Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet

• A Lesson on Character Development

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Character Development

• Asides
• Soliloquies
• Monologues

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Asides

• Lines spoken to the audience
• Not overheard by other performers
• Examples
• Romeos aside 2.2.39
• Friars aside 4.1.16-17

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Soliloquies

• Speaking to his/herself
• Examples
• Juliets soliloquy 4.3.14 ff
• Romeos soliloquy 5.1.75 ff
• How do these develop characters?

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Monologue

• Similar to soliloquy
• Speech delivered alone on stage
• Example
• Juliets Monologue 3.2.103

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Character Development

• Techniques
• getting to know characters
• Other literary works vs. plays
• Novels, poems, short stories