Romeo and Juliet Context

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Across
  1. 3. ______ had no rights or authority in law: they could not own property or money
  2. 4. Europe was a traditionally ________ society with a strong belief in damnation for mortal sin.
  3. 7. Romeo and Juliet was set during a time of ________ and politics
  4. 8. Petrarchan lovers are melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
  5. 9. men who expressed their undying love were _________
  6. 11. The father was the head of the household in this _______ society.
  7. 12. For Shakespeare’s audience _____ was an exotic, distant and corrupted country
  8. 13. If someone insulted your _____ or name then they would be challenged to a duel.
Down
  1. 1. _______ love (like royalty) should be polite, ceremonious, restrained, intellectual, courteous and those involved should be in love with the idea of being in love.
  2. 2. Many people believed that they had no free will: that they had no choice to change their _________ because everything was already ‘predestined’.
  3. 5. ________ were regarded as property and could be given in marriage to a suitable partner
  4. 6. An __________ audience often chatted and did business during plays so they needed plenty of action and drama to stop them from losing focus.
  5. 10. Children were expected to obey their parents and to ______ for money and status, so Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris would have shocked most people in an Elizabethan audience.