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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare By what means does Shakespeare engage his audience in the Prologue and first three scenes of 'Romeo and Juliet'? What are our expectations?
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare By what means does Shakespeare engage his audience in the Prologue and first three scenes of 'Romeo and Juliet'? What are our expectations? Right at the beginning of any text, it is vital that the author is able to engage the audience or reader's attention. Shakespeare was almost thirty years old when he wrote the successful play, 'Romeo and Juliet'. Although 'Romeo and Juliet' was popularised by William Shakespeare, it actually originated form an Italian prose writer called Meccucio Salerintano. Salerintano first wrote it in 1476; however, Shakespeare's source may have come from a minor Elizabethan poet called Arthur Brooke. He wrote a narrative poem with the name of 'The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'. Before 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare had completed two tragedies, 'Richard III' and 'Titus Adronicus,' both of which included pride, envy, murder and intrigue. Then, in 1595, 'Romeo and Juliet' was...
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