Context Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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Astrology
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Fated - celestial bodies influence events
2
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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- echoes an ancient tale of Pyramus and Thisbe from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, lovers divided by familial hatred whos intense devotion ends in mutual destruction - intertextual allusion
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3
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Italy
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Italian men were seen as fiery and violent - women seen as flirtatious and sensual
3
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Great Chain of Being
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Juliet violates this Great Chain of being
4
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Religion
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The use of Friar Laurence, a holy man who manipulates religious rituals (e.g., marrying them in secret), adds further complexity. Shakespeare may be suggesting that religion, when misused or bent by human interference, can lead to unintended and tragic outcomes
5
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Petrarchan Lover
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Abundance of emotion
