• 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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In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ tells a story about a couple who can’t be together‚ because of the feud that’s going on with their families. Until they both died‚ because of the feud and the hate they had towards each other. Therefore with the death of the couple made the family come in peace. Shakespeare suggests that the idea of loyalty is powerful‚ since loyalty can grow and become strong‚ although we should be cautious on who we choose Romeo and Juliet decided to be loyal to one
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet. A dilemma is a very unfortunate thing that no individual should ever have to face. A dilemma is a very tough choice in which there are many choices‚ all of which usually have bad outcomes. William Shakespeare gives us many examples of a dilemma throughout his play of‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ some of the dilemma’s Shakespeare shows us‚ is when Friar Laurence has to decide whether to marry Romeo and Juliet‚ how he has to decide how to get Romeo and Juliet back together after
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Character Analysis Romeo is an essential character worth analyzing in William Shakespeare’s famous play‚ Romeo and Juliet. One way to describe Romeo is determined. Throughout Act 1 in the play at and after the party‚ he is determined to get Juliet. “What lady’s that‚ which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” (I.ib.46-47) In this line‚ Romeo is a the party and it is “love at first sight.” Romeo is very in love with Juliet. When Romeo first sees her at the Capulet ball‚ he completely forgets
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This quote is a great representation of Romeo. Romeo is one of the weakest people you will ever meet. Throughout the book he shows this trait in pretty much everything he does. He lets the reader see his weaknesses when he think that Rosaline is the only one good enough for him to marry‚ when he is scared to fight Tybalt‚ and when he threatens to kill himself because he can’t be married to Juliet. Romeo shows his weakness in many other spots in the book. Romeo lets his emotions get way too much in
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona‚ Italy and tells the four day love story of a miserable pair of star-crossed lovers. This play relates to many teenagers’ choices in modern day and shows us how this could have a large impact on the lives of teenagers. The behavior and choices of these two young teenagers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are based on how they were raised‚ this is known as nurture. Romeo’s parents are uninvolved parents. In “Parenting Styles and Adolescents” it says “Uninvolved
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The story of Romeo and Juliet contains many controversial topics that are mainly focused on teenagers. The most amazing fact about this story is that even though this story was written hundreds of years ago‚ the teenagers today still go through the same ordeals or‚ even wonderful events as well. One of these important topics in this story was friendship. Romeo and Mercurito’s friendship was portrayed as what people would call today a "best friends" status. This was quite obvious in the text and
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Brennan Medeiros- Spencer Inouye Blue 12/6/12 Romeo Character Analysis I chose to analyze Romeo‚ because I think that Romeo has many characteristics and there is a lot to explain about him. Also Romeo changes in the story line many times; he can also have many different characteristics at the same time. Romeo is a type of man that if he wants something he will try his best to get it. Romeo is a very depressed‚ sad man at the beginning of the play because he loves a woman but he can’t love
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role in Romeo and Juliet. In the beginning of the play it is easy to see something is going to happen to both Romeo and Juliet. As the story progresses the foreshadowing of a death becomes more evident. Death becomes common in Romeo and Juliet after Mercutio’s death. Death is the theme of Romeo and Juliet because most of the main characters die‚ Paris is given Juliet’s hand after Capulet thinks she is grieving over Tybalt‚ and it takes the death of their own children to stop feuding. Romeo and
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Young people deal with challenges in both negative and positive ways. Romeo and Juliet along with the characters in the book the secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd face many different challenges and overcome them in similar ways by ending their life‚ running away‚ or finding a way around the issue. In the play Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare‚ Romeo’s family (the Montegues) and Juliet’s family (the Capulets) do not get along and have a big rivalry. Because of this ongoing rivalry between
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