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The play is set in Italy because

Hierarchy is important because...

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Hierarchy is important because...
The more money you have the more power you have.
Reputation means you have more power
it would please the Queen (Elizabeth I )
The taller you were the more power you had.
2
The play is set in Italy because
Shakespeare wanted to use Friar Lawrence to mock the catholic church
It was were the plague was.
Arranged marriages were only legal in Italy
Shakespeare enjoyed living and writing plays there.
3
"Biting their thumb" is...
A way of showing weakness or surrendering
A rude gesture
Similar to gang signs
A way of greeting your mates
4
Why is fate in the play?
It's an excuse for the characters
Elizabethans believed in astrology.
Its part of Christianity.
Elizabethans believed that stars controlled the future