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Romeo and Juliet Language and Literature Assignment.
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Romeo and Juliet Language and Literature Assignment William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is set in 15th Century Italy in the city of Verona. The play is centred on the two characters of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The two are offspring of enemy families, who have been feuding for many years, "from forth the fatal loins of these two foes". Romeo and Juliet both express their love in the play through their language and behaviour. When the play opens Romeo is in love with Rosaline. This type of love is 'Courtly Love', which was a European tradition dating from the Middle Ages. It was a set of rules regarding the way lovers should behave. The rules were: - The man should fall in love with a woman of higher social class, probably married, so that she is unattainable. She must spurn his advances in order to preserve her honour...
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