In Romeo and Juliet‚ the characters make many impulsive decisions‚ one of them being Friar Lawrence who creates careless plans which are not properly thought out. Friar acts without thinking about the consequences‚ leading to misconception and causing dreadful outcomes. Friar Lawrence should be giving smart thought out plans to Juliet considering he is a priest (he should think of another way of helping Juliet without watching the lovers take their lives)‚ he does not follow through with his plan
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Romeo and Juliet: A Poor Demonstration of Love “These violent delights have violent ends‚ and in their triumph die like fire and powder which as they kiss consumes” (2.6.10-11). Out of love‚ the star-crossed lovers can’t bear the burden of living without each other‚ choose to die together in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. However‚ has Juliet made the right decision‚ or has she really thought about love and marriage? Romeo is gentle and passionate‚ whereas Paris is honourable and practical
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Romeo & Juliet Author William Shakespeare was born in Statford-upon-Avon on April 23 1564. He went to free grammar school in Stratford. It was a good school where he learned even Greek and Latin. But he didn’t go to college that’s so people thought he didn’t write his work‚ because apparently in that time if you didn’t go to college you weren’t smart enough to write such good books and plays. He started getting famous in 1592 when he showed in his talent in writing plays London‚ suchHamlet
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play Romeo and Juliet. Both the two families’ hate for each other and their love for their respective heirs drives the two lovers together‚ first in life and then in death. Love and hate‚ though opposing forces‚ work together to accomplish the same goal. Reason #1: In Romeo and Juliet‚ the two families’ hate of one another forces Romeo and Juliet to meet in secret because of the feud between the 2 families‚ so both of the two lovers both have to meet in secret and both of Romeo and Juliet spends
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William Shakespeare Discussing William Shakespeare‚ Ben Jonson once said‚ “He was not of an age‚ but for all time!” D.H Lawrence once said‚ “When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder‚ that such trivial people should muse and thunder‚ in such lovely language.” Dame Ellen Terry also once said‚ “Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all‚ and women especially‚ owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless‚ high-spirited‚ resolute and intelligent heroines?” There
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Romeo and Juliet‚ a classic love story amidst a time so full of tragedy. However‚ every good love story has tragedy built in among itself. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ the real tribulation is the literal downfall of Romeo and Juliet. There are many events that lead to the rise and fall of Romeo and Juliet‚ from their first meeting at the masquerade ball‚ to Friar Laurence marrying them‚ to Romeo’s exile‚ and lastly the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in a tomb below the city of fair Verona. However
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Blame? The story Romeo and Juliet is a story about two crossed lovers who were killed by someone else’s mistakes. At the end of the story‚ Juliet drank a potion in which would “kill” her for 42 hours. Friar said that he would deliver a note to Romeo saying that Juliet would wake up and she would be fine. Friar was unable to deliver that note because the black plague was going around and he was not able to enter Mantua‚ therefore Friar was to blame for their deaths. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the Friar was
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Lord Capulet is mostly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he choose an illiterate clown to deliver his invitations to his masked party. While the illiterate clown was trying to deliverer the invitations‚ he runs into Romeo. He asked Romeo to read the list because he could not. Romeo wouldn’t have had to read the list and would have never been accidentally invited if Lord Capulet would have done it himself. Also‚ Romeo wouldn’t have known that Rosaline was going to attend the Capulet
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after the Capulet party‚ Tybalt gravely insults Romeo in anger that Romeo was in attendance. In response to Tybalt’s provocation to fight‚ Romeo responds‚ “Tybalt‚ the reason that I have to love thee/Doth much excuse the appertaining rage /to such a greeting. Villain I am none./Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.” (3.1.63-66) Romeo says that he has “reason to love” Tybalt‚ which implies that he now considers Tybalt family after he married Juliet. This “reason to love” excuses “the appertaining
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Firstly‚ Romeo and Juliet should stay on the Preliminary English reading list because of its wide range of language techniques. Through the effective use of metaphor‚ oxymoron and hyperbole‚ Shakespeare is able to expose to us to the use of literary techniques to educate us through the practice of reading Shakespearean language. The use of oxymoron is shown when Romeo boasts out “O heavy lightness! serious vanity! Mis - shapen chaos of well - seeming forms. Feather of lead‚ bright smoke‚ cold fire
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