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Essay / Presentation Romeo and Juliet - 1239
1. Title, author, author's dates, date of first performance, period of the play. Title: Romeo and Juliet Author: Shakespeare (born 1564 - died 1616) First performance: 1662 Period: 1300s2. Awards, if any, were won by the piece. I'm not sure, I could only find the awards the film won.3. Main characters and their relationships (for example, in Euripides' THE BACCHAES, Pentheus, the king, is the main character; he is the son of Agaue. Other major characters and their relationships would be noted. Guards, butler - not in this play, of course - and others on whom the development of the plot depends relatively little would not be mentioned Romeo is the son of Montague and Lady Montague A teenager of about sixteen, Romeo is intelligent, kind,. caring and handsome. Sometimes acts questionably and can sometimes be seen as immature; he has a deep interest in love and ends up secretly marrying Juliet, who is the daughter of Romeo's father's enemy and is extremely devoted. and feels passionate about his love, Juliet, and is willing to put himself in danger to be with her Juliet is an innocent, pretty and naive thirteen-year-old girl, daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. Romeo but due to her strict upbringing, she does not do this. I don't have the freedom that Romeo has. However, she trusts him a lot in her life because she truly loves him. Juliette is close to her nurse, who has been with her since birth. The nurse has been by Juliette's side since the day she was born. She is always there for Juliette and provides her with emotional stability. She wants Juliet to be happy and when she hears about Romeo, she is happy for Juliet. However, once things get really intense between the middle of the paper, we end up together and run off alone, but I think that made for a better story. I would definitely recommend it to my classmates as it is very entertaining and easy to read. I really enjoyed reading it because I could relate to some aspects of the story and I think my classmates could too.9. Scenes you would recommend to other student actors, indicating the act, scene, number and gender of actors required? I would recommend playing the last scene as I think it would be very dramatic and entertaining. When Romeo doesn't know that Juliet isn't actually dead, and then she wakes up just as he dies and decides to kill herself, it's all very exciting but also sad and confusing. We would need 3 characters for the first part, Juliette, Romeo and Brother Laurent (2 boys, 1 girl). This happens in the last act of the play, act 5, scene 3.