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Romeo and Juliet (by Shakespeare)
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Ich hoffe auf rege Beteiligung, unsere Klausur ist schließlich schon am Montag!
Gruß, Jan
___________________________________________________________________________
Romeo and Juliet (by Shakespeare)
- Basic facts of Romeo and Juliet (especially for analysing scenes)
Full title: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Type of work: Play
Genre: Tragic drama
Time and place written: London, mid-1590s
Date of first publication: 1597 (in the First Quarto, which was likely an unauthorized incomplete edition); 1599 (in the Second Quarto, which was authorized)
Publisher: Thomas Creede (in the Second Quarto, using the title The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet)
Climax: The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in the Capulet tomb (V.iii)
Protagonists: Romeo; Juliet
Antagonists: The feuding Montagues and Capulets; Tybalt; the prince and citizens of Verona; fate
Settings (time): Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century)
Settings (place): Verona and Mantua (cities in northern Italy)
Point of view: Insofar as a play has a point of view, that of Romeo and Juliet; occasionally the play uses the point of view of the Montague and Capulet servants to illuminate the actions of their masters.
Falling action: The end of Act V, scene iii, when the prince and the parents discover the bodies of Romeo and Juliet, and agree to put aside their feud in the interest of peace.
Tense: Present
Foreshadowing: The Chorus’s first speech declaring that Romeo and Juliet are doomed to die and “star-crossed.” The lovers’ frequent thoughts of death: “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Juliet, I.v.132). The lovers’ thoughts of suicide, as when Romeo threatens to kill himself after killing Tybalt. Friar Lawrence’s warnings to behave moderately if Romeo and Juliet wish to avoid tragedy: “These violent delights have violent ends . . . Therefore love moderately” (II.v.9–14). The lovers’ mutual impression that the other looks pale and deathlike after their wedding night (III.v). Juliet’s faked death by Friar Lawrence’s potion. Romeo’s dream-vision of Juliet kissing his lips while he is dead (V.i). Romeo’s outbursts against fate: “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (III.i.131) and “Then I defy you, stars” (V.i.24).
Tones: Passionate, romantic, intense, rhapsodic, violent, prone to extremes of emotion (ecstasy, rage, misery, etc.)
Themes: The forcefulness of love; love as a cause of violence; the individual versus society; the inevitability of fate
- Background
The Montagues and Capulets are two rivalry families. They are involved in a family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Yet the feud still continues due to the fact that neither family is ready to forgive and forget the past. Even the townspeople are involved because the families do not keep the feud in the privacy of their own home but have been seen fighting in the public streets and displaying violence. They disrupt the peace of Verona and even Prince Escalus personally had to break up a fight, where the family members were heavily fined. They were also given a warning that another public fight could result in death. While this is occurring Romeo, the main character, is getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household has just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, who her parents wish her to marry. Yet she does not love him.
- Plot Summary
Romeo (Montague), who is in love with Rosaline, goes to a party in an effort to forget her or to ease his broken heart. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agree to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague), a good friend of Romeo's, ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt kills Mercutio, which causes Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona.
At the same time, the Capulet's are planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet does not want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. Friar Lawrence promises to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo is currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo does not receive this message on time and upon hearing of her "death" goes to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she awakens to find her lover's corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and their shared sorrow; finally make peace with each other.
- Leitmotifs
• light
-Romeo often compares Juliet(or situations with a kind of light
• Time
- It is often mentiones that time is wasted/passes to fast
• Destiny
- everything is leaded by a greater power. (often mentioned by Romeo)
• Love & hate
- contrast
- The Four Humours
- universe made up of four elements: earth, water, fire, air
- human body made up of Four Humours: blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile
- Blood (Air): sanguine (lebhaft ) personality, happy and generous (großherzig ), considered hot.
- Phlegm (Water): phlegmatic person, pale (blass ) and calm (ruhig ), cowardly (feige ), associated with cold and moist.
- Black bile (Earth): melancholic (schwermütig ) person, creative and sentimental, lazy (faul ), considered cold and dry (derb )
- Yellow bile (Fire): Choleric personality, angry, energetic, violent, viewed as hot and dry
There should be always a balance between the Four Humours in each character.
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FULL TITLE • The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
AUTHOR • William Shakespeare
TYPE OF WORK • Play
GENRE • Tragic drama
LANGUAGE • English
TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN • London, mid-1590s
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION • 1597 (in the First Quarto, which was likely an unauthorized incomplete edition); 1599 (in the Second Quarto, which was authorized)
PUBLISHER • Thomas Creede (in the Second Quarto, using the title The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet)
CLIMAX • The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in the Capulet tomb (V.iii)
PROTAGONISTS • Romeo; Juliet
ANTAGONISTS • The feuding Montagues and Capulets; Tybalt; the prince and citizens of Verona; fate
SETTINGS (TIME) • Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century)
SETTINGS (PLACE) • Verona and Mantua (cities in northern Italy)
POINT OF VIEW • Insofar as a play has a point of view, that of Romeo and Juliet; occasionally the play uses the point of view of the Montague and Capulet servants to illuminate the actions of their masters.
FALLING ACTION • The end of Act V, scene iii, when the prince and the parents discover the bodies of Romeo and Juliet, and agree to put aside their feud in the interest of peace.
TENSE • Present
FORESHADOWING • The Chorus’s first speech declaring that Romeo and Juliet are doomed to die and “star-crossed.” The lovers’ frequent thoughts of death: “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Juliet, I.v.132). The lovers’ thoughts of suicide, as when Romeo threatens to kill himself after killing Tybalt. Friar Lawrence’s warnings to behave moderately if Romeo and Juliet wish to avoid tragedy: “These violent delights have violent ends . . . Therefore love moderately” (II.v.9–14). The lovers’ mutual impression that the other looks pale and deathlike after their wedding night (III.v). Juliet’s faked death by Friar Lawrence’s potion. Romeo’s dream-vision of Juliet kissing his lips while he is dead (V.i). Romeo’s outbursts against fate: “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (III.i.131) and “Then I defy you, stars” (V.i.24).
TONES • Passionate, romantic, intense, rhapsodic, violent, prone to extremes of emotion (ecstasy, rage, misery, etc.)
THEMES • The forcefulness of love; love as a cause of violence; the individual versus society; the inevitability of fate
MOTIFS • Light/dark imagery; opposite points of view
SYMBOLS • Poison; thumb-biting; Queen Mab
FULL TITLE • The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
AUTHOR • William Shakespeare
TYPE OF WORK • Play
GENRE • Tragic drama
LANGUAGE • English
TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN • London, mid-1590s
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION • 1597 (in the First Quarto, which was likely an unauthorized incomplete edition); 1599 (in the Second Quarto, which was authorized)
PUBLISHER • Thomas Creede (in the Second Quarto, using the title The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet)
CLIMAX • The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in the Capulet tomb (V.iii)
PROTAGONISTS • Romeo; Juliet
ANTAGONISTS • The feuding Montagues and Capulets; Tybalt; the prince and citizens of Verona; fate
SETTINGS (TIME) • Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century)
SETTINGS (PLACE) • Verona and Mantua (cities in northern Italy)
POINT OF VIEW • Insofar as a play has a point of view, that of Romeo and Juliet; occasionally the play uses the point of view of the Montague and Capulet servants to illuminate the actions of their masters.
FALLING ACTION • The end of Act V, scene iii, when the prince and the parents discover the bodies of Romeo and Juliet, and agree to put aside their feud in the interest of peace.
TENSE • Present
FORESHADOWING • The Chorus’s first speech declaring that Romeo and Juliet are doomed to die and “star-crossed.” The lovers’ frequent thoughts of death: “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Juliet, I.v.132). The lovers’ thoughts of suicide, as when Romeo threatens to kill himself after killing Tybalt. Friar Lawrence’s warnings to behave moderately if Romeo and Juliet wish to avoid tragedy: “These violent delights have violent ends . . . Therefore love moderately” (II.v.9–14). The lovers’ mutual impression that the other looks pale and deathlike after their wedding night (III.v). Juliet’s faked death by Friar Lawrence’s potion. Romeo’s dream-vision of Juliet kissing his lips while he is dead (V.i). Romeo’s outbursts against fate: “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (III.i.131) and “Then I defy you, stars” (V.i.24).
TONES • Passionate, romantic, intense, rhapsodic, violent, prone to extremes of emotion (ecstasy, rage, misery, etc.)
THEMES • The forcefulness of love; love as a cause of violence; the individual versus society; the inevitability of fate
MOTIFS • Light/dark imagery; opposite points of view
SYMBOLS • Poison; thumb-biting; Queen Mab
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Form and structure:
- divided into five acts
- no classical three units of time, place and action
- total time of play: more than fpir das
- blank verse(lines of five iambic feet)
- prose is used 1.)by servants and musicians to underline their lower social position
2.) by Mercution, Romeo and the Nurse when they are joking
Motifs:
- Fate
- Fortune
- Heaven
- divided into five acts
- no classical three units of time, place and action
- total time of play: more than fpir das
- blank verse(lines of five iambic feet)
- prose is used 1.)by servants and musicians to underline their lower social position
2.) by Mercution, Romeo and the Nurse when they are joking
Motifs:
- Fate
- Fortune
- Heaven
THE GLOBE THEATRE
- round building, no roof in the middle where the groundlings stood
- stage at an upper level
- best seats had a roof, at the sides closest to the stage (so that they could hear the dialogues)
- Shakespeare’s days: 3.000 people
- today: 1.500 people
- the audience
* a wide range of citizens
* low cost attracted many people as possible
* groundlings: on the floor, no seats; shopkeepers, crafts men (Handwerker), exuberant (übersprudelnd, überschwenglich)rowdy young men, genuine (echt, ehrlich) lovers of the theatre (well educated)
* gallery: gentleman, professional men, courtiers, members of the nobility
* also women were listening (surprising for London visitors)
* at least one thousand people an evening was typical
* accuse: people came to secret meetings and immoral activities
* majority only enjoyed the play
* groundlings important for the atmosphere
- entertainment was full of fun, also a criticism of life
- groundlings were always ready for new themes à important for Shakespeare’s work
SHAKESPEARE - ROMEO & JULIET
BACKGROUND
The Montagues and Capulets are two rivalry families. They are involved in a family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Yet the feud still continues due to the fact that neither family is ready to forgive and forget the past. Even the townspeople are involved because the families do not keep the feud in the privacy of their own home but have been seen fighting in the public streets and displaying violence. They disrupt the peace of Verona and even Prince Escalus personally had to break up a fight, where the family members were heavily fined. They were also given a warning that another public fight could result in death. While this is occurring Romeo, the main character, is getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household has just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, who her parents wish her to marry. Yet she does not love him.
PLOT SUMMARY
Romeo (Montague), who is in love with Rosaline, goes to a party in an effort to forget her or to ease his broken heart. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agree to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague), a good friend of Romeo's, ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt kills Mercutio, which causes Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona.
At the same time, the Capulet's are planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet does not want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. Friar Lawrence promises to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo is currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo does not receive this message on time and upon hearing of her "death" goes to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she awakens to find her lover's corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and their shared sorrow; finally make peace with each other.
- round building, no roof in the middle where the groundlings stood
- stage at an upper level
- best seats had a roof, at the sides closest to the stage (so that they could hear the dialogues)
- Shakespeare’s days: 3.000 people
- today: 1.500 people
- the audience
* a wide range of citizens
* low cost attracted many people as possible
* groundlings: on the floor, no seats; shopkeepers, crafts men (Handwerker), exuberant (übersprudelnd, überschwenglich)rowdy young men, genuine (echt, ehrlich) lovers of the theatre (well educated)
* gallery: gentleman, professional men, courtiers, members of the nobility
* also women were listening (surprising for London visitors)
* at least one thousand people an evening was typical
* accuse: people came to secret meetings and immoral activities
* majority only enjoyed the play
* groundlings important for the atmosphere
- entertainment was full of fun, also a criticism of life
- groundlings were always ready for new themes à important for Shakespeare’s work
SHAKESPEARE - ROMEO & JULIET
BACKGROUND
The Montagues and Capulets are two rivalry families. They are involved in a family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Yet the feud still continues due to the fact that neither family is ready to forgive and forget the past. Even the townspeople are involved because the families do not keep the feud in the privacy of their own home but have been seen fighting in the public streets and displaying violence. They disrupt the peace of Verona and even Prince Escalus personally had to break up a fight, where the family members were heavily fined. They were also given a warning that another public fight could result in death. While this is occurring Romeo, the main character, is getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household has just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, who her parents wish her to marry. Yet she does not love him.
PLOT SUMMARY
Romeo (Montague), who is in love with Rosaline, goes to a party in an effort to forget her or to ease his broken heart. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agree to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague), a good friend of Romeo's, ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt kills Mercutio, which causes Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona.
At the same time, the Capulet's are planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet does not want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. Friar Lawrence promises to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo is currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo does not receive this message on time and upon hearing of her "death" goes to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she awakens to find her lover's corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and their shared sorrow; finally make peace with each other.
