4. Individual vs Society

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Writer Hollie McNish is joined by beatbox poet Testament to explore how individual characters in Romeo and Juliet are affected by the rules of society – politics, culture, religion and tradition. They’ll help you to prepare for your GCSE English literature exam where you’ll need to understand and write about key themes in the play. Romeo and Juliet are in love, they just want to be together, but society is causing problems for them. They are fictional characters inb a real-life historical setting. The city state of Verona was run by a Prince whose word was law and there were rules to obey and an army to enforce them. This young couple have very few real choices. That’s especially true of Juliet as a young woman who is effectively owned by her father. We’ll learn what a patriarchy is and how women are shown to be at the mercy of it. We’ll see how power and wealth can persuade individuals to do things they don’t want to do. Learn how to choose a quote that can be used to in different ways depending on what comes up in your exam. Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR More GCSE revision on Romeo & Juliet - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zykncwx