The world we live in today is substantially different from the historical era depicted in this sample of Romeo and Juliet. The character names and positions provide background information about the era. Language and other inconsequential characteristics highlight the historical setting.
First, the names and titles of the characters give the time period (historical context). The words "Lady" and "Nurse" let readers know when the story is happening. The use of titles like these to address persons would go under language evidence given the historical background, but it may also fall under cultural practices at the time because it was common practice.
Second, minor details like language draw attention to the historical setting. The words "Nay," "hath," and "doth," among many others, make it obvious that this tale is set in a distinct, historical period.
The historical setting portrayed in this sample is very dissimilar from the world we live in now. Instead of "Lady," we say "Mrs./Ms./Miss." Rather than calling them nurses or governesses, we refer to them as teachers, and they serve similar yet distinct functions in our culture.
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COMPLETE QUESTION:
Read the following excerpt from Romeo and Juliet. In response of four to six sentences, identify the cultural practices and language that illustrate the play’s historical context. How does the historical context depicted in this excerpt compare with our world today? Use proper spelling and grammar.
LADY CAPULET
The valiant Paris seeks you for his love.
NURSE
A man, young lady! lady, such a man
As all the world—why, he's a man of wax.
LADY CAPULET
Verona's summer hath not such a flower.
NURSE
Nay, he's a flower; in faith, a very flower.
LADY CAPULET
What say you? can you love the gentleman?
This night you shall behold him at our feast;
Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face,
And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;
Examine every married lineament,
And see how one another lends content
And what obscured in this fair volume lies
Find written in the margent of his eyes.
This precious book of love, this unbound lover,
To beautify him, only lacks a cover:
The fish lives in the sea, and 'tis much pride
For fair without the fair within to hide:
That book in many's eyes doth share the glory,
That in gold clasps locks in the golden story;
So shall you share all that he doth possess,
By having him, making yourself no less.
