Read the excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Gregory: Say better; here comes one of my master's kinsmen. Sampson: Yes, better, sir. Abraham: You lie. Sampson: Draw, if you be men.--Gregory, remember thy swashing blow. [They fight.] [Enter BENVOLIO.] Benvolio: Part, fools! put up your swords; you know not what you do. [Beats down their swords.] How is the setting of the excerpt similar to the setting of Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe"? Both take place in servants’ quarters. Both take place in castles ruled by unjust leaders. Both take place in towns in which violence is discouraged. Both take place in time periods in which men carry weapons.

In a midsummer night dream, the mention of is an allusion to earlier english poetry

Item 7 shakespeare often puts the audience in a situation where they know more than one of the characters does. how does shakespeare increase the tension in the four-lovers story line by giving the audience information that one or more of the characters does not have? the audience knows that hermia’s father really approves of lysander and there is no need for hermia and lysander to run away. this knowledge builds tension because the audience wonders if hermia and lysander’s relationship will survive a night in the woods. the audience knows that helena really hates hermia and wants to hurt her. this knowledge builds tension when helena tells demetrius of hermia’s plan to run away because the audience wonders if hermia will be caught and punished. the audience knows that lysander and demetrius are under the spell, but helena and hermia do not. this knowledge builds tension and makes the audience eager to see what will happen next. the audience knows that oberon is observing the lovers, but the lovers do not know. this knowledge builds tension because oberon falls in love with helena and decides to become a human so he can marry her.

Which three elements of gothic literature clearly mirror the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? strange characters and settings an overall atmosphere of mystery and suspense unexplained or supernatural events characters’ inability to control their fates high emotions experienced by characters suffering from a sense of doom women threatened by powerful males