1.What do you know about Romeo and Juliet story?
the story of Romeo and Juliet is a love story that ends tragically.
Also, the story tells of the prejudices people have against other people without knowing them and as hate breeds hate.
2.When was it written?
William Shakespeare
3.What type of text is it: novel, poem or play?
The text is a play.
4.What is the origin of the story?
The argument is based on the English translation of “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet” an Italian story of Matteo Bandello. Shakespeare took many elements of both works, though, with the aim of expanding the story, created new secondary characters like Mercutio and Paris.
5.Who is the author?
Matteo Bandello
6.Where was the author from?
He was Italian.
7.Do you know other works by him?
The excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
8.Who was the King/Queen in his country when Romeo and Juliet was written?
Jacobo I
9.Was he/she important? Why?
He was proclaimed king by one year of age. A series of Regents ruled in his name and fought for power during his minority until it officially ended in 1578. In 1603 succeeded to the throne of England and Ireland in the last Tudor, Elizabeth I, who died childless.
10.What social norms existed in that time for young people and marriage?
the marriage were reached among the family's head, to lend prestige or wealth to the noble families. Young people had no right to choose with whom they married, that he chose his parent or guardian, and the marriages were not considered valid without the consent.
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