Starter quiz
- Put the events of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in chronological order.
- 1⇔Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.
- 2⇔Romeo and Juliet marry in secret.
- 3⇔Romeo kills Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.
- 4⇔Romeo is banished from Verona.
- 5⇔Lord Capulet commands that Juliet marry Count Paris.
- 6⇔Juliet fakes her own death.
- 7⇔Romeo and Juliet take their own lives.
- 'A set of behaviours, qualities and roles associated with men and boys' is the definition of which word beginning with 'm'?
- 'masculinity' ✓
- 'A set of behaviours, qualities and roles associated with women and girls' is the definition of which word beginning with 'f'?
- 'femininity' ✓
- What behaviours or qualities do we stereotypically associate with masculinity?
- emotional vulnerability
- strength and power ✓
- dominance ✓
- nurture and care
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- 'A system of society or government controlled by men' is the definition of which word beginning with 'p'?
- 'patriarchal' ✓
- Which of the following are expectations of women's behaviour in a patriarchal society?
- Women should be dominant.
- Women should be submissive. ✓
- Women should be obedient. ✓
- Women should be subversive.
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Exit quiz
- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo's attempt to make peace with Tybalt in Act 3, Scene 1 is seen as which of the following?
- honourable
- dishonourable ✓
- dominant
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- 'To behave in line with socially acceptable conventions or standards' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?
- 'conform' ✓
- 'To behave or act in the opposite way to socially acceptable conventions or standards' is the definition of which word beginning with 's'?
- 'subvert' ✓
- Complete Romeo's quotation from Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': “Away to heaven, respective lenity, / And fire-eyed ______ be my conduct now.”
- 'fury' ✓
- 'The beliefs and norms that a society holds about how individuals should behave and act' is the definition of societal ______.
- 'expectations' ✓
- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Juliet is arguably __________ societal expectations of femininity by refusing to "speak ill" of Romeo.
- subverting
- conforming to ✓
- dismissing
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Key learning points
- In Elizabethan England, violence and honour were arguably seen as integral to masculinity.
- We might see Romeo's killing of Tybalt as conforming to masculine expectations and leading to his downfall.
- In Elizabethan England, obedience was arguably seen as integral to femininity.
- By marrying Romeo, Juliet subverts the expectations of how a daughter should behave.
- However, we might see Juliet as conforming to societal expectations of how a wife should behave.
Common misconception
That characters either conform to or subvert stereotypes within texts.
We might see Romeo and Juliet as both conforming to and subverting societal expectations of gender at different moments in 'Romeo and Juliet' - characters are typically multifaceted rather than one note.
Keywords
Societal expectations - the beliefs and norms that a society holds about how individuals should behave and act
Conform - behave in line with socially acceptable conventions or standards
Subvert - behave or act in the opposite way to socially acceptable conventions or standards
Masculinity - a set of behaviours, qualities and roles associated with men and boys
Femininity - a set of behaviours, qualities and roles associated with women and girls
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