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    Rachel Amaya Per.5 Adv. Language arts 5-30-12 “Romeo and Juliet” In William Shakespeare`s play‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ is a story about two-star crossed lovers that must hide their deep love for each-other because of bad blood between the Montague’s‚ and Capulet’s .Romeo`s relationship with his parents is strong‚ on the other hand‚ Juliet is closer to the nurse than her own parents .Romeos parents are concerned for his happiness‚ and want what’s best for him. Juliet’s father‚ Capulet‚ truly

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    A Love Story According to Shakespeare and Baz Lurhmann Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous works. It has been interpreted in movies and films but it has not lost its value‚ and remade countless times. Baz Luhrman’s and William Shakespeare’s versions of Romeo and Juliet are similar in theme and the language‚ but have some differences in setting‚ time period‚ and character personalities. While there are a lot of similarities between the two versions‚ there are also many

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    EFOR - Juliet more dominant as she is relevant to nearly every character in the play. She is Relevant to Paris‚ Romeo‚ Nurse‚ Capulet and Lady Capulet. -In ACT 1 SCENE 3 Lady Capulet talks to Juliet about the thought of marrying Paris‚ in this scene also shows the nurse providing a humorous moment. The Nurse’s silly anecdote helps portray Juliet’s situation about Marrying Paris. Although Juliet is obedient towards her Mother’s and the nurse’s advice‚ we see that Juliet shows a glimpse of her

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    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 forces‚ work together to accomplish the same goal. Reason #1: In Romeo and Juliet‚ the two families’ hate of one another forces Romeo and Juliet to meet in secret because of the feud between the 2 families‚ so both of the two lovers both have to meet in secret and both of Romeo and Juliet spends

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    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 the nurse‚ it was

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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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    eSkye Nieves 4-19-12 Period 1 Romeo and Juliet Theme Essay The powerful nature of Romeo and Juliet’s love is a prime factor that leads to their personal tragedies. From the moment they meet in the play‚ love and violence become linked to each other. Romeo and Juliet’s love is of an intense passion where love overpowers all other values. They are driven to defy their families by this force and their extreme and boundless love was of such a great nature that it could only be

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    In fallowing essay I’m writing is about infraction‚ lust and mature love. Throughout the play of Romeo and Juliet they show examples of these different types of affection. Romeo shows a little bit of each of these types of affection towards Rosaline and Juliet. Juliet feels the same way towards Romeo. The nurse also shows some of these characteristics towards Friar Lawrence. The fallowing paragraphs I’m going to write about will have the definitions and example of infraction lust and mature love

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    An essay on romeo and juliet The subject of romeo and juliet has been covered intensively by the world press over the past decade. Underestimate romeo and juliet at your peril. Until recently considered taboo amongst polite society‚ several of todays most brilliant minds seem incapable of recognising its increasing relevance to understanding future generations. It still has the power to shock those most reliant on technology‚ who are likely to form a major stronghold in the inevitable battle for

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    Romeo & Juliet Movie Analysis Year 10 English Mrs Douglass Good morning/afternoon Mrs Douglass and class. Today I will be comparing two versions of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. One of the films was produced in the year 1996; this was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The two main roles of Romeo and Juliet were played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The other film being analysed was directed by Franco Zefirelli‚ it was released in 1968. Leonard Whiting had

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