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Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare was inspired by the 2 roses war. He…
Romeo and Juliet
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- Romeo's friend Mercutio is killed by Tibalt, Juliet's cousin. Romeo to avenge him, kills Tibalt
- they promise to love each other despite the war between their 2 families.
- Romeo gets caught but he calls up to Juliet at her window in the night in what is known as "the balcony scene"
- Romeo goes to the Capulet ball to see a girl he thinks he's in love with
- When Romeo sees Juliet, he immediately falls in love with her
- Romeo is forced to leave Verona but he visists juliet and spent the night with her
- Juliet's father agrees tp marry her to Count Paris and she asks Friar Lawrance for help
- Friar gives her a special potion that will put her to sleep for 2 weeks and make her look as if she is dead. Friar promises to send a message to Romeo and tell him about the plan.
- The letter from The Friar never reaches Romeo, He thinks Juliet is dead and rushes to the tomb to see her body. There he meets Count Paris and the two fight. Romeo kills Paris and he drinks poison and kills himself. Juliet wakes and finds Romeo dead next to her so she stabs herself with his dagger.
-setting in Verona because Italians were considered violent and passionate.
Italy= as not to create problems when in reality he refers to the situation in England
-it is a comedy= that begins with a comedy elements like love between youngs, masked balls.
-It is a tragedy: ends by protagonists' death and they have to fight against external forces.
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- death and darkness seems to win because in the end both Romeo and Juliet died but love wins also because the two families decided to stop fighting
Romeo and Juliet also died keeping their love
- Shakespeare was inspired by the 2 roses war. He wanted to make more realistic the play and to underline how negative can be the consequences especially to common people and the play was a way to advise Elizabeth to choose a successor to avoid a civil war
- power of fate: the message didn't arrive in time so fate sometimes can be very important and can even be stronger than the will
- Friar Lawrance respects tradition because he organized a marriage but when tradition and religion were not enough he tried to use magic so he gave Juliet a potion.
- play is realistic: - Shakespeare described all members of the society.
- he described characters in their public and private dimension like Juliet father
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kinds of love:- Love between Romeo and Juliet; - family love; love between the nurse and Juliet; love between the nurse and juliet; love between friends.