Starter quiz
- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Juliet marries Romeo ...
- with her parents' permission
- against her parents' wishes
- without her parents' knowledge ✓
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- Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' was written in which era?
- Elizabethan ✓
- Jacobean
- Victorian
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- 'A figure of speech that involves comparing two things using the verb "to be"' is the definition of a ______.
- 'metaphor' ✓
- 'Doing, or willing to do, what you have been told to do by someone in authority' is the definition of which of the following?
- transgressive
- obedient ✓
- apathetic
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- 'To behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society' is the definition of which of the following?
- conform ✓
- subvert
- contradict
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- 'Relating to or denoting a system of society or government controlled by men' is the definition of which of the following?
- matriarchal
- patriarchal ✓
- meritocracy
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Exit quiz
- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Lady Capulet's first line is “Nurse, where’s my daughter? Call her forth to me.” This implies which of the following?
- that Lady Capulet and her daughter have a very close relationship
- that Lady Capulet defers to the Nurse about her daughter ✓
- that Lady Capulet does not like her daughter
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- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Juliet says she will "look to ______" Count Paris.
- like ✓
- love
- marry
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- 'Closely connected so as to be difficult to separate' is the definition of which of the following?
- interspersed
- intertwined ✓
- interstate
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- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', when Juliet says “But no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly", she suggests that she will ...
- disregard her parents' wishes
- obey her parents' wishes ✓
- follow her own heart
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- 'The quality of involving funny remarks about sex' is the definition of which word beginning with 'b'?
- 'bawdiness' ✓
- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Lady Capulet's comparison of women's role in marriage to a book "cover" implies which of the following?
- that a woman's value is in her looks ✓
- that a woman's role is to bring substance
- that a man's value is in his looks
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Key learning points
- ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written when society was patriarchal - men were in control.
- Women would have been expected to obey their parents’ wishes in terms of their marriage.
- Lady Capulet and the Nurse suggest that motherhood is an expected part of marriage.
- Lady Capulet’s metaphor of women as a “cover” suggests that women’s role in marriage is limited to outward appearance.
- Juliet appears to suggest that she will be obedient to her parents’ wishes in terms of her marriage.
Common misconception
That women were slaves in patriarchal societies.
While women had less legal power in patriarchal societies, they could still be very influential and powerful.
Keywords
Patriarchal - relating to or denoting a system of society or government controlled by men
Bawdiness - the quality of involving funny remarks about sex
Obedient - doing, or willing to do, what you have been told to do by someone in authority
Conform - to behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society
Intertwined - closely connected so as to be difficult to separate
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