ROMEO & JULIET

ROMEO & JULIET

CONTEXT

VERONA, 16TH CENTURY?

TWO FAMILIES:CAPULET & MONTAGUE

TWO MAIN CHARACTERS:ROMEO(MONTAGUE)JULIET (CAPULET)

plotA street brawl between Montagues and Capulets

Romeo attends the ball and meets and falls in love with Juliet.

Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be married.

With the help of Friar Laurence, who hopes to reconcile the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next day.

Juliet's cousin Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel who refuses to fight. Mercutio accepts the duel on Romeo's behalf and he is accused of The execution of Tybalt for the murder of Mercutio

Romeo banished from Verona

Friar Laurence offers her a drug

The messenger does not reach Romeo and drinks the poison

Juliet awakens and, finding Romeo dead, stabs herself with his dagger

The families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to end their violent feud.

CHARACTERS

Main charactersROMEO

He is the son and heir of Montague and lady Montague.

He is a young man of about sixteen, handsome, intelligent, and

sensitive but also impulsive and immature.

He lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and

the Capulets, but he is not interested in violence.

His only interest is love.

Romeos close friend is Mercutio

other charactersMERCUTIO:He is a kinsman to the Prince, and Romeos close friend.

He loves wordplay, specially sexual double entendres

He hates people who are obsessed with the latest fashions

He finds Romeos romanticized ideas about love tiresome.

Mercutio's name is related to the word "mercurial,"

meaning, "having an unpredictable and fast changing mood,"

an accurate description of Mercutio's personality

other charactersTHE NURSE

The woman who brest-fed Juliet and has cared for Juliet her entire life

Provides comic relief with her frequently inapproriate speeches

She is faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in the affair

FRIAR LAWRENCE

A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet

Kind, civic-minded and always ready with a plan

He secretly marries the lovers hoping the peace to Verona

He is an expert in the use of seemingly mystical potions and herbs

themesTHE FORCEFULNESS OF LOVE

Romantic love,intense passion:1st sight between Romeo & Juliet

LOVE AS A CAUSE OF VIOLENCE

Death and violence connected to passion

THE INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SOCIETY

Against public & social institutions:family power, religion, honor

THE INEVITABILITY OF FATE

They are star- crossed : Fate controls them

symbolsPOISON

Lethal by human hands

THUMB-BITING

Represents the foolishness of the entire Capulet/Montague feud

QUEEN MAB

Fairy Queen who rides through the night bringing dreams to

sleepers: not the best sides of the dreamers

QUOTATIONO Romeo, Romeo,

wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name,

Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And Ill no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo & juliet

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLWPg3SCYH4 : 1996Zeffirellyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVxdQ0vQhDw&feature=relatedWest side storyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QffCZs-bg

THE END

ELMA GARCIA PANERO