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    Romeo and Juliet character analysis Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins‚ we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd‚ of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet’s first meeting with her mother and the nurse‚ she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam‚ I am here‚ / What is your will?" (“Act

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    play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet we see some bad decisions that both Romeo and Juliet take but we are trying to figure about who is the most realistic and and why. Throughout Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and JulietJuliet is characterized as being practical about both the present and the future‚ but selfish in her decisions and choices making her a realistic character to today’s audience. We see that Juliet shows how she acts about the idea of getting married to Romeo; she thinks of her

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    Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet has been made into a movie by many different directors. Franco Zefferelli 1968’s version of Romeo and Juliet is better than Baz Luhrmann 1996’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Zefferelli’s film is better than Luhrmann’s film because it is faithful to the actual play with suited costumes‚ music‚ text‚ and setting. Zefferelli’s 1968 film of Romeo and Juliet is better than the 1996 version because the lines of the actors are faithful to the play and the costumes

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    Twilight vs. Romeo and Juliet Deemed the new modern day Romeo and Juliet‚ Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight reintroduces the idea of “forbidden love”. However‚ Meyer’s Edward Cullen and Bella Swan are not simply rewritten versions of Romeo and Juliet. Instead‚ when comparing these two stories together‚ the reader can recognize more than the “forbidden love” that occurs between two opposing sides in both books‚ but they can also use the comparison to understand each character as individuals more thoroughly

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    Romeo & Juliet and the west side story have a lot of comparisons and differences. Romeo & Juliet and the west side story portray the theme of romance‚ violence and sadness in much different and similar ways. The movie Romeo & Juliet has romance it was when Romeo and Juliet fell in love in the first sight and got married. For the west side story tony and Maria in the first sight but didn’t get married they were about to run away and get married but they didn’t. There are many violence of the movie

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    CHARACTERS: Romeo & Hamlet I. INTRODUCTION Incorporating something irrational into your life isnt much of a good thing. Romeo & Hamlet find out the hard way. A. ATTENTION GETTER:What do most people become to deep into in their daily lives? Now days‚ social networking mostly. B. NARROW TO THESIS Romeo & Hamlet let their love take over‚ and pratically live their life. C. THESIS:Shakespeare’s characterization’s of Romeo and Hamlet in Romeo & Juliet & Hamlet suggest te following about Elizabethan

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    writers. "Romeo and Juliet" is a sad love story that’s a classic known by many. It is the perfect model to be used by other writers. It is one of the best works of William Shakespeare. Although "West Side Story" is not as famous as "Romeo and Juliet"‚ it was a impressive work of it’s time‚ and it has left his mark on the times afterwards. It is also a love story which also ends with somebody’s death. Both Shakespeare and Arthur Laurents had done their best when they wrote these stories. "Romeo and Juliet"

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    Romeo and Juliet Extended Response Prompt 2 Throughout Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare shows many examples of the main theme‚ forbidden love. In this story two feuding families‚ the Montagues and Capulets‚ each have a child who falls in love with the other. The young Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love at first sight. They know they cannot be together because of their names‚ and that is how the main theme‚ forbidden love‚ comes about. Act 1 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is right

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    Juliet For the majority of act 5‚ Juliet is in a deep sleep‚ while Romeo believes she is dead. He travels to Verona after hearing the news of her “death‚” as he plans on killing himself. When she wakes up in scene 3‚ she finds Romeo dead by her side. At this point she changes from being happy and hopeful that her and Romeo were going to be together‚ to completely miserable and heart broken. While feeling this extreme amount of pain‚ she makes the decision to kill herself. This was not out of feminine

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    Zeffirelli vs Luhrmann When you think of a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet is always one of the first to come to mind. This great tragedy is a timeless story that will be told for many generations to come. It tells the story about two star crossed lovers that were held apart by their clashing families. Two men came along that wanted to share this classic story with the rest of the world. Franco Zeffirelli created his movie version in 1968. 28 years later‚ Baz Luhrmann came along and also created his

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