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    ESSAY ROMEO & JULIET The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is essentially about teenagers refusing to listen their parents‚ how ever the out come may have been the same if they had listened to their parents because they would have been so unhappy and miserable that they weren’t together. “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young people who fall in love but whose families are enemies and will never agree to them being together. Romeo and Juliet refuse to listen to their parents

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    Act One‚ Scene Two Paris pleads with Capulet to let him marry Juliet‚ who is still only a girl of thirteen. Capulet tells him to wait‚ but decides to allow Paris to woo her and try to win her heart. He then tells his servant Peter to take a list of names and invite the people to a masked ball he is hosting that evening. Peter meets Romeo on the street‚ and being unable to read‚ asks Romeo to help read the list for him. Romeo does‚ and realizes that the girl he loves‚ Rosaline‚ will be attending

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    Romeo and Juliet Essay What role will a priest play in a story when two teenagers from two antagonistic households fall in love at first sight? It is really hard to imagine‚ isn’t it? But that’s exactly what Friar Laurence was doing in this play; he occupied a strange position in the drama Romeo and Juliet. He was kindhearted and helped Romeo and Juliet through many obstacles throughout the play. We should acknowledge that Friar Lawrence also played a very important role in the play‚ since

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    Comparative Essay Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann When making books or plays into films‚ every director interprets the text differently. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann’s film are different in many ways even though they are based on the same play. The film by Franco Zeffirelli‚ in 1968‚ does a better job reenacting the play in a motion picture than the film made by Baz Luhrmann‚ in 1996‚ because the setting‚ costumes and characterization

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    the truth is‚ if adults abandon the child‚ he or she will eventually become a delinquent. In Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ adult interference is to be blamed for the deaths of secret lovers. In the play Friar Lawrence and the Nurse are to be blamed for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence‚ through his lack of good judgment‚ is largely responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Rather than being supportive of them and helping them disclose their loving situation‚ Friar

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    respectively stronger parental figures to Romeo and Juliet than their actual parents. This seems to be evident because Romeo and Juliet’s parents are nasty to them‚ so actually pretty much anybody would be considered stronger parental figures. This is also true because both Romeo and Juliet are comfortable talking to The Nurse and Friar Lawrence about anything and they care for Romeo and Juliet as well. And finally‚ this is accurate because Romeo and Juliet are able to share their secrets with The

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    plans may not succeed. In the novel‚ Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ Friar Laurence has good intentions of wedding two teen lovers and helping them succeed in spending their lives together. However‚ his plans do not conquer. The marriage of Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet’s potion and Friar Laurence’s fleeing of Juliet’s tomb are all examples that show Friar Laurence’s well-meaning actions ending in disastrous results. The marriage of Romeo and Juliet is one example of Friar Laurence’s

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    One reason that the parents cause the tragic deaths in the play is how they have been feuding with each other for many years. As the tragic play opens‚ Sampson and Gregory‚ two Capulet’s‚ walk the streets of Verona talking about the Montague’s. Sampson exclaims‚ “I / will push Montague’s men from the wall and thrust his / maids to the wall” (1.1.15-17). This expresses the utter most hate that the two families have for each other. It is obvious that the parents are to blame from this instance because

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    Is Friar Lawrence responsible? There always has to be a person at fault when someone kills themselves. The play Romeo and Juliet is written by William Shakespeare‚ and it features two lovers by the names of Romeo and Juliet. They get married despite their parents hate for each other. Both Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves and it is made unclear who is to blame for their deaths. Friar Lawrence is to blame for three main reasons‚ he developed multiple plans that repeatedly failed‚ he did

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    English 1/31/2014 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare was an amazing writer and performer in London during the 16th century. He created many successful plays; one of his most famous is Romeo and Juliet. The play is known particularly for its spectacular balcony scene. Romeo and Juliet has also been recreated or incorporated into popular movies by numerous people. The two most famous recreations were made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1997‚ both doing their own version of the balcony

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