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    Ahzam Kasam English 9‚ Mr. Russo Romeo and Juliet In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ there are many tragic scenes of bloodshed and gore but there are also very romantic scenes that make your heart pump ten times quicker. In act 2 scene 1‚ the author expresses true love and passion. Act 2 is said to the happiest and least tragic act in the play. Further more‚ scene 1‚ is one of the most famous scenes in all of theater‚ it has beautiful and evocative poetry thank

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    easy. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare demonstrates that young people struggle in life depending on their maturity level. Shakespeare shows that three people in the play are struggling to deal maturely with different challenges RomeoJuliet and Tybalt are placed with the same problems. Romeo is faced with challenges throughout the entire play. Romeo is forced to figure out a plan and follow it. His maturity level causes his actions to fail. Romeo shows very

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    AP Literature 12 March 2013 A Love Story The ending on a story doesn’t necessarily need to be a happy one. The British novelist Fay Weldon once said the following‚ "The writers‚ I do believe‚ who get the best and most lasting response from their readers are the writers who offer a happy ending through moral development. By a happy ending‚ I do not mean mere fortunate events a marriage or a last minute rescue from death but some kind of spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation‚ even with

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    Control is the main theme in Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo & Juliet. Power is presented by fate‚ love and parental control. Shakespeare clearly demonstrates that Lord Capulet is a very protective father. This is because in Act 1 scene 2 Capulet says “ hopeful lady of my earth” In this quote Shakespeare shows that Capulet is a loving and protective father because children died easily and the words ‘hopeful lady’ means that Juliet was his only hope ‚ Juliet was very precious for him because she was his

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    Assignment in Romeo and Juliet Act III Scenes 1 & 2 Submitted by: Shimshon Yosef Scene 1 Question 4: Mercutio is related to the Prince and he is my friend. Mercutio was killed because he defended my honor in regard to Tybalt’s lies about me. Tybalt was my cousin for one hour. Romeo states the Juliet’s beauty made him weak like a woman. She weakened his brave heart which was hard as steel. Question 3: Mercutio says that he is a "grave man". He means that he will be dead soon. The literary device

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    darkness. Romeo‚ carrying a crowbar‚ enters with Balthasar. He tells Balthasar that he has come to open the Capulet tomb in order to take back a valuable ring he had given to Juliet. Then he orders Balthasar to leave‚ and‚ in the morning‚ to deliver to Montague the letter Romeo had given him. Balthasar withdraws‚ but‚ mistrusting his master’s intentions‚ lingers to watch. From his hiding place‚ Paris recognizes Romeo as the man who murdered Tybalt‚ and thus as the man who indirectly murdered Juliet‚ since

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    Romeo and Juliet: Impulsiveness             Romeo and Juliet is a calamitous tale written by Shakespeare that depicts a story about the demise of two star-crossed lovers. In this tragedy‚ the main characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are brought together by fate and inevitably fall in love with each other. Romeo’s spontaneous behavior concerning the murder of Tybalt‚ his fluctuating affections for different women‚ and his impatience with regards to the his own suicide in Juliet’s tomb‚ ultimately leads

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    Your Guilty‚ Romeo! If it weren’t for Romeo’s actions‚ both he and Juliet would have never fallen in love‚ and never ended up taking their own lives. Romeo is most at fault for his death and the death of Juliet because Romeo should have listened to Friar Lawrence. He should not have fallen in love with Juliet so easily‚ and he should have respected the feud between the two families and stayed away from the Capulets. Throughout the whole story‚ Friar Lawrence holds some responsibility for the tragedy

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    Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in London‚ in the mid-1590s. This play about two lovers was among his most popular and most frequently performed plays. It was extremely popular even in Shakespeare’s lifetime. However‚ Shakespeare did not introduce the story into the English language. Romeo and Juliet borrows from a tradition of tragic love stories dating back to antiquity. For instance‚ Pyramus and Thisbe from Ovid’s Metamorphoses‚ which has many similarities

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    ROMEO AND JULIET i) What is the theme of the film/play Romeo & Juliet? There are many themes in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Different people find many different themes; it all depends on ones point of view. Some common themes are: Love‚ Fate and Hatred. Each of these themes is discussed below in relation to the film/play. LOVE Love in Romeo and Juliet is not that really‚ idealized emotion. The love Romeo and Juliet share is beautiful and passionate. It is pure‚ exhilarating‚ and transformative

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