Romeo & Juliet Context

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Previous form of Romeo and Juliet

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folk tale

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Extreme passion leads to

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disaster

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Stock characters

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Stereotypes

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Difficult family relationships in Shakespeare's plays

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Fathers oppose daughters' desire to marry

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Main theme of sonnets

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love

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Popular entertainment form

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Revenge tragedies

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Odd one out in Shakespeare's plays

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crime

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Romeo and Juliet includes:

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comedy

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Loss of fortune

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Characters may not be nobles

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Destruction of young lovers in R & J

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Powers beyond their control