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Learning Framework

Concept

Audience imperatives, characterisation, collaboration, context, genre, setting, style and theme.

Content

The student understands that playwrights communicate ideas about themes and characters through the use of dramatic conventions and stylistic choices. 

Skills

  • Communication

Resource Key

When accessing content use the numbers below to guide you:

 LEVEL 1: 
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)

LEVEL 2: 
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.

LEVEL 3:
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)

History of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet was based on real lovers who lived in Verona, Italy who died for each other in the year 1303. At that time the Capulets and Montagues were among the inhabitants of Verona. 

(Romeo and Juliet, Play by Shakespeare. William-Shakespeare.info. http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-romeo-and-juliet.htm)

Famous Quotes

The quotes from the play are amongst Shakespeare's most famous including:

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" . (Act II, Scene II).

"Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow." (Act II, Scene II).

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". (Act II, Scene II).

(Romeo and Juliet, the play by William Shakespeare, http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-romeo-and-juliet.htm.)

Information on Romeo and Juliet

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