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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968). Act 1: introduction : t he street brawl , the meeting of Romeo and Juliet Act 2: development : the balcony scene and the secret wedding

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968)

  2. Act 1: introduction:the streetbrawl, the meeting of Romeo and Juliet • Act 2: development: the balcony scene and the secret wedding • Act 3: turningpoint:Mercutio’s and Tybalt’s killing, Romeo’s banishment and Romeo and Juliet’s farewellaftertheirwedding night • Act 4: complications:Friar Lawrence‘s intrigueand Juliet’s apparentdeath • Act 5: denouement: Romeo’s tragicalerror, Romeo’s and Juliet’s suicide in the Capulets’ vault. The twolovers’ funeral and reconciliationof the twoenemyfamilies. • Act 1: introduction: Lucentioarrives in Padua, sees Bianca in frontofher house with the othercharacters(…) and falls in love withher. • Act 2: development: Lucentioand Hortensio are hiredas Bianca’s tutors, Petruchiodecidestomarry Katherine and meetsherfor the first time • Act 3: turningpoint. Bianca decidesforLucentio , Petruchio and Kate’s wedding. • Act 4: complications:Kate and Petruchio stay at Petruchio’s country house • Act 5: denouement. Petruchio’s victoryover Kate’s rudeness, Kate’s obedience at the finalbanquet. A tragedy or a Comedy ?Romeo and Juliet The Tamingof the ShrewBothconsistoffiveacts:

  3. Tragedies and comedies are generallyintroducedby a PROLOGUE, whichprovides information about the maincharacters or the subjectof the play and followedby an EPILOGUE, whichconcludes the story and asks the audience forapplause

  4. The characters:membersof the middle or lowerclasses • theyfall in love • theyhavetoovercomemanydifficulties, butthey are sly and tough • Aftermanydisguises and intrigueseverythingworks out for the best. • Comedies are characterisedbyfunnydialoguesand a light tone. • The characters: membersof the aristocracy • They are involved in some kindofguilt • theytryto solve the difficultsituationsthey are involved in, butthey are not free: everythingisdominatedby fate • theirguilt can beexpiatedonlythroughtheirsuffering and death. In the end, a new start ispossible. • Tragedyhas asolemn style and a high language.

  5. Romeo and Juliet: a tragedy or a comedy? Romeo and Julietwas a mix tragic and comic elements • The two protagonists belong to noble families, but they are inexperienced young people • They do not commit a crime, but they are involved in their families’ guilt • They fall in love • Like in a comedy, the plot is based on coincidences, intrigues and equivocations, but the coincidences are all unlucky and bring to the death of the two protagonists • In the first two acts, there are many funny scenes, dances, songs and humours characters, the real tragedy begins only in the third act • There is a big variety of language: comic dialogues based on puns alternate with inspired soliloquies or dialogues of high poetry

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