In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ both Romeo and Juliet are young‚ however‚ Romeo is more immature and rash‚ whereas Juliet is more mature and sensible. To start‚ Benvolio asks Romeo to forget Rosaline and think about other women. Sounding quite depressed‚ Romeo asks his cousin‚ "O‚ teach me how I should forget to think!" (I. i. 220). Romeo is immature emotionally‚ as only an immature or childish person would believe that he has no control whatsoever on his emotions - if a more
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1894. He says‚ “Everybody sooner or later sits down to a banquet of consequences.” Consequences are often formed when people make hasty decisions and do not think there thoughts through. Such is the case in the play “Romeo and Juliet” when the two characters do not think of how decision will affect them in the future. In the play hasty decisions caused Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Hasty decisions were made going to the party‚ being married and drinking the potions. Romeo going to the party was a hasty
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ two noble families are at war: The Montague-Capulet feud is established in the very first scene when a fight breaks out between Montague’s and Capulet’s serving men.The “ancient grudge” between the two “households” has been going on for a long period of time. However we do know know why they are at war. During the 1600s there was a lot of conflict between the Catholic church and the protestant church. Shakespeare uses the Montagues and the Capulets to portray this. The
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Your Guilty‚ Romeo! If it weren’t for Romeo’s actions‚ both he and Juliet would have never fallen in love‚ and never ended up taking their own lives. Romeo is most at fault for his death and the death of Juliet because Romeo should have listened to Friar Lawrence. He should not have fallen in love with Juliet so easily‚ and he should have respected the feud between the two families and stayed away from the Capulets. Throughout the whole story‚ Friar Lawrence holds some responsibility for the tragedy
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Zeffirelli vs Luhrmann When you think of a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet is always one of the first to come to mind. This great tragedy is a timeless story that will be told for many generations to come. It tells the story about two star crossed lovers that were held apart by their clashing families. Two men came along that wanted to share this classic story with the rest of the world. Franco Zeffirelli created his movie version in 1968. 28 years later‚ Baz Luhrmann came along and also created his
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In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ many people contributed to their deaths‚ but one man is most responsible. The father of Juliet played a huge role in the decision she took in killing herself. Capulet is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he wasn’t accepting and because he allowed Romeo to stay at the party. Capulet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he wasn’t accepting of the fact that Montagues and Capulets could get along. Capulet states‚ “My sword‚ I say! Old
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“Romeo‚ Romeo‚ wherefore are thou‚ Romeo?” These are word spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet Produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1966‚ Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well the overall production of the adopted versions of the plays. In the masquerade ball in both are having a good time‚ but in the one in the 1968 scene its older‚ obviously and in the 1996 its more modern
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In " The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet " by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo changes from beginning to end just by two ladies and changing how he acts toward Juliet’s cousin. One way Romeo changed is first he was in love with Roseline. At the beginning he was in love‚ he was sad and weeping‚ constantly thinking about her but she didn’t want to be with him because of her reasoning. Romeo’s friends told him to go to a party with them and get his mind off her and move on from her find someone new because
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The Inescapability of Fate in Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby Regardless of the decision an individual makes in their life‚ the eventual outcome remains unchanging. The inevitability of fate is explored in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the characters in both texts fail to escape their fate. The characters’ futile attempts to escape their fate highlight the shared theme that fate is the strongest force in determining the inevitable outcome
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around her but Romeo falls in love with Juliet based on appearance‚ or love at first sight. Romeo falls in love with Juliet when he sees her. He says to himself‚ “Did my heart love til now?” He decides that he is in love with Juliet although he has never spoken to her. Romeo falls for her too quickly. Romeo’s love may also be infatuation. Before Romeo met Juliet he claimed to be in love with Rosaline‚ but she had not requited the love. When he sees Juliet he suddenly thinks his “love” for Rosaline
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