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Romeo and Juliet:  a Shakespearean Play

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author  · William Shakespeare

type of work  · Play

genre  · Tragic drama

time   · London

date of first publication  · 1597

climax  · The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in the Capulet tomb (5.3)

protagonists  · Romeo; Juliet

antagonists  · The feuding Montagues and Capulets; Tybalt; the Prince and citizens of Verona; fate

settings (time)  · Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century)

settings (place)  · Verona and Mantua (cities in northern Italy)

point of view  · Insofar as a play has a point of view, that of Romeo and Juliet; occasionally the play uses the point of view of the Montague and Capulet servants to illuminate the actions of their masters.

falling action  · The end of Act 5, scene 3, when the Prince and the parents discover the bodies of Romeo and Juliet, and agree to put aside their feud in the interest of peace.

tense  · Present

foreshadowing  · The Chorus’s first speech declaring that Romeo and Juliet are doomed to die and “star-

crossed.” The lovers’ frequent thoughts of death: “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Juliet, 1.5.132).

tones · Passionate, romantic, intense, rhapsodic, violent, prone to extremes of emotion (ecstasy, rage, misery, etc.)

themes  · The forcefulness of love; love as a cause of violence; the individual versus society; the inevitability of fate

motifs · Light/dark imagery; opposite points of view

symbols  · Poison; thumb-biting; Queen Mab


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