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    Romeo and Juliet The motifs of light and dark Light and Dark. Neither would exist without the other. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ Shakespeare brilliantly uses metaphors to describe the brightly shining passion between the two lovers to contrast with the darkness of the family rivalry. The endless battle between light and dark‚ and life and death reveals the struggle that Romeo and Juliet face to overpower the hatred between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s. By the tragic ending of the play‚ even though

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    love are presented in Romeo and Juliet and a section of poems you have studied?” One problem we see with Romeo and Juliet’s love is that it is quite shallow. This is evident when Romeo saw Juliet. He says: “O‚ she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (Line 43) This suggests that Romeo seems to highlighting how much Juliet stands out. If she is able to “teach the torches” it suggests that Juliet has the skills of what

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    Romeo and Juliet Character Analysis Romeo The name Romeo‚ in popular culture‚ has become nearly synonymous with “lover.” Romeo‚ in Romeo and Juliet‚ does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he kills himself when he believes that the object of his love‚ Juliet‚ has died. During the course of the play‚ Romeo matures from adolescence to adulthood as a result of his love for Juliet and his unfortunate involvement in the feud‚ marking his development from a comic character to

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    of Romeo and Juliet written by: William Shakespeare explains what happens to Romeo and Juliet. The actions of Capulet‚ Lady Capulet‚ Romeo‚ and Juliet leads to the suicide. Capulets constant disregard for Juliet’s feelings pushed Juliet into many tough situations. Capulet lets his anger get the best of him when addressing Juliet‚ “…disobedient wretch! ...get thee to a church Thursday Or never look me in the face.” Using abrasive name-calling along with an ultimatum‚ he tries to force Juliet to marry

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    Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet 1996 and william shakespeare how each text reflects its cultural and historical context I am the master of my fate. I am the captain in my soul. « When we look at Shakespeare’s work‚ we discover a playwright who never loses sight of uncertainties‚ ambiguities‚ and imbalances of life » (Barthelemy 2004: 141) Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was written in the late 1500’s. Critics tended to disparage this play in comparison to the four great tragedies Shakespeare wrote

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    Shakespeare portrays love in Romeo and Juliet in many ways. Their love is portrayed by images of light and dark and is juxtaposed against death‚ and he sets next to Romeo and Juliet the love associated with sight and appearances. In all‚ their love is of another world. The love of Romeo and Juliet is portrayed as otherworldly and heavenly. They are "star-crossed lovers"‚ with their destiny pre-determined; they and other humans have no control. Instead the control lies with fate and God. The lovers

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    Romeo and Juliet In the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by profound writer William Shakespeare‚ there is a tragic outcome to the story due to the various acts of the characters‚ whether it was intentional‚ because of pride or simply in their nature to do so. I believe there is no true culprit due to the fact that everyone had a part to play even if in the end you could say it was Romeo’s fault for being impetuous or Juliet’s for being too ignorant. The story starts with a prologue making the reader aware

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    Shakespeare’s use of Literary Techniques Candia Ndayizigiye ENG 4U1 Mr. Daranjo

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    bit tricky‚ but we soon got the hang of it. The stage is called the Globe Theater and Shakespeare perform mostly all of his plays there. The stage was a hexagonal shape that have pillars located on the side so that the characters can hide behind them or they are used for decoration in the scene. There are also trap doors that are used so that some characters can make dramatic entrances. The story of Romeo and Juliet set up the scenes so that it looked like a real house or garden by having furniture

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    This proves how Romeo and Juliet’s love affected each other. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare‚ many themes were expressed. Although‚ the main theme is how love is sightless‚ but it conquers hate. First‚ love hides the truth and is blind. Lastly‚ love overcomes hate and can’t be avoided. To begin with‚ love hides the truth and is blind. Because love is blind‚ it’s difficult for a person to see all the faults

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