Romeo and Juliet - Study Notes

NOTES : * indicates personal opinion.

Romeo and Juliet

Prologue

The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet. A sonnet is a 14 line lyric poem with an iambic pentameter rhythm and a set hoarfrost scheme.

Rhyme

The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet divides the poem into 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet. The thought of the poem follows this division.

Quatrain 1

dignity                  - A

word picture                  - B

mutiny                  - A

unclean         - A

Quatrain 2

foes                  - C

life                  - D

over throw         - C

strife                  - D

Quatrain 3

love                  - E

rage                  - F

remove         - E

stage                  - F

Rhyming couplet

attend                  - G

mend                  - G

Act One

Scene One

1) What should be achieved by the opening scene of the play? Give examples from this scene to illustrate your answer.

In the opening scene, several things should be established. The setting, scene, mood, and the conflict essential be introduced. But, firstborn, we must grab the audiences attention.



There are umteen things that draw the audiences attention, including : Fighting, sex, loud shouts, many actors moving about, and jokes. In the first scene in Romeo and Juliet, the two characters Sampson and Gregory were joking around.

Scene Two

1) *What do you call up genus Pariss later role entrust be?

I think that Paris will add conflict later on, and he will be against Juliet and Romeo. He will become quite jealous, and believably try to get revenge on Romeo.

2) What is Capulets attitude to his wife and daughter?

Capulet loves and respects his wife and daughter. He seems protective of Juliet, which is comprehensible considering she is his only daughter. He wishs her to be happily wed to Paris, and...

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