Love and marriage
Permission: Tilladelse
Custom:
Obey: Adlyde
Increase: Stigning, øge, vækst.
Ability: dygtighed
Belief: tro
Inferior:
Exception: undtagelse
Why would some parents in Shakespeare’s London be worried to let their children see the play, Romeo and Julie?
The parents would be worried about it giving you dangerous ideas.
What were children expected to do? Is it still like that today?
The duty of children is to obey their parents. And yes it’s still like that today
What does the text say about marriage?
Marriage was a business contract between two families to increase the family’s wealth and produce children.
When a father was to choose a wife for his son, what kind of woman would he look for?
A father looked for two things in his son’s future wife: ability to have children and wealthy parents.
What did the bride’s family have to give to the husband’s family?
The custom was for the bride’s family to give the husband’s family money and land.
What happens in most of Shakespeare’s comedies?
What are the women in Shakespeare’s plays like?
What was so special about the female roles?
What do you think about arranged marriages?
10) What would you do if your parents didn’t like your girlfriend/boyfriend?
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