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Write about the play ‘Romeo and Juliet commenting on the social and historical background, and the language which he uses in this play and elsewhere.
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Romeo and Juliet Write about the play 'Romeo and Juliet commenting on the social and historical background, and the language which he uses in this play and elsewhere. 'Romeo and Juliet' was written in 1595 and the plot was taken from Arthur Brooke's poem 'Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet' of 1562. It is set in Verona and Mantua, Italy, several centuries earlier than 1595. English people of Shakespeare's time regarded Italy as an immoral country famous for illicit sexual affairs and violent crime. Shakespeare depicts Italy thus, with duels, street fights and feuds between opposing families. There were no police to enforce law and order, but the Prince of Verona could decide the fate of criminals and others - often death or exile. Daughters belonged to their fathers, wives to husbands. Fathers and husbands could dispose of their women as they chose. Arranged marriages were normal practice, particularly for the...
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