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Some line and scene numbers may vary in other editions.  \nCopyright © 2002 by SparkNotes LLC  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Publisher.  \nSPARKNOTES is a registered trademark of SparkNotes LLC. This edition published by Spark Publishing  \nSpark Publishing  \nA Division of SparkNotes LLC  \n76 9th Avenue, 11th Floor  \nNew York, NY 10011  \nISBN 1-4014-0435-9  \nText design by Rhea Braunstein  \nText composition by Jackson Typesetting  \nPrinted and bound in the United States of America 01 02 03 04 05 SN 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n[www.sparknotes.com](www.sparknotes.com)  \nINTRODUCTION  \nA PROLOGUE FROM THE BARD  \nBrave scholars, blessed with time and energy, At school, fair Harvard, set about to glean,  \nFrom dusty tomes and modern poetry, All truths and knowledge formerly unseen.  \nFrom forth the hungry minds of these good folk Study guides, star-floss’d, soon came to life;  \nWhose deep and deft analysis awoke The latent “A”s of those in lit’rary strife.  \nAim far past passing—insight from our trove Will free your comprehension from its cage. Our SparkNotes’ worth, online we also prove;  \nBehold this book! Same brains, but paper page. If patient or “whatever,” please attend,  \nWhat you have missed, our toil shall strive to mend.  \nCONTENTS  \nCONTEXT 1  \nPLOT OVERVIEW 4  \nCHARACTER LIST 8  \nANALYSIS OF MAJOR CHARACTERS 11  \nRomeo 11  \nJuliet 12  \nFriar Laurence 13  \nMercutio 14  \nTHEMES, MOTIFS, AND SYMBOLS 15  \nLove 15  \nThe Relationship between Love and  \nDeath, Passion, and Violence 16  \nThe Conflict between Social Institutions  \nand the Inner Self 17  \nFate 18  \nLight/Dark Imagery 19  \nAlternative Views of Events in the Play 19  \nSUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 21  \nPrologue 21  \nAct I, scenes i-v 22  \nAct II, Prologue-scene v 34  \nvi • Contents  \nAct III, scenes i-v 41  \nAct IV, scenes i-iv 49  \nAct V, scenes i-iii 53  \nIMPORTANT QUOTATIONS EXPLAINED 59  \nKEY FACTS 62  \nSTUDY QUESTIONS AND ESSAY TOPICS 64  \nREVIEW AND RESOURCES 67  \nQuiz 67  \nSuggestions for Further Reading 72  \nCONTEXT  \nL  \nikely the most influential writer in all of English literature and certainly the most important playwright of the English Renaissance, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of  \nStratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The son of a successful middle-class glove-maker, Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582, he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590, he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Public and critical acclaim quickly followed, and Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playwright in England and part owner of the Globe Theater. His career bridged the reigns of Elizabeth I (ruled 1558–1603) and James I (ruled 1603–1625); he was a favorite of both monarchs. Indeed, King James paid Shakespeare’s theater company the greatest possible compliment by endowing its members with the status of king’s players. Wealthy and renowned, Shakespeare retired to Stratford, and died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two. At the time of Shakespeare’s death, such luminaries as Ben Jonson hailed him as the apogee of Renaissance theater.  \nShakespeare’s works were collected and printed in various editions in the century following his death, and by the early eighteenth century his reputation as the greatest poet ever to write in English was well established. The unprecedented admiration garnered by his works led toa fierce curiosity about Shakespeare’s life, but the dearth of biographical information has left many details of Shakespeare’s personal history shrouded in mystery. 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