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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 for

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    the start of the play‚ Romeo is a hopeless romantic‚ That is to say‚ He is in love with his enemy’s daughter 1 day after breaking up with his first love‚ for example‚ at the start of the play when Romeo is talking with Benvolio‚ Romeo says: “bid a sick man in sadness make his will- a word ill urg’d to one that is so ill: in sadness‚ cousin‚ i do love a woman.” He is saying that he is in love with Rosaline but a couple days later he is in love with juliet‚ he say this to juliet: “My lips‚ two blushing

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    Romeo and Juliet: Did Fate End it All? In the story‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the two young lovers are destined to fall in love. The story‚ however‚ has a tragic ending. William Shakespeare foreshadows the theme of fate in the Prologue with the quote‚ “A pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue‚ L6) Fate represents a greater power that predetermines events in their lives and is unchangeable. Back in William Shakespeare’s time‚ the Elizabethans believed that this power rules

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    Romeo becomes embroiled in the brutal conflict between the families searing heat‚ flaring tempers‚ and sudden violence of this scene contrast sharply with the romantic‚ peaceful previous night. This foreshadows the death of tybalt which this is the main turning point in the play One of the ways Shakespeare presents conflict and violence in act 3:1 is dramatic irony to represent conflict and violence as we know Romeo is married to Juliet while no one else does. This would lead to violence if

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    Styliani Georgiadou “Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s well-known plays around the world. People know it even if they have not read it. It is about a tragedy‚ a dramatic story of two young lovers with a tragic end. However‚ there have been some comic scenes which make audience forget the distressed parts for a short time and make the play more interesting. Shakespeare does that in many ways. Firstly‚ he makes use of words and irony. Also‚ he creates two characters that their whole role

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    November 18th 2011 Jennifer Romeo and Juliet Persuasive Essay Draft Everything in life happens for a reason‚ and ultimately fate has a special way in making it all happen. Within the tragic love story of William Shakespeare’s classic‚ “Romeo and Juliet” fate decides the two lover’s destiny together along with many other factors. The power of fate brought Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet together yet it also decided to lead them into their own demise. Ultimately fate decided

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    Romeo and Juliet essay Baz Lurhman’s modern film interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been a very successful transformation of the classic‚ original play to a modern context of Los. Angelos gang warfare. Lurhman’s film manages to relate the 16th century play to a modern audience while at the same time maintaining textual integrity of the play. He has retained the plot‚ and language of the original text at the same time as conveying Shakespeare’s

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    Tragedy of a City Poet and critic W.H. Auden once said‚ “Romeo and Juliet is not simply a tragedy of two individuals‚ but the tragedy of a city. Everybody in the city is in one way or another involved in and responsible for what happens.” Auden’s quote is implying that many people‚ even with the smallest roles‚ are responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death. Although Romeo and Juliet both played major roles in their deaths‚ they were not the only characters held responsible. This is

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    “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare 5.3.314-315). In the final lines of the play‚ the Prince says that the story of Romeo and Juliet will always be the most somber story there is‚ but it did not have to be that way. In Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ six people died of differing causes. However‚ these could have been prevented if more freedom had been allotted to the characters of the play. This is one of the subthemes of the play‚ that giving

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    Romeo and Juliet Outline I. Terms to Know with Examples A. Aside 1. Def: A short speech delivered by an actor in a play (is directed to the audience and is presumed to be inaudible to the other actors) 2. Ex: Romeo: “(aside) She speaks.O‚ speak again‚ bright angel! … When he bestrides the lazy-puffing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.” B. Blank Verse 1. Def: Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines 2. Ex: Prince: “Rebellious subjects‚ enemies to peace‚ … Your lives shall

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