Romeo and Juliet were two young kids in love. The problem was that their love for each other also lead to their demise. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shows how love can bring people together no matter who they are. Although it shows how wonderful love can be‚ Romeo and Juliet also teaches how love can lead to unfortunate consequences like death. That is the case in Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton and The Odyssey by Homer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
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hatred between the families and states that there would be no other story more sad and tragic than Romeo and Juliet. Even though he didn’t go in depth as to who‚ the Prince also states that some will be punished and some will be pardoned. The line‚ “some will be punished” shows that the Prince is not willing to let this go and wants to teach everybody a lesson about unnecessary hatred and rival and the consequence. When he says‚ “For never was a story more woe / Than this Juliet and her Romeo” the
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or our Lord‚ 1437 To my dearest Adriana‚ Since we previously spoke‚ multiple events have occurred. My sweet Romeo‚ and I were deeply in love like a burning flame of passion‚ so we decided to be joined in holy matrimony. We were married by Friar Laurence on 18 July‚ 1437‚ and we haven’t dared to speak of it to our parents‚ for we know they’d never allow our love to remain. Romeo and I will most likely hide this from our rivaling families until death separates our bodies and joins our spirits
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stars" and ultimately lead to his "untimely death." Stated differently‚ Romeo feels as though "he that hath the steerage of Romeo’s course" is forcing him to attend this gathering. Despite his unsettling belief that everything will ultimately lead to his death‚ he feels compelled to go. The play presents the idea that fate determines our fates rather than us influencing them through these and other references. I disagree with Romeo and Juliet’s belief that fate dictates their fate‚ which serves to undermine
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Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet 1996 and william shakespeare how each text reflects its cultural and historical context I am the master of my fate. I am the captain in my soul. « When we look at Shakespeare’s work‚ we discover a playwright who never loses sight of uncertainties‚ ambiguities‚ and imbalances of life » (Barthelemy 2004: 141) Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was written in the late 1500’s. Critics tended to disparage this play in comparison to the four great tragedies Shakespeare wrote
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Romeo + Juliet: a comparison of articles. James Berardinelli [from here on he will be referred to as “JB”] JB awards the movie‚ “Romeo + Juliet” with three out of four stars. In the article he makes his opinion clear‚ and he mentions that you can’t really compare this edition of Romeo and Juliet with the romantic classic made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968. Additionally‚ JB adds that Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes do not properly portray the iconic love between Romeo and his Juliet. ‘’While
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The Dicaprio version of Romeo and Juliet is more modern based. In the movie‚ instead of swords‚ they use guns instead. The settings are much more surprising and fun to see. This made the movie much more entertaining. These characters wear clothes that people nowadays wear too. They drive around in cars and there are even helicopter. Although they look like modern people to us‚ they still talk in a tone shake spear had intended them to sound like. The Montague’s look more like they’re a gang than
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by describing Romeo and Juliet as being “star-cross’d” Shakespeare is alluding to destiny‚ the inevitability of the two characters’ paths crossing each other and suggests that the outcome is going to be fatal. The Prologue is written in sonnet form‚ a form of poetry which is usually used for love and by doing this Shakespeare is suggesting to his audience that that the play is concerned with love as well as tragedy: it brings a sense of heroism to the play and makes Romeo and Juliet the eponymous
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How does Shakespeare use dramatic devise in Act3 Scene1 of Romeo and Juliet in order to make it such an interesting‚ exciting‚ and important scene? Romeo and Juliet‚ one of Shakespeare’s early plays is about two young lovers from rival households that feel the only way they can be together is to get married. Like some of Shakespeare’s best work Romeo and Juliet fits into the tragic genre; although it could be considered a comedy as it starts out a comic play‚ and stays comic until the death
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Is William Shakespeare the famous writer everyone thinks he is‚ or was he given credit where it was not due? Some critics say that William Shakespeare did not write his plays. There is evidence showing that Shakespeare did not write his plays‚ but there is also evidence that he indeed did write his plays. Most of Shakespeare’s plays were not his in the first place‚ he wrote most of them based off of previous writers and historical events. There were no copywrite laws back then so all of his actions
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