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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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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Romeo and juliet :Act 4 Dramatic irony- words and actions of characters have a different meaning for the reader than the character Soliloquy- charatacter speaks to himself‚ disregarding/ oblivious to those around him. Responses: (pg. 1. Paris says that lord capulet wants to move the wedding date to allow Juliet to grieve for tybalt 2. At first‚ Juliet believes that the only solution other problem is suicide. 3. Friar Laurence devices the following plan for Juliet: a sleeping potion
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Firstly‚ Romeo and Juliet should stay on the Preliminary English reading list because of its wide range of language techniques. Through the effective use of metaphor‚ oxymoron and hyperbole‚ Shakespeare is able to expose to us to the use of literary techniques to educate us through the practice of reading Shakespearean language. The use of oxymoron is shown when Romeo boasts out “O heavy lightness! serious vanity! Mis - shapen chaos of well - seeming forms. Feather of lead‚ bright smoke‚ cold fire
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12 Spoken by Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 5 In this scene‚ Romeo and Juliet are at Capulet’s house. Juliet waits for the Nurse to come back with a message from Romeo. She worries that they might somehow have missed each other. When the Nurse comes back‚ she refuses to tell Juliet anything and complains about her aching back. This is an old game between the Nurse and Juliet: they love teasing each other. The Nurse keeps refusing to tell Juliet what Romeo said until Juliet can’t stand it
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Romeo and Juliet: Film vs Movie The 1996 cinematic adaptation of the esteemed Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet not only managed to modernize the classic tragedy but also clarified the message Shakespeare first offered while doing so. This was demonstrated by its Director‚ Baz Luhrmann’s‚ adaptation of Act III‚ scene i. Throughout the scene‚ Luhrmann focused on both character and plot development‚ but gave specific attention toward the creation of each character’s three dimensional personality
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20th century look to suicide as a way out. Two star-crossed lovers in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare do the same. Romeo and Juliet are lovers from feuding families who marry. Because of pressures they self-destruct. Shakespeare uses different strategies in writing this tragedy. They are‚ for example‚ coincidence‚ language tricks‚ and secondary characters. In Romeo and Juliet many coincidences occurred. Romeo and Juliet are enemies from different feuding families and they are in love. The
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Firstly‚ Romeo and Juliet’s love is not only just doomed by world around it but by progressing so quickly from their first meeting to expressing their actual love for each other. Their love is not only affected by the fighting of the two houses but also by their immediate love for each other. Furthermore‚ Romeo and Juliet are both supposedly in other love situations‚ Romeo is meant to be with Rosaline. However‚ as soon as he sees Juliet he falls for her looks and is deeply in love not knowing a thing
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Assignment in Romeo and Juliet Act III Scenes 1 & 2 Submitted by: Shimshon Yosef Scene 1 Question 4: Mercutio is related to the Prince and he is my friend. Mercutio was killed because he defended my honor in regard to Tybalt’s lies about me. Tybalt was my cousin for one hour. Romeo states the Juliet’s beauty made him weak like a woman. She weakened his brave heart which was hard as steel. Question 3: Mercutio says that he is a "grave man". He means that he will be dead soon. The literary device
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theme of love is in the first act when Romeo is talking of his love for Rosaline with Benvolio. Here Romeo is very confused as he uses oxymorons such as ’o brawling love‚ o loving hate‚’ which shows how he is confused by his relationship with Rosaline as she does not return his love because she wants to be a nun and don’t want to love any man. Shakespeare presents the pain of Romeo’s love as ’being vexed‚ a sea nourished with lovers tears.’ This shows how Romeo feels that he is being tormented by his
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