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By Mose. on 01/09/2008
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
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Introduction
Shakespeare is renowned and his ancient legacy is continued, for his numerous Elizabethan plays and literature, of which is still studied deeply across England in the modern times of today’s society. Romeo and Juliet is just one, of the many engaging plays he wrote.
The plot of Romeo and Juliet is quite unusual as Shakespeare crams a story of which would realistically take a reasonable time to develop. He compiles it all into four days. This is very interesting as the audience can question how realistic the play is, as we see that “love” is the core of this play and seems tedious that it can develop over four days. At times through the play, it can be observed as a romantic genre, however differentiating scenes containing violence and superstitions, portray the play as a tragedy. The contrasting genres affect the content of the play, as it can contain a warm romantic scene with an intimate couple, to a bloody, tense scene with feuds between two incompatible feuding families.
Immediately, when the audience read or see the title of the play, they expect and prepare to watch a play of great romance and love. Thanks to the contrasting genres of the play, the audience are intrigued and interested as they find out how the play develops from romantic scenes, to scenes consisting of violence.
Shakespeare has chosen distinct themes for the play. One of these themes is “love” obviously this pertains to the title of the play. Another theme is “hate”. This is a significant contrast to the first mentioned theme, these two contrasting themes act as a catalyst of interest. The words “Fate” and “death” play a significant role in creating interest as back in the Elizabethan era; superstitions, witchcraft etc were prominent in society. Therefore the 16th century audience would have been superstitious. When the audience watch Romeo and Juliet, they discover that the whole play is littered with such foreboding references. Act 3 is a vital element of the play, because it has specific references to hate, accumulating a violent and tense atmosphere, which is cleverly integrated into the plot of Romeo and Juliet.
To begin the play, Shakespeare informs the audience with a prologue. This is an unusual device, as Shakespeare is basically telling
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