William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet

1. Thanks to the popular image of Romeo and Juliet (not assigned, I know), Shakespeare is often considered the "poet of love." But discuss the ways Shakespeare shows how romantic love and sexual passion can be a foolish, irrational, or even destructive force. 2. How can disguise, change of perspective, and/or escape from normal be both a creative way of discovering things about yourself and others, or maybe also a destructive force if not used properly? 3. How does Shakespeare show human pride and the resulting self-delusion blind people to the truth, or at least better behavior? 4. Discuss how Henry IV is a failed (or near- failed) leader and how two other leaders also fail their followers, and how. Are there any successful leaders? 5. Do Shakespeare's women conform to the stereotype of passive femininity that we might expect from stereotypes of that time? If not, how do they not conform?      

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