Pre-AP English April 29‚ 2014 Romeo & Juliet: Compare and Contrast Essay Getting to read “Romeo and Juliet” was a great experience that will never be forgotten! A tragic story of young lovers with innocent hearts who attempt to fight their “star-crossed” fate. It was very interesting to see how different directors interpreted the play compared to the original by Shakespeare. Viewing the story from different angles helps you develop a better understanding of the story. In
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system anything is possible. In this story‚ Romeo and Juliet never really had that support tho having both parents in their life. They never had this support because there parents were too busy fighting with one another over a stupid feud. I believe that this story would be much different if the parents spent more time loving and paying attention to their children instead of arguing and fighting. Nurse and Friar Laurence were there for Juliet and Romeo in the selection when their biological parents
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Romeo and Juliet Essay “From forth the fatal loin of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet quickly fall in love and grow attached and fate causes them both to commit suicide. True love is being with someone for a such amount of time that no matter what happens to them you will be this them forever and this takes maturity and time. Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love because they are young‚ Romeo uses juliet as a rebound if you will‚ they
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Examine how Shakespeare presents the character of Friar Lawrence ‘Romeo and Juliet’ In ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare presents Friar Lawrence in many ways‚ such as‚ a holy man‚ a fatherly figure but also as a coward. Friar Lawrence is a key instrument of fate within the play; he has good intentions but ends up helping fate to create tragedy. In the first scene the audience see Friar Lawrence in; he is presented as being extremely knowledgeable. The audience see him gathering plants and herbs
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Romeo and Juliet‚ the dramatic love story everyone knows. Many times the play by William Shakespeare is compared to the movie produced by Baz Luhrman. Most always when movies are compared to the books‚ the books are better‚ but not quite in this case. Yes‚ the play is very good as well as the movie‚ but the play has its great parts‚ and its not so great parts as well. Just like the movie‚ it also has its good parts also many things that are the same in both the movie and play‚ but of course they
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from the past and appreciate them in our modern and exponential times. However‚ there still are possibilities to cherish some of the archaic literature today that were written so long ago. Celebrated as one of the greatest dramas of all time‚ Romeo and Juliet depicts a tragedy of two lovers who come from feuding families. The play was first written in the 1500s by William Shakespeare. Almost four-hundred years later‚ the tragic play was made into a movie in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. There are
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The end of Romeo and Juliet‚ the prince declares that “some shall be pardoned and some punished.” Friar Laurence is most at fault for the outcome of the play. Friar is the one who married Romeo and Juliet‚ he is the one who gave Juliet the secret position‚ he also did not get to the vault in time to tell Romeo the truth. Friar is the one who marries Romeo and Juliet just to end a feud between two families. In the second line of the prologue of act three scene six‚ it says “When she arrives‚ the two
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in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet plays and important role in the decisions the title characters make. Indeed‚ Friar Lawrence‚ Nurse‚ and Balthasar directly briong about the downfall of Romeo and Juliet though their roles as middlemen. For example‚ Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead‚ which causes Romeo to kill himself. Similarly‚ Nurse facilitates their love affair which brings them to the point where they would rather kill themselves than be apart. Likewise‚ Friar Lawrence marries them and
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Goldberg The Significance Of Friar Lawrence “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast” (2.3.101). These are just a few words of wisdom that were given by Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is a very important secondary character‚ if not the most. He has an important role in the Church‚ and is also a father figure to both Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play he gives advice that alters the play significantly. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence plays a very prominent
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play “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Friar Lawrence had a very important role. In this play he was always someone that both Romeo and Juliet could count on when they need advice or an answer to a problem. Also Friar Lawrence was seen to be the priest that always knew what was best for you in the end. Although Friar Lawrence was always there for them and was a priest he caused both families to fight and he even caused many deaths between them. Two deaths that he is most certainly accountable for are Romeo and
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