currently compared to the Elizabethan era. In “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare‚ Juliet makes her own decisions outside of the dictatorship of her father. She meets Romeo at a party‚ originating a love at first sight‚ Juliet defies her father’s wishes and marries Romeo in secret‚ planning to run away with him. Their plan has many obstacles that results in both of their deaths which mends their family feud. Shakespeare wrote Juliet as a feminist as demonstrated through her actions and
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public place‚ like a marketplace‚ to match the book’s description of the setting. Something else that Zeffirelli made sure to keep in the movie that was also in the book in Act II Scene II. This is also known as the balcony scene‚ where Romeo and Juliet meet in secret. This is one of the most recognized scenes in the book‚ so therefore is is very important. “O’ Romeo‚ Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Shakespeare 30). He makes sure to include these exact lines because they are very important. Another
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d difficult obstacles to be together. Romeo is a montague and Juliet is a capulet. The two families are sworn enemies. The family rivalry leads to Friar Laurence making a plan so that Juliet can run away and be with Romeo. In the end‚ tragedy strikes due to rash decisions
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Romeo and Juliet both live in Verona. They’re from feuding families. Romeo is from the family Montague and Juliet from the Capulets. Romeo is in love with a girl named Rosaline. He wants to show his love for her but Rosaline has sworn off love. Juliet’s parents want her to marry Paris. Romeo is accidentally invited to the Capulet’s party. Romeo and his friends crash the party and that is where he meets Juliet. They instantly fall in love. Juliet’s cousin Tybalt sees Romeo there and is angry. The
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bound” (Romeo and Juliet 1.4.17-18). This reference to Cupid was meant to encourage Romeo to go and woo Rosaline‚ and it works. By Mercutio telling Romeo that he is a lover just like Cupid‚ and that he should borrow Cupid’s wings and soar with them to her and get over his depression about his heartbreak it really does help aid Romeo a little into trying to win Rosaline back‚ even though he ultimately doesn’t. Furthermore‚ the day after Romeo and Juliet had met for the first time‚ Juliet had sent her Nurse
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Juliet defies her parent’s wishes for her to marry Paris. In Elizabethan society‚ people would regard the act of a woman defying a man preposterous‚ making the context of this scene crucial for Juliet’s progression into a mature woman. Juliet‚ only fourteen‚ develops into a woman when her submissive nature leaves her. In response to her father’s arranged marriage‚ Juliet states this. “Proud can I never be of what I hate.” (3.3.147). In her conversation with her mother‚ Juliet pleads with her mother
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you‚ it could be completely different to somebody else. Everybody’s idea of love is different because everybody experiences love differently. Romeo and Juliet thought that love was being completely infatuated with each other and unfortunately they lost their lives over a feeling that would have gone away. Fours days‚ that’s how long Romeo and Juliet knew each other. This entire story took place in a span of four days‚ from the moment they met to the moment they killed themselves was only four days
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The mood created in this parallel plot between Romeo and the Capulet servant is suspenseful based on Shakespeare’s use of tone for the characters and foreshadowing. This shall connect to the major plot by the fact from the prologue‚ which is‚ “Two star cross’d lovers”‚ Romeo could meet his star cross’d lover. As we get to the end of the conversation between Romeo and the servant‚ the servant implies‚ “if you not be of the house of Montagues‚ I pray‚ come and crush a cup of wine/Rest you merry!”.
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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet experience an adventure that has been revisited by generations of readers and critics. The story provides an interesting look to what love can really do to its victims as Romeo and Juliet go through many adventures and trials to be together. Shakespeare paints a realistic plots and dramatically expands it to make a point that love can cause a person to give up their values and morals‚ while his characters commit crazy schemes
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Absolutely‚ I do think that we are in charge of our fate. Even though "destiny" and "fate" have similar meanings‚ they are very distinct in my opinion. Opportunities are presented to us by fate‚ but in the end‚ our choices define our fate. For example‚ it was fate if you met the ideal person at a party. However‚ your fate is in the actions you take. In my opinion‚ we have complete influence over the decisions we make and our responses to the opportunities presented by fate are significant. The difficult
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