context for romeo & juliet
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What is CONTEXT?How can we identify it? How does it change meaning?TRANSCRIPT
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CONTEXTFor R&J
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CONTEXT
The SITUATION… of the Composer…of the
reader/viewer/listener/Responder…of the world WITHIN the text
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CONTEXT - SHAKESPEARE
16th-17th Century Elizabethan England A world where THEATRE was the most
important entertainment
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CONTEXT – THE READER
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CONTEXT – THE READER
YOU!! 21st Century Young adults In a school In a world where theatre isn’t common
(replaced by film/TV/internet) In a world where language has changed
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CONTEXT – ROMEO & JULIET ORIGINALLY
Shakespeare’s time A world where fathers controlled their
daughters Where marriage was about money and
status, not love Where there was an ordered universe, and
going against the order created chaos
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ORIGINAL R&J CONTEXT
Castle culture
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ORIGINAL R&J CONTEXT
Family responsibility
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ORIGINAL R&J CONTEXT
Loyalty
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BAZ LUHRMANN’S ROMEO & JULIET
City culture
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BAZ LUHRMANN’S ROMEO & JULIET
Media
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BAZ LUHRMANN’S ROMEO & JULIET
Violence
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BAZ LUHRMANN’S ROMEO & JULIET
Façade & money
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BAZ LUHRMANN’S ROMEO & JULIET
Religion