romeo and juliet into note flashcards
order of social hierarchy
god, monarch, nobility/clergy, gentry, yeomantry, tenant, laborers
who are clergy
also called nobility. (duches, land owners, friends to monarch, PRIESTS) #3
who are gentry
land owners, upper middle classed #4
who are yeomantry
land owners, middle classed #5
who are tenant farmers
rent land #6
punishment for crimes description
quick, cheap and humiliating
globe theater
- roofless, no artificial lightig, burnt down twice. Most of shakespeares plays were here. No backdrops
who are groundlings
poor people who would stand on the dirty floors of the theater
settings at theaters
were refernced in dialogue since there was no backdrop
what is an important saying about his plays
“hear the play” not see since the script was more important than the play itself
woman as actors (true or false)
false only men could act
what shut down theaters
the puritan religious movements
what is a prose
ordinary writing not poetry. Used to shower lower class characters since it didnt sound fancy an elegant
r+j setting
verona, mantua italy (exotic places) 13-14 century. Rich elegant
romeo
16 years old, only child, impulsive, in love with rosaline
