for trouble. "We'll not carry coals". They come across Abraham and another servant from the Montague household. A fight breaks out; Benvolio one of the Montague family tries to stop the fight ("part fools"). Matters are made worst as Tybalt a Capulet arrives and sets on Benvolio. "...Talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montague's, and thee". The fighting threatens to get out of hand as Lord
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Romeo and Juliet Who's to Blame In this coursework I will be looking at who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. In this play I think there are many characters responsible for their death. I will be looking at some of these characters and find out why they are responsible. The very first characters that I think are to blame are the leaders of the house i.e. Lord Montague and Lord Capulet. Because of their old enmity between them did the fights occur between the two great families. Many a times they went to such extent where the fought with their swords even when the price warned them. At the start of the play there was a street fight going on, the leaders of the families wanted to get engrossed so much in the fight that the Capulet says in Act one scene one, " my sword, I say! Old Montague is come, and flourishes his blade in spite of me". This quote just proves how eager the leaders are to fight and kill each other. It also shows the depth of their enmity. Another person to be blamed is Prince Escalus. Many readers may thing that the prince did the right and fair judgement by banishing Romeo from Verona. If this issue is looked in depth than we can see the prince made this judgement because he wanted Count Paris to marry Juliet as the prince was related to him. So in other words this is a favour done by the prince on Count Paris. This could be proven by the fact
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are destined lovers, unfortunately there is a predicament. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. The Montagues and the Capulets are rivals. This causes untold problems for the two lovers and fate takes over. At the beginning of act3 scene 5, Romeo and Juliet have just spent the night together. Juliet is not sure if she will see Romeo again. She talks to Romeo. 'Othin`st thou we shall ever meet again'. Romeo replies. 'I doubt it not, and all these woes shall serve foe sweet discourses in our times to come'. Romeo does not want to go because he will do anything for Juliet. He is even ready to be killed for his love. This is ironic because at the end of the play Romeo and Juliet both die. The audience don't know what will happen yet although the prologue tells us that Juliet speaks of a vision where Romeo is dead in the bottom of a tomb. 'O God, I have an ill divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as are dead in the bottom of a tomb...'. This gives an idea that Juliet has seen into the future and is worried about what will happen. This is very important because Shakespeare is hinting at what happens next. Romeo's time is running out. Shakespeare uses dramatic devices to build up tension in the play. For example, lady Capulet calls for Juliet, this makes the audience think that Romeo might get caught because Lady Capulet
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Mehar Sultan 10 White Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story about two children whose families are feuding. It was written in about 1596 when Shakespeare was about 26 years of age. The play is set in Verona, Italy. It was set abroad because Shakespeare didn't want to offend anyone through the script, if they were to relate themselves to someone in it. Shakespeare got his inspiration from many sources. Romeo and Juliet gained its inspiration from an Arthur Brooke poem written in 1562, called ''The tragical history of Romeous and Juliet'' At the time of writing, Shakespeare had been called a magpie because his ideas were not original. Another source of inspiration for the script could be his personal experience of young love. He was 18 when he got married to a 26 yr old woman called Anne Hathaway. Romeo and Juliet is still a popular play because of its theme. The theme of love... which people can still relate to today. Also, the theme revolves around family honour and standing up for your beliefs, which people can also still relate to today. At the time that the play was set, the society was known as a patriarchal society. This meant that men were more in charge and had a higher status than women. Young girls from well-to-do families were expected to be married at a very young age, and they had very little choice in the matter. In Act 1 Scene 2, Lord Capulet is
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Romeo and Juliet The Globe Theatre is a big circular theatre based on the South bank of the Thames in London. Shakespeare held his newest plays there before he publicly showed them anywhere else. The positions of where people sat varied from, the richer people sitting high up in the stands, and the poorer people who had to stand in the middle. The Globe Theatre was very basic, costumes and properties were kept backstage in the tiring house. The actors were well dressed and there were 3 roofed galleries. All performances took place in the afternoon. The stage itself had a trap door to get on and off, it was also a very high stage. In this essay I will be exploring how Shakespeare uses devices for dramatic affect. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare refers to where people and other objects are positioned on the stage. An example of this is; Romeo: "but soft what light from yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun." This phrase implies that Shakespeare is asking the audience to imagine its dark and its night time and all they can see is a bright light appearing from above. This bright light suggests that she is life giving and beautiful, all eyes are drawn up to her in the theatre. Shakespeare uses positional language, such as, Romeo: "Thou art as glorious to this night being over his head." This suggests that Juliet is on a balcony high above the stage and
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Romeo and Juliet "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;" I don't agree with the quotation above because I think the tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet are caused by human decision. It is an indirect result of the decisions and actions Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's plays about tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding famillies prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot but some have the plot revolving around them. Friar Lawrence does not have very much time on stage but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Romeo and Juliet Essay In Shakespeare's tragedies the main characters die in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes these events happen. The people who started it all and did something that led to all the other events that caused the death of the couple. The Capulets and Montagues would be the most responsible ones for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because if their families didn't start the fighting, and they didn't continue it, nothing bad would have happened. The first lines of the book tell us
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Romeo and Juliet Introduction William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and wrote plays for the rich, poor, homeless, estate owners: the whole spectrum of society. He started writing about 400 years ago, and wrote over 36 plays in his life. They were performed in playhouses. These were built in a circle shape with the stage on one of the walls of this circle. The playhouse was 3 stories high. The higher you were the more you paid. At the top, seats were for the rich people who could afford them. These were known as the heavens. In the middle of the circle on the ground was the standing area, were the poor people watched (called groundlings). All kinds of people attended the plays. There were thieves, pick pockets beggars and cripples. The play house could hold up to about 3000 spectators and had twenty sides that made it appear round. At the front of the theatre was the stage. It was about 42 feet wide and 28 feet deep and was raised a few feet off the ground which was to protect the actors of the crowd. There were trap doors in the floor of the stage and in the heavens. These were used for "special effects. The audience always interacted. This was unavoidable because of the rowdy behaviour. Mostly in the groundling area. If there was a mock fight then the crowd would immediately join in. In 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII a canon was fired to mark the entrance of the
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Romeo and Juliet- Parent Figures There are many parent figures in the breathtaking love story, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare- parent figures meaning not only parents but one who acts as a parent, so someone who you look up to, someone whom is you role model and etc. In Romeo and Juliet the parent figures are Lord and Lady Capulet, the Nurse, Friar Lawrence and Lord and Lady Montague. Firstly, one of Juliet's parent figure, the Nurse. The Nurse is the person who brings up Juliet and cares for her since her birth. The Nurse is more like a friend than a parent figure. A clear example of this is Act two Scene five where Juliet is waiting very impatiently for the Nurse to return with the arrangements of Romeo and Juliet's illegal wedding. The Nurse has many delaying tactics and her plan of teasing Juliet is definitely working. "Jesu, what hast!can you not stay a while? Do you see that I am out of breath?" The curiosity in Juliet is too much to handle but the Nurse carries on teasing her. Juliet tries to compliment the Nurse but her plan fails. The Nurse then goes on to describe how handsome Romeo is and how Juliet has an eye for men. The Nurse makes many sexual remarks which instantly gives tells us that she is more a friend than a parent figure. A general parent figure would have no sexual remarks of any kind and find them to be gruesome. Juliet's eagerness
