In the play Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare the main character Romeo has various traits that affected the plot of the play. Romeo is a young teenage boy that is confused with his feelings and believes he is in love with the teenage girl he barely met named Juliet. The play takes place in Verona‚ Italy in the late 1500’s. Romeo is identified as one of the world’s greatest lovers. Overall‚ Romeo was determined and sneaky and these traits affected the plot of the story greatly. To begin with
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written by Shakespeare reveals the connections between his time and the 20 to the 21st century through theme. William Shakespeare started his career in theater in 1585 and continue his career of writing plays until his death. Over his lifetime‚ he has written 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets and many other English texts. Unfortunately‚ Shakespeare passed away on April 23rd‚ 1616‚ the cause of his death is still a mystery. Although he passed away in the 17th century‚ the common themes that Shakespeare used are
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William Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" was based upon Arthur Brooke’s poem - "The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet" (1562). He wrote a play that the audience already knew - Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy originally written in 1599. The opening of the play creates tension‚ which is followed throughout the ply by the dramatic irony of the chorus giving the prologue to the play‚ making the audience start to wonder when things will happen. "Who will fall in love?" "Who will die?" "Who will
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Explore the ways Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a changing character Introduction: Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare from approximately 1603 to 1607. It is possible that it was specifically written to attract the attention of King James I who had a well-known interest for the supernatural‚ so much so that he wrote a book on it. Shakespeare captures the King’s interest by producing a large role for the three witches. Although‚ in this period of time witches were believed to have
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Romeo and Juliet: Comparison and Contrast paragraph It is not surprise that the popular tragedy of love Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare was adapted into a motion picture by Baz Luhrman in the year 1999. Although the plot of the story was more or less the same‚ the film adaptation showed various amounts of differences to the original play. For instance; the whole movie was modernized‚ there was missing detail in scenes‚ and the last scene was modified. Firstly‚ the film was made
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Initially‚ Lady Macbeth is just ambitious‚ but when she reads the letter from Macbeth about the prophecies she contemplates murder. She only cares about ‘the future in the instant’. This means that she doesn’t care how she achieves greatness‚ but uses her cleverness to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Even as she loves him‚ she calls him ‘my dearest partner of greatness’‚ which shows that she is very aware of her position. She is calculating and knows exactly what her plans are to kill Duncan;
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William Shakespeare utilizes the motif of “light” in order to highlight Romeo’s love for Juliet and to suggest that love can change people. When Romeo’s parents meet up with Benvolio‚ they use the motif of “light” to describe Romeo’s condition.His father describes how Romeo “Shut ups his Windows‚ locks fair daylight out” and how he “makes himself an artificial night.” (1.1.137) Romeo is depressed and prefers to stay out of light because he has fallen out of love with Rosaline so he locks himself
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Romeo and Juliet Vs. Romeo+Juliet There are many ways to compare two of the versions of Romeo and Juliet‚ the 1968 version‚ and the 1996 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In both movies‚ the characters and setting have the same names‚ but are portrayed differently. Even though both versions of Romeo and Juliet take place in different centuries‚ the whole meaning of the story is still the same. After watching both the 1968 and the Leonardo DiCaprio versions of Romeo and Juliet‚ I have decided
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Romeo and Juliet Analysis A romantic‚ a determined‚ an unpredictable: these are all one-word labels for three very complex characters. Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Mercutio make up a triangle of tangled emotions and situations in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Therefore‚ Shakespeare has created multidimensional characters who have both strengths and weaknesses. Romeo is impulsive and romantic. Romeo loves the idea of “being in love‚” but he does not know what true love really feels like. After
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Romeo and Juliet‚ the dramatic love story everyone knows. Many times the play by William Shakespeare is compared to the movie produced by Baz Luhrman. Most always when movies are compared to the books‚ the books are better‚ but not quite in this case. Yes‚ the play is very good as well as the movie‚ but the play has its great parts‚ and its not so great parts as well. Just like the movie‚ it also has its good parts also many things that are the same in both the movie and play‚ but of course they
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