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    In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the character that I disagree with the most is the nurse. In this play the nurse does multiple things that offend me including rambling on‚ changing her mind to do what’s easiest and being deceitful. The nurse’s character loves to ramble on and talk about things that are irrelevant. For instance‚ when Juliet and her mother were talking about how old Juliet is‚ the nurse jumped in and started a long-winded speech on how Juliet is 14 when she could

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    Martin Martin 1 S. Ramirez English II: Period 4 12 March 2013 Romeo and Juliet play VS. Movie Some people believe that the movie ruined the play by taking out the most crucial parts. The director of the movie interpreted what Shakespeare had written. The play and the movie differ in many ways. The crucial parts that were changed include how Tybalt was killed‚ how Romeo was banished‚ and how Romeo and Juliet end up dying in the end. The differences between the play and the 1996 movie

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    are central to “Romeo and Juliet”‚ providing a strong contrast to the love story between the two main characters. Discuss this theme with reference to at least three scenes in the play. “Romeo and Juliet” is a ’high drama’ tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross’d lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime. “Romeo and Juliet” was written in

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    I think Friar Lawrence is most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because his plan that went wrong was that Friar wants Romeo to visit Juliet that night‚ but Romeo has to make sure that he leaves Juliet’s chamber he also has to make sure and leave Verona before morning. Romeo is going to live in Mantua until Friar can make Romeo and Juliet’s Marriage public and make peace between Romeo and Juliet’s Families. Friar told Romeo that he will ask the Prince to pardon him. Then they will welcome

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    crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ let fate take its course on their idolatry and ended up with fatal results. The author‚ William Shakespeare‚ was one of the greatest of his time if not the best. He wrote many plays but this is undoubtedly the most famous. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to portray that the lovers fate ultimately led to death of both. Romeo‚ Benvolio‚ and Mercutio decide to attend the masked ball at the Capulet house where they are forbidden to be. Romeo is still trying

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    period in their lives isn’t going to end. So they tend to choose a very permanent solution that they believe will help solve the problem. That solution is suicide. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the couple had both reached that point. After Romeo had heard the news that his true love was dead he rushed out to be with her and died in her arms. Juliet then wakes up to see that her one and only was dead. She then proceeds to take her husband’s dagger and kills herself. They had felt that death was the only option

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    The Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet opens with prominent beginning which engages a modern audience by providing rock music at the start of the film. This rock music includes a strong base guitar and some heavy drums; appearing at the beginning but as the music progresses the whole band establishes a foot hold in the soundtrack‚ which builds up adrenalin within me. As the whole band is drawn in‚ this reflects what the young audience may in account. From a young audience’s point of view‚ the

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    Horace Walpole once said‚ “The world is a tragedy to those who feel‚ but a comedy to those who think.” Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is no exception to this for the forbidden lovers let their emotions control how they lived their lives‚ allowing love to overpower logic. Rather than love and lust‚ the Capulets and Montagues allowed disgust and spitefulness to cause much chaos to the everyday lives of the feuding families. At the start of the play‚ hate overruled all resulting

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    cut up into specific meanings. A lot of times parents can be wrong and out of place but with the title they carry people can’t just say‚ “ You need to stop” or “You’re wrong”‚ but in the case of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ The side of contrary opinion was strongly shown with how Romeo and Juliet were treated throughout the play. Marriage‚ meaning the coming together of 2 people who are in LOVE. Marriage was never meant for getting more money which was a big issue back

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    3) of Romeo and Juliet in 1700s compare to the changes made in the Baz Luhrman film version of the play. The plot of both were actually similarly the same‚ however the setting was a lot different and I will be talking about some of the main important changes made to the setting of the movie and of course most importantly the topic which my presentation is mainly on which is Alternate Endings. First of all ill talk a little bit about the setting of the movie. The original Romeo and Juliet was obviously

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