Romeo & Juliet
- 1. Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare´s work By Bea & Celia
- 2. William Shakespeare • He was an English poet, playwright, and actor who was born on 26 April 1564 in Stratford-upon- Avon. • Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. She was eight years older than him. They had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. • Athe age of 49, he retired to Stratford , where he died three years later. He died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52. • Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language.
- 3. Romeo and Juliet • Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. • It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. • Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances.
- 4. Characters • Romeo -. A young man of about sixteen who is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. He secretly marries Juliet, the daughter of his father’s worst enemy. • Juliet - A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl, Juliet begins the play as a child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy. • Friar Lawrence - A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. • Mercutio - A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. He can be quite hotheaded, and hates people who are affected, pretentious, or obsessed with the latest fashions. • The Nurse - Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. The Nurse believes in love and wants Juliet to have a nice-looking husband.
- 5. Plot • Romeo and Juliet fall in love but they come from families which hate each other. Nevertheless, they marry in secret instead. • Juliet's parents told her she must marry Paris. Her parents do not know she is already married. She plans to fake her death and escape to be with Romeo forever. • Frair Laurence designs the plan. He gives Juliet a sleeping potion. She appears to be dead. However, Romeo does not know about the plan, so he thinks that she is dead, and kills himself. When Juliet wakes up, she discovers that Romeo is dead and then kills herself.