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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. +English 1. William Shakespeare. 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon, England 37 plays 154 sonnets Began as an actor. Tragedy V. Comedy. Sad ending – death The individual Audience feels pity and terror We feel our own limitations / catharsis

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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

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  1. William Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet +English 1

  2. William Shakespeare • 1564-1616 • Stratford-upon-Avon, England • 37 plays • 154 sonnets • Began as an actor

  3. Tragedy V. Comedy • Sad ending – death • The individual • Audience feels pity and terror • We feel our own limitations / catharsis • Themes like revenge and honor • Happy ending–Marriage • Society • Audience distanced by mockery and humor • We feel superior to others • Themes like appearance v. reality

  4. Romeo and Juliet • Written about 1595 • Based on poem by Arthur Brooks • Considered a tragedy • Much of the play is in Blank Verse • Unrhymed verse • Iambic • Pentameter • Lower class speaks in prose

  5. Globe Theatre • Plays produced for public • Roofless – open air • No artificial lighting • Courtyard with 3 levels of galleries • Stage extended into courtyard • Dressing and storage rooms behind and above stage

  6. Globe Theatre • No scenery • Settings were referenced in dialogue • Elaborate costumes • No women allowed to perform! • Young boys whose voices had not changed

  7. Audience • Wealthy got to sit on benches • “Groundlings” • Poor people who stood and watched from courtyard “pit” • Only the wealthy were educated and literate • Audience interaction

  8. Bubonic Plague • Three outbreaks which closed the Globe Theater • 1593,1603,1608 • No money coming in • Safe for theatres to re-open? • Spread of the disease?

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