LITERATURE EXAMPLE The play Romeo and Juliet may seem to have no visible connections to the novel‚ “the lord of the Flies; I read these stories in ninth grade‚ but now that I come to think of it‚ they do connect‚ but on a deeper level; they are parallel in many ways. Both stories deal with 2 separate groups (Romeo/Juliet‚ and the two gangs that are created in lord of the flies)‚ in which it would be best to come together‚ but other forces are stopping the unity (Romeo and Juliet’s parents‚ and the
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In a group of friends there are always people that are different from each other. In the book “Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio and Benvolio are good friends‚ but still act very differently. In Benvolio and Mercutio’s conversation Shakespeare shows us that Mercutio does not care and is crazy by the way he talks to other people and the way he acts. Shakespeare displays to us that Mercutio does not care in line 38. Mercutio is told that the Capulets are coming and he says‚ “By my heel‚ I care not.” Mercutio’s
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plans may not succeed. In the novel‚ Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ Friar Laurence has good intentions of wedding two teen lovers and helping them succeed in spending their lives together. However‚ his plans do not conquer. The marriage of Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet’s potion and Friar Laurence’s fleeing of Juliet’s tomb are all examples that show Friar Laurence’s well-meaning actions ending in disastrous results. The marriage of Romeo and Juliet is one example of Friar Laurence’s
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Romeo and Juliet: Love and Hate-Comedy or Tragedy? For a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet has more violence and bloodshed than most TV mini- series. The play begins with a riot‚ ends with a double suicide‚ and in between has three murders. And all this takes place in the span of four short days. Of course‚ when you’re dealing with love and passion‚ you’re operating on an different level. The funny thing is that both of these terms fall in the same category. It is common for love
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Ed. Rex Gibson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2009) is a tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers. Throughout the play‚ the two lovers show a major transformation and growth. I believe that Juliet becomes the more mature‚ stronger and braver character of the two. By “stronger‚” I mean more emotionally stable and able to deal with stressful situations. By “mature‚” I mean more conscious of the decisions and the resulting consequences. And by “braver‚”
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about love‚ romance‚ relationships‚ families and violence. Although mainly about love‚ there are many scenes that contain violence and conflict. This play opens with a fight and ends with reconciliation. The violence in this play occurs from a long standing disagreement between two families (Montague’s + Capulet’s). The events lead to the tragic deaths of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ In this essay I will discuss how Shakespeare uses conflict to create the tragedy in which
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A Love Story According to Shakespeare and Baz Lurhmann Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous works. It has been interpreted in movies and films but it has not lost its value‚ and remade countless times. Baz Luhrman’s and William Shakespeare’s versions of Romeo and Juliet are similar in theme and the language‚ but have some differences in setting‚ time period‚ and character personalities. While there are a lot of similarities between the two versions‚ there are also many
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similarities that they share that are just as important‚ but not as numerous. Both stories are told of teenage‚ star-crossed lovers whose forbidden love is the product of prejudice‚ who were forced to make decisions about adult situations. Meanwhile‚ the adults in the stories were not making very good decisions themselves; the nurse and Friar Lawrence from Romeo and Juliet‚ instead of trying to dissuade the young lovers from their whirlwind relationship‚ encouraged it. Instead of perhaps sitting down and rationally
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misdeed committed on his or her behalf. Shakespeare has written four main ‘mature’ tragedies‚ and all embody one essential factor: the dramatic‚ self-constructed collapse of a ‘hero’ type character. To contrast‚ an ‘immature’ tragedy is where the cause of a character’s downfall is purely circumstantial‚ and not in any way a result of the protagonist or a main character’s actions. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the epitome of an ‘immature’ tragedy‚ as Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo & Juliet: Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents and uses the idea of conflict in Romeo & Juliet William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ portrays conflict in many different ways. This essay will aim to discover the techniques that have been used to show conflict and will analyse the wordplay of the characters. Additionally‚ the way conflicts affect the characters’ behaviour and reactions to each other‚ along with the different types of language the characters use‚ will be examined
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