Shakespeare’s primary source for Romeo and Juliet was a poem by Arthur Brooke called The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet, written in 1562. He also could have known the popular tale of Romeo and Juliet from a collection by William Painter, entitled The Palace of Pleasure, which was written sometime before 1580.

Shakespeare also likely read the three sources on which Brooke’s poem and Painter’s story were based — namely, Giulietta e Romeo, a novella by the Italian author Matteo Bandello, written in 1554; a story in a collection called Il Novellio, by the widely-popular fifteenth-century writer Masuccio Salernitano; and the Historia Novellamente Ritrovata di Due Nobili Amanti or A Story Newly Found of two Noble Lovers, written by Luigi Da Porto and published in 1530.

How does Shakespeare show the audience that Romeo kills tybalt due to male pride?

“My very friend , hath got this mortal hurt In my behalf; my reputation stain’d with Tybalt’s slander”

He is getting pride as he is saying he will get revenge

“Either thou or I, or both, must go with him”

One of us will die and will go with mercutio where ever he is

To give Non living objects feelings.

So Smile the heavens upon this holy act that after hours with sorrow chide us not

So the gods agree with this marriage that if hours nothing will change

Love can not be measured for example Juliet and Romeo have only meat twice and already getting married

My favourite character of the play is call mercutio because he is very funny and has a good sense of humour

Act 2 Scene 1 = Hiding from jokes
The are making jokes of the love that Romeo feels towards Juliet

Act 2 Scene 2 = Is Juliet the lost heart
Romeo talks to juliet in person in the balcony scene

Act 2 Scene 3 = marriage coming up
Romeo talks to flair Lawrence so he can get married

Act 2 Scene 4 = Agressive nurse
The nurse goes to talk to Romeo for the marriage

Act 2 Scene 5 = marriage in days
The marriage is close

1. To take Juliet to the church so she can confess with flair Lawrence

2. That she will get a rope ladder to climb on when he gets there

3. To talk good about him

He challenges Romeo to a fight because his uncle kicked tybalt out and it was because of Romeo

You discuss me Romeo I challenge you to show who is stronger u or me I declare a fight on you fellow Romeo and I know I will win you will die

Proud and happy and questions a lot “that’s my good son, but where hast thou been then ?” He is a soft person and is a nice person towards Romeo as he accepts to marry Juliet and Romeo to see Romeo happy

He might seek the priest to get married with Juliet, also he is a catholic person maybe he wants to get advice.

Romeo has arrived very early in the morning to visit the friar = “that last is true, the sweeter rest was mine”

Romeo hasn’t been clear in his explanation = “Be plain….shrift”

Friar Lawrence

Romeo thinks that Juliet is a god as she should be higher as a god will be.

It can also show the difference of capilet and montague

The scenes are different such as the setting in the book it shows that she should speak from the balcony down to Romeo but in the movie they are on the same ground which is different also that there shouldn’t be a swimming pool.

The characters are funny try to show comedy as Romeo looks threw the window to see Juliet but the nurse comes out and Romeo gets scared.

The balcony scene

1) Romeo says it as his family name is representing Juliets enemy

2)She is in love with Romeo and wants to get past Romeos surname

3)her house is death for Romeo

Romeo why are you Romeo

“He jests at scars that never felt a wound”
He can laugh at scars because he has never been wounded as Benvolio hasn’t being in love.

“Deny thy father and refuse thy name”
Refuse to acknowledge your parentage.

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet”
That romeos name doesn’t matter as he montaguen