Claudio AO1/AO5

Question 1

Claudio’s love and connection with Juliet(ta)

+ It’s description/evaluation

Answer 1

AO1: “upon a true contract
/I got possession of Julietta’s bed:
/You know the lady; she is fast my wife” (1.2)

AO5: “The only arguably happy marriage appears to be that of Claudio and Juliet.”

“However, the text gives little indication about how deeply their love runs” (Hampton-Reeves)

Question 2

Claudio expressing fears about death, tentatively suggesting that his sister might consider some charity in sin

+ Critical description of Claudio and his suffering

Answer 2

AO1: “Ay, but to die, and go we know not where, / To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot” (3. 1)

AO5: “a surrogate sufferer…”

“systematically fitted for death and then miraculously rescued from its fatal grasp”
(Flachmann)