I think Lord and Lady Montague could possibly have appeared infrequently could be because they are less involved in what is going on since the play focuses more on Romeo+Juliet. If the ball was held at the Montague house, then possibly Lord and Lady Montague could have been involved more.
I would argue that, in terms of parental relationships, the reason as to why Lord and Lady Montague appear much more infrequently than their Capulet counterparts is simply due to the fact that Shakespeare wanted to deliberately expose Lord and Lady Capulet more to his audience, given that in comparison with the Montague's, it can be seen that their parental bond with their daughter, Juliet, was arguably much more defective and distant. Shakespeare perhaps did this intentionally to critique some of the parent-child relationships (particularly father-daughter relationships) within the Elizabethan and Renaissance period and simultaneously allow his audience to asses the flaws of the Capulet parenting and thus, acknowledge the importance of familial relationships. The presentation of the caring Montague parents gives the audience an idea of what parental bonds should look like and so Lord and Lady Montague are only seen briefly throughout the play as it is their Capulet counterparts that Shakespeare wants the audience to be aware of; he wants their parental hamartia to be evaluated and, in turn, learned from. However, it can be generally argued that Lord and Lady Capulet simply progress the plot of the play more so than the expositional, plot establishing Montagues and so are shown more frequently as consequence.
@@raeganestelle5007 same for me! although I'm doing pride and prejudice and an inspector calls.Good luck! I hope the question is on a theme only but I feel it will be harder this year
@@Mito-mp9fk Yes, I'm doing An Inspector Calls as well and A Christmas Carol! But 100%, themes are definitely favoured by me haha. I actually just got back an essay I wrote about the theme of poverty in A Christmas Carol and got full marks! So definitely hoping that themes will come up!! But thank you so much again and good luck to you too, you'll do great :)
hi! thank you for the video, it's very helpful. i wanted to ask if lord and lady montague could actually show up on an exam. they're pretty minor characters so it seems like it'd be really hard to write an essay about them, it'd be like trying to write an essay about balthasar or something
Good question. Do I think an exam q would focus on these characters...? Probably not - that would be mean, as you suggest. However, L+L Mont could definitely be discussed in any question related to family, tradition, conflict, the relationships Romeo has, and so on. Definitely still useful to learn about!
Thank you so much! I'm bad at literature and your videos really help me prepare for classes
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I think Lord and Lady Montague could possibly have appeared infrequently could be because they are less involved in what is going on since the play focuses more on Romeo+Juliet. If the ball was held at the Montague house, then possibly Lord and Lady Montague could have been involved more.
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I would argue that, in terms of parental relationships, the reason as to why Lord and Lady Montague appear much more infrequently than their Capulet counterparts is simply due to the fact that Shakespeare wanted to deliberately expose Lord and Lady Capulet more to his audience, given that in comparison with the Montague's, it can be seen that their parental bond with their daughter, Juliet, was arguably much more defective and distant. Shakespeare perhaps did this intentionally to critique some of the parent-child relationships (particularly father-daughter relationships) within the Elizabethan and Renaissance period and simultaneously allow his audience to asses the flaws of the Capulet parenting and thus, acknowledge the importance of familial relationships. The presentation of the caring Montague parents gives the audience an idea of what parental bonds should look like and so Lord and Lady Montague are only seen briefly throughout the play as it is their Capulet counterparts that Shakespeare wants the audience to be aware of; he wants their parental hamartia to be evaluated and, in turn, learned from.
However, it can be generally argued that Lord and Lady Capulet simply progress the plot of the play more so than the expositional, plot establishing Montagues and so are shown more frequently as consequence.
this is brilliant! are you taking your gcse this year?
@@Mito-mp9fk Thank you so much!! And yes, I am sitting my first literature paper next week 😅🤞
@@raeganestelle5007 same for me! although I'm doing pride and prejudice and an inspector calls.Good luck! I hope the question is on a theme only but I feel it will be harder this year
@@Mito-mp9fk Yes, I'm doing An Inspector Calls as well and A Christmas Carol! But 100%, themes are definitely favoured by me haha. I actually just got back an essay I wrote about the theme of poverty in A Christmas Carol and got full marks! So definitely hoping that themes will come up!! But thank you so much again and good luck to you too, you'll do great :)
@@raeganestelle5007 thats awesome! do you have any tips on how you structure your paragraphs and what to definitely include in them?
hi! thank you for the video, it's very helpful. i wanted to ask if lord and lady montague could actually show up on an exam. they're pretty minor characters so it seems like it'd be really hard to write an essay about them, it'd be like trying to write an essay about balthasar or something
Good question. Do I think an exam q would focus on these characters...? Probably not - that would be mean, as you suggest. However, L+L Mont could definitely be discussed in any question related to family, tradition, conflict, the relationships Romeo has, and so on. Definitely still useful to learn about!
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