Romeo And Juliet
...plays moved from inn-yards to the building of huge outdoor amphitheatres, such as the Globe, which were used for the summer seasons and the building or renovation of indoor theatres, used in the Winter seasons and by royalty, called Playhouses. Marriage in Elizabethan times was hard for woman as they were treated objects and their role in the marriage was to care for the children and look after the household. Women were not given many opportunities in life and had a shorter education. The Man’s role in the marriage was to work and provide a living for the family to survive on. The men were given many opportunities in life and were usually given more respect then woman. My intentions for the essay are to trace the development of the characters Romeo and Juliet in the play “Romeo and Juliet”. The play is set in Verona in a public place.
Act 1 scene 1 opens with a fight between Montague and Capulet servants.
Capulet servants Sampson and Gregory discuss in the beginning how they will cause an argument with the Montague servants and cause a fight.
Both feel they are more superior to the Montague’s. They even joke what they would do with the Montague maids.
Sampson ‘A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.’
Gregory ‘That shows thee a weak slave, for the weakest goes to the wall‘.
Sampson ‘Tis true, and therefore women being the weaker vessels are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push Montague’s men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall‘. This demonstrates they were making sexual gestures towards the maids.
Both Sampson and Gregory have swords and bucklers (small round shields).
Two Montague servants enter. Sampson says to Gregory ‘My naked weapon is out. Quarrel, I will back thee’. They discuss how they will provoke them.
Only one of the Montague servants appear. His name is...
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