The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10

Questions a
From what sources did Shake y
speare draw his material on which his.
play. e Romeo and Juliet" IS founded?
Which Of the incidents are his own
inventions and how closely does he
adhere to the original? 4!
ss}3 Answer. The story which furnished
the basis of this tragedy was exceed
-ingly popular in shakespeares time.A
I'm 1854 Bandello published novel on
(. the subject. but before that time two
Italian novelists had used the story:
@Massuccio. In collection of tales,
published In 1916, and Luigi daS Porto,
h whose La Guiletta" was published y
q In 1885. 1s s3
\ III Later; a novel in French was writ
ssten by Boistcau; from this two Eng
$3Iiish versions were derived, one in
Il prose, by William Paynter, in 1875
Il the other poem. by Arthur Brooke,
4 IN 1862. b Y.
Belleforest used the story and Lope.
II dc Vega wrote n comedy founded on
SIT We also find reference to ''Ia-
drina." by Luigi Groto, and the Eng
y dish stage had play on the same
Il subject two years before Shake
!! Epeare's birth! q!
s OF these sources Shakespeare prob
!. ably used Paynter's novel, Brooke's
Z poem and perhaps an i old play. In
zone version Juliet reviVes before
\ Romeo dies. just in time to be Z not
" In time but to find he has swal-.
lowed poison. Shakespeare changed
" this and other incidents and; mado
D some attentions in the plot. He In
4 troduced Tybalt at the mask. which
q was tho commencement OF tho ami
\, mostly between him and Romeo and
4ssalso introduced the duel between Ty-i
v bait and Mercutio and the meeting
of Paris and Romeo at Juliet's tomb.
He greatly developed the characters
of N1crcutio and the nurse, and ele-:
waited that OF Paris. Il
S Before Shakespeare the persons
4 served but as groundwork to sup
port the story; he uses tho story but
8as canvas for sportraituro Of char
h acters and life. 3i
Il ~ To what conclusion does the
Il reader come in respect to Juliet's en-:
tlivironment and her family relations
II after reading Scene III. 81 in Act II?
What impression does shnlespe S
4 portrayal OF her nurse make on the
Z. mind !? 5553ga8 4 81
ss5 Answer. juliet has been kept in
u severe subsection by austere parents.
whose one thought seems to be Of
@ great marriage for her, Her IA
ther Is a despot in his family: his
n Will unquestIoned. Her mother Is
incapable misunderstanding such a
& nature ms Juliets, and shows her
no tenderness. Her only intimate
friend Is a garrulous old nu1se, who
fondles and spells her. and whose low
4 humor. dotnge and petulance. total
want OF principle or even common
Z honesty. make her a poor! companion
5, for Juliet. who, amid such surround
,ings. has bloomed into girlhood, with
II Imagination full OF romance and q
\ boundless capacity for self-devotion-
q being made up Of self-will and TIM
\ tdity. strength and weakness, con-
n fidence and reserve.
3. What do Romeo's forebodings In
going to the Capulets' ball, and the
confusion attendant upon the arrange
ments for 1t, indicate?
}f Answer. We are prepared for the
coming tragedy by Romeo's misgiv-
I ing OF some calamity changing in the
stars Clearly. his forebodlng indl-
I Gates his apprehension of discovery
s as Montague. for which he might
b pay the "vils forfeit OF untimely
q DEATH Yet, In spite Of 1t. he goes;
enabled to do SO by the confusion
attending a masked ball. which seems
Lito have been a large, one.. to which
d any might be invited mot of the
i house OF Montague" and where all
ARE welcomed by the choleric. but
IN, ,toN a,ol hos y
Lady Capnlet is not at her post; ;
& marriage and servant Is dispatched
& to tell her. Madam. the guests are
Il come. supper served up. you called.
* my young lady asked for, the nurse
/. curst In the pantry and everything
a IN extremity. ] must hence to wait;
II ] &beseech you, follow straight"
: In what position Is the. reader
Y left at the end OF Act !. OF the play,
sANnd what Insight has been gained as
ssssregards Its development, and how?
Il. Answer. The Keynote Of the play Is
b struck In the prologue. which tells
of the bitter feuds and rivalries OF
the two households. In the first
& scenes Shakespeare prepares us. vet
Il how naturally and with what conceal
Il nent of art, for the catastrophe. pre-
/ senting tho germ OF after events
\ The groundwork Of the storytis alto
4 Hether In family feuds; the events have
y their origin In family feuds, tho con-
tagion OF which has reached the ser,
wants. who quarrel in humble imita-
Il tion OF their masters.
The principal characters are intro
auced-t dreamer Romeo, the child
woman juliet, whose instant love re-
I minds Us OF Ferdinand and Miranda;
AT the first sight
They have changed eyes"
4 Tybalt Is introduced. full of PASS
alonate violence; also the gay, gallant
and high -spir!ted Mercutio; Cupulet.
4 testy ana impetuous, with his cold,
lnyymTathetic wife and the coarse
minded foster-mother. arc planning y