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Title: ROMEO AND JULIET


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ROMEO AND JULIET
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The story
  • Written and presented - 1595 (1597)
  • Setting - 15th century Verona, Italy
  • 2 noble families - the Capulets (Juliet) and the
    Montagues (Romeo)
  • A feud of senseless pride and hatred between the
    two families

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  • Romeo - love-lorn youth who loves Rosaline
  • Begins to grow up when he meets Juliet
  • Offers friendship to his enemy, Tybalt
  • Defends the nurse against the verbal abuse by
    Mercutio
  • Juliet - matured by her love for Romeo brave
    and determined when challenged by love

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Tragic flaw
  • Romeos faults are his undoing
  • Too impatienthot-tempered
  • Acts without thinking
  • Impulsiveness brings tragedy

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Lessons
  • Comment on the generation gap - children and
    parents dont communicate
  • Romeo doesnt ask his dad for help when he is in
    trouble
  • Juliet does not speak honestly to her parents
    about her love for Romeo
  • They turn to the nurse and the friar instead of
    their parents

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  • Youth and love are defeated by hatred and
    misunderstanding
  • Love and understand one another before its too
    late
  • Make each moment count for it will never come
    again

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More than a love story
  • About life itself
  • We fight with parents
  • We arent always nice to our friends
  • We get bored and try to pick fights
  • We fall in love and it doesnt work out

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Universal motifs
  • Life / death
  • Love / hate
  • Youth / old age
  • Light / dark
  • The role of fate in our lives
  • Duality of nature
  • Flower poison / medicine
  • Deaths of Romeo and Juliet tragedy / new life
  • Friars help suffering

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NOTHING IS PURELY GOOD OR EVIL
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