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Match the contextual information to its relevance in Romeo and Juliet. Drag each of the top boxes to its matching pair. You must match all the pairs before clicking ‘Check’.
At the opening of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is in love with a woman named Rosaline who does not return his feelings. He expresses his feelings for Rosaline through poetic words.
In Act 3, Scene 1, the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona for killing Tybalt.
The Montagues and Capulets frequently brawl in the streets of Verona.
Juliet seems to have a closer relationship with the Nurse than she does with Lady Capulet.
Romeo's love of Rosaline embodies this concept. Romeo initially exhibits a similar love towards Juliet, but this convention is broken when Romeo and Juliet physically consummate their love.
Lord and Lady Capulet arrange Juliet's marriage to Paris and are furious when Juliet tries to refuse the marriage.
The Capulets and Montagues feel a duty towards their respective families. When Romeo and Juliet fall in love, they are torn between loyalty to their relatives and their love for each other.
Romeo and Juliet is filled with a great deal of action packed into the short time frame (four days) and involves frequent fight scenes which hold an audience's attention.
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, the stars are linked with the idea of fate. For example: 'star cross'd lovers' (Chorus, Prologue, l. 6), 'Some consequence yet hanging in the stars' (Benvolio, 1.4.105), and 'I defy you, stars!' (Romeo, 5.1.24).
Lord and Lady Capulet have chosen Paris to marry Juliet due to his social standing.
Elizabethan theatre etiquette was very different from modern theatre etiquette: audiences booed and cheered freely and often talked during performances.
In the Elizabethan era, women were viewed as property. They belonged initially to their fathers and then, after their marriage, to their husbands.
The children of wealthy Elizabethan families were often raised by a wet nurse, causing a more distant relationship with their mothers.
The idea of a 'Petrarchan lover' comes from the sonnets of the Italian poet Petrarch (1304–1374). It refers to a man whose love is unrequited and who expresses his love through the poetic language of sonnets.
The medieval concept of courtly love involves a man exhibiting chivalrous, non-physical and deeply respectful love towards the female object of his affections. It was a love appropriate to the aristocratic classes and the king's court.
In Elizabethan times, it was widely believed that the movements of celestial bodies (stars, planets, etc.) had the power to influence events on earth. For example, the astrologer Nostradamus (1503–1566) made predictions about future events.
Elizabethan society was violent, and crime and disorder were prevalent in the streets.
Family loyalty was an important value in Elizabethan society.
In the Elizabethan era, marriage in wealthy families was not usually based on romantic love but was for the purpose of maintaining or improving social standing.
Elizabethan jails were primarily used to house prisoners before trial/execution, and not to hold prisoners for long sentences. Crimes were punished in other ways, such as by fines, public shaming, torture, execution and, more rarely, exile.