Attitudes towards conflict Flashcards

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Attitude, one

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Shakespeare suggest that it is the older generation that is mainly responsible for the conflict:

“ their parents, rage”

“ handbag starve, die in the street” “ my fingers itch”

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Attitude 2

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Although many men have violent attitudes in the play, Shakespeare suggests there are men who are frustrated by it.

BENVOLIO IN SCENE ONE: “Part fools! You know not what you do.” ROMEO’S INTRODUCTION: “The grove of sycamore”
ROMEO’S INTRODUCTION: “O me! What fray was here? Tell me not for I have heard it all.”

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Attitude 3

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However, even the most peaceful men can get drawn into the patriarchal pressure to have a violent attitude.

ROMEO: “Oh Sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate.

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Attitude 4

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Shakespeare appears to convey the idea that conflict is petty, futile and against God’s will

The Prologue: “ancient grudge”
The Prologue: “star cross’d lovers”
The Prologue: “…but their children’s end nought could remove.”

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Context behind the theme of conflict

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• England had recently left the Catholic church.
• Unlike most countries, the monarch became the
spiritual leader of the country.
• As a result, there was a great deal of sectarian
conflict between Protestants and Catholics.
• Religion was a big political issue – being the “wrong” religion at home could get you imprisoned, tortured or executed. Both Catholics and Protestants were burned at the stake throughout this period.
• There was a Catholic plot to assassinate the king during Shakespeare’s life time. (The Gunpowder plot)
• Spain, a Catholic country, was threatening to invade.
• Elizabethan patriarchy encouraged men to be violent and aggressiv

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