Romeo and Juliet Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968)

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Romeo and Juliet Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 1. A very popular play One of Shakespeare’s best-known tragedies. The most famous love story of all times. Several film versions. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet” (1968) Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 2. The plot The setting in place  Verona. The setting in time  four days and nights. The protagonists  two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets; their children, Romeo and Juliet. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 2. The plot The first two acts are a love comedy: Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulets’ ball and it is love at first sight they are secretly married by Friar Laurence Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 2. The plot The real tragedy starts in the third act with Mercutio’s and Tybalt’s deaths; Romeo is banished from Verona. In the fourth act Juliet drinks a potion to avoid her marriage with Count Paris. In the fifth act tragic conclusion of the play with the deaths of the two lovers. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 3. A comedy or a tragedy?  the instant attraction of the young lovers; the masked balls; the comic servants; the surface life of street fights. It is a comedy It is a tragedy  the tragic role of chance leading up to the deaths of the two lovers. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 4. Themes The lack of knowledge coming from bad communication. The feud between the two families. Old hate vs young love. Speed as the medium of fate. The reflection upon the language made by Juliet  appearance vs reality. Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 5. The two lovers  the typical courtly lover intense adoration of a chaste woman Romeo Juliet  though she is set within the courtly love convention, she is unconventional because she: - returns Romeo’s love - stands for innocence - belongs to no characterisation - is a real woman Only Connect ... New Directions

Only Connect ... New Directions Romeo and Juliet 6. Style Regular rhythm. Use of rhymes. Use of sonnets in dialogues. Imagery of light  linked to life and the courtly love convention. Imagery of darkness  linked to death. Only Connect ... New Directions