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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S

ROMEO AND JULIET

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• Baptized April 26, 1564- died April 23, 1616
• Stratford-on- Avon, England

GLOBE THEATRE

• -Built in 1599
• - Destroyed by fire 1613
• - London, England

Notable Works of Shakespeare

• Romeo and Juliet
• Hamlet
• The Taming of the Shrew
• The Merchant of Venice
• Othello
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Julius Casear
• King Lear

The Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET

• Believed to be written between 1591 and 1595
• - use of many different styles and themes themes
• - mixture of comedy and tragedy
• - uses different poetic forms

SETTING

• Verona, Italy

CAPULET FAMILY

• Juliet
• Lord and Lady Capulet
• Nurse
• Tybalt
• Peter, Sampson and Gregory

MONTAGUE FAMILY

• Romeo
• Lord and Lady Montague
• Benvolio
• Abraham and Balthasar

OTHER MAIN CHARACTERS

• Prince Escalus
• Friar Laurence
• Paris

Mercutio