INTRODUCTION Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young “star-cross’d lovers” whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular archetypal stories of young‚ teenagers lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. It’s plot is based on an Italian tale‚ translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeous and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in
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plays an extremely important role in this play. Rome meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party. The meeting of the couple would have never taken place if the servant had not come around town to look for people that were invited to the party that the Capulets were hosting. The illiterate servant walked around town and happened to bump into Benvolio and Romeo‚ and in gratitude‚ he invites them into the Capulet’s party. Through fate‚ Romeo and Juliet meet‚ and then the entire story falls out form then. For
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Romeo and Juliet‚ who move to fast‚ who have parental rivalry‚ and who extreme mood swings‚ are like modern day teenagers. William Shakespeare the author or “Romeo and Juliet” the couple move way to fast in there relationship just like many teenagers now a days. Most teenagers now a days held into couples around 12 - 14. “Research shows‚ for instance‚ that teens tend to wildly overestimate certain risks. Of things like unprotected sex and drug use”. Over 13% of teens have had sex before or at
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plays; Romeo and Juliet. Where is your thesis? Romeo and Juliet tells the story of a beautiful‚ yet forbidden love which results in a tragic ending. The story is about what happens when two young lovers fall in love at first sight. However‚ they later discover that they are from rival families‚ the Capulets (Juliet’s family) and the Montagues (Romeo’s family). Rebelling against everything and everyone‚ the two crossed lovers decide to secretly be wed‚ but they must hurry up because Juliet is to
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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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Imagery of Romeo and Juliet Darkness is portrayed in several scenes throughout the play as a representation of pitiful woe and hopelessness. Romeo at the beginning of the play was in a deep state of distress over Rosaline‚ whom he barely knew and loved for her admirable features. Locked away‚ he stays in the dark for several days “and makes himself an artificial night” literally and metaphorically because he couldn’t accept the fact that his love for this girl is not returned (I. I. II. 48). Romeo’s
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How is Romeo presented in the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet? In the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo is presented as a young‚ love struck man. He is a dreamer and a fantasist. The audience feels sympathetic towards him because love is taking him nowhere. In Act 1‚ we first meet Romeo as he is sobbing about his love for a young lady‚ who we later find out to be Rosaline. The first line he speaks‚ “Is the day so young?”‚ suggests that he is bored and waiting for something to happen
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Romeo + Juliet: a comparison of articles. James Berardinelli [from here on he will be referred to as “JB”] JB awards the movie‚ “Romeo + Juliet” with three out of four stars. In the article he makes his opinion clear‚ and he mentions that you can’t really compare this edition of Romeo and Juliet with the romantic classic made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968. Additionally‚ JB adds that Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes do not properly portray the iconic love between Romeo and his Juliet. ‘’While
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Is Friar Lawrence responsible? There always has to be a person at fault when someone kills themselves. The play Romeo and Juliet is written by William Shakespeare‚ and it features two lovers by the names of Romeo and Juliet. They get married despite their parents hate for each other. Both Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves and it is made unclear who is to blame for their deaths. Friar Lawrence is to blame for three main reasons‚ he developed multiple plans that repeatedly failed‚ he did
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have been given the extract from Act 1 scene 5 from the play Romeo and Juliet. This is one of the most famous and important scenes in this play as this is the first time Romeo and Juliet‚ the two main characters meet. Prior to this scene the audience are made aware that Romeo has no interest in going to the Capulet’s party but he only agrees to show to mercutio that there is no one as beautiful as Rosaline‚ the girl whom Romeo was in love with before he met Juliet. The main characters in the play
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