This essay is on Romeo and Juliet and it was awarded grade 9, at GCSE standard. This Romeo and Juliet essay achieved full marks and was written for the AQA examination board. The Romeo and Juliet essay took approximately 45-50 minutes to complete. This response may help anyone who is struggling to write an essay about Romeo and Juliet (GCSE). However, there might be aspects you’d like to change or other ideas you’d like to include. The question was:
Starting with this conversation, explore how Shakespeare presents aggressive male behaviour in Romeo and Juliet. Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents aggressive male behaviour in this conversation
• how Shakespeare presents aggressive male behaviour in the play as a whole.
The opening two paragraphs of the Romeo and Juliet essay:
Throughout the extract and in the play as a whole, Shakespeare presents male aggression through every male character, with the exception of Benvolio.
In Act 1 Scene 1 of the play, the servants of the two quarrelling households (the Montagues and Capulets) share a conversation underpinned by male bravado and displays of masculinity. During the 14th century, when the play was set, men had superior status over women and as a result, often showed this by fighting or making sexual puns. By Sampson joking how his “naked weapon is out” before engaging in a “quarrel”, illustrates the two ways that men, in the context of the play, displayed their masculinity.
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