Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that was written by the famous William Shakespeare and soon became a classic play known to the world. The tragedy/romance play was published in 1597 and for 420 years‚ has taken effect on several millions of students in either a positive or negative way. Throughout centuries‚ this play has been acted out and has been adapted into movies to project several themes to the audience. Although there is a life lesson of the importance of communication‚ it also projects the
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where we lay our scene‚ / From ancient grudge brakes to new mutiny‚ / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. / From forth the fatal lions of these foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Doth with their death bury their parent’s strife. / The fearful passage of their death-marked love‚ / And the continuance of their parent’s rage‚ / Which‚ but their children’s end‚ naught could remove " -The Prologue‚ Romeo and Juliet (by William Shakespeare)
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Romeo and Juliet is a story about two lovers‚ and the forces that keep them from that love. In the story‚ Friar acts as a reoccurring figure for advice to the two lovers‚ however‚ his advice and actions did not prove worthy. Friar married the two lovers‚ gave Juliet the sleeping potion that lead to her‚ Paris‚ and Romeo’s death‚ and despite faking her death with the sleeping potion he waited until the final day of the potions lifespan to inform Romeo; because of his late delivery‚ the letter never
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Directing Romeo and Juliet Being a director in a production such as Romeo and Juliet is no easy task‚ and I enter into this paper with that in mind. My goals are to be creative‚ and do things differently from the many versions of the play we have viewed in class. Each of those directors took the original text‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ and turned it into a unique version of their own; unique in the sense that they changed the tragedy by taking out lines‚ conversation or even entire scenes to
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of Romeo and Juliet Why are the young characters of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet interesting? Every young character has a different set of characteristics which makes him/her interesting. Shakespeare portrays many important qualities of his young characters. Shakespeare portrays the young characters as rash and impulsive. Tybalt starts a fight with benvolio in Act One‚ Scene One (Shakespeare 15). This shows Tybalt is impatient. Since Tybalt is impatient he acts rash
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Macbeth‚ Julius Caesar‚ and Hamlet are just a few of William Shakespeare’s thirty-seven plays. Some would argue that Romeo and Juliet is by far his best and most famous. In this tragedy two families‚ Capulet and Montague‚ are feuding. Despite this problem‚ the two young lovers still meet and continue on to get married. Their love for each other is so strong it will eventually lead to their deaths. The amazing work of Shakespeare and how he created it made such
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ a play adapted extensively into films‚ musicals‚ and operas‚ itself borrowed from an Italian tale; The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke‚ 1562 and Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Romeo and Juliet became one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies. Baz Luhrman’s 1996 feature film Romeo + Juliet took on the challenge of adapting Shakespeare’s play into film. While retaining the original script‚ Luhrman changed almost everything
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Romeo and Juliet Analysis Shakespeare‚ being the great writer he is‚ molds each character as if he was Michelangelo sculpting the David. The way these characters were brought into the story drastically changes the way the viewer sees their personas. The setting of the story is an older era in Verona‚ Italy around the 1300s. This story includes unique characters varying in ages and mindsets. Some younger characters were put into situations where they are forced to act maturely‚ like they are much
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The Role of Violence in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play which is one of the best known tragedies of all time but at the same time is referred to as the greatest love story of all time. It is about two ‘Star cross’d lovers’ (Prologue 1.6). In other words‚ Romeo and Juliet are governed by fate‚ a movement often linked with the stars. However it has another theme‚ violence‚ which in a way blocks out the love in the play. It presents love and hate as equally potent forces of nature
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prevails. But not for Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare‚ writer of Romeo and Juliet‚ takes two ill-fated lovers‚ who try to overcome their fate. Throughout their story‚ Romeo and Juliet experience luck‚ fate‚ and conation. The story shows the short love story of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ kin of two opposing families in Verona. Though many factors have affected the outcome of Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Laurence is the main cause of their death. Friar Laurence wants to keep Romeo and Juliet’s love
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