Romeo and Juliet

Love, death,

and youth

A drama for the ages

Everything you need to know before reading the play!

WHERE DOES THIS PLAY BEGIN?

verona

ItalyPlay performed in 1600s

1599

GLOBE THEATER

themes

motifs

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YOUNG LOVE CAN BE IMPETIOUS AND IMPULSIVE

LOVE CAN LEAD TO MADNESS

THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOVE

FAMILY GRUDGES CAN LEAD TO DEATH & DESTRUCTION

YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE FATE

MOTIF: TIME

MOTIF: LIGHT VS DARK

Peel, Peeeel

You know how we roll!

homework tonight!one Peel paragraph exploring the following

point. ‘The silencing of Juliet in Luhrmann’s film serves to comment on the role of women in

the Elizabethan period’!

IMAGERY

BLANK VERSE

DRAMATIC SPEECHES

SOLILOQUY:is a speech to one’s self. It reveals inner dialogue of a character

MONOLOGUE:SPEECH TO OTHERS; NOT TO SELF

ASIDE

DRAMATIC IRONY

an audience’s understanding of a

character’s words or actions is different from the character’s understanding. The audience’s special

knowledge enables it to view the characters

with superior understanding.

Verbal Irony

Isn’t that

cute?

You actually

think I

care…

metaphor

DIFFERENT VERSIONS

LUHRMAN

ZIFFERELLI

SO GET READY…

FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST

TRAGEDIES OF ALL TIME