• Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as "star-crossed lovers‚" doomed by fate to a tragic end. • Bad luck and unfortunate coincidences abound: (1) Of all the people the illiterate Capulet servant could have asked to read the invitation list in Act I‚ scene 2‚ he chooses Benvolio‚ Mercutio‚ and Romeo; (2) Of all the hotties at the Capulet party‚ Romeo spots Juliet first; (3) It just so happens that the County Paris decides he wants to marry Juliet the same day Romeo meets her; (4) Friar John
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Punishment At the end of the play the Prince says‚ "All are punished‚" however this isn’t completely true. Some people in the play get off to easily and others don’t deserve to be punished. When saying this‚ the Prince does not consider everyone involved in the set of events leading up to the end of the tragic play. Friar Lawrence isn’t ever punished when he is greatly responsible‚ Romeo did not deserve to be banished‚ and the Nurse is never chastised for the problems she caused either. Friar
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Romeo and Juliet‚ perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous play. Today I will be talking to you about the character Romeo and exploring how Shakespeare has conveyed key themes such as love and the unavoidable fate through Romeo. I will also be exploring the motivations of Romeo’s character and looking at how Baz Luhrman has portrayed this in his film Romeo and Juliet. Romeo has been portrayed to explore the main idea of love throughout the play. In Act 1 Scene one‚ we see a cold‚ sorrow type of love by
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ portrays how an attraction between two strangers can also attract stupefying danger. With selfishness and greed love can turn sour and stray from its original‚ adoring passion. Love is as unpredictable as the raging sea beneath the silver moons delicate rays. In an incredulous effort to portray the anguish and love in Romeo and Juliet’s tragic fairy-tale moves onscreen capturing the hearts and minds of millions. In both the movie and the play‚ Romeo and Juliet were called
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In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet have fate is one of the main contributors that lead to their deaths. Because of fate‚ the play becomes exciting and it is exactly what makes the two young lovers meet each other in the first place. It was fate that a Capulet’s serving man told Romeo and Benvolio about the party where the two lovers meet‚ in the prologue of the play Shakespeare says that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed lovers”‚ and lastly‚ the flaws in Friar Lawrence’s plan also contributed
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so tragic deaths. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet this exactly happens. The characters in Romeo and Juliet play a vital role in the ending of the story. Initially‚ the feuding households‚ Montague and Capulet‚ were the reason that Romeo and Juliet could not be together and the reason why they both died in the end. Before the play begins‚ it tells us that the Montague and Capulet homes are against each other. In the beginning of Romeo and Juliet fell in love but from the start‚ they knew
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enduring fame because he dared to be different‚ though he is known mainly through his plays. One of the most famous plays he wrote is Romeo and Juliet‚ a well-known love story. Also‚ he wrote Hamlet and Macbeth‚ two other well known plays. He is famous because of his creativty and giftedness with writing plays as well as his acting abilities . Althought his play " twelfth night " is a romantic comedy while " Romeo & Juliet " is romatic tragedy ‚ they both show that love can cause pain ; Many of the characters
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In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet Juliet is portrayed as an immature teenager. Although she shows signs of maturity‚ it is overshadowed by her childish behaviour. To begin‚ Juliet is impatient throughout the play. For example‚ when Nurse returned home and had news about Tybalt’s death Juliet kept pestering Nurse for information. The Nurse was attempting to speak‚ but whilst trying to explain that Tybalt was dead Juliet became irate‚ and impatient with the Nurse saying: What devil art thou that
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Banning of the Book/Play Romeo And Juliet 1. Brief Summary of the Play The story is happening in the city of Verona‚ where two respectful houses‚ Montague and Capulet‚ are in rage for many years. The sun of Montague‚ Romeo‚ is deeply in love with Rosaline. As a "cure" for his love‚ his friend‚ Benvolio‚ suggests that he will go under disguise to a party in Capulet house. Romeo arrives at the party‚ where he meets Juliet‚ the daughter of Capulet‚ and both fall in love immediately
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prologue to Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’ prepare the audience for the play? The prologue to Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’ prepares the audience by making a short summary of the play so it gets the audience thinking about what the story is about. The prologue is a sonnet which is a 14 line poem‚ it is also known as an english‚ elizabethan sonnet which contains 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet. A sonnet is usually a love poem and that is exactly what ’Romeo and Juliet’ is about. The first
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