Romeo Juliet Flashcards
Who wrote it ?
William Shakespeare
What genre is it?
Tragedy
The names of the two feuding families
Montague
Capulett
Why are they in conflict ?
Feuding for a long time (not mentioned why)
What theme is in it?
Family, fate, love, hate, death, conflict, gender, age, power, masculinity, dreams, violence, supernatural
Montage and Capulett and…
Neutral
Neutral characters
Mercurio, Paris, friar Laurence and Prince escalus
What is a prologue
Introduction to a literacy work.
Is a speech addressed to the audience by one or more actors dressed in plain clothes (in black) to be separated to the other actors.
What is the prologue’s purpose ?
Either recommends the play, give thanks to the audience or explains the plot
Written in…
Elizabethan era
Set in…
Verona, Italy
Played where..,
England in the globe theatre (roofless). No lighting or sound
How was it played
No scenery so description was mentioned in the dialogues
Shakespeare wrote plays in which themes ?
Tragedy
History
Comedy
Shakespeare wrote plays during
Elizabethan era and Jacobean period
1st public playhouse was built when?
16th century
What are the two types of playhouses
Open air amphitheatres
Indoor halls
Where did the groundlings stand in the globe theatre
Stood in the yard or pit (the cheapest part of the theatre)
The yard held up to how many groundlings ? how long was the theatres?
500 so usually cramped and wasn’t comfortable and watched plays for up to 3 hours so the groundlings must have loved the plays shown at the globe
Context of theatres during Elizabethan era
Actors were all men so females characters were played by young men
Roofless
No lightning or sound
Plays produced for the general public
Courtyard surrounded by 3 level galleries
