I like the idea of a sword advertisement! Familiarize yourself with the rapier and dagger most of the Italians were fighting with, and the various ways they used these weapons. They all used the dagger primarily to block incoming attacks and the rapier to attack, but they used different styles of fighting (compare Spanish and Italian schools of swordsmanship). What advantages would having two blades in a duel give a man?
Also, you can compare...
I like the idea of a sword advertisement! Familiarize yourself with the rapier and dagger most of the Italians were fighting with, and the various ways they used these weapons. They all used the dagger primarily to block incoming attacks and the rapier to attack, but they used different styles of fighting (compare Spanish and Italian schools of swordsmanship). What advantages would having two blades in a duel give a man?
Also, you can compare these more "modern" weapons with old man Capulet's "long sword," an outdated weapon which would be too heavy to compete with the rapier and dagger combination (once you swung it, it would off-balance you a bit and be slower to recover than a lighter sword like the rapier).
We also have the lower class folk who cannot afford the new weapons nor the lessons to use them well--like Samson and Gregory in Act I Scene 1 who use the sword and buckler, probably castoffs from the higher-born who had long since moved to more gentlemanly weapons (and popular) for duels.
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