playwrights however disagree about whether or not it is good to be passionate and act on your beliefs. Sophocles believes that it is better to die from an excess amount of passion and die knowing you fought for what was right than sitting around Antigone. Lady and thinking about things while life passes you by‚ whereas Shakespeare believes that being too passionate is foolish and often ends in catastrophe. In both Romeo and Juliet and Antigone‚ familial love is a theme that overshadows and interferes with
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Victoria Mr. Luebbe English 1 Block G 21 February 2014 Juliet’s Realization In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet speaks of her love for Romeo to herself on her balcony in Act 2‚ Scene 2. Juliet’s obedience to her family is violated when she falls in love with Romeo Montague instead of County Paris. In Juliet’s soliloquy‚ she ponders “’tis but thy name that is my enemy‚” (2.2.38) meaning a name is a meaningless title in the way of her love. Juliet’s use of personification enhances
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Analysis of the Film Adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” Many movies have been adapted from books. Several of these movies do not follow the books precisely. Although the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann has the same basic elements as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ there are several differences that exist amongst them. The characters of Romeo and Juliet were the same in both the movie and the book. Romeo‚ the son of Montague‚ is one of the two main characters. He falls desperately
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Sorry that my reasons weren’t so strong‚ Mrs Soucy Jason Zhang 5/22/13 Block 2 Mrs. Soucy‚ English Honors Love and Hate’s Analysis Love and hate are not mutually exclusive; the two build off each other‚ and that one cannot exist without the other‚ in Shakespeare demonstrates this idea in his play Romeo and Juliet. Both the two families’ hate for each other and their love for their respective heirs drives the two lovers together‚ first in life and then in death. Love and hate‚ though opposing
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only happen in fairytales; Or in this case‚ the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. This play is an inappropriate choice for anyone and especially high school students because of the melodramatic love‚ bitter violence and scenes of suicide. Love can be a mysterious and magical thing‚ but the way Shakespeare portrays it happens to be somewhat unrealistic and exaggerated aka melodramatic. For instance‚ in the opening scene Romeo declared to be in love with Rosaline whom did not love
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Weeks of preparation‚ stress‚ and hard work leading up to this moment‚ and suddenly my mind goes completely blank. Twenty-three lines of Romeo and Juliet‚ word for word. I chose mine to be about the moment when Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he is banished from Verona and his dramatic reaction. I chose the lines that I did because it stuck out to me how my lines had a sort of flow to it‚ which was appealing to me. As if there were paragraphs of words that simply made sense to me. I also believed
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How does Shakespeare portray Lady Macbeth’s state of mind in her first speech (“The raven was hoarse…”) and how does the speech relate to the plays concerns with ambition? Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy (Act I scene 5 lines 37-52) provides a vivid insight into her twisted state of mind as she creates initial plans to murder Duncan in order to fulfill the prophecy the witches made and have Macbeth become the King. The first lines of the speech reveal her first dark thoughts on killing Duncan. “The
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Zeffirelli vs Luhrmann When you think of a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet is always one of the first to come to mind. This great tragedy is a timeless story that will be told for many generations to come. It tells the story about two star crossed lovers that were held apart by their clashing families. Two men came along that wanted to share this classic story with the rest of the world. Franco Zeffirelli created his movie version in 1968. 28 years later‚ Baz Luhrmann came along and also created his
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Romeo and Juliet Literary Analysis In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ marriage customs are very strict with high expectations. In the time period of Romeo and Juliet‚ people had numerous dating styles leading to marriage‚ they married for different reasons‚ and had various wedding planning events. In the fifteenth century‚ courtship was the primary dating custom. Usually‚ a father arranged for the daughter to court‚ or date‚ a person whom he thought would be a good
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destiny.”. That happens to be the exact situation that Romeo and Juliet find themselves in. Whether it be through blind love‚ careless actions‚ and delusional lies‚ the lovers fate will be soon sealed on a dark night. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence’s words and deeds reflect who they are‚ and those that they love with their reckless actions. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet’s words and
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