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Scarica romeo and juliet english e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Plot The Montagues and the Capulets are two families in conflict. During a ball Romeo, the son of Lord Montagues, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of Lord Capulet. With the help of a Friar they marry secretly the next day, but Romeo is banished to Mantua, for having killed Juliet’s cousin in revenge of the murder of his friends. Meanwhile Juliet, in order to not marry a Count as her father wants, helped by the Friar decides to drink a potion which will give her the appearance of being bead for 42 hours in this way she could go away with Romeo; but Friar’s message doesn’t rich Romeo in time, so he seeing Juliet dead, decides to kill himself. When Juliet awakes, she finds her beloved dead and kills herself. Features 1-this is Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, which has become the archetype of adolescent love 2-this love ends with the death of the beloveds: infect there are many obstacles placed in their path 3- the play explores the matter of love in its many forms: - Juliet’s father: contract between 2 families - Juliet’s nurse: something physical - Count Paris: a fusion of decorum and correct behaviour - Romeo and Juliet. Pure and absolute love 4- the tragedy of the play is linked to the classical idea of destiny 5- we can consider the play as a modern tragedy because Shakespeare inserts the idea of free will to his characters 6- Shakespeare gives a lot of importance to the power of apparence and illusion. Languages and style “Romeo and Juliet” plays with the audience’s expectations. It’s important to note that Juliet’s plan is known by the audience, who can only watch the illusion and the wrong choises of Romeo. The most poetic scene is the Romeo’s initial speech in the famous balcon: in this speech he describes and compairs his beloved using some conventions of courtly love and Neoplatonism. The verse used in this play is the blank verse= not rhymed jambic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Author William Shakespeare, 1594 - 1596 Features Tragedy by William Shakespeare in 5 acts, set in the 1500s in Verona where the love story between Romeo and Juliet is told, which has become the most famous of all time, set in Verona and Mantua in 1500 Plot The tragedy, divided into five acts and set in Verona, begins with a prologue written in the form of a sonnet, which introduces the love story between the two lovers separated by an old conflict, whose reason is not explained, which broke out between the their families: the Montagues and the Capulets. The rivalry between the two families will end only with the death of Romeo and Juliet. In the first act, which covers the whole day, we see a brawl in the streets of Verona between the rival families of the Montagues and the Capulets, which is stopped by the intervention of the Prince of Verona, Escalus, who warns the members of the two families no longer quarrel, on pain of death. We meet for the first time Romeo Montecchi, in love with Rosalina, a Capulet, who does not correspond. While meeting the girl Romeo decides to participate with his friends in the costume party organized by the Capulets that same evening, of course they will not be recognized thanks to the masks. At the ball Romeo meets Giulietta Capuleti, not yet fourteen; the two fall in love at first sight, but soon discover their true identity. Meanwhile Juliet's father has promised his daughter in marriage to Count Paride, a relative of the Lord of Verona. In the second act, Romeo, even though he knows he is risking his life, illegally enters the Capuleti estate and reaches Juliet's balcony. He listens to her as he speaks aloud about his love for him; at this point the boy reveals his presence and declares his love to Juliet. The two lovers decide to get married in secret as soon as possible. The next day Juliet will send a messenger to Romeo to find out where and when they will get married. The following morning Romeo goes to church with Friar Lorenzo to convince him to celebrate the marriage. Friar Lorenzo agrees thinking that the love between the two young people can finally put an end to the feud between the two families. Giulietta confides in her nurse and sends her to Romeo, who tells her about the marriage plan. The girl will have to go to church with Friar Lorenzo with the excuse of having to confess and the wedding will be celebrated here. In addition, Romeo gives the nurse a rope ladder that will allow him to reach his love on his wedding night. The third act is the longest and most eventful. After the secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet, Tebaldo, Juliet's irascible temperament cousin, seeks Romeo to challenge him to a duel. Romeo tries to avoid quarrels and refuses to fight, but a fight breaks out too, during which his friend Mercutio is killed by Tebaldo. Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge the death of Mercutio. The Capulets ask the Prince of Verona to sentence Romeo to death, but he instead condemns him to exile. The nurse informs Giulietta of what happened, and the girl is desperate both for the death of her cousin and for the condemnation of her beloved. Romeo finds refuge with Friar Lorenzo and before leaving for Mantua, he spends the night with Giulietta. Meanwhile, the girl's parents organize her marriage to Count Paride, but she opposes and refuses to marry him, so her father threatens to disinherit her and drive her away from home. Finally, Giulietta pretends to consent to the marriage. In the fourth act a desperate Juliet seeks the help of Friar Lorenzo. He supplies her with a potion that will make her sleep for forty-two hours and make everyone believe that she is dead. Friar Lorenzo sends a message to Romeo through Friar Giovanni to inform him of their plan. Juliet is placed in the family tomb. In the fifth and final act the situation precipitates further. For a terrible twist of fate, Friar Giovanni's message will never reach his destination, in fact, due to a plague epidemic the city is in quarantine and it is not possible to reach it. Baldassarre, Romeo's servant, who attended the girl's funeral, informs him of Juliet's death and Romeo, in despair, goes to Verona, but first buys poison with the intention of taking his own life next to the body of his