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    Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare‚ the play is based on forbidden love and deathly consequences. The beginning of the play starts with a prologue‚ the main point of this is to get the audience’s attention and set the scene but to also explain the whole outline of the play. By doing this Shakespeare is also acknowledging one of the main themes of the play‚ which is fate. In the prologue Shakespeare chooses to use a lot of violent language- “Their death...Civil blood makes civil

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    Shakespeare uses dramatic devices throughout the play particularly in this scene to make it interesting‚ exciting and important. His excellent choice of dramatic devices such as movement‚ tone‚ dramatic irony and characterisation creates an atmosphere that generally generates excitement and interest‚ especially in Act 3 scene 1. The scene contains the general themes of the play. Love is shown when Mercutio treats Romeo almost as if he is his own brother to protect his honour. Hate when Mercutio

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    Pham 1 Blair Language Arts 20 March 2014 Rise of one person at the expense of another‚ contrasting worlds‚ disguises‚ and redemption reveal the four most common Dramatic Patterns found throughout The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. To start with‚ rise of one person at the expense of

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    Juliet expresses feelings of anguish‚ frustration and relief in her small speech in Act 3 Scene 2. Shakespeare portrays Juliet’s feeling in a number of different ways‚ through her language‚ different techniques and structure allowing u to infer quite a few things about Juliet without a reference to other parts of the play. Juliet expresses the feeling of anguish‚ which is portrayed in numerous different ways. A quotation that supports this is‚ ‘villain cousin would have kill’d my husband’. ‘Villain’

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    How does Shakespeare create tension in act 3 scene 1? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about “two star crossed lovers‚” each from a family with an ancient grudge against each other. After a party at the Capulet mansion Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love. However‚ Juliet is being forced to marry Paris who is desperately in love with her as the play was written in a patriarchal time. With conflict between the Capulets and Montagues it becomes difficult for Romeo and Juliet to see each other. After a

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    How does Shakespeare use dramatic devices in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet in order to make it such an interesting‚ exciting‚ and important scene? Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous‚ tragedies of all time. It was written in the 16th century by Shakespeare where two star crossed lovers whose love is forbidden. In the opening of Act 3 scene 1 Shakespeare uses pathetic fallacy‚ dramatic irony and a use of contrast. This scene is pivotal because it has a huge role to the entire story line

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    Romeo and Juliet play Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo and Juliet are clearly complex characters; they go through an intense journey. They learn about themselves as individuals‚ unit and in relation to the people around them. Their relationship is based on passionate attraction that transforms into something powerfully emotional‚ with real depth. Their relationship shows us the juxtaposition of the clear love and hate woven throughout the play. They fight to keep their relationship together‚ the reader is touched

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    The gender that makes a more dramatic impact has to be the male for many reasons. The males are the one that ends up starting things over a family feud that we don’t even know how it started. Like at the start of the story it starts out with them trying to fight with Montaue servants just because of a family feud. Then when Montaue and Capulet come and see what is going on and they found out that their servents fighting‚ which made them want to join but their wives to them not to because they are

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    Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet; Act 1 and Act 2 Analysis Act 1 Scene 1 • The setting of the play is in Verona Italy. • The Capulet’s are people that like to start fights and say harsh things to the Montague’s; Example: Sampson: “I won’t eat dirt. If a Montague insults me. I will spit on him. And I will spit on all those Montague women too”. This is an example that tells us that the Capulet’s are harsh people who like to start a fight. • The Montague seem like peacekeepers and

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is based on the theme of Family Feud and is about the “fearful passage of their (Romeo and Juliet’s) death marked love‚ and the continuance of their parents (Montague’s and Capulet’s) rage”. The piece is set in Verona – The city of Love‚ which not only complements the tragic love story but it is also in contrast due to the prominent death seen all throughout it. Shakespeare uses multiple stylistic features in the play to explore the tension between both inner

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