Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Junior Cert Study

emailprotected com www. cyclonerepertory. com Romeo and Juliet Session Themes & Topics 1 Shakespeares Main Source Arthur Brookes 3020 line narration poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (first published in 1562). Brooke was reported to bind translated it from an Italian novella Giulietta e Romeo, a novella by the Italian author Matteo Bandello, written in 1554. The poems ending differs significantly from Shakespeares count the nurse is banished, the apothecary is hanged for his involvement in the deception while Friar Laurence leaves Verona to live in a hermitage until he dies.An new(prenominal)(a) remarkable plot difference is that the story takes place over nine months while Shakespeares version takes place over 5 twenty-four hourss. A key understructure of Brookes epic poem which permeates Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is 2 mania as a ghostlike Experience (or Love as a Form of Religious Worship). This idea of love is based on medieval courtly love poetry and was a strong influence on Brookes version of Romeo and Juliet. Love in this sense is not just lust scarcely is tempered by patience, romance, spirituality and heroism. The language used in this poetry was full of religious references.This idea of love was borrowed by Shakespeare in his version of the tale. Here are a few examples which reflect this theme If I profane with my unworthiest hand this consecrated shrine Romeo, scrap I Scene 5 Call me but love and Ill be new baptized. Juliet, Act II Scene 2 Swear by the gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry. Juliet, Act II Scene 2 This theme of love as religious worship demonstrates the young orthodontic bracess passion and devotion to one another. This return of affection from Juliet inflames the young Romeo as opposed to his advances towards the unfeeling Rosaline which were not reciprocated. Synopsis of the Play The extract infra is the synopsis as staged in The Romeo and Juliet Session day 1, Sunday The star crossed lovers meet and fall in love. Day 2, Monday They secretly marry in Friar Lawrences cell. Later, Romeo gets in a brawl with Tybalt and his best friend, Mercutio, is killed . Taking revenge, Romeo in turn kills Tybalt. For this murderous act The Prince banishes him. alone before fleeing to Mantua Romeo has a passionate night with his new bride. Day 3, Tuesday Mr. & Mrs. Capulet brutally force the rebellious Juliet to marry Paris.A now desperate Juliet runs to Friar Lawrence begging for help. He gives her a potion that induces a death-like state. Later that day Capulet moves the day of the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday. Day 4, Wednesday The nurse finds Juliet dead. The wedding preparations now become funeral preparations. Romeo hears of Juliets death and makes the journey to Verona. Day 5, Thursday Romeo arrives in Capulets tomb and takes his own life just before Juliet awakes. Seeing her dead lover by her side, the young Juliet takes Romeos wound and ends it. Benvolio, Romeo & Mercutio The function of Benvolios character is to provide a peaceful, passive personality in contrast to the lively and aggressive Mercutio. This is important as both characters have a significant influence on the young Romeo. Our hero demonstrates aspects of both characters at various points throughout the cultivate. Benvolios character foretells an end to the dissension. He is save member of Romeos generation to survive by the end of the coquet. We also know that Benvolio is trustworthy. After Mercutio has been slain, Benvolio recounts the events accurately and fairly to the Prince.Even though he belongs to one of the families in the feud, the Prince does not see it necessary to doubt his word, further proving his sincerity and earnestness. It might prove useful to skipk of the characters of Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio as three brothers Mercutio is the aggressive, jaded and, sometimes, mean eldest, Romeo is the youngest and close to spoilt as hes allowed to indulge his f eelings and cries a lot and Benvolio, the middle child, is a pricey mediator as he helps to dissolve tensions in the midst of the two (as middle children often do in real life).However, in our Romeo and Juliet Session, the actors confusion over how to play Benvolio is also a devised encounter point between the actor and Shakespeare which acts as a bridge to discuss 5 Elizabethan Attitudes to Homosexuality Freedom of choice, in this sense, was not allowed in Shakespeares day. Acceptance of Homosexuality as has been happening in todays Western society was non-existent, at least normally. If such attitudes were expressed in public then it could have serious repercussions as it went against acceptable norms of society.Practice of homosexuality was often punishable by death. 6 Lack of Female Performers In Shakespeares day women were not allowed onstage, in fact it was illegal. Their place was in the home. Every female character in those days was performed by men. In this play for e xample, teenage sons would play the role of Juliet, and older (generally burly and heavy) men, would play the Nurse. Its interesting to notice that the character of the pantomime Dame, can be traced back to this type of roles. Women we only allowed on stage after 1660 (many years after Shakespeare death). Mercutios Queen Mab Speech Whats the point of this monologue? Most productions of this play cut it out. Mercutios misanthropic take on love serves as a counterpoint to Romeos wistful one. Mercutio is warning Romeo that love is a trap that comes with many pitfalls and burdensome obligations. In addition to this Shakespeare seems to have been making a bit of a pun with the name Queen Mab. Traditionally, Queen Mab is known as the queen of the fairies. But in his time the words quean and mab were also references to whores. Ultimately, Mercutio is trying to deflate Romeos illusion of love.Ergo life is not a lovers fairytale. 8 Medieval disaster A common plot device in Medieval Traged y is that of unseen, hostile forces determining the destiny of the lovers. Shakespeare uses this concept in the play. When Romeo says, expire the term of a despised life closd in my breast (Act I Scene 4) he is foretelling his own death. This is not because he wants to die but to a greater extent because he feels that it is in his fate. Thats the reason why Shakespeare call them star crossed lovers in the Prologue to the play their fates written in the stars.But theyre ill-fated too conspiring against them are events, coincidences and accidents. For example 1. Romeos bad timing in arriving too early to Juliets tomb. 2. Romeo not getting Friar Laurences letter explaining his scheme of Juliets pretended death. 3. The dark shadow of the feud influences the secretive actions of the hasty lovers. This hastiness is a tragical flaw that both characters lot and it plays its part in the tragedy. In Juliets own words Too rash, too unadvised, too sudden. (Act II Scene 2) In fact, Romeo and Juliet are fated to die.This tragic device of impending doom was meant to make the audience pity the young and innocent lovers. In Romeos own words I am deals horse around. (Act III Scene 1) 9 Love vs. Lust Is Romeo really in love with Juliet or is he just a boy with a strong libido? Wasnt he hopelessly in love with Rosaline before? In his own words The all seeing sun neer saw her match since first the world begun. (Act I Scene 2). Romeo was gutted after Rosaline rejected him. If Juliet rejected him, would he have just found soul new, pined longer for Juliet, returned to Rosaline or do something else?Would it be fair to say that Romeo is in love with the idea of being in love? If we take the side of the furrow that Romeo is really in love this time, then this harks back to the theme of Love as a Religious Experience. Romeo and Juliets relationship is spiritual, heroic & romantic but it also contains lust, as in any romantic relationship. The world of Romeo and Juliets love is so all-consuming that, to restate John Donne, Nothing else is. (The Sun Rising, Stanza 3). This disregard for the external world is the bang of their pure love and the reason for their downfall.This meeting of these two soul mates has awoken them to a new world of feeling and passion that goes beyond anything theyve ever known before. 10 Conflict All the conflicts in the play are a result of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets which we are told in the play was Bred of an airy word (Prince, Act I Scene 1). No one seems to know what started it in the first place. All we know is that the familys of the Capulets and Montagues have born(p) a grudge for a long period of time, passing on the hatred from one generation to the next, and theyre not even sure why.However, the feud between the families has an historic basis. The period referred to in the play is between 1269 & 1387. This was a time when Verona was split between competing noble families. Italians at that time were d ivided. Some of them favoured a government ruled by the German emperor while others were part of a congress of city-states under the moral leadership of the Pope in Rome. So noble Families would often fight over the political high ground. But whats most important in this play is how the feud affects the young lovers and other characters.The feud is responsible for the fiery Tybalt seeking out Romeo for daring to show his face at the Capulets ball, its responsible for the lovers secret marriage, Mercutios and Tybalts murders, Romeos banishment and the Friars scheme which eventually leads to Romeo and Juliets death. 11 pragmatism vs. Telling the story There are inconsistencies in the play No one question why the young, 14 your old Juliet just suddenly dies. The vial of potion by her side is never found. Rosaline, was a Capulet too, a cousin of Juliet. But the feud between the families was never addressed in that case.Was Shakespeare unaware of these inconsistencies? Why were they no t addressed? This has a lot to do with how writing has changed over the years. Realism as we know it was an invention of the novels of the XVIII & XIX centuries. In Shakespeares day there wasnt an interest in depicting everyday life. so consistency wasnt as important as telling a story. Famous and quotes from Romeo and Juliet Below are some quotes that you may find useful to quote in your exams. A pair of star-crossed lovers. Prologue One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sunNeer saw her match since first the world begun, Romeo, Act I, scene 2 O she doth teach the torches to catch fire bright, Romeo, Act I, scene 5 Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, freshet For I neer saw true beauty till this night, Romeo, Act I, scene 5 My only love sprung from my only hate Too early seen unknown, and known too late Juliet, Act 1, scene 5 O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? Juliet, Act II, scene 2 O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. Juliet, Act II, scene 2 Good Night, Good night Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. Juliet, Act II, scene 2 Whats in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Juliet, Act II, scene 2 Wisely and slow they stumble that run fast, Friar Laurence, Act II, scene 3 mens eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. Mercutio, Act III, scene 1 A plague o both your houses Mercutio, Act III, scene 1 O, I am Fortunes fool Romeo, Act III, scene 1 Give me my Romeo and, when he shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. Juliet, Act III, scene 2 therefore I defy you, stars Romeo, Act V, scene 1 For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Prince, Act 5, scene 3 Shakespeares component to the English Language Shake speare is credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with the introduction of nearly 3,000 worlds into the language. It doesnt mean that he created them all but that his works were the earlier citation.Below is small list of words and phrases from Shakespeares plays. Many widely used today Words Accommodation Amazement Apostrophe Assassination Auspicious Bloody impinge on Courtship Critic Critical Dwindle Exposure Frugal Generous Gloomy Hurry Invulnerable Laughable Lonely Majestic Misplaced monolithic Multitudinous Obscene Pious Premeditated Radiance Road Sanctimonious Sportive Suspicious Phrases all that glitters isnt gold as dead as a doornail break the ice catch a cold clothes make the man disgraceful conduct eaten out of house and home elbowroom fair play foregone conclusion heart of gold heartsick hot-blooded housekeeping in a pickle in stitches in the twinkling of an eye its Grecian to me lackluster laughing stock leapfrog l ong-haired method in his madness minds eye mums the word naked truth uncomplete a borrower nor a lender be neither here nor there send him packing set your teeth on edge sorry sight to be or not to be to thine own self be true too much of a good thing vanish into thin air wear ones heart on ones sleeve pic pic pic

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