English 10: Act 1, Scene 1: Tone . . .

So, you sit down in the theatre awaiting your lovely romantic drama called Romeo and Juliet and suddenly you have two Capulets on stage talking about very macho things.

Why? ? ?

Read to line 100 of the scene. Write a stellar, literary paragraph that uses at least three good examples from the scene and cite them properly to answer the question below:

Write a paragraph explaining the tone of the dramatic opening. Attempt to predict why (and you can include the Prologue in your understanding) Shakespeare starts the play in this manner. 

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Review 

• Renaissance era
• the sonnet
• iambic pentametre