General characteristics of the plot
Critical overview on the play
The way Romeo falls in love with Juliet at first sight
Character relationships of Romeo and Juliet with Mercutio and Nurse
The way Romeo falls in love with Juliet at first sight
Peculiarities of stagecraft[8]
Contrasting the film and the play[9]
Stagecraft/appeal to audience
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2 Stagecraft/appeal to audience
Characterization - this is not description of characters but how they are presented.
The structure of the play.
Important props (swords, the Friar's drugs, the poison, Romeo's dagger).
Contrast - light and dark · fate and free will · love and hate · death and life · appearance and reality · public and private lives.
Oppositions of time - youth and age · past and present · fast and slow · real time and dream time
3 Language
Important figures of speech (metaphor/simile).
Descriptive language for things we can't see - Romeo's description of Juliet's beauty (essential in a theatre where Juliet is played by a boy Mercutio's Queen Mab speech.
Forms of verse and prose for dialogue: blank verse; · occasional rhymed verse (often at the end of a scene); · sonnet forms - the Prologue, the lovers' meeting
Stichomythia (alternating one-liners) and other patterned language in the characters' speeches.
Puns and other verbal humour
Language showing attitudes to class - villain, My man, second-person pronoun form: you/your (polite/formal) or thou/thee/thy (derogatory or informal).
IV. Bibliography
1. William Shakespeare Tragedies, Comedies, Sonnets, Chronicles in 47 volumes Yale University Press, Yale New Haven 1958, pp.1, 3-5, 7-9, 23-26, 45-87
2. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. The Shakespeare Head Press Edition. The Wordsworth Poetry library. 1994 by Wordsworth Edition Ltd. Hertfordshire. Vols 1,3,4,6,10,11, 16-18
3. Г. Брандес "Шекспир. Жизнь и произведения" Серия "Гений в искусстве", М.: "Алгоритм", 1997. стр. 117, 127, 139-143
4. "Вильям Шекспир. Сонеты". Перевод с английского И.М. Ивановского.— СПб.: "Тесса", 2001.
5. Комарова В.П. "Творчество Шекспира".-- СПб.: Филологический факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета, 2001.
6. W. Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet New Folger library 1978
7. Alfred Bates The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 13. ed.. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1996. pp. 152-157.
8. Вильям Шекспир Комедии, хроники, трагедии. Собр. соч. в 2тт., Т.1 М. ИХЛ. 1988 стр7-31 Т.2 стр. 48-49, 79-126, 149, 216, 442-451
9. Д.Урнов Шекспир М. ИПЛ. Стр.23-27
10. Ю.Г. Зеленецкий Шекспир и время М. Рипол-классик 2000 стр.23
11. G. Bargons “Translation of the tragedies” Yale University Press, New Haven 1958, pp.1, 3-5, 7-9, 23-26, 45-87
12. Alfred Bates The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 13. ed.. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1996. pp. 152-157.
13. Вильям Шекспир Комедии, хроники, трагедии. Собр. соч. в 2тт., Т.1 М. ИХЛ. 1988 pp. 7-31
14. Д.Урнов Шекспир М. ИПЛ. Стр.23-27
15. Adams J. Q. A Life of William Shakespeare. New York; Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1923.p.345
16. Alexander P., Shakespeare. London: Oxford University Press, 1964 p.34
17. Barber C. L. Shakespeare's Festive Comedy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1959 p.67
18. Bentley G. E. Shakespeare, a Biographical Handbook. Theobold Lewis, ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961 p.78
19. Bethell S. L. Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition. London: King and Staples, 1944 p.158-160
20. Parrott Th. M. Shakespearean Tragedy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1949 p.220-221
21. Clemen W. The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery. London: Methuen and Co., 1951 p.35
22. Craig H. An Interpretation of Shakespeare. New York: Dryden Press, 1948 p.300-304
23. Ellis-Fermor M. Shakespeare the Dramatist. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1948 p.84-86
24. Palmer J. Comic Characters of Shakespeare. London: The Macmillan Company, 1946 p.110-111
25. Internet: http://www.shakespeareantheatre.com
26. World Book Encyclopedia Chicago 1993 Vol. 16 p.442-443
[1] The full list of works and authors is mentioned in bibliography to this qualification paper
[2] Here and futher we quote the following issue: William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Bantam Doubleday Day Publishing Co Inc. New York 1996
[3] See: T. Coelridge To Shakespere’s Memory Chicago 1997 Col. of works Vol.14 p.343
[4] See: В.Г.Белинский Мой Пушкин М. ИХЛ 1969 р.178
[5] See: G. Bargons “Translation of the tragedies” Yale University Press, New Haven 1958, pp. 23-26
[6] Quoted from: Alexander P., Shakespeare. London: Oxford University Press, 1964 p.34
[7] Quoted from the book: Alfred Bates The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 13. ed.. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1996. pp. 152-157.
[8] Found in Internet: http://www.shakespeareantheatre.com
[9] Based on the screenversions: B. Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet Rome 1996 Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub. NewYork
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