essay plan Flashcards
beginning
fight scene
“I hate thee as I hate all montagues”
repetition hate
male honour, fighting
shakespeare presents himself as anti fighting by making one of the villanous characters pro fighting.
men would rather fight than be percieved as cowards
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‘ancient grudge’
‘airy word’
3 part thesis
Although Shakespeare writes the play as entertainment, he wants the story of Romeo and Juliets tragedy to sympathise with the reader and to change readers view on love/fate/fighting/women’s equality/injustice. (context surrounding theme)
play 1
RnJ meet
“you kiss by the book”
metaphor
female honour, love, courtship, fate
j has been brought up to what every women in that era had to experince - rules for how they should act in a relationship so j is very familiar with ‘the book’
could also represent R’s openess with J.
shakespeare believes women should be treated better.
juliet feels “ready” and not forced unlike with paris
gets asked “consent” which she’s not used to getting but expects it
play 2
mercution gets injured
“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man”
pun
angry at romeo declaring it was due to the ‘plague o both your houses’
ending
“O happy dagger/ this is thy sheath”
personification
death, love, innendo, fate, female honour
violence that comes with sex links to freudian theory
shekespear belives women should be treated more as equals
she is pleased to find an object that she can use to kill herself
quotes:
‘star crossed lovers’
‘take their life’
‘fortune’s fool’
conclusion
