Romeo and Juliet Final Essay Topics Directions: Choose one of the below listed topics. Then‚ create a five paragraph essay that details a response to the prompt. Your essay will contain an introduction‚ three body paragraphs‚ and a conclusion. 1. Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "star-crossed lovers". Discuss the concept of predetermined destiny (fate) and how it relates to the play. • To complete this essay‚ you will decide what three roles you see fate playing. Or‚ you may
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period in their lives isn’t going to end. So they tend to choose a very permanent solution that they believe will help solve the problem. That solution is suicide. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the couple had both reached that point. After Romeo had heard the news that his true love was dead he rushed out to be with her and died in her arms. Juliet then wakes up to see that her one and only was dead. She then proceeds to take her husband’s dagger and kills herself. They had felt that death was the only option
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saw you I closed my eye And a flashback starts I’m standing there On a balcony in summer air”. The family is at fault because they are rivals. Romeo and Juliet could still be alive if they would have told their parents about them because their parents would have known they loved each other. The Feud might had stopped between the families. Romeo and Juliet might have been together. “Two ‚ two! A shirt and a smock’(2.4.105). “A’ Thursday let it be-a’ Thursday‚ tell her‚ She shall be married to this
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America (West Side Story) Introduction This document is the lyrics of the song America extracts from the movie West Side Story. This movie is a musical directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1961. It sets in NY in the 50’s. It deals with a confrontation between two rival gangs : the Jets (american) and the Sharks (Portorican). It also deals with a love story between Tony and Maria. Their love story is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the two lovers belong to different groups
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West Side Story is a romantic musical that is set in Manhattan‚ New York City during the 1950’s‚ where a large migration of Puerto Rican immigrants started to enter the United States. A White American gang‚ also known as the Jets‚ live in the city and have had a “turf” that they protected and ran for years. When the Puerto Ricans‚ known by the Sharks started looking for a “turf” for themselves‚ they interfere with the Jets and this causes multiple conflicts. There have been an abundance of different
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West Side Story is the modern take on the well-known William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette‚where Tony and Maria replaced Romeo and Juliette and are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side‚ two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang member falls in love with a rival’s sister.Jerome Robbins(Director and choreographer)‚ Arthur Laurents(Author) and Leonard Bernstein(Composer) came together with the idea to write a
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Contrast Essay: Romeo and Juliet Often times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet written centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferelli’s movie production of Romeo and Juliet‚ which had much better technology to work with only decades ago. Although the movie appeared better‚ it left out some major parts. The play had better mood and plot details which made it much more dramatic and by far a
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Romeo and Juliet – a play of contrasts. The play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare‚ has many contrasts‚ all that cause a big impact in the play. We see it all throughout the play‚ but none more than love verses hate‚ mainly seen in both the Capulet’s and Montague families. We have both hate between the two families‚ and yet we see Romeo and Juliet being ‘star crossed lovers’‚ we see love in each individual family‚ and hate when they are put together. In the prologue itself‚
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century‚ two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and lyricist Alain
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Themes of West Side Story: Peer pressure: this is seen when the gangs are about to have a rumble and some of the members don’t want to use weapons or even fight. By looking at this scene closely you see that they seem to be forced to do so to stay in that gang. As well as Maria being forced to accept Chino’s marriage proposal which is also in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet is being forced to marry. Family: There is a bond between Maria and Bernardo that is seen‚ where Bernardo is seen as being
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