About Arlene Schulman Expertise I have loved Shakespeare all my life, and as a Stage Director and Actor for over twenty-five years I have had the opportunity to study his work in intimate detail. I would be happy to share my knowledge of his plays. I can also help with acting Shakespeare, working with blank verse, character development, script analysis and interpretation. I don`t have as much knowledge in the area of his sonnets, but I can help to understand their meaning and language. I also have some knowledge of his life and of the Globe theatre where he performed his plays, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company and his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon, and can point you in the direction of some wonderful websites on the subjects as well.
Experience
Organizations SSDC - associate member The Shakespeare Institute (MA Candidate - "Shakespeare & Theatre)
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
The Shakespeare Association of America
Question Hello,
In Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, what does Lady Capulet
mean when she says: "A crutch, a crutch!"
Cheers.
Answer Hi Victor,
Notice that both fathers are called "old" - Old Capulet, Old Montague. And notice that both wives are trying to stop their husbands from going out and joining the fight with the young men.
Lady Capulet's words "A crutch, a crutch!" are her way of telling her husband that, at his age, a crutch would be of more use to him than a sword!
