Key Useful Terms Flashcards
Blason/Blazon
Used to describe phisical attributes comparing them to nature(usally)e.g her hairs are vines, flowing of a face like the sun
Semantic field
A way to say ‘a group of similar words’ in a way that’ll impress ur teacher
Who are the audience in shakespeare’s time
An elizabethan audience
What sort of society did they live in?
Patriarchal society
Why could Romeo be seen a weird to the audience.
He contradicted the societal norms of the times as he showed his ‘feminine side’
Why could Juliet be seen as weird to the audience.
She contradicted societal norms too however she showed that her qualities were more ‘masculine’
The words here connote
The connotations of this are
Connotation
A word that has another feeling to it even if it isn’t in the actual meaning e.g christmas tree, joy, happines, festivity,
