THIS PRESENTATION WILL…

 inform you about the life and work of the mysterious

William Shakespeare
 make you learn about drama and stage terminologies
 appreciate the life lessons of Romeo and Juliet
ROMEO AND
JULIET
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
English-
national poet,
is widely
considered the
greatest
dramatist of all
time.
April 23, 1564: William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-
Avon to John and Mary Shakespeare. He was the 3 rd of 8
children.
 Much of Shakespeare’s younger years
remain a mystery, but there are rumors
about what jobs he may have worked.

Schoolmaster Lawyer
Butcher Apprentice

Lawyer
1582: According to church records,
Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.

At the time of their marriage,

William was eighteen and Anne
was twenty-six.
William and Anne have three
children together (Susanna,
Hamnet, and Judith). Shakespeare left his family in 1591 to
pursue writing in London.

August 1596: young

Susanna
Hamnet died at the age
of eleven. The cause of Hamnet
his death is unknown. Judith
 In 1592, Shakespeare began developing a reputation as an actor
and playwright.

As theatres were beginning to

grow in popularity, it is probable
that Shakespeare began earning a
living writing plays (adapting
old ones and working with others
on new ones).
 In 1598, Shakespeare, in collaboration with
other actors, designed and built The Globe.

This circular theatre was the first of its

kind, breaking away from the
traditional rectangular theatres.
Shakespearean Theater
“The Globe”
Romeo,
Romeo…
Where for art
thou Romeo?
 FUN FACTS ABOUT
‘THE GLOBE’
 Three stories high – upper levels were for
the wealthy
 Elaborate costumes but no props
 No artificial light
 Young boys played the part of women;
women weren’t allowed to be actors
1612: Shakespeare moved back to
Stratford where he retired both rich and
famous.
1616: William Shakespeare died on his birthday.
At the time of his death, Shakespeare is said to have written around
37 plays and 154 sonnets. He is also known to have contributed
over two thousand words to the English language.

Sniffledorfen vanish into thin air

hobnob good riddance

dwindle clothes make the

man

watchdog
 WORKS
 As You Like It
Midsummer Night’s Dream
 King Henry V
 King John
 Richard II; Richard III
 Julius Caesar
 Hamlet
 Macbeth
 Romeo and Juliet
Which do you prefer?
Or…..
 DO YOU KNOW…
THAT ROMEO AND JULIET…

IS A DRAMA?
WHAT IS A
DRAMA?
 DRAMA TERMINOLOGY
 Play: A literary piece consisting of dialogues
between various characters, epilogue, monologue,
prologue and an end. It refers to composition.
 Monologue: When one person is talking, for a long
time (Mercutio’s Queen Mab Speech – Act 1 Scene 4)

 Dialogue: the words that the characters speak

 Stage Directions: Are the instructions and other
information for staging the play; Usually in parentheses
( ) or brackets [ ] and written in italics

 Prologue: Introduction to a play in which one

character sums up & foreshadows future events

 Prose: regular paragraph format with no

rhyme or rhythm
 Poetry: uses rhythmic qualities of
language
 Tragedy: A narrative about serious and important
actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of
the main characters.

 Scene: Is like a division of an act, in which a certain

portion of the play unfolds, usually separated by
location

 Playwright: Is the author of the play

 Script: Is a written version of a play or movie, if you’re
auditioning for a movie, you’ll get the script to practice a
scene or two
 DIALOGUE VS STAGE
DIRECTIONS
Scene 1. [Verona. A public place.] Stage Directions

Enter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and Bucklers,

of the house of Capulet

Sampson: Gregory, on my word, we’ll not carry coals.

Dialogue
Gregory: No, for then we should be colliers.
What is the first thing that comes to
mind when you think of William
Shakespeare, or Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo, Romeo, Tragic
wherefore art love story Hard to
thou, Romeo?
understand

Two feuding
families Who? Huh?
BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE STORY
OF ROMEO AND JULIET
It was written in 1595.
 Shakespeare’s most famous play and
considered greatest love story ever told
The play has a highly moral tone:
disobedience, as well as fate, leads to the
deaths of two lovers
CHARACTER
S
ROMEO MONTAGUE
The only son and heir of
Montague and Lady
Montague.

A young man of about

sixteen-eighteen

Firstly in love with

Rosaline, then with Juliet
JULIET CAPULET
 The only child of Capulet
and Lady Capulet

 A beautiful thirteen-year-
old girl but immature, she
grows up quickly falling in
love with Romeo, the son
of her family’s great
enemy
FRIAR LAWRENCE
 A Franciscan friar, friend
to both Romeo and Juliet

 He agrees to marry the

couple in secret in the
hope that marriage will
restore peace between
their families
THE NURSE
 Juliet’s nurse, the woman
who breast-fed Juliet when
she was a baby and has
cared for her entire life

 Acts as confidante and

messenger for Romeo and
Juliet
 MERCUTIO
 Romeo’s close friend
 He accepts Tybalt’s
challenge to defend
Romeo’s honor and is killed

TYBALT
 Lady Capulet’s nephew
and Juliet’s cousin
 Violent and hot-tempered
 Challenges Romeo to a
duel in response to Romeo’s
attending a Capulet feast
LORD MONTAGUE

 Romeo’s father
 Enemy of Capulet

LADY MONTAGUE
 Romeo’s mother
 Montague’s wife
 LORD CAPULET
 Father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet
 Enemy of Montague for unexplained
reasons
 He truly loves his daughter, though he is
not well-acquainted with Juliet’s feelings
and thinks that is best for her to be married
with Paris

LADY CAPULET
Juliet’s mother; Capulet’s wife
 Demands Romeo’s death for
killing Tybalt
 PARIS BENVOLIO

 A kinsman to the Prince  Montague’s Nephew

 Suitor of Juliet most  Romeo’s cousin and
preferred by Capulet friend
 The Capulets pressure  is the peacemaker who
Juliet to accept his attempts to keep peace
marriage proposal between Tybalt and
Mercutio
 PRINCE ESCALUS
 The Prince of Verona
 He is concerned about
maintaining the public
peace at all costs

APOTHECARY
 A poverty-stricken
chemist, who illegally
sells poison to Romeo
 ABRAHAM BALTHASAR
 Servant to Romeo’s servant
Montague He brings Romeo the
news that Juliet is dead

SERVANTS TO THE CAPULETS

PETER SAMPSON GREGORY

HOUSE OF MONTAGUE vs. HOUSE OF
CAPULET
Romeo Juliet
Lord Montague (his dad) Lord Capulet (her father)
Lady Montague (his mom) Lady Capulet (her mother)
Mercutio (friend)
Tybalt (cousin)
Benvolio (cousin)
Nurse
 MATCH THE QUOTE WITH
THE CHARACTERS.
1. “What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate
hell, all Montagues, and thee! Have at thee, coward!”

2. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er
saw true beauty till this night”

3. “Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast”

A. FRIAR LAWRENCE B. TYBALT C. ROMEO
 Shakespeare’s 5 Part
Storytelling Pattern:
Act III: Crisis/Turning Point
A series of complications

Act IV: Falling Action

Act II: Rising Action
Results of the turning
A series of point; characters locked
complications into deeper disaster

Act I: Exposition Act V:

Establishes setting, Climax/Resolution/Denouement
characters, conflict, and Death of the main characters and then
background the loose parts of the plot are tied up
 ACT 1
Shakespeare
establishes an
on-going feud
between two
families, the
Montagues
and Capulets.
 Paris proposes
a marriage to
Juliet through
Lord Capulet.
Capulet to hold
a masquerade
feast so Paris
can woo Juliet’s
heart.
 Mercutio and
Benvolio insists
Romeo to attend.
Romeo was hesitant
as he has a strange
feeling that what
happens next will
lead to his untimely
death but adds that
he’s ready to accept
whatever fate brings.
Romeo (a
Montague)
and Juliet
( A Capulet)
meet and
fall in love.
 ACT 2
 Benvolio and Mercutio leaves Capulet’s party; Romeo jumps the
wall to Juliet’s orchard.
 Romeo and Juliet exchange vows of love and ask Friar Lawrence
to marry them.
 Tybalt challenges Montagues to a fight; Nurse sets up a plan for
Romeo and Juliet to get married.
 Romeo and Juliet got married.
 ACT 3
 On their wedding night, Tybalt kills Mercutio.
 Romeo revenges for Mercutio and kills Tybalt.
 Juliet got very frustrated about Romeo killing her cousin.
 The Prince exiles Romeo from Verona. Romeo fled to
Mantua.
 Lord Capulet insists that Juliet be married to Paris as
soon as possible.
 Juliet to ask the Friar for remedy to prevent the wedding
with Paris.
 ACT 4
 Friar Lawrence proposes a plan: Juliet must consent to
marry Paris; then on the night before the wedding, she
will drink a sleeping potion that will make her appear
she is dead.
 The friar will send word to Romeo, thru Friar John, in
Mantua to help him retrieve her when she wakes up.
 The Nurse found out the alleged-dead body of Juliet.
 ACT 5
 Balthasar arrives from Verona with the news of Juliet’s apparent
suicide. Romeo rushes to Verona to see Juliet’s body.
 Romeo buys some posion from a poor Apothecary.
 Friar John apologizes to Friar Lawrence for failing to send the
word of original plan to Romeo.
 Paris guards Juliet’s tomb. Romeo killed Paris.
 Romeo drinks Apothecary’s poison thinking his Juliet was dead.
Juliet woke up and stabs herself with what she called “happy
dagger”
 The Capulets and Montague decided to end their feud.
SUMMARY
 THEME
A theme is the main idea, moral, or lesson of the
story.
1) FATE: Who should be punished for
Romeo and Juliet’s deaths?
2) POWER OF LOVE: What is love?