GCSE English Literature: Romeo and Juliet – Love, Conflict and Fate

Categories: English Literature, GCSE
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About Course

An exam-focused guide to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Elizabethan context, how Shakespeare presents love and conflict, the role of fate and time, dramatic techniques such as the sonnet and dramatic irony, and how to write strong extract-to-whole-play answers. Quotations follow the Folger Shakespeare edition of this public-domain play.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Use Elizabethan context – family honour, marriage and fate – to explain the play Analyse how Shakespeare presents love through imagery and form Explain how conflict and fate drive the tragedy Plan and write an extract-to-whole-play answer that meets the assessment objectives

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Context and the Prologue
  • Presenting love
  • Conflict, fate and time
  • Writing a top answer on Romeo and Juliet

For grown-ups
Sources and further reading for parents, carers and teachers.

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