Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The play takes place in Verona where Romeo‚ a Montague‚ and Juliet‚ a Capulet‚ have a love forbidden by their families’ rivalry. Juliet‚ and the spiritual leader of Verona called Friar Lawrence‚ make a plan to fake Juliet’s death. This would allow her to escape the feud and be with Romeo‚ who is banished from Verona for a fight involving his best friend Mercutio and a Capulet by the name of Tybalt. Romeo however‚ hears only that Juliet is dead‚ so he returns
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous ‘love stories’ of all time‚ but does that title truly fit this tragedy? Was Romeo and Juliet’s love written in the stars? Was it love or was it simply fervent infatuation? Throughout the play‚ although Romeo and Juliet did show quite strong feelings for one another‚ it was not enough to call it ‘love’. Two teens caught up in their own small world‚ blind not to see what consequences their actions would create. Their bond could not be classified
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the nurse‚ Juliet’s guardian and confidante‚ plays an essential role in the romance and ultimately the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The nurse‚ who obtains the paramount qualities of vulgarity‚ fierceness‚ and compassion‚ provides stability in the relationship between the two star-crossed lovers and realism and humor to the story. Firstly‚ the nurse’s vulgarity brings about comic relief. While telling Lady Capulet and Juliet a story about raising Juliet‚ she makes a
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idea is made exceptionally obvious in Romeo and Juliet‚ seen through the lovers’ rash decisions which eventually lead to their dismal end. In the Elizabethan era it was not uncommon for people to marry as young as 12 years old‚ and Romeo and Juliet are pictured as being teenagers themselves‚ meaning that they are lacking the maturity that may be necessary in order for them to make the correct decisions in their relationship. From the onset of the play‚ Romeo is characterised as a person who is very
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Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet 23rd April 2013 Today we discussed casting options with Ade‚ this included the task which included creating three different casting options for Romeo & Juliet. One which consisted of people in our class‚ one which consisted of Characters we already know from movies/plays and one which consisted of animals. My Student Cast:- Romeo – Thomas moore Benvolio – Cameron Abram – Magenta Lord Montague – Ross McKenzie Lady Montague –Megan Taylor Juliet –Arietta (god
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Shakespeare uses allusion in the play Romeo and Juliet to reinforce the themes of young love and youth being impetuous. Throughout the play Shakespeare uses allusion to reinforce these themes by putting in myths that have tragic ends much like the end of the play. One myth that Shakespeare uses in the play many times is Cupid and Psyche. Cupid is the Roman god of love. The myth of Cupid is that there was a king that had three daughters and each of them was beautiful but not as much of the youngest
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William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” contains many different representations of love‚ some of which are based entirely on looks‚ and others seem to be more in depth. Love based entirely on looks is called lust. In “Romeo and Juliet”‚ impulsiveness is a tragic flaw present in the characters Romeo‚ Juliet‚ Lord Capulet‚ and Friar Laurence. Romeo’s impulsiveness is found in his reaction after the Prince banished him. Juliet shows impulsiveness with her willingness to partake in Friar’s plan‚ and
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In reading The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ characters seem to pop off the page and into the readers’ minds. Romeo and Juliet are introduced‚ along with the long time feud between the Montagues and Capulets. The feud between the families is the core of the lovers’ fateful death. Throughout the play‚ the families continue to show their hostility and hate towards each other‚ proving to the reader that the family feud is a important role in the story. From the very start of the
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Shakespeare play‚ Romeo and Juliet is about how their love is conquered by the hate of their families feud. In the play Paris is a prince on the capulets side and has love for Juliet before Romeo did‚ He is a handsome and respectful guy in desperate need of Juliet’s love. Paris‚ while at first desperate‚ develops into a devastated person‚ which teaches the reader that people don’t always get what they want. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ by shakespeare‚ My character Paris is desperate for juliet and loves
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Romeo and Juliet Love as a cause of violence Romeo and Juliet were “star crossed lovers”. This is for the majority of the time which not a good thing because “star crossed” means that you have no choice in the matter. The “stars” have decided it already. This makes it so you have never had a choice in your life and your life has been planned out from the beginning and can lead to disasters just like what happened in Romeo and Juliet. Violence and love have always been close together in movies
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