Question

What structural elements of Romeo and Juliet show Seneca’s influence on Elizabethan drama? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

I would say mark all of them. Due to the fact that this is a poem it uses all of these.

Answer 2

The correct options are:

The presence of a Chorus.

The division into five acts.

The inclusion of stichomythia.

The influence the Senecan tragedy had upon the evolution of the Elizabethan drama, changed both the substance and the form of the drama. The division into five acts, and the use of the Chorus, as in The Misfortunes of Arthur. This influence can also be seen in the application of stichomythia, the treatment of the supernatural and the use of long rhetorical and descriptive passages.