The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by the well-known author‚ William Shakespeare. The setting of the play is the 1400’s in Verona‚ Italy. This is a play based on two families who have had an ancient grudge for many years‚ and their children who fall in love. What makes the story of Romeo and Juliet such a tragedy are the various decisions made by the characters of the play such as Romeo. Romeo made many decisions‚ some good‚ some bad; his decisions have a great effect towards other
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Mrs. Pellecchia ENG 1DE/1 March 25th‚ 2013 Romeo and Juliet Essay John Wooden once said “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation‚ because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” Have you ever wondered what it is like just to be judged by someone based on the reputation that they have been given? Well‚ Romeo Montague who is the only son of Lord and Lady Montague‚ also who is also the main protagonist throughout the
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Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet 23rd April 2013 Today we discussed casting options with Ade‚ this included the task which included creating three different casting options for Romeo & Juliet. One which consisted of people in our class‚ one which consisted of Characters we already know from movies/plays and one which consisted of animals. My Student Cast:- Romeo – Thomas moore Benvolio – Cameron Abram – Magenta Lord Montague – Ross McKenzie Lady Montague –Megan Taylor Juliet –Arietta (god knows
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In 1597 a tragic story that would become one of the most well know plays was born into the world. And with the birth of Romeo and Juliet came many lessons to be learned. Those lessons have impacted a lot of people around the world‚ but are they still relevant in today’s society? The main lesson is this historic play is that: with fighting‚ there will be harm. In Act 5‚ Scene 3 the Prince states that simple lesson‚ "Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See‚ what a scourge is laid upon your
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undesirable outcomes such as a punishment of some sort or in some cases‚ death. This is the message that William Shakespeare tries to convey in his infamous play‚ Romeo and Juliet. This play revolves around characters from two rival families that elicit their deaths and that of several others due to their impulsive personalities. Romeo‚ Juliet and Tybalt each let a particular emotion cloud their judgement‚ causing them to make decisions with no prior thoughts of consideration for consequences. Their lack
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brought about. It was his unwell thought out plan that caused it. If he had thought of the consequences of marrying them before hand‚ maybe he wouldn’t have rushed into it. Also‚ he should have anticipated what could go wrong in his plan for getting Juliet out of marrying Paris before giving her the potion. After he finds the lovers dead in the tomb‚ he still doesn’t take responsibility for his actions‚ but instead makes it seem like the chain of events that lead up to the lovers’ fatal demise was mere
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Have you emotions ever gotten the better of you and you just couldn’t control it‚ or you weren’t really thinking what you were doing because you just couldn’t control your anger or jealousy? Well in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare‚ the two characters Tybalt and Romeo‚ because of their emotion clouded mind‚ set the whole tragedy in play. Before I go on about though‚ I must be brief with my summary. The whole story is mainly about “A pair of star-crossed lovers takes
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Romeo and Juliet‚ by Shakespeare‚ is a play which shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence. Prejudice leads to violence shown in the play when the feuding families‚ the Montagues and Capulets‚ fight. In each case‚ disruption‚ fighting‚ injuries and death occur. Also‚ the prejudice between the two families never was resolved‚ because they were enemies. The feuding started in Act 1 Scene 1‚ when the Capulets and Montague servants confronted each other. The Capulets’ servants insult the
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Romeo and Juliet Love as a cause of violence Romeo and Juliet were “star crossed lovers”. This is for the majority of the time which not a good thing because “star crossed” means that you have no choice in the matter. The “stars” have decided it already. This makes it so you have never had a choice in your life and your life has been planned out from the beginning and can lead to disasters just like what happened in Romeo and Juliet. Violence and love have always been close together in movies
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Romeo and Juliet‚ one of the main characters‚ Juliet‚ commits suicide near the ending of the play.Friar Lawrence is directly responsible for the death of Juliet. He makes numerous mistakes that lead to her death.Which were when he gave the poison to Juliet. He also‚ trusted someone else with extensive importance a letter to deliver to Romeo.Lastly‚ he fled when she was in most danger at the tomb. Friar Lawrence made a major mistake that he could have abstained himself. He trusted Juliet‚ someone
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