Pearl English
Women's role in Elizabethan time
Who was Juliet?
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Their job was to do the chores and look after the children
They had no rights
Women were not allowed to enter the professions
Women were the weaker sex
If a women was married her husband would have the job of taking care of her. If she was unmarried it fell to her father or brother
Women had to stay silent
The wife was suppose to be beautiful beside the husband
There was no divorce: marriage generally lasted as long as the couple both lived.
Women and wives were seen as trophies
What is the background to her family?
Who was Juliet’s father and what was her relationship with him like?
Who was she in love with and what got in the way of their love? What solution does Juliet have so that they can be together?
What type of person is Juliet - is she practical and rational or spontaneous and irresponsible?
Is Juliet a typical Elizabethan woman - why or why not? Make specific references to what you have just read on the role of Elizabethan women
Juliet was a13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She fell in love with an older man called Romeo was on the Capulets rival family. The two family's have been in disagreement for a long time.
Her family have been in a argument with another family called the Montague
Her father was lord Capulet and the had a very controlling relationship/unhealthy/aggressive..This is shown in the scene when he abusive towards her and gives her no opinion on who SHE ants to marry
Juliet fell in love with a man called Romeo. However they could not love because they were from rival family's who despised each other.Juliets solution was to fake her death so romeo and her could run away.
Juliet is first seen as a rational and responsible person however towards the end she act irresponsibly. This is because she fakes her death and kills her self as a consequence
No because a typical Elizabethan women is supposed to obey her father and to action into her own hands by marrying Romeo and faking her death.
Juliet to Romeo
Juliet to father
I beseech you on my knees
Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
If they see thee they will kill thee
Women should not speak back
Uses imperative verbs
Triplet,repitition
Uses an explanation mark to exaggerate on the fact that he is angry
This highlights the authority Capulet has over Juliet
imperative verb
its saying to forget about his father and his last name and think of his heart and what he wants
The repetition of “they” depict Juliet’s fear of being found out visiting with Romeo. Also, the repetition of “thee” emphasises her fear for Romeo if he is found out.
Juliet’s conditional statement , suggests she is logical and practical in her reasoning, unlike Romeo
Repetition