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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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    Romeo and Juliet is a classic tale of two “star-crossed lovers” (Shakespeare 736) whose destinies were pre-determined. As the scenes unfold‚ the main theme of love dominates above all else. As a matter of fact‚ Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story there is in English literature. The audience is taught to accept the realm of variations of love such as love at first sight‚ lust‚ and infatuation. Throughout the decades‚ many more versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet were created including

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    Comparison of Films Related to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet The two movies‚ Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann 1996) and Gnomeo and Juliet (Asbury 2011) have many differences. The most obvious difference is that the Luhrmann film has human actors and Asbury’s film is animated. The most obvious similarity is both films are spin offs or versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In being versions of Shakespeare’s well known work‚ the films have major similarities in plot And title

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    Romeo is the son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague but is also best friends with Mercutio and his cousin Benvolio. Romeo has a stronger bond to Friar Lawrence than he does with his parent and this makes the Friar the father figure of Romeo just like how the nurse is for Juliet. Verona respected and loved him; in addition‚ he was also a handsome man who falls easily in and out of love. During the play‚ Romeo’s character evolves from adolescence to adulthood as a result of his love for Juliet

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    In "Romeo and Juliet" Shakespeare uses the contemporary superstitious beliefs and plays on them using the main characters Romeo and Juliet. For the duration of the Elizabethan era‚ people rested on their beliefs on God‚ superstition and fate to get through their everyday lives. They contemplated the fact that the world‚ in general‚ had had a stability of both good and evil. There are many specific examples which illustrate how the subject of fate had impacted on the public at that point in time.

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    The History Of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a story written by William Shakespeare‚ an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor‚ early in his career. The play which is set in Verona and Mantua‚ Italy in the 1300s‚ is a story about a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families. This feud causes tragic results for the main characters in the play‚ Romeo and Juliet. Revenge‚ love‚ and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly and fate causes them to commit suicide

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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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    The Better Movie When a director is making a movie‚ he must use many elements such as scenery‚ clothing‚ style‚ and speech to tell the story. In the two movies made of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ both of the directors‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann‚ portray the story of the star-crossed lovers in very different‚ unique ways. While Zeffirelli directs the movie as if it takes place in the 1500’s‚ Luhrmann decided to modernize the play so that it takes place in the 1990’s. The setting‚ costume

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    Comparing Tonight with Maria (Both from ‘West side story’) (Tonight also known as balcony scene – Tony and Maria sing together. Maria – sang by Tony.) The piece ‘Tonight’ begins in B maj; it opens with Tony stating “the most beautiful sound I ever heard” this is sang in a very recitative style; mainly monotone (D) – rubato. This makes his words seem the prominent element – stressing the drama. The gentile bassoon plays a descending line – while the horn plays a simplified version ~ this ‘decent’

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    Romeo and Juliet is a story about two lovers‚ and the forces that keep them from that love. In the story‚ Friar acts as a reoccurring figure for advice to the two lovers‚ however‚ his advice and actions did not prove worthy. Friar married the two lovers‚ gave Juliet the sleeping potion that lead to her‚ Paris‚ and Romeo’s death‚ and despite faking her death with the sleeping potion he waited until the final day of the potions lifespan to inform Romeo; because of his late delivery‚ the letter never

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