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    1597 Verona Times Monday 4th march 1597 Love kills “Romeo and Juliet” Once again the feud between the Capulet and Montague families has disturbed the peace and quiet in Verona. This time we have lost more than just peace we have lost lives. We still don’t know which party is too be blamed but we do have a story. According to witnesses the two groups of staff from each family erupted in fight on Thursday morning. Benvolio‚ Romeo’s

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    In the early stages of Romeo and Juliet‚ the Montague parents send Benvolio to discern the cause of Romeo’s melancholy. They intervene in his relationship‚ but in this case it has no long-lasting effects. During Romeo’s relationship with Juliet‚ adults again intervene; sadly‚ though‚ in this case the effects are deeply felt and much more pernicious. Adult figures deter Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. The authoritative adults make decisions for Romeo and Juliet that contradict the interests of

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    William Shakespeare has a very famous play called “Romeo and Juliet”‚ it’s about two people from two families that absolutely hate each other fall in love. Romeo and Juliet never want to leave each others side at all but in their predicament they aren’t even supposed to have any type relationship let alone a loving relationship. If their families found out what was going on with Romeo and Juliet they would be absolutely be furious. When he sees Juliet he knows that’s the girl he wants to be with for

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    Juliet’s Turn to The Dark Side March 18‚ 2012 Shakespeare shares the power of love through his book Romeo and Juliet. The powerful romance between these two characters also changes their behavior. Juliet’s innocence and allegiance to her parents and their moral values adjust once in love with Romeo. Their love represents Juliet’s revolt from her parents. In the beginning of the story Juliet is loyal to her family and their wishes. Before she meets Romeo her parents were arranging her

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    paradoxically‚ Juliet fell in love with the only son of her family’s great enemy‚ and many died due to their ruthless hate and disregard for reason or peace. Juliet was‚ at first‚ a very obedient child and agreed to marry Paris for her parent’s sake. When she met Romeo‚ all of this changed. Her love for Romeo is ironic‚ because out of all possible suitors‚ he is the only out of bounds. Juliet’s “only love sprung from [her] only hate” (61). Juliet‚ is torn between love and hate of Romeo in different

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    Modernization in Romeo and Juliet Full Essay William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most well known tragedies of all time. Two star-crossed lovers‚ driven apart through the hate between their families‚ die tragic deaths when they can’t be together. People can interpret the play in countless ways. There have been many versions made throughout the years. Through movies and art form this play has been adapted and changed. In 1997‚ Baz Luhrmann directs his

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    Discuss the appropriation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Romeo+Juliet’ by Baz Luhrmann Texts and ideas from texts are appropriated and transformed into other text forms and other compositions in a different context. An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or taken over by another composer and presented in a new way. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a well-known high culture text that is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families

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    Romeo and Juliet Debate Essay “I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched..We loved with a love that was more than love.” These quotes by Edgar Allan Poe shows us that love can turn some people very idiocy‚ like what happened in Romeo and Juliet. They were both deeply in love with one another‚ but couldn’t rid of all the insanity. That madness that was born due to their feuding families‚ made them their adversaries. Enemies should not be together in love! Thus‚ due

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    English 9A 30 September 2013 “Romeo and Juliet” Essay The play “Romeo and Juliet”‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is considered one of the most famous plays ever written. The story is about two “star-crossed lovers”‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ who are part of two feuding families. Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague. Eventually the difficulties of being from two families that hate each other lead to their deaths. Romeo drinks a poison that kills him and Juliet stabs herself because of this. This

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    Both Romeo and Juliet were victims of their limited choices and social values discuss. The story of Romeo and Juliet truly demonstrates a play of love‚ tragedy and romance at a time‚ when social status dominated decision making and women always fell second to the men. Juliet’s choices were limited by her sexual gender‚ females were not regarded as decision makers and hence their opinions were never recognised. Romeo on the other hand suffered from a different kind of limitation‚ his choices were

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