Romeo and Juliet is a well known tragedy by the great 16-17th century playwright William Shakespeare. Various dramatisations and films have been made of this famous text such as Franco Zeffirelli’s classic historical version‚ and Baz Luhrmann’s modern spin on the story‚ but each of these still retain the original words written by the Bard. This play was one of Shakespeare’s earlier texts – written in about 1595‚ and is very firmly themed around love. This essay will explore the different areas of
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How does Shakespeare establish Richard’s character in the opening soliloquy of the play? Shakespeare establishes Richard’s character in the opening soliloquy by presenting Richard as an eloquent speaker‚ showing his reflection of himself and depicting him as the ‘Vice’. Richard reveals elements of his true character as he reflects on the preceding conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. In the opening soliloquy‚ Richard’s character is established as the audience sees his
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How does Shakespeare make Lady Macbeth’s Character dramatic and interesting? Shakespeare makes Lady Macbeth more dramatic and interesting by making her seem unlike the average woman of the Elizabethan era and giving her the opinion that she is physically and mentally stronger than Macbeth. Lady Macbeth claims that Macbeth doesn’t know what he is talking about and that he was acting as if he was drunk when they agreed to the murder‚ and as such she is insulting his intelligence and loyalty.
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quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face danger‚ pain‚ etc.‚ without fear. Geoffrey Trease was a British writer who published 113 books and Cue for Treason was one of them. This book mainly talks about the history of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era and how stereotypical it was. Kit demonstrates courage in the novel by pretending to be a boy‚ not being afraid of danger or risks‚ and by not conforming to the stereotypical image of an Elizabethan young woman. Pretending to be a boy is
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Explore how Shakespeare uses love in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare‚ based in the Italian city of Verona‚ where two “star cross’d lovers” are stuck in the middle of a turf war between the two richest families in the city. Romeo and Juliet are stuck on opposite sides of this war‚ and as their families hate each other with a passion‚ they both know that if they were seen as “together”‚ it would mean certain death for them both. They decide to keep their
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Shakespeare’s Ophelia is a complex character in her own right. She is controlled by her male relatives and isn’t set free truly till madness sets in. She is loved like a daughter by Queen Gertrude‚ first loved and then abused by Hamlet and above all used as a bargaining tool by Laertes and Polonius. In Shakespeare’s time the way her father and others treated her wouldn’t have been uncommon and the shock would have come from her bawdy behaviour when she went mad whereas a modern audience would
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Have you ever wondered who is the writer behind “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet”? The writer is the famous writer William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer and playwright of all time. His works were versatile‚ ranging from romance plays and sonnets to more tragedy works. He is well known for writing his very own plays and sonnets and acting. Shakespeare wrote a grand total of 37 plays and 154 sonnets. His plays have been produced more often and in more countries than
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How does Shakespeare present love and hate in Act 1 scene 1 and Act 1 scene 5? Shakespeare wrote the play of two lovers’‚ Romeo and Juliet. Thought to be‚ one of the greatest‚ tragic love stories of all time‚ however‚ throughout the play‚ Shakespeare contrasts love with hate at every possible moment. The two themes‚ love and hate‚ are like twins separated at birth‚ brought up in different backgrounds‚ a totally different society. Combining these two themes‚ creates curiosity into how ’a pair of
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Shakespeare does this by using an antithesis to discuss the value of life and mystery of death. An example is in Act 3‚ Scene 1 when Hamlet is questioning whether to live or die. He states “To be or not to be‚ whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer ... (3.1.56-90). This quote demonstrates with the use of antithesis
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How is Romeo presented in the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet? In the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo is presented as a young‚ love struck man. He is a dreamer and a fantasist. The audience feels sympathetic towards him because love is taking him nowhere. In Act 1‚ we first meet Romeo as he is sobbing about his love for a young lady‚ who we later find out to be Rosaline. The first line he speaks‚ “Is the day so young?”‚ suggests that he is bored and waiting for something to happen
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