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ROMEO AND JULIET

ROMEO AND JULIET. 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. Romeo - love-lorn youth who loves Rosaline

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ROMEO AND JULIET

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  1. ROMEO AND JULIET

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Tragic flaw • Romeo’s faults are his undoing • Too impatienthot-tempered Acts without thinking Impulsiveness brings tragedy

  5. Lessons • Comment on the generation gap - children and parents don’t communicate • Romeo doesn’t 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

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

  7. More than a love story • About life itself • We fight with parents • We aren’t always nice to our friends • We get bored and try to pick fights • We fall in love and it doesn’t work out

  8. 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 • Friar’s help = suffering

  9. NOTHING IS PURELY GOOD OR EVIL ROMEO AND JULIET ARE THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR TEENAGERS

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