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    Romeo and Juliet‚ the tragic play by William Shakespeare‚ centres around the love story between Romeo‚ the young heir of the Montague’s‚ and Juliet‚ the daughter of the house of Capulet. Because of an on-going feud between the two families‚ Romeo and Juliet are forced to keep their love a secret‚ marry in secret and‚ due to ill-fated consequences‚ they die together in the tomb of the Capulet’s. William Shakespeare‚ the writer‚ the creator‚ of the play‚ uses characterisation to convey a number of

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    Shakespeare’s first portrayal of the theme of love is in the first act when Romeo is talking of his love for Rosaline with Benvolio. Here Romeo is very confused as he uses oxymorons such as ’o brawling love‚ o loving hate‚’ which shows how he is confused by his relationship with Rosaline as she does not return his love because she wants to be a nun and don’t want to love any man. Shakespeare presents the pain of Romeo’s love as ’being vexed‚ a sea nourished with lovers tears.’ This shows how Romeo feels that

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    In the play Romeo and Juliet there are only three women’s roles: Juliet‚ Lady Capulet and the delightfully crude Nurse. Each of these three women represent a different type of love. Juliet represent the innocent‚ youthful‚ passionate love. Juliet‚ usually more logical than Romeo‚ becomes a bit foolish when she discovers this emotion. Before she met Romeo and was told by her mother that Paris was interest in marrying her‚ Juliet in her innocence simply said that she would "like to look if looking

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    Romeo and Juliet Character Analysis Romeo The name Romeo‚ in popular culture‚ has become nearly synonymous with “lover.” Romeo‚ in Romeo and Juliet‚ does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he kills himself when he believes that the object of his love‚ Juliet‚ has died. During the course of the play‚ Romeo matures from adolescence to adulthood as a result of his love for Juliet and his unfortunate involvement in the feud‚ marking his development from a comic character to

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    Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written by the famous William Shakespeare in the 16th centuries about two lovers (Romeo & Juliet) who impulsively falls in love‚ but cannot be together because of the long feud between their families (the Montague and Capulet families) so they decide to turn their backs on their families and have a secret marriage. Unfortunately for them‚ depict all their effort and sufferance. All there is at the end for them is death. Many may see this play is seen as just

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    Gladiator show how a woman’s role can grow into a major part of the work while still holding onto some of the traditional roles they used to play a part of in the movies. Women in these movies often are viewed as prizes to men‚ independent or reliant on others‚ and have changed from background characters to lead roles films. Women are often viewed as trophies for men to quarrel over and to be won over by a male role. In Spartacus‚ Varinia‚ a love interest to Spartacus is taken by Cassius and in a

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    Romeo and Juliet Everyone knows the classic love story between two of the most popular characters of all time‚ Romeo and Juliet. Their story has been recreated‚ reproduced‚ and reused for centuries and the text has traveled through time and form to become incredibly famous. Romeo and Juliet has been transformed into plays‚ books‚ movies‚ and even songs. Some of the most popular people in the world‚ like Taylor Swift‚ have taken inspiration from the romantic story that was originally printed

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    the relationships in Romeo and Juliet and pride and prejudice BOTH CHARACTERS (Juliet and Elizabeth ) PRESENT THEIR LOVE AND EFFECTION TO THEIR LOVE ONES BY APPROACHING THEM IN A FORMAL MANNER. “O RomeoRomeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or‚ if thou wilt not‚ be but sworn my love‚ And I’ll no longer be a Capulet”. Juliet This means Juliet is asking‚ in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo’s Montague family is “Romeo‚ why are you a Montague

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    love are presented in Romeo and Juliet and a section of poems you have studied?” One problem we see with Romeo and Juliet’s love is that it is quite shallow. This is evident when Romeo saw Juliet. He says: “O‚ she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (Line 43) This suggests that Romeo seems to highlighting how much Juliet stands out. If she is able to “teach the torches” it suggests that Juliet has the skills of what

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    What does Romeo and Juliet have to say about love in Act 1? In the dictionary‚ love is described as being a strong feeling of affection towards another person. In our society‚ love can either be seen as something inexistent and completely imaginary‚ or something truly magical that everyone wants to experience at least once in their lives. In Romeo and Juliet‚ love is recognized as being the main theme as it is at the base of the whole storyline; however‚ Shakespeare intelligently shows distinction

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