Sonnet - Iambic pentameter
(often explores love and conflict
Dramatic Irony
Outlines main issues of
love and feuding and
how true love ultimately
triumphs because the
deaths of Romeo and
Juliet end the feud
between their families.
Introduces exciting
themes - Suicide/Sin
(themes of a typical
tragedy)
A pair of
star-cross'd
lovers take
their life
Theme: Fate and
Destiny/Death and
Tragedy
Means the couple are
destined for death,
literally against the
stars
The structure of the play
itself is the fate from which
Romeo and Juliet cannot
escape.
Scene 1
Important theme of masculine honour - a
man must defend his honour verbally or
physically, exists in every layer of society in
Verona, from the servants on up to the
noblemen. It animates Samson and
Gregory as much as it does Tybalt.