Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy first performed on the Elizabethan stage in around 1595.
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Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy first performed on the Elizabethan stage in around 1595. It was first performed by the Lord Chamberlain's company whilst they were the occupants of the Shoreditch Theatre. As this play is a romantic tragedy there are many different ways which the themes of love and death are portrayed. My essay is going to deal and discuss in greater detail these themes and try to discover who is responsible for the deaths. In the play many different types of love are revealed. One type is Romantic love, this form of love is shown...
because whatever happened, the nurse constantly supported Juliet.

because whatever happened, the nurse constantly supported Juliet.
Of all Shakespeare"s tragedies, Romeo and Juliet is the most romantic. However this does not mean it is any less powerful than Macbeth or Othello. In some ways it could be seen as doubly tragic as there are two terrible unnecessary deaths.
The story would have been well known to Elizabethan audiences but how he adapted it would have stirred the audiences greatly. We do know that suicide was a sin to the Elizabethan's, so the shock factor of Romeo's death would wet their appetite for the outcome.
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