Shakespeare’s Message in Romeo and Juliet The two most powerful forces in human nature are love and hate. William Shakespeare is able to contradict these forces and tests them against each other in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet must overcome the hate of their despiteful families to be with one another for they have fallen into a deep‚ passionate love. Although hate does a lot of damage and causes a lot of pain between these "star crossed lovers" and their
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“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is a play about two star-crossed lovers whose families are in a bitter rivalry. This feud results in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Parents and children are very different. Adults are stiff and children run on impulse; most kids stray from their parents’ way of life and go off on their own. Sometimes parents influence their children’s opinion on important matters. Many times this can be a good thing but other times its bad. Since
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Romeo and Juliet Scene Comparison Both the 1968 traditional version and the 1996 modern version present Romeo and Juliet with the same Shakespearean dialogue‚ but the backstory of each is very different. The 1968 version is based in a village during medieval times‚ while the 1996 version places the Montague and Capulet families as two feuding companies in Verona Beach. In Act 3‚ scene 1‚ these differences are very apparent‚ and make a huge difference in how the scene plays out. Not only is the
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Examine the way Shakespeare presents the power and control Capulet exerts within the play. Power and Control is the main theme in Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo & Juliet. Power is presented by fate‚ love and parental control. Shakespeare clearly demonstrates that Lord Capulet is a very protective father. This is because in Act 1 scene 2 Capulet says “ hopeful lady of my earth” In this quote Shakespeare shows that Capulet is a loving and protective father because children died easily and the words
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parent’s sake. When she met Romeo‚ all of this changed. Her love for Romeo is ironic‚ because out of all possible suitors‚ he is the only out of bounds. Juliet’s “only love sprung from [her] only hate” (61). Juliet‚ is torn between love and hate of Romeo in different situations. She is madly in love with him‚ but he’s a Montague that killed her cousin. Her confusion expresses the complex situation she is in. Erkskine believes that hate cannot coexist with love‚ and Romeo and Juliet’s death is inevitable
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In fallowing essay I’m writing is about infraction‚ lust and mature love. Throughout the play of Romeo and Juliet they show examples of these different types of affection. Romeo shows a little bit of each of these types of affection towards Rosaline and Juliet. Juliet feels the same way towards Romeo. The nurse also shows some of these characteristics towards Friar Lawrence. The fallowing paragraphs I’m going to write about will have the definitions and example of infraction lust and mature love
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and Restraints. Romeo and Juliet’s impulses and self-control used in Romeo and Juliet. In the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ many characters show how they cannot handle the pressure that they are faced with which leads to impulse and action which is taken without thinking it through. Many of the characters show a lack of self-control and exaggerations which leads to broken-hearts and many unfortunate situations which result in deaths and miscommunications. Over the course of Romeos love life‚ he tends
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the 20th century look to suicide as a way out. Two star-crossed lovers in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare do the same. Romeo and Juliet are lovers from feuding families who marry. Because of pressures they self-destruct. Shakespeare uses different strategies in writing this tragedy. They are‚ for example‚ coincidence‚ language tricks‚ and secondary characters. In Romeo and Juliet many coincidences occurred. Romeo and Juliet are enemies from different feuding families and they are in love
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My theme for Romeo and Juliet is that children can disobey their parents if they have a justifiable reason. I chose this theme because Romeo and Juliet obviously really loved each other. Why not let them be happy. Love if a justifiable reason to go behind their parents backs. The least important point in this theme is when Romeo goes to the Capulets party. At first Romeo did want to go‚ due to the fact that before he seen Juliet he was loved Rosaline and she was a Capulet. With a little encouragement
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think it were not night. Romeo speaks these lines in the so-called balcony scene‚ when‚ hiding in the Capulet orchard after the feast‚ he sees Juliet leaning out of a high window (2.1.44–64). Though it is late at night‚ Juliet’s surpassing beauty makes Romeo imagine that she is the sun‚ transforming the darkness into daylight. Romeo likewise personifies the moon‚ calling it “sick and pale with grief” at the fact that Juliet‚ the sun‚ is far brighter and more beautiful. Romeo then compares Juliet to
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