The book “the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” is about 2 star crossed lovers who can’t get together because of their families on going feud. The main characters in this play are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ the nurse‚ and Friar Lawrence. Juliet is a 13 year old girl who is being forced to marry Paris an eligible bachelor‚ who is rich and very successful. Juliet then starts loving Romeo and gets married to him. One of the main characters‚ Juliet went through a lot of change in “the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” At
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Romeo & Juliet Essay Fate‚ most people don’t even believe in it; in fact some don’t even know what it is. There are many definitions of Fate‚ but most seem to revolve around something like a force—in which no one can control—in life. But one of the few people—in that small percentage—that do believe in fate‚ so happens to include William Shakespeare himself‚ and he tries to proof Fate to be true through figurative language and incidents‚ in his book Romeo and Juliet. This story is about two families
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in London‚ in the mid-1590s. This play about two lovers was among his most popular and most frequently performed plays. It was extremely popular even in Shakespeare’s lifetime. However‚ Shakespeare did not introduce the story into the English language. Romeo and Juliet borrows from a tradition of tragic love stories dating back to antiquity. For instance‚ Pyramus and Thisbe from Ovid’s Metamorphoses‚ which has many similarities
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Throughout the book “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Friar Lawrence plays the role in the events that could be described loyal or deceptive. In the story‚ all the events Friar Lawrence contributed in seemed to be loyal and have good intention. He is always willing to offer advice‚ help Romeo in any way he needs‚ and also help Juliet with her problems. Friar Lawrence‚ throughout the story‚ is loyal to both Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence‚ in the story‚ always offers advice to Romeo and Juliet. During
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Romeo and Juliet Character analysis Romeo plays a big part in the play/book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In the beginning of the play‚ Romeo is obsessed with Rosaline‚ the love of his life. He spends most of his time sighing over his depressing and nonexistent love life. Romeo is first mentioned as an aimless wanderer‚ preoccupied with thoughts of Rosaline. His father describes his doleful manner: "Many a morning hath he been there seen/ with tears augmenting the fresh morning’s
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Control is the main theme in Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo & Juliet. Power is presented by fate‚ love and parental control. Shakespeare clearly demonstrates that Lord Capulet is a very protective father. This is because in Act 1 scene 2 Capulet says “ hopeful lady of my earth” In this quote Shakespeare shows that Capulet is a loving and protective father because children died easily and the words ‘hopeful lady’ means that Juliet was his only hope ‚ Juliet was very precious for him because she was his
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After reading the play “Romeo and Juliet”‚ we know the character of Juliet and her behavior. Is her behavior selfish or not? I think there are many arguments to support both views‚ but in my view that I think her behaviour is selfish. Firstly‚ Juliet was born into a rich and complex family and she is an only child in this family. This condition makes her behavior more selfish as because of her suicide‚ there would be no one to look after her parents. Moreover‚ her family and her lover’s family
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Romeo and Juliet is the tale of two teenagers‚ whose families are sworn enemies. Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love. Upon realizing that the objects of their affections are their families sworn enemies‚ they decide to marry‚ without parental knowledge or consent. When Juliet’s father announces that she is to marry another man‚ she fakes her death so that she can remain faithful to her husband Romeo‚ without admitting her disobedience to her parents. Romeo had at this point been banished from
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Romeo and Juliet Project: Nora and Juliet Essay The most unique personalities develop from those who refuse and rebel against banality and conventionalism despite others’ expectations‚ such as Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Though Juliet and Nora are women in a male dominated society‚ their mental immunity and resistance to their outside influences let them succeed in becoming more independent. Though Shakespeare’s Juliet and Ibsen’s Nora have different
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the prologue‚ Romeo and Juliet are described as “star-crossed lovers” and reference is made to their “death-marked love”. I think that Shakespeare created the impression that the cause of their death is because of their own willfulness. Romeo and Juliet loved each other no doubt about that. Their love was so strong that they killed themselves because they knew they couldn’t be together because of their family feud. This is a love story that has a tragic ending. A boy named Romeo son of Lord Montague
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