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How does Shakespeare present violence and conflict in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with reference to Act3 Scene1?
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Romeo and Juliet coursework 'How does Shakespeare present violence and conflict in 'Romeo and Juliet' with reference to Act3 Scene1?' Written in the early 1590's in Elizabethan England, theatre became very popular in place of religious festivals. Thousands of people attended the theatres like the 'Globe', and 'Romeo and Juliet' was one of Shakespeare's most successful and popular plays. Elizabethan times were quite violent this reflects in the play. Shakespeare's tragic drama of the "star-crossed" young lovers is seen to be an extraordinary work. Indeed, Romeo and Juliet was an experimental stage piece at the time of its composition This play explores love, violence, family conflict and teenage rebellion. The play revolves around the feud between two families, the Capulets (Juliet) and the Montague's (Romeo), the feuding is ancient and old. In the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet, the Chorus tells us of an "ancient grudge" between two households of equal...
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