To what extent does Shakespeare make you feel sympathy for Romeo and Juliet in Act 1 and Act 2? We are introduced to the play by a prologue which in this case is a sonnet. In this we are immediately told the fate of the two ‘star-crossed lovers’‚ building tension throughout the play. Shakespeare uses this to make us aware of what is going on during the play so we feel sympathy for Romeo and Juliet throughout the play. We are also informed of the hatred between two households‚ due to pathetic
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Explore the ways that Shakespeare presents his characters in difficult circumstances in Romeo and Juliet and Othello. In Romeo and Juliet and Othello‚ Shakespeare presents Romeo’s love for Juliet through references to the stars and other cosmic images. The fact that Romeo says‚ “arise fair sun and kill the envious moon in “suggests that because he loves Juliet and is willing to marry her ‚she should lose her respect and loyalty to the moon which represents the goddess Diana who at that time was referred
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English re-write In this scene Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy. I can tell this because it says ‘I must be gone and live’. This shows that Romeo knows he might die if he stays but he is choosing to stay to see Juliet. It also shows how much they love each other as Romeo is showing he would die for Juliet. By using the image of death‚ it shows that the story might become a tragedy. By including hints towards a tragedy‚ it keeps the audience interested. It
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The answer may lie with Sigmund Freud. It is no secret that Freud had little faith in a successful‚ loving relationship that could endure over a long period. In Mark Edmundson’s essay Freud and Shakespeare on Love‚ he indicates that‚ based on Freud’s theory of erotic repetition‚ “The heart breaks time and again and‚ Freud insists‚ it’s prone to do so in the same fashion” (51). If Freud felt that it was human nature to revert to an infantile state which consists of “images and desires‚ great pleasure…and
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How does Shakespeare use dramatic devise in Act3 Scene1 of Romeo and Juliet in order to make it such an interesting‚ exciting‚ and important scene? Romeo and Juliet‚ one of Shakespeare’s early plays is about two young lovers from rival households that feel the only way they can be together is to get married. Like some of Shakespeare’s best work Romeo and Juliet fits into the tragic genre; although it could be considered a comedy as it starts out a comic play‚ and stays comic until the death
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Romeo and Juliet are very loving‚ which contrasts with Juliet’s relationship with her parents. Juliet produces excuses for Romeo to stay. “It was the nightingale and not the lark”. Juliet wants Romeo to stay however Romeo is saying that he needs to go or he gets executed. “I must be gone and live‚ or stay and die”. This creates sympathy which creates drama throughout the play. Juliet now gives her second excuse for Romeo to stay. “Yon light is not daylight‚ I know it‚ I. It is some meteor that the
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Explore the ways that Shakespeare uses soliloquies to express the emotions of Romeo in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare uses many literary devices such as imagery‚ personification‚ antithesis‚ dramatic irony as well as rich vibrant adjectives and nouns‚ to make the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ emotive and powerful. All of these are employed in the prologue as well as in soliloquies of Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 3 to express the emotions of Romeo. In the prologue the context of the story is
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states Juliet‚ in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare wrote many tragic and romantic plays in his life. He was born in the year of 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon‚ England. In the tragic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the author William Shakespeare tells the reader to follow their heart‚ no matter what stands in your way. Romeo and Juliet know that they are from different families‚ but they don’t want to give up their love for each other. This is shown when Juliet says‚
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story‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Shakespeare uses a soliloquy to reveal Juliet’s affection in order to establish that people can get lost in feelings than reality. Romeo and Juliet are two unique individuals that come from different households that don’t get along well together. One ordinary day‚ Romeo was unexpectedly invited to Juliet’s house party and goes to the party in hope to meet Rosaline‚ his first love. At the party‚ Romeo goes to find Rosaline and suddenly he sees a girl named Juliet. They both
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William Shakespeare has a very famous play called “Romeo and Juliet”‚ it’s about two people from two families that absolutely hate each other fall in love. Romeo and Juliet never want to leave each others side at all but in their predicament they aren’t even supposed to have any type relationship let alone a loving relationship. If their families found out what was going on with Romeo and Juliet they would be absolutely be furious. When he sees Juliet he knows that’s the girl he wants to be with
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