Main Characters

Romeo Montague

Main character.
The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague.
He lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and the Capulets, but he is not at all interested in violence.

Romeo is also a devoted friend to Benvolio, Mercutio, and Friar Lawrence.

 Juliet

Main character.
The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet.                                             

13 when she marries Romeo.
She is a girl in an aristocratic family meaning she has no freedom unlike Romeo who can to roam around the city, climb over walls in the middle of the night, or get into sword fights.

    

Juliet's love for Romeo gives her the strength and courage to defy her parents and face death.

5 facts you need to know about Shakespeare

1.William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616.

2.Shakespeare's plays were performed in the Globe theater, London.

3.He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.

4.Most of his stories were based on old books, folktales or real lie.

5.He is the 2nd most quoted writer in the English language.

5 facts you need to know about Romeo and Juliet

1.The play was set in 14th-15th century.

2.It was base in Verona and Mantua in Northern Italy.

3.The play was written around 1594-1595.

4.Juliet was most likely to be played by a man because women were not allowed to act at that time.

5.The original title was 'The most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'.

First thoughts

 On first looking at the play ,in simple terms, I am going to display my first ideas on hate below.

  Hatred plays a big part in Romeo and Juliet along with love sadness and fate. Firstly, between the two families (Montague's and Capulet's) there is much hatred and both families do not allow Romeo and Juliet to marry. They are always fighting and based on a young reading book I own, Verona's ruler Prince Escalus put a death threat on anyone who is caught fighting. Romeo knows this but does not worry as he is regarded as a sensible man.

  Tybalt and Mercutio fight because Tybalt challenged Romeo to a fight but Romeo did not want to so Mercutio stepped in. This lead to Mercutio's death which sparked anger and hatred in Romeo, who then killed Tybalt. He fled before the Prince came but the Prince banished Romeo for life.

  The last example of hate is when Romeo visits Juliet's tomb and finds Count Paris there. Count Paris accused him of trespassing and said he was there to vandalise. They both drew their daggers but Romeo killed the Count before he could kill Romeo.                    

  Hate between the two families had caused the tragedy an they agreed to never fight again.                                     

Welcome to my blog!
I am going to create blog posts mostly about hate and love in Romeo and Juliet throughout a few weeks on here. Also i am going to create character profiles, fact files and other bits and pieces.
Enjoy!