arthur brooke invented the story of romeo and juliet.
arthur brooke invented the story of romeo and juliet.
who invented the story of romeo and juliet?
arthur brooke
while not mentioned in a stage direction as such, joseph a. porter considers him to be "a kind of ghost character" like others in shakespeare's plays, due to his strong connection with mercutio that differentiates him from the other people mentioned in the guest list, and a possible significance to the plot and characters that is greater than superficially apparent. shakespeare's immediate source in writing "romeo and juliet" was the narrative poem "the tragical history of romeus and juliet" (1562) by arthur brooke, and here mercutio is a very minor character and is presented as a competitor to romeus (romeo) for juliet's affection, rather than as his friend. porter argues that when shakespeare dramatised the poem and expanded mercutio's role, he introduced a brother for him in order to suggest a more fraternal character. shakespeare appears to be the first dramatist to have used the name valentine prior to "romeo and juliet", but he himself had actually used the name previously. in "two gentlemen of verona", a play about two brothers and also set in verona, valentine is a true and constant lover and proteus is a fickle one. while not primarily based on it, "two gentlemen of verona" adapts several incidents from brooke's poem, and in all these instances valentine's role is based on romeus'. thus, when adapting the "mercutio—juliet—romeus" constellation from brooke, by changing mercutio from an amorous rival into a friend—brother to romeo and a "scoffer at love", shakespeare also rearranged the relationships into "mercutio—romeo—juliet", making romeo the focus and removing mercutio as a threat to his courtship of juliet.
ghost character
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