Romeo and Juliet. Over the past 500 years there have been numerous adaptations for stage‚ musicals and films based and interpreted from the original tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Written by Shakespeare in 1500’s and Juliet is undeniably Shakespeare’s most successful and well known play. The tragic story line filled with unfortunate events and heartbreaks are something that appealed to the Elizabethan era audience. The two most well known movie interpretations would have to be the version
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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 and Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare is one of the most influential dramatists in history. Shakespeare’s works were written over four hundred years ago and they are still studied today because most people can relate to the universal theme. Shakespeare had a very dramatic style of writing‚ most of his works were affected by major events in his life. Shakespeare was a very interesting and outstanding dramatist. Even several decades after his death William Shakespeare is still
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written around 1595 by William Shakespeare. Throughout Act one‚ Shakespeare represents love in various ways. Shakespeare’s tragedy is set in Verona. It is a violent society because of a feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s; therefore this means there is a break down of divine order. Shakespeare delays the meeting of Romeo and Juliet to reveal the inadequacy of all the other types of love shown in this play to end the feud. We have to wait till scene five to
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Scene 1. Mantua. A street. {Enter Romeo} Romeo: If I can trust the good dreams I had last night‚ then something wonderful is about to happen. My heart is full of love‚ and I’ve felt on top of the world since I got out of bed today. I had a dream that my love found me dead! Quite odd‚ dreaming from a dead man’s perspective. She kissed me‚ and suddenly‚ I was alive again! Alive as a king! It’d be amazing to have the woman I love‚ considering the thought of love makes me feel so happy. {Enter Romeo’s
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Explore the ways that Shakespeare uses soliloquies to express the emotions of Romeo in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare uses many literary devices such as imagery‚ personification‚ antithesis‚ dramatic irony as well as rich vibrant adjectives and nouns‚ to make the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ emotive and powerful. All of these are employed in the prologue as well as in soliloquies of Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 3 to express the emotions of Romeo. In the prologue the context of the story is
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Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written by the famous William Shakespeare in the 16th centuries about two lovers (Romeo & Juliet) who impulsively falls in love‚ but cannot be together because of the long feud between their families (the Montague and Capulet families) so they decide to turn their backs on their families and have a secret marriage. Unfortunately for them‚ depict all their effort and sufferance. All there is at the end for them is death. Many may see this play is seen as just
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John Madden’s multi-award winning film Shakespeare in Love (1998) examines the perennial theme of forbidden love within the historical context of the Elizabethan Era but also from a more contemporary prism since the film emanates ideas‚ values and attitudes that resonate with modern audiences. The film‚ a romantic comedy‚ concerns the great writer‚ William Shakespeare and how he overcomes his writer’s block through his love affair with the wealthy and radiant Viola de Lesseps. However‚ due to differences
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the book Romeo and Juliet. The main theme in the book is people need to be aware of the choices they make‚ just like the t.v. show. Like the characters Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence‚ Tybalt‚ Mercutio‚ and Romeo. On the first hand‚ the importance of choicesit can be clear with the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio in the town square. Even though Tybalt didn’t want to get into the fight‚ Mercutio led him on and the scoundrels started fighting. The two begin fighting and they argue and when Romeo tries to
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"Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by William Shakespeare about love‚ friendship‚ and tragedy. The story is set in Verona‚ Italy where two people fall in love. However‚ the two lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are from families who despise each other. Romeo is dead-set on marrying Juliet‚ to the point where he’d do anything for her. This becomes a dangerous factor because he is also extremely impatient. Romeo’s friend‚ Mercutio‚ has more of a level head which amplifies Romeo’s flaws. Mercutio’s realistic
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