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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. By William Shakespeare. Prologue. A prologue is the introduction to a poem or a play. It often explains the story to help the audience to understand. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare

  2. Prologue • A prologue is the introduction to a poem or a play. It often explains the story to help the audience to understand.

  3. Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

  4. Two households, both alike in dignity,Two Families, both equally important In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, In beautiful Verona, where this story is set, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,From an old argument, a new tragedy has occurred Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.The families are responsible for the spilling of innocent blood

  5. From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;Whose misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents' strife.

  6. From forth the fatal loins of these two foesBecause of the behaviour of these two enemies A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;A pair of unlucky lovers commit suicide Whose misadventured piteous overthrowsWhose unfortunate and pitiful circumstances Do with their death bury their parents' strife Result in their death, which ends their parents’ feud.

  7. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,And the continuance of their parents' rage,Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;

  8. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,The terrible story of their doomed love And the continuance of their parents' rage,And their parent’s continuing anger Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,Which could only be ended by their children’s death Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;Is the story we are now going to tell, over the next two hours.

  9. The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

  10. The which if you with patient ears attend, If you listen to it patiently What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.What we have missed out in this introduction we shall work hard to tell.

  11. Montagues Old Montague + Lady Montague Romeo (their son) Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin) Mercution (Romeo’s best friend) Friar Laurence (Romeo’s confidant) Capulets Old Capulet + Lady Capulet Juliet (their daughter) Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin) Nurse (Juliet’s Confidant) Two Houses both alike in dignity…

  12. A CONFIDANTE is someone that you confide in. Romeo confides in Friar Laurence and Juliet confides in her Nurse This is a bit like a SOLILOQUY, because it is a way that we can know what Romeo and Juliet are truly feeling.

  13. Sword Fights • The young men in this play have very little to occupy their days. • In the evenings they like to have fun, and go to parties and balls. • But in the daytime, they spend their time practicing their sword skills or fighting in brawls.

  14. Act One • The Prince of Verona is sick of all the brawls between the two houses. • He says the next Montague or Capulet to start a fight will be punished by death.

  15. Romeo • Romeo keeps apart from the fighting in the street. • He spends his time alone, thinking about ROSALINE woman he loves.

  16. Juliet • Juliet is just 13 years old. • Her father has arranged a marriage for her with a wealthy man named Paris whom Juliet has never met.

  17. The Capulet Ball…

  18. Everything changes at the Ball Before he meets Juliet, Romeo still believes that he is in love with Rosaline. Juliet is supposed to be marrying Paris. They meet at the ball and without knowing who each other is, they fall in love. On the way to the ball Romeo has a PREMONITION

  19. PREMONITIONS • A premonition is: A warning of an impending event, experienced as foreboding, anxiety and intuitive sense of dread. • Shakespeare is trying to tell us again that Romeo and Juliet are doomed

  20. The Balcony Scene • Romeo sneaks into the Capulet garden and overhears Juliet speaking to herself about him! • They speak and confess their love for each other and Romeo promises to arrange their wedding the following day.

  21. A Secret Wedding • Only Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse know about the wedding.

  22. Friar Laurence • Friar Laurence hates the fighting between Montagues and Capulets. • He agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because he believes that it will bring the two families closer together.

  23. Death of Mercutio • Tybalt wishes to fight Romeo, whom he believes has insulted his family by attending their ball. • Romeo will not fight as he wants to keep the peace between the two families. • Mercutio thinks Romeo is being a coward and starts to fight with Tybalt himself. • Romeo jumps between them and Tybalt is stabbed under Romeo’s arm.

  24. Death of Tybalt • Romeo is grief-stricken by Mercutio’s death and stabs Tybalt as revenge. • Juliet’s cousin has been killed by her new husband.

  25. Mercutio and Tybalt • Mercutio and Tybalt are very similar characters. • Mercutio blames Romeo for stepping between him and Tybalt. • Both are hot-tempered and rush into things.

  26. Romeo and Juliet say goodbye • Romeo’s punishment for stabbing Tybalt is banishment. • He is not sentenced to death because Tybalt Killed Mercutio first. • Romeo must leave Verona before sunrise. • He says goodbye to Juliet and leaves for Mantua.

  27. Juliet’s arranged marriage • As soon as Romeo has left, Juliet is told that she must marry Paris the following Thursday. • Juliet is desperate and goes to Friar Laurence to ask for help. • She threatens to kill herself if he will not help her.

  28. Friar Laurence’s Plan Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion that will make her appear dead. He tells her to drink it the night before her wedding. She will then be laid to rest in the family tomb and Friar Laurence will arrange for Romeo to be there waiting for her.

  29. The Death of Romeo and Juliet • Romeo does not receive the friar’s message. • He believes Juliet is really dead and returns to Verona to see her body. • On his way he buys poison. • At the tomb he finds Paris, they fight and Paris is killed. • Romeo drinks the poison as Juliet is waking up. • She stabs herself.

  30. A glooming peace this morning with it brings;The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished:For never was a story of more woeThan this of Juliet and her Romeo.

  31. Who is to blame? • Romeo? • Juliet? • Mercutio? • Tybalt? • Friar Laurence? • Old Montague/Capulet? • Fate?

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