Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona‚ Italy and tells the four day love story of a miserable pair of star-crossed lovers. This play relates to many teenagers’ choices in modern day and shows us how this could have a large impact on the lives of teenagers. The behavior and choices of these two young teenagers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are based on how they were raised‚ this is known as nurture. Romeo’s parents are uninvolved parents. In “Parenting Styles and Adolescents” it says “Uninvolved
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David Rodriguez Mrs. Seguin English 9 acc 14 May 2015 Romeo and Juliet is Relevant Although the thought of teaching Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" may raise some eyebrows with some people‚ it has many purposes of it being taught to freshman in high school. The story can be very resourceful to students. There are multiple benefits such as an improved skill of understanding precise language‚ fundamentals and customs to the 15th century‚ and finally an introduction to Shakespearean literature.
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The first time Romeo and Juliet had laid eyes on each was at the Capulet ball. This is a very intimate scene between the two lovers in both the play and film. It is shown in the play by the word’s Shakespeare had chosen. For example‚ Romeo asks a servant‚ “What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” This automatically means Romeo shows interest. It encourages us to think that he is instantly attracted to her‚ which creates the moment of the ‘love at first sight’. The love at first
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Romeo and Juliet Essay Friar Lawrence (Ecclesiastical leaders‚ in addition‚ should be held to a higher standard.) 1. Self Interest(hidden agenda) -Friar married them for self interest.(See their household together) Friar Laurence‚ through his lack of good judgment‚ is largely responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Rather than being supportive of them and helping them disclose their loving situation‚ Friar Laurence took the “easy” way out. He succumbed to their desire
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Adults and Children in Romeo and Juliet? In Romeo and Juliet there is conflict throughout the play. One of the important conflicts was the Montague’s and the Capulet’s who had been fighting for a while then. During one of the two families’ fights‚ at the beginning‚ the Prince managed to stop it but gave them a choice of that if they were to carry on fighting then there would be a punishment of death. Romeo and Benvolio managed to get two tickets for their enemies party‚ but Romeo didn’t think it was
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Shakepeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet 1996 film adaption. In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare explores the themes of conflict and rebellion and their tragic consequences. I strongly believe that Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is the superior text as it conveys the same themes‚ however adapts them through the medium of film which is more enjoyable than a play for a modern audience and he has done this in order to convey a version of Romeo and Juliet
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has a much greater impact on the characters then their destiny. Their destiny was a series of events that happen to lead up to the tragedy. It was the characters personal choice to do what they did. The events that lead up to the tragedy were their personal choice also. Therefore‚ the character’s choices on how they lived their lives were furthermore effective than their destiny. Romeo quoted‚”Here’s to my love![Drinks.] O true apothecary!” (S.S. p. 473). Romeo drank the potion by choice. It wasn’t
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Romeo and Juliet are very loving‚ which contrasts with Juliet’s relationship with her parents. Juliet produces excuses for Romeo to stay. “It was the nightingale and not the lark”. Juliet wants Romeo to stay however Romeo is saying that he needs to go or he gets executed. “I must be gone and live‚ or stay and die”. This creates sympathy which creates drama throughout the play. Juliet now gives her second excuse for Romeo to stay. “Yon light is not daylight‚ I know it‚ I. It is some meteor that the
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listen to Romeo and Juliet talk about their undying love for each other. Romeo and Juliet were two teenagers from two feuding families. They then fell in love after they met each other at the Capulet’s ball. Romeo and Juliet get married after about two days of knowing each other‚ but Romeo then is banished from being in a fight in the streets. Not long after‚ Juliet helps come up with a plan that gets her and Romeo together again. Romeo thinks that she is dead so‚ he then kills himself. Juliet woke up
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greatly responsible‚ Romeo did not deserve to be banished‚ and the Nurse is never chastised for the problems she caused either. Friar Lawrence does not take any responsibility for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet’s that he 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
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