having been written hundreds of years apart‚ Romeo and Juliet and modern pop songs have much in common. Romeo and Juliet is a story about love‚ and many of the pop songs today revolve around that same concept. Both are different types of poetry. The lyrics of songs can be just poetic as those of Shakespeare’s plays. Additionally‚ both use many different types of literary devices; imagery‚ metaphors‚ etc. Of course‚ there are some differences between the two. For instance‚ Troye Sivan’s song “Youth”
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real? In Romeo and Juliet the whole play/movie takes place all in one week. During the week the two teenagers fall in love.So people wonder‚ is true love real as teenagers? It all just depends on your past and present. Romeo was obsessed with Rosaline and wanted to marry her but ends up not liking her and falling in love with Juliet.I believe that love as teenagers is not real. You can not like another person for a week and just be in love already. Romeo did not know anything about Juliet‚ could have
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star-cross’d lovers take their lives…” (Williams Shakespeare). The story of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most known tragedies of all time. Beginning as a play written by William Shakespeare‚ later transformed into films in 1968 an again in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann. When Luhrmann created William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet he did this using modern adaptations yet still staying true to the original Elizabethan language. The character of Juliet played by Claire Danes began as a young innocent girl‚ and then later
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about the fate of two young ill-fated lovers. Romeo‚ who is the son of Montague‚ runs into his cousin Benvolio and tells him that he is in love with Rosaline‚ a woman who does not return his affections (Shakespeare). Benvolio tells Romeo to get over this woman and find a prettier one even though Romeo stays unhappy. While all of that is happening‚ Paris‚ a kinsman of the Prince‚ wants to marry Juliet. Her father Capulet asks Paris
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l o v e a n 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 Does the prologue and opening scene prepare the audience for what follows? Shakespeare opens the play with a prologue of 14 lines. This prepares the audience for the content of the play. These 14 lines are basically a summary of the play. Within ?Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare focuses on many different themes such as love‚ hate‚ violence‚ fate‚ life and death. The prologue is written about these different themes that take part in the play. It gives the prologue a contrast to the
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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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Romeo and Juliet: Love‚ Marriage‚ and All That Good Stuff "One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love". That quote is attributed to the Greek philosopher‚ Sophocles‚ and while it may be true in some cases‚ this is not true in Romeo and Juliet. As evidenced in Romeo and Juliet‚ by the Immortal Bard‚ William Shakespeare‚ Mercutio‚ Juliet‚ and Romeo all have different views on love‚ which influences their decisions. Mercutio does not believe in love for himself‚ but he
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addition to being a rule breaker and arranging the wedding‚ Romeo killed all six of the characters. Even though he didn’t directly kill all of them‚ he did play a big role in their deaths. When Tybalt stabbed Mercutio in the heat‚ he was aiming for a jab in the arm. Romeo thought that someone was going to get hurt‚ so Romeo draws his sword. “Romeo attempts to beat down their rapiers. Tybalt stabs Mercutio (Shakespeare‚ 121).” When Romeo was trying to beat down their swords‚ he actually moved Tybalt’s
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inspection of Juliet’s relationship with her father Lord Capulet in Act 3 reflects patriarchal governing of Elizabethan households and how it affected young woman. The family unit during the 16th and 17th century was very similar to a typical family of modern society: a father‚ mother and children (Benson). It was common for parents to have many children due to the high child mortality rates during these earlier centuries. Everyone in the family had a role; the father’s being the head of the household
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