Themes and Issues

  • Are Romeo and Juliet really in love?

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  • What do you think of the play?

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  • Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

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  • Which is most important in the play – love, family or friendship?

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  • Could the tragedy have been avoided?

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Issues

Families

In the introduction to Romeo and Juliet the Prologue tells us what the play is about.

Passion

This is a play which has shaped the way we talk about love and passion today.

Tragedy

What did Shakespeare, and the people that he was writing for, think a tragedy was?

Violence

The threat of violence always hangs over Romeo and Juliet.