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CONTEXT For R&J

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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