the practiced art of pointing fingers. Most of the time‚ the topic is harmless squabbles‚ but in the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ a tragedy by William Shakespeare‚ it can be argued that a little blame may be in need of casting. By the end of the play‚ both of the main characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are dead by their own hands‚ and Romeo has killed two people. The love between Juliet and Romeo is forbidden by their families‚ who are mortal enemies. While there are multiple
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thought was keeping their love alive. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ two teenagers from feuding families in Verna‚ Italy fall in love at first sight. Romeo Montague‚ of the Montague Family and Juliet Capulet of the Capulet Family. What lesson is learned is to never give a promise you can’t keep‚ although‚ this is not taught to Romeo or Juliet‚ but the Friar who helps them. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Laurence is responsible for the tragedy due
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In the play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare. During the play many tragic event’s occur throughout the play‚ but many people were responsible. The main points are when Mercutio started the fight between Tybalt and himself‚ which caused Romeo to be banished from Verona‚ Friar Laurance was mostly responsible for horrible events and the person that locked Friar John because fears that John had the plague; then John couldn’t deliver the message to Romeo about the Friar Laurance’s plan. Depending
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people associate love with Romeo and Juliet because they killed themselves to be with each other forever. In today’s society love does not just happen in a blink of an eye it takes time to love someone. Romeo and Juliet’s love story happened in just five days so was it really love? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo has a tragic flaw which is his impulsive nature. With this flaw Romeo affected a lot of characters in the play but his choices mostly impacted Juliet and also her choices that
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Shakespearean works are usually highlighted by the individuality and the independence of the protagonist. However‚ it is quite contrary in Romeo and Juliet. The two households‚ Montague and Capulet have been in a long feud with each other in the city of Verona. Romeo‚ a Montague and Juliet‚ a Capulet are two lovers who meet at a party and faces obstacles to be with each other despite the history of their family. At the end‚ the lovers choose to kill themselves for each other’s death—signifying that
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Shakespeare uses allusion in the play Romeo and Juliet to reinforce the themes of young love and youth being impetuous. Throughout the play Shakespeare uses allusion to reinforce these themes by putting in myths that have tragic ends much like the end of the play. One myth that Shakespeare uses in the play many times is Cupid and Psyche. Cupid is the Roman god of love. The myth of Cupid is that there was a king that had three daughters and each of them was beautiful but not as much of the youngest
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Ah‚ Romeo and Juliet… it’s quite a lovely tale about two star crossed lovers who are destined for each other; the children who had such a pure love for one another but could not achieve it publicly due to both of their family’s hatred who believed the other house was just putred. Forcing them to keep their love secret and hidden so no one could see them. But as the story goes on‚ our two lovers killed themselves to achieve pure happiness in the afterlife for each other; making it quite a tragedy
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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 story of Romeo and Juliet is essentially a tragedy of miscommunication and of ‘ships passing in the night.’ Born from two feuding families‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love and try to be together; unfortunately‚ the plight of the star crossed lovers is ultimately fated to end in disaster‚ with each of them committing suicide to be with the other. Along the way‚ many others get caught in the tragic situation; Mercutio‚ Tybalt Capulet‚ and the County Paris are killed in fights for
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Romeo’s Language Transformation What comes to mind when one thinks of love? The story of Romeo and Juliet is usually one of the first things‚ but most people think that this tragedy has a happy ending. No‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet ends by the two star crossed lovers killing themselves out of love. The tragedy was written by William Shakespeare‚ who was well known for his use of figurative language in his many‚ many great works of literature. These types of language depict certain characteristics
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