Romeo and Juliet context
- Created by: MacMarLex0410
- Created on: 18-08-19 20:04
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- Context for 'Romeo and Juliet'
- Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet'
- plot involving a family feud taken from a popular folktale
- first translated to English by Arthur Brooke in 1562
- cautionary message - warning readers
- Shakespeare made Juliet 2 years younger and expanded the roles of Paris, Mercutio and the Nurse
- plot involving a family feud taken from a popular folktale
- Elizabethan fencing
- Same-sex friendhsips
- in early modern period, they were held with high-esteem
- sometimes the friendships were intense but platonic
- occasionally the intimacy created a framework for the exploration of same-sex relationships
- Mercutio's banter with Romeo has sexual elements and critics argue whether it suggests sexual desire
- occasionally the intimacy created a framework for the exploration of same-sex relationships
- Syrian Romeo and Juliet
- Masked Players
- masks were a common feature of entertainment and daily life in early modern Italy
- may have inspired masquers and torchbearers in 1:4
- masks were a common feature of entertainment and daily life in early modern Italy
- Adaptations - 'West Side Story'
- Conduct books
- gave women moral + practical guidance on all aspects of life
- Vives' book (1523) is progressive in some ways but foregrounds virtues of chastity and obedience still
- gave women moral + practical guidance on all aspects of life
- Civil unrest and violence
- Shakespeare sonnets
- sonnet form originated in 13th century Italy, brought to England in the 16th
- he published a collection of sonnets in 1609
- he sometimes incorporated sonnets into his plays, e.g. the first kiss in R+J
- Palestinian - Israeli adaptation
- Young protagonists
- Gerard's 'Herball' and poisons
- Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet'
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