'Romeo and Juliet': contextualising violence and honour in Elizabethan society
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I can explain the role of violence and honour in Elizabethan society.
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ opens and ends with acts of violence.
Exposure to violence would have been a reality in Elizabethan England.
By staging the fights in daylight, Shakespeare implies violence was acceptable in society.
Honour was a central aspect of men’s identities in Elizabethan England.
Arguably, we might see honour as something that must be proven in public.
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