Articulations of the Economic Motif in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Abstract

The article analyzes the economic motif in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and examines its articulation in such facets as money and wealth, property and legal procedures, contracts and inheritance, mercantilism and navigation and the significance and relevance of gold. The monetary aspect is retained to contribute to the creation of a web of explicit and implicit appraisals which involve the concept of value and which have the purpose of determining and maintaining a constant dimension of evaluative awareness.