Romeo & Juliet Themes
· Fate / fortune / free will
· Gender roles
· Masculinity / masculine aggression
· Different forms of love
· Violence / conflict
· Family / relationships
Pick four moments (a few pages) within the play where this theme is shown – at least one from the beginning, middle and end
Four quotes analysed – point being made. What is the effect on the play (to drive the drama) and the effect on the audience?
What does it say about that theme?
What new information is found out about this theme?
How does that moment have a dramatic effect on the play?
What ideas are being expressed by Shakespeare here?
What new ideas are being found out about Shakespeare's views on that theme?
Context – what the old audiences think about the play? How does the action in the play reflect what is going on in the world at that moment?
NO CONTEXT WHEN ANALYSING THE EXTRACT!
Part 1
Intro
What happens in the extract
How is what happens significant on that theme
And the play as a whole
2 body paragraphs:
At the beginning
As the extract progresses
Point
2 Quotes (1 analysed, 1 embedded if it can't be analysed)
Technique
Effect
Zoom in
Dramatic role
What we learn about that theme (effect on theme)
No conclusion
Part 2
Intro
Elsewhere in the play, we can see this
Put context in each paragraph
3 body paragraphs:
Act and scene
What it says about that theme
2 Quotes
Analyse as above
Context
Conclusion
Basic idea of extract
Elsewhere in the play, how did it progress
Context
Contemporary – modern audience
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