stories‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ and West Side Story by Arthur Lourents‚ are two passionate love stories who focus on the themes‚ love and conflict. The two texts are about lovers who are not allowed to be together but do so on the down low‚ and the forbidden relationships spark deaths of people close to their hearts. Throughout the story Romeo and Juliet find themselves consumed by love‚ and the forbidden love caused violent events to occur. Romeo falls in love with Juliet quickly
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ROMEO AND JULIET COMPARISON IN THEMES • The overriding theme‚ of course‚ between the two stories – Romeo and Juliet and The West Side Story is love – deep‚ intense and passionate love that defies friendship‚ family and everything in between. This point is reinforced when Maria later disregards the death of her brother‚ Bernardo‚ at the hands of Tony and agrees to marry him‚ consummation sealing the deal. • In the original play‚ Romeo is a pre-buscent teen‚ portrayed as a romantic‚ yet
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teenage love‚ with his tragic play of Romeo and Juliet showcasing two teenagers hastily falling in ‘love’ because they thought the other was attractive. I mean what other ways would teenagers fall in love? It’s not as if we fall in love like adults do—based on someone’s personality‚ right? Wrong. Trust me I have John Green to back me up‚ teenagers don’t fall in love based solely on beauty‚ there’s so much more to it. Our seemingly never ending tale of Romeo and Juliet—with their hasty relationship and
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Romeo and Juliet is a well known tragedy that has been acted out in various different ways throughout the years. With each of these new creations the directors chose to include their own creative add ons to give their audience the most enjoyable viewing. (HOOK) Recently our english class compared three different versions of this film in attempts to determine which of these three films (Gnomeo and Juliet‚ the 1996 version‚ and the 2013 version) best presented different aspects of the play. (THESIS)
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garden while Juliet was trying to sneak a flower back to her side and Gnomeo was on a mission to poison the well water when they find out they’re from different gardens. This parallels to the act of Romeo crashing a Capulet party and meeting Juliet‚ them falling quickly in love‚ but finding out that their love is forbidden. The Tybalt in the play dies while the one parallel Tybalt in the movie dies‚ but is pieced back together and lives on. One major difference is that neither Gnomeo nor Juliet died in
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ two noble families are at war: The Montague-Capulet feud is established in the very first scene when a fight breaks out between Montague’s and Capulet’s serving men.The “ancient grudge” between the two “households” has been going on for a long period of time. However we do know know why they are at war. During the 1600s there was a lot of conflict between the Catholic church and the protestant church. Shakespeare uses the Montagues and the Capulets to portray this. The
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of a man and woman diminished in importance” (266). However‚ this does not seem to be the case in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet where instead of worrying about economics‚ the lovelorn Romeo is ruled by his affections. In the essay Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism‚ Dollimore writes of theater’s ability to instruct society‚ but what could the relationship of Romeo and Rosaline be “instructing” readers/viewers? Textual evidence from multiple metaphors suggests that the
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In "Romeo and Juliet" a play‚ by William Shakespeare as a result of falling in love Juliet transform by being a girl lacking experience and maturity‚ looks to adult to guide her decisions‚ to becoming and independent woman.In I‚iii Juliet isa girl lacking experience and maturity‚ looks to adult to guide her decisions.In III‚ii Juliet is becoming an independent woman.In III‚v Juliet is an independent woman. In I‚iii of "Romeo and Juliet" a play‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Juliet is still a girl lacking
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This is the prompt‚ From the beginning of the play‚ we are told that Romeo and Juliet are victims of fate‚ starcrossed lovers whose deaths are unavoidable. Do you think this is true? Could their deaths have been avoided? Or are they victims of fate? What would be a thesis that encomRomeo and Juliet were infatuated teenagers that could have avoided death by not giving in to their desires. Romeo and Juliet were victims of fate only due to the fact that they tempted fate.They were typical
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Act 4 Scene 3: How are Juliet’s feelings presented in this soliloquy? In this scene Juliet and her nurse make the final preparations for the wedding (with Prince) that is going to take place the following morning. Lady Capulet offers her assistance‚ but Juliet asks to be left to alone so she can pray and release her sins. This leaves Juliet alone in her bed chamber. She is feeling scared and worried about what she is about to do. She is beginning to doubt whether Friar Lawrence has given her
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