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Romeo Juliet Flashcards

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1
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Who wrote it ?

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William Shakespeare

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What genre is it?

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Tragedy

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3
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The names of the two feuding families

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Montague

Capulett

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Why are they in conflict ?

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Feuding for a long time (not mentioned why)

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5
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What theme is in it?

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Family, fate, love, hate, death, conflict, gender, age, power, masculinity, dreams, violence, supernatural

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6
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Montage and Capulett and…

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Neutral

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Neutral characters

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Mercurio, Paris, friar Laurence and Prince escalus

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What is a prologue

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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.

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What is the prologue’s purpose ?

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Either recommends the play, give thanks to the audience or explains the plot

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Written in…

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Elizabethan era

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Set in…

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Verona, Italy

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Played where..,

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England in the globe theatre (roofless). No lighting or sound

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How was it played

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No scenery so description was mentioned in the dialogues

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14
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Shakespeare wrote plays in which themes ?

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Tragedy
History
Comedy

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15
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Shakespeare wrote plays during

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Elizabethan era and Jacobean period

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1st public playhouse was built when?

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16th century

17
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What are the two types of playhouses

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Open air amphitheatres

Indoor halls

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Where did the groundlings stand in the globe theatre

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Stood in the yard or pit (the cheapest part of the theatre)

19
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The yard held up to how many groundlings ? how long was the theatres?

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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

20
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Context of theatres during Elizabethan era

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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

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