romeo and juliet
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Romeo and Juliet. Background Notes. Introduction. Theme. Tragic young love Star-crossed lovers. 1595. The year the play was written. Shakespeare “borrowed” from a lot of sources. Tragedical History of Romeo and Juliet Arthur Brooke Brook borrowed the idea from an old Italian poem. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Shakespeare “borrowed”
from a lot of sources
•Tragedical History of Romeo and Juliet
•Arthur Brooke•Brook borrowed the idea
from an old Italian poem
(just like the other writers of his day)
•Sets were not elaborate•Before theatres, taverns and town halls hosted plays
•$$$ meant you could afford to sit in the balcony
•Groundlings paid one penny to stand in the pit
• No artificial lighting
• Plays were usually performed in the afternoon
• Stage was a platform
• Groundlings threw garbage
• Familiarity with the plots help the audience appreciate the performances
• Women were not allowed to be actresses so young boys played the female roles
Iambic Pentameter•five stressed beats and five unstressed beats per line
Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
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Rather than avoiding the
realities of life and notshowing crime…
…Shakespeare showed murder on stage
Instead of keeping genres of theatreseparate…
…Shakespeare combined comedy and
tragedy to create a different form of entertainment