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Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is considered to be a classic love story, but is it also a play about violence?
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Michaela Scott. Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare is considered to be a classic love story, but is it also a play about violence? In this essay, I am going to discuss the different aspects of the play Romeo and Juliet, including things such as violence, language and culture. Shakespearean culture was during the Tudor period, meaning the theatre and way of living was very different to how things are now in a modern western culture. The first difference would be the aspect of lighting. As they had no artificial lighting, the theatre would only be open during the daytime, meaning the audience would take days off work simply to go and see these wonderful plays. Another difference includes women's rights. It would have been seen as obscene for a woman to perform on stage, therefore young men would play women and young boys would play animals. This also connects to...
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