Romeo and Juliet Analysis Shakespeare‚ being the great writer he is‚ molds each character as if he was Michelangelo sculpting the David. The way these characters were brought into the story drastically changes the way the viewer sees their personas. The setting of the story is an older era in Verona‚ Italy around the 1300s. This story includes unique characters varying in ages and mindsets. Some younger characters were put into situations where they are forced to act maturely‚ like they are much
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romeoConflict in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a timeless love story about two ‘star crossed lovers’ whose love is destined to fail due to an ongoing conflict between their two families which has been going on since before the lovers were even born. The story line has been an inspiration to many modern day stories such as the hit west end musical ‘west side story.’ The conflict between the two families has often been compared to the ongoing brawl between Catholics and Protestants in Northern
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ written by Shakespeare‚ is a play filled with love‚ pitiful tragedies‚ and sorrowful deaths. Romeo and Juliet are “a pair of star-cross’d lovers” from the beginning‚ but they decide that they would rather die than ever be without each other (DOC A). The misfortune serves to part the feud between the two disputing families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues. The lives of Romeo and Juliet were suddenly terminated after the foolish decisions of Friar Laurence‚ their families
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Romeo and Juliet’s play is art by Shakespeare’s‚ which revolves around a street couple in Verona by the names Romeo and Juliet. (Weis‚ 2012) This play was written based on a fictional story written between the years 1594 and 1596. This art is a fictional story‚ but around 13th century there rose two characters‚ from two famous Italian families and fell in love. These two young stars love fame spread faster across the Italy and France. The tales of the two young lovers lead to the creation of a poem
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soon provoke a fight between the houses of Montegue and Capulet. This scene is wrought with sexual overtones‚ with the various servants speaking of raping the enemy’s women. The sexual wordplay will continue throughout the play‚ becoming extremely bawdy and at times offensive‚ yet also underlying the love affair between Romeo and Juliet. The disorder within the play is evidenced by inverted circumstances. Servants start the quarrel‚ but soon draw the noblemen into the brawl. The young men enter the
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Romeo is cancer “Love is heavy and light‚ bright and dark‚ hot and cold‚ sick and healthy‚ asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1‚ scene 1)” says romeo from the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and juliet is a play about to star crossed lovers that have to fight through their rival families issues and hatred for each other. I argue that romeo is cancer because he is loving and overly emotional when it comes to women. Romeo is loving to his lover Juliet
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ary------------------------------------------------- Romeo and Juliet characters Montagues * Romeo — sole heir to the Montague fortune * Lord Montague — Romeo’s father * Lady Montague — Romeo’s mother * Benvolio — Romeo’s cousin * Balthasar — Romeo’s faithful servant * Abraham — Montague servant Capulets * Juliet — sole heir to the Capulet fortune * Lord Capulet — Juliet’s father * Lady Capulet — Juliet’s mother * Tybalt — Juliet’s cousin * The Nurse —
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happening of events. The play Romeo and Juliet sets a scene that is used to express this idea by using a character named Friar Laurence whose intentions are only for the good of both the romantic couple and the feuding families. In this play Friar Laurence creates a plan to satisfy both the wants of Romeo and Juliet and his own wants for the feuding to end between the Montagues and the Capulets. In the end‚ his plan succeeds in ending the feud but costs Romeo and Juliet their lives. Through the actions
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Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet By: Cierra Thomas In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio confuses Romeo’s love for Rosaline as lust. Benvolio advises Romeo to give up on his unreturned love for Rosaline and seek another woman: Benvolio: Be ruled by me‚ forget to think of her Romeo: O‚ teach me how I should forget to think. Benvolio: By giving liberty unto thine eyes; Examine other beauties. (1.1.233-236) When Benvolio advises Romeo to “forget
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Romeo: The Tragic Hero Like most Shakespearean plays‚ "Romeo and Juliet" exemplifies Shakespeare’s astonishing comprehension and ability to write tragic plays. The simplest definition of "tragedy‚" a serious disaster or a sad event‚ blatantly describes the horrific story of two "star crossed lovers." While reading the fatal tale of Shakespeare’s novel‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ a reader indulges in terrific medieval tragedy. Although the prologue by the chorus tells the stories conclusion‚ six distinctive
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