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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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    Shakepeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet 1996 film adaption. In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare explores the themes of conflict and rebellion and their tragic consequences. I strongly believe that Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is the superior text as it conveys the same themes‚ however adapts them through the medium of film which is more enjoyable than a play for a modern audience and he has done this in order to convey a version of Romeo and Juliet

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    said‚ “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” (goodreads.com). Anger has caused many people resort to violence. Being quick to anger proves lack of logic and thinking. Tybalt was quickly made a fool after challenging both Mercutio and Romeo due to a bad temper. He died soon after due to his own horrible decisions. Tybalt practically was his own killer with his actions throughout the story. Tybalt was responsible for his own death because he tried to start the fight‚ he lost his temper

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    One of the most well-known authors in history‚ William Shakespeare‚ was able to tie themes fluidly into his works. Many themes were present in his drama The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Two themes were very prominent in this work‚ and they seemed to stand out the most of all. Many characters in the play were shown to value the physical attraction to people above all other things in a relationship. In addition‚ the characters seemed to fall in love the first time seeing someone. This idea of love

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    The context of both Shakespeare in the Elizabethan Era and Luhrmann in the late 20th century impacts Shakespeare’s play‚ and Luhrmann’s film: Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet‚’ the social‚ religious and political aspects of the Elizabethan Era clearly were an influence on the play. For example‚ during the time at which the play “Romeo and Juliet” was written‚ religion was involved with politics and there was a small percentage of the wealthy and a large percentage of those who

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    The power of older men in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet written in the late 1500s had a much different structure of government than that of today’s society. Traits such as gender and age played a major role in those times‚ and it is seen throughout the story that the older men have the ability to make decisions for the rest of the community with social status less than them. Such events as the decrees of the prince‚ the choices of the friar‚ and the commands of Lord

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    In the romance of Romeo and Juliet‚ there are two characters that are always interacting with Romeo‚ these  are Benvolio and Tybalt‚ their the opposite to one to other. Benvolio is calm and he is always trying to resolve the problems pacifically and he is from the Montague family ‚ in other side‚ Tybalt is quick tempered‚ have an aggressive stile and he belongs to Capulet family. While both are always involved with Romeo in his decisions‚ Benvolio have the function to calm Romeo and every one from

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    Romeo And Juliet Compare William Shakespeare’s Play with Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet Ideas: Power‚ Inequality‚ Loyalty Vs. disloyalty Word Count 860 Context has been a major faction contributing to the way Romeo and Juliet was written. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and JulietBaz Luhrmann produced a Romeo and Juliet with a modern context rather than an Elizabethan context. Context has influenced the language and representation of ideas throughout Romeo and Juliet‚ notably with the themes: Loyalty

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    Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written by the famous William Shakespeare in the 16th centuries about two lovers (Romeo & Juliet) who impulsively falls in love‚ but cannot be together because of the long feud between their families (the Montague and Capulet families) so they decide to turn their backs on their families and have a secret marriage. Unfortunately for them‚ depict all their effort and sufferance. All there is at the end for them is death. Many may see this play is seen as just

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    Taylor Cocke ELA 9 Ms. Evans 21 February 2013 Shakespeare’s Paradoxical Nature of Life William Shakespeare’s tragedy of two star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families‚ entails a variety of conflicting figurative language. Sound devices‚ imagery‚ juxtaposition‚ oxymorons‚ and other figurative language examples all assist in conveying the theme that life is paradoxical‚ in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. A supreme example of this theme‚ could be Friar Lawrence’s

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