Romeo and Juliet. A tragic story about two young star-crossed lovers‚ known by many throughout the world. This story originally written by William Shakespeare‚ has been rewritten‚ performed and filmed numerous times with modified versions of the original script. Even though all of the different performances of this Shakespearean tragedy all revolve around the same concept‚ some performances and/or films better represent the original story when compared to others. This is the result of some of the
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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Zeffirelli’s version of the balcony scene is typical‚ Romeo climbing up the tree to see his love Juliet. Lurhman’s version of Romeo and Juliet is more modern were Juliet is not on the balcony and Romeo does not climb up a tree. Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene gives a traditional perspective to the viewers it is more what you would imagine when thinking of Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene
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role in Romeo and Juliet. In the beginning of the play it is easy to see something is going to happen to both Romeo and Juliet. As the story progresses the foreshadowing of a death becomes more evident. Death becomes common in Romeo and Juliet after Mercutio’s death. Death is the theme of Romeo and Juliet because most of the main characters die‚ Paris is given Juliet’s hand after Capulet thinks she is grieving over Tybalt‚ and it takes the death of their own children to stop feuding. Romeo and
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its unpredictability and ability to create catastrophe. In the ground breaking play of the century‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ two star-crossed lovers die due to unfortunate circumstances. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were products of fate’s evil plan‚ and can only be described as tragic. Firstly‚ fate created an unwanted battle through the actions of Romeo’s friend‚ Mercutio. When Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt due to his recent marriage into the Capulet family‚ Mercutio is angered at
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet. A dilemma is a very unfortunate thing that no individual should ever have to face. A dilemma is a very tough choice in which there are many choices‚ all of which usually have bad outcomes. William Shakespeare gives us many examples of a dilemma throughout his play of‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ some of the dilemma’s Shakespeare shows us‚ is when Friar Laurence has to decide whether to marry Romeo and Juliet‚ how he has to decide how to get Romeo and Juliet back together after
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Young people deal with challenges in both negative and positive ways. Romeo and Juliet along with the characters in the book the secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd face many different challenges and overcome them in similar ways by ending their life‚ running away‚ or finding a way around the issue. In the play Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare‚ Romeo’s family (the Montegues) and Juliet’s family (the Capulets) do not get along and have a big rivalry. Because of this ongoing rivalry between
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The story of Romeo and Juliet contains many controversial topics that are mainly focused on teenagers. The most amazing fact about this story is that even though this story was written hundreds of years ago‚ the teenagers today still go through the same ordeals or‚ even wonderful events as well. One of these important topics in this story was friendship. Romeo and Mercurito’s friendship was portrayed as what people would call today a "best friends" status. This was quite obvious in the text and
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Throughout the novel‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ several motifs are used as a way to bring a deeper meaning to quotes that may see you uninteresting from the surface. One very prominent motif in this novel is dreams and premonitions. These motifs are used throughout the novel as ways to introduce foreshadowing and insight into what characters may expect to happen. Most of the occurrences where dreams and premonitions appear are when characters are looking forward to an event or occurrence
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David Rodriguez Mrs. Seguin English 9 acc 14 May 2015 Romeo and Juliet is Relevant Although the thought of teaching Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" may raise some eyebrows with some people‚ it has many purposes of it being taught to freshman in high school. The story can be very resourceful to students. There are multiple benefits such as an improved skill of understanding precise language‚ fundamentals and customs to the 15th century‚ and finally an introduction to Shakespearean literature.
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In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ tells a story about a couple who can’t be together‚ because of the feud that’s going on with their families. Until they both died‚ because of the feud and the hate they had towards each other. Therefore with the death of the couple made the family come in peace. Shakespeare suggests that the idea of loyalty is powerful‚ since loyalty can grow and become strong‚ although we should be cautious on who we choose Romeo and Juliet decided to be loyal to one
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