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    The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie‚ of Romeo and Iuliet – a play with such a title as this could hardly be expected to contain any great deal of light-hearted comedy‚ but comic elements can still be seen throughout the course of the story. Characters joke and jest in between romantic soliloquies; bright imagery are embedded between passages of trouble‚ darkness‚ and death. These elements are so subtly included in the tragedy that one barely notices their poignancy as the story folds out.

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    Romeo and Juliet has been performed in 24 different countries within the last 10 years. This shows that Shakespeare’s play is still a timeless classic even though it was written in 1595. William Shakespeare uses 3 important literary terms in his play Romeo and Juliet to help keep the play interesting and relatable for people of all time eras: suspense‚ character motive‚ and dramatic irony. The first device that is introduced in Romeo and Juliet is suspense‚ this element immediately draws in an

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    1- Contrast Foil Character: Romeo / Mercutio I I Impulsive / Mocks Romeo In terms of his vision of love. Tragic Hero: (Underscored throughout the play) (Must have a tragic flaw) Romeo is a tragic hero because his tragic flaw is that he is impulsive. C) FATE Darkness / Lightness Rosaline: Moon Juliet: Sun Willpower is important. Fate is different from Shakespearean tragedy. Fate is important but willpower of human beings is underestimated. Willpower

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    most because the music is able to set the tone of what could happen or give off a feeling to the viewers. The way that a scene could completely change is if all of the elements are used together. The Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet came out in 1968. There were many visual literacy elements in this version of Romeo and Juliet. The setting of the scene and movie was an old fashion time square with the

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    as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that is regularly hard to understand by most. William decided to put something in his play to make it more interesting and understandable. There are three literary elements of literature that William used in his play. Dramatic Speech‚ Dramatic irony‚ and comic relief are the three elements in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that makes the play easier to understand. First‚ Dramatic speech is the use of the literary elements such as; soliloquy

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    plays an extremely important role in this play. Rome meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party. The meeting of the couple would have never taken place if the servant had not come around town to look for people that were invited to the party that the Capulets were hosting. The illiterate servant walked around town and happened to bump into Benvolio and Romeo‚ and in gratitude‚ he invites them into the Capulet’s party. Through fate‚ Romeo and Juliet meet‚ and then the entire story falls out form then. For

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    play Romeo and Juliet is full of different characters‚ and each plays a different role to make for a complete work. Mercutio is an essential force in the play by serving as a colorful character and comic relief against the more serious and emotional characters such as Romeo and Juliet. He demonstrates himself as a colorful character through his figurative language. Additionally‚ he portrays himself as a comic relief when he adds humor to intense situations‚ and when he mocks the Nurse and Romeo. The

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    Romeo and juliet :Act 4 Dramatic irony- words and actions of characters have a different meaning for the reader than the character Soliloquy- charatacter speaks to himself‚ disregarding/ oblivious to those around him. Responses: (pg. 1. Paris says that lord capulet wants to move the wedding date to allow Juliet to grieve for tybalt 2. At first‚ Juliet believes that the only solution other problem is suicide. 3. Friar Laurence devices the following plan for Juliet: a sleeping potion

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    Romeo and Juliet Essay By: Avery Froome February 25th‚ 2013 William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright and was also known as the greatest writer in the English language. He has written close to 40 plays‚ one being the famous Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that was written at the beginning of his career about two young adults who meet‚ fall in love and soon get wrapped up in something no one ever expected. From sneaking around and lying to everyone‚ the characters

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    1. What reason does Paris give for Lord Capulet’s decision to move up the wedding? 2. At first‚ what does Juliet believe is the only solution to her problem? 3. What plan does Friar Laurence devise for Juliet‚ and what reservations does Juliet have about his plan? 4. Review the events you read in Act Four‚ and think about how the character’s interactions drive the plot. 5. Do you feel sympathy for the Capulets‚ the nurse‚ and Paris when they express grief over Juliet’s death

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