Difficult circumstances mindmap plan
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- Created on: 26-02-15 18:40
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- Difficult circumstances faced by women
- Romeo and Juliet
- Arranged marriage
- Honour
- Context
- Love
- None of the women can be with the men they love
- Arranged marriage
- Honour
- Context
- Love
- None of the women can be with the men they love
- None of the women can be with the men they love
- Male dominance/ lack of equality for women
- Her father threatens to outcast her from the family and to disown her
- Betrayal
- Isolation
- Outcast from society, thought of as low, without honour/respect
- Havisham
- Difficult circumstances faced by women
- Romeo and Juliet
- Juliet tries to stand against her father and against the arranged marriage
- Her father threatens to outcast her from the family and to disown her
- Ownership
- Juliet is her fathers property to do with as he pleases, but he tries to arrange a marriage to make her the property of another man
- Juliet's lack of free will
- Juliet isn't allowed to be with the man she loves because she is arranged to be married and Romeo is part of the family her family has a feud with
- Being with Romeo would be dishonourable and would bring a lot of shame to her family
- Being with Romeo would be dishonourable and would bring a lot of shame to her family
- Juliet isn't allowed to be with the man she loves because she is arranged to be married and Romeo is part of the family her family has a feud with
- Juliet's lack of free will
- Juliet's father refuses to let her make her own choice of marriage and doesn't consider her opinion
- Juliet is her fathers property to do with as he pleases, but he tries to arrange a marriage to make her the property of another man
- Juliet tries to stand against her father and against the arranged marriage
- Stagecraft & Shakespeare's intentions
- In the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of the play, Juliet is on her knees when she speaks to her father in Act 3 Scene 5
- Shows her father's power, dominance, control
- "But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you: Graze where you will you shall not house with me"
- Her father will disown her for her disobedience to his instructions and for doing something that could dishonour her family greatly
- In the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of the play, Juliet is on her knees when she speaks to her father in Act 3 Scene 5
- Romeo and Juliet
- Isolation
- Outcast from society, thought of as low, without honour/respect
- Havisham
- Betrayal
- Havisham was jilted at the altar by the man she loves and she now hates him
- "Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with"
- "Prayed for it so hard I've dark green pebbles for eyes"
- Jealousy/envy of other women who get to love
- Wished him dead so much she has now become as cold and hardened as stone
- Wishes the man she loves was dead
- Hate
- Confused emotions, doesn't know whether to love the man or to hate him
- "Spinster" alone, clinging to the past, can't get over an old lover
- Cousin Kate
- Poor, lower class, life of hard labour, tough life
- Formal language, he's a man of high standing, rich, worthy
- She is in love with a man of much higher social stature than her
- Sorrow,self pity,why me?
- Cousin Kate
- Cousin Kate
- Poor, lower class, life of hard labour, tough life
- Formal language, he's a man of high standing, rich, worthy
- She is in love with a man of much higher social stature than her
- Sorrow,self pity,why me?
- Havisham
- Outcast from society, thought of as low, without honour/respect
- Havisham was jilted at the altar by the man she loves and she now hates him
- "Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with"
- "Prayed for it so hard I've dark green pebbles for eyes"
- Jealousy/envy of other women who get to love
- Wished him dead so much she has now become as cold and hardened as stone
- Wishes the man she loves was dead
- Hate
- Confused emotions, doesn't know whether to love the man or to hate him
- Difficult circumstances faced by women
- "Spinster" alone, clinging to the past, can't get over an old lover
- Havisham
- Outcast from society, thought of as low, without honour/respect
- Love
- Juliet is in love with Romeo but her father has arranged for her to marry Paris, a rich man she has never met
- Juliet tries to stand against her father and against the arranged marriage
- Juliet tries to stand against her father and against the arranged marriage
- Context
- Honour
- Arranged marriage
- None of the women can be with the men they love
- Male dominance/ lack of equality for women
- Love
- Juliet is in love with Romeo but her father has arranged for her to marry Paris, a rich man she has never met
- Context
- Honour
- Ownership
- Juliet is her fathers property to do with as he pleases, but he tries to arrange a marriage to make her the property of another man
- Juliet's lack of free will
- Juliet isn't allowed to be with the man she loves because she is arranged to be married and Romeo is part of the family her family has a feud with
- Being with Romeo would be dishonourable and would bring a lot of shame to her family
- Being with Romeo would be dishonourable and would bring a lot of shame to her family
- Juliet isn't allowed to be with the man she loves because she is arranged to be married and Romeo is part of the family her family has a feud with
- Juliet's lack of free will
- Juliet's father refuses to let her make her own choice of marriage and doesn't consider her opinion
- Juliet is her fathers property to do with as he pleases, but he tries to arrange a marriage to make her the property of another man
- Arranged marriage
- Stagecraft & Shakespeare's intentions
- In the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of the play, Juliet is on her knees when she speaks to her father in Act 3 Scene 5
- Shows her father's power, dominance, control
- "But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you: Graze where you will you shall not house with me"
- Her father will disown her for her disobedience to his instructions and for doing something that could dishonour her family greatly
- In the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of the play, Juliet is on her knees when she speaks to her father in Act 3 Scene 5
- Romeo and Juliet
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