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How did the Elizabethan audience react to Romeo and Juliet play?
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∙ 14y ago
Elizabethian audiences loved elaborate sword-play, and a stage direction such as 'they fight' tells little of what might have been very continual and complex stage action. The humour of act 1 scene 1 makes us forget about the seriousness of the fight; and therefore holds the attention of the audience before the actual action begins.
they also liked the sexual aspect of play as it was a huge thing in these times.
They Heavily Related To The Play In Many Aspects. Men Because They Would Do Anything To Have The Power, And Women Because They Were So Used To Having To Do As They Were Told By Men.
Juliet Is Told That She Will Marry Paris Or She Will Die, Which Was The Case For Many Elizabethan Teenagers.
Their Reaction To The Fact That Romeo Is Around Seven Years Older Than Juliet, Is Very Distinct. It Passed Them As An Ordinary, Evry Day Couple...Definately Not How We Would See It Today.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe audiences would not react differently in any significant way. Romeo and Juliet are still the good guys. We feel sad, as Shakespeare's audience surely did, at their untimely deaths.
The main difference likely is that Elizabethans were finely tuned to wordplay and would have caught the many dirty jokes much more quickly than modern audiences. Of course modern audiences have already read the play before they get into the theatre which helps remove this difference. And the reaction of the audience would be the same; the Elizabethans would be quicker is all.
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∙ 8y agoYes. True love lost is never old or forgotten. I have seen the play done with modern language, dress, and props. Several years ago a movie was done placing the play in the 1990's. Instead of swords guns were used with the brand name of "sword". Look for the movie it is worth watching and pay close attention to the small things like the guns.
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∙ 16y agothey always boo and distract the play and the groundlings so the reacted the same as always
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∙ 9y agoElizabethan audiences reacted with little sympathy for Romeo and Juliet. They felt that the two of them caused their own problems by going against the norms of society at that time.
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No records exist of contemporary performances of Romeo and Juliet.
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What is the reaction paper or Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare is a famous writer who wrote many famous plays, probably his most famous being Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about a couple who fall in love and get married, despite their families feud which has been going on for generations. Shakespeare cleverly didn't write what the feud was about, because it helps get his theme of unresolved conflict leads to tragedy across. Shakespeare also uses fate as a theme and gets this across by writing that fate conspires against them; 'star-crossed lovers.' This fate conspires so much against Romeo and Juliet that it is unrealistic to a modern day (contemporary) audience, but in a Shakespearean audience it didn't matter because as long as it was entertaining it was accepted. This essay is about the reaction of a Shakespearean audience and a contemporary audience would have towards Romeo throughout the play. Throughout Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare presents Romeo as a young man overcoming his adolescence. Romeo... ... middle of paper ... ...pinions on the reactions of Romeo throughout the essay may be completely different to what the majority of Shakespearean and contemporary audiences, because the two different audiences would react depending upon the individuals in the audiences. Shakespeare's themes of 'unresolved conflict leads to tragedy' and 'fate' are got across to us because of all the unrealistic bad luck Romeo and Juliet have. Due to the conflict, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo and Juliet are all dead, as the Prince says; 'all are punished.'
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No records exist of contemporary performances of Romeo and Juliet.
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How did the Elizabethan audience react to the storm in Julius Caesar?
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She runs away and pretends to be dead but Romeo believes it and kills him self too. :(
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She tells her everything about her love being Romeo.
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There are three fight scenes in Romeo and Juliet--one in Act 1, one in Act 3, and one in Act 5. They are each intended to invoke different audience reactions. Shakespeare ups the ante with each fight, so that with the first we do not care about the outcome, but by the end, we dread it.
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The first couple of times he sees her he is bowled over by her beauty.
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He buys poison and returns to Verona to die by her side.
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Juliet is initially frightened when Romeo joins her in the balcony because she is surprised and fearful of being caught by others. She is also afraid of the words Romeo overheard her speak because she had just revealed her feelings for him, and she is unsure of how he will react or if he will reciprocate her love.
How does Juliet react to Romeos lyrical and poetic use of language and his declaration of love?
Juliet is captivated by Romeo's lyrical and poetic language as well as his declaration of love. She responds with equal passion and expresses her feelings for Romeo in a poetic manner. Juliet becomes enamored with Romeo's words and quickly falls in love with him.
What is the reaction paper or Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare is a famous writer who wrote many famous plays, probably his most famous being Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about a couple who fall in love and get married, despite their families feud which has been going on for generations. Shakespeare cleverly didn't write what the feud was about, because it helps get his theme of unresolved conflict leads to tragedy across. Shakespeare also uses fate as a theme and gets this across by writing that fate conspires against them; 'star-crossed lovers.' This fate conspires so much against Romeo and Juliet that it is unrealistic to a modern day (contemporary) audience, but in a Shakespearean audience it didn't matter because as long as it was entertaining it was accepted. This essay is about the reaction of a Shakespearean audience and a contemporary audience would have towards Romeo throughout the play. Throughout Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare presents Romeo as a young man overcoming his adolescence. Romeo... ... middle of paper ... ...pinions on the reactions of Romeo throughout the essay may be completely different to what the majority of Shakespearean and contemporary audiences, because the two different audiences would react depending upon the individuals in the audiences. Shakespeare's themes of 'unresolved conflict leads to tragedy' and 'fate' are got across to us because of all the unrealistic bad luck Romeo and Juliet have. Due to the conflict, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo and Juliet are all dead, as the Prince says; 'all are punished.'
