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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“One pain is cured by another. Catch some new infection in your eye and the poison of the old one would die.” -William Shakespeare Romeo Montague is the only son of Lord Montague and his wife. He serves as the male protagonist and has a consistent presence throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet”. Romeo is driven by his fatal flaw and can be identified by his impulsiveness and obsession with love. The two traits bond together to prevent him from changing as a character. These two qualities in Romeo’s
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do not think straight and fail to realize there are consequences to their actions. Within Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ there are several factors that occur in the play that leads to conflict. For example‚ Juliet’s father‚ Capulet‚ arranges a wedding for her sooner than expected--even though she is secretly married to Romeo. In fact‚ conflicts are augmented in the play‚ especially when Romeo foreshadows his death as he fails to follow his instincts. In addition‚ Friar Lawrence foreshadows Romeo’s
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William Shakespeare wrote a romantic playwright called‚ “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” The them‚ “When passion overrules reason‚ tragedy often follows‚” is addressed throughout the playwright in many occasions. Shakespeare wrote 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
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sun‚ Mercutio and Benvolio encounter a Tybalt and his group of Capulets and the tension heats up. Romeo enters and Tybalt verbally mocks him and challenges him to a duel. Tybalt is enraged because Romeo showed up at the Capulet’s Party and damaged the Capulet’s reputation. This incident‚ along with Tybalt’s hateful nature and the ongoing feud‚ has conjured a grudge between him and Romeo. Romeo‚ on the other hand‚ was secretly married to Juliet earlier that day‚ and is now cousins with Tybalt
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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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to Mature? Maturity plays a key role in love‚ especially when it comes to young love. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ two characters Romeo and Juliet‚ exhibit the importance of being mature‚ and the reason why maturity influences people’s actions and emotions. Sometimes maturity can be seen through Juliet‚ and other times it is the exact opposite and can be seen through Romeo. Firstly‚ Juliet expresses her maturity by respecting her elders and accepting their wishes. Juliet
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Young people deal with challenges in both negative and positive ways. Romeo and Juliet along with the characters in the book the secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd face many different challenges and overcome them in similar ways by ending their life‚ running away‚ or finding a way around the issue. In the play Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare‚ Romeo’s family (the Montegues) and Juliet’s family (the Capulets) do not get along and have a big rivalry. Because of this ongoing rivalry between
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