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Describe after Shakespeare the nature of love
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1. Title, author, author's dates, date of first performance, period of play.
Title: Romeo and Juliet
Author: Shakepeare (Born in 1564-died in 1616)
First Performance: 1662
Time Period: 1300s
2. Awards, if any, the play has won.
Not sure about this, I could only find awards that the movie won.
3. Main characters and their relationship (e.g., in THE BACCHAE by Euripides, Pentheus, the king, is the main character; he is the son of Agaue. Other major characters and their relationships would be noted. Guards, butler—not in this play, of course--and others on whom relatively little plot development depends would not be mentioned.
Romeo
is the son of Montague and Lady Montague. A teenage boy about sixteen years old, Romeo is smart, kind, thoughtful, and good-looking. Romeo sometimes acts in questionable ways and can be seen as being immature at times however; he has a deep interest for love and eventually secretly marries Juliet, who is the daughter of Romeos fathers enemy. Romeo is extremely dedicated and feels passionate about his love, Juliet, and is willing to put himself in danger to be with her.
Juliet
is an innocent, pretty and naïve thirteen year old girl who is the daughter of Capulet and lady Capulet. She falls in love with Romeo however due to her strict upbringing she doesn’t have the freedom that Romeo does. However she trusts him a lot with her life because she really loves him. Juliet is close with her Nurse, who has been alongside her since she was born.
The Nurse
has been alongside Juliet since the day she was born. She is always there for Juliet and provides her with emotional stability. She wants Juliet to be happy and when she hears about Romeo she is happy for Juliet. However, once things get very intense betw...
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...o end up together and run away alone but I think this did make for a better story. I would certainly recommend this to my classmates because it is very entertaining and an easy read. I really enjoyed reading it because I could relate to certain aspects of the story and I think my classmates could as well.
9. Scenes you would recommend for fellow student actors, indicating act, scene, number and gender of actors required?
I would recommend performing the last scene because I think it would be very dramatic and entertaining. When Romeo doesn’t know that Juliet isn’t actually dead, and then she wakes just as he dies and then she decides to kill herself, it is all very exciting but sad and confusing as well. It would require 3 characters for the first part, Juliet, Romeo and Friar Lawrence (2 boys, 1 girl). It takes place in the last act of the play, act 5, scene 3.