In both “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ and Tears of a Tiger‚ by Sharon Draper‚ both of the protagonists commit actions that would result in them both being placed in the Hall of Shame. The protagonist in Tears of a Tiger is Andy‚ a Junior in High School. After one of his high school basketball games‚ he is driving under the influence of alcohol with his three friends and crashes his car‚ resulting in his best friend’s death. This story is about the recovery process Andy takes to overcome
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Horace Walpole once said‚ “The world is a tragedy to those who feel‚ but a comedy to those who think.” Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is no exception to this for the forbidden lovers let their emotions control how they lived their lives‚ allowing love to overpower logic. Rather than love and lust‚ the Capulets and Montagues allowed disgust and spitefulness to cause much chaos to the everyday lives of the feuding families. At the start of the play‚ hate overruled all resulting
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In the story of Romeo and Juliet I think that Juliet loved Romeo more.Romeo didn’t know about love nor Juliet‚but they put there differences aside and fell in love with each other.They fell in love even tho their families were feuding with each other. Juliet is more in love with Romeo because she has a strong love for him even though they fell in love quick when he was so in love with Rosaline. She didn’t have a passionate love for any one else but Romeo in the story.Even tho her parents
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THEORY OF RASA RASA (AESTHETICS) A rasa (Sanskrit: रस lit. ’juice ’ or ’essence ’) denotes an essential mental state and is the dominant emotional theme of a work of art or the primary feeling that is evoked in the person that views‚ reads or hears such a work. Although the concept of rasa is fundamental to many forms of Indian art including dance‚ music‚ musical theatre‚ cinema and literature‚ the treatment‚ interpretation‚ usage and actual performance of a particular rasa differs greatly
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famous Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare. This line is the beginning of Juliet’s sadness‚ on how she could not love Romeo because he was not a Capulet. The feud between the families caused a lot of confusion. The deaths of Romeo‚Tybalt‚ Mercutio‚ and Juliet were the cause of the feud. The fight in the streets was also caused by the feud. If the families were not fighting with each other‚ none of this would have happened. One of the results of the feud is the death of Romeo and Juliet
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Before escaping‚ Tybalt plunges his sword into Mercutio‚ causing death to fall upon him. Mercutio blames Romeo and the feud for his fate. Romeo kills Tybalt‚ who taunts Romeo‚ upon his return. Romeo fears he will be condemned to death if he does not flee before the arrival of the Prince. Benvolio recalls the events that
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Love is a dangerous thing. Love has the ability to cause either terrible tragedy or great happiness. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a good example of this. In the play Romeo and Juliet’s love eventually leads to their downfall. However it is not exactly Romeo and Juliet’s fault. Tybalt is responsible for the final outcome because his irrational behavior lead to multiple conflicts. Tybalt’s aggressiveness towards the Montague family causes the death in the family. When we are first introduced
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fall in love with Paris. Servants rushed around preparing the evening‚ lighting torches and setting the tables up so everyone can dance and the ladies can charm men. Lord Capulet encouraged everyone to take the dance floor. Romeo and Mercutio have come across a servant earlier who cannot read and found out about the party and that Rosaline (who Romeo thinks he is in love with) will be there. Romeo seems to take no shame in intruding this royal event “What‚ shall this speech be spoke
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about Romeo’s passion about his kinsman Mercutio that leads to Mercutio and Tybalt’s death in act three‚ scene one. In oact four‚ he wrote about Juliet’s passion for Romeo which leads to the death of herself. Furthermore‚ in act five scene three William Shakespeare wrote about Romeo’s passion for Juliet which leads to his death. Moreover‚ in act three scene one Romeo’s passion was overruled by an enormous amount of tragedy. Romeo has so much passion for Mercutio that he kills on his behalf. “A live
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be in love‚ and eventually both commit suicide. Romeo can be seen as a romantic‚ he falls head over heels for any girl he sets his eyes on‚ this can be both an ally and a weakness for him. His friend and servant‚ Mercutio‚ however is quite the opposite‚ love is a weakness for him. Mercutio gives Romeo a hard time for falling for Rosaline‚ and makes fun of him. But‚ throughout his speech to Romeo he switches from joking around to being very serious. I believe that he has stopped believing in love because
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