INTRODUCTION Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young “star-cross’d lovers” whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular archetypal stories of young‚ teenagers lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. It’s plot is based on an Italian tale‚ translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeous and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in
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“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is a play about two star-crossed lovers whose families are in a bitter rivalry. This feud results in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Parents and children are very different. Adults are stiff and children run on impulse; most kids stray from their parents’ way of life and go off on their own. Sometimes parents influence their children’s opinion on important matters. Many times this can be a good thing but other times its bad. Since
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Romeo and Juliet come from dysfunctional families. This is the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy. It is what lead to the death of both Romeo and Juliet. A dysfunctional family is a family with conflict‚ misbehaviour or neglect. Families should be close and understanding of each other. They should love one another and share their love and feelings. This is not the case with Romeo and Juliet’s families. Both their families had distant parents‚ the parents misunderstood their children and the
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Shakespeare’s most popular plays‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ centers upon this controversial topic of infatuation and love at first sight. This timeless play‚ considered a classic‚ manages to possess a modern tone and causes the audience to formulate many opinions surrounding the topic of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Despite the challenges modern readers face interpreting Shakespearean language‚ the plays legacy remains current‚ cutting edge‚ and relevant throughout generations. Romeo and Juliet is presented as a love story
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ANSWER KEY: SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Romeo and Juliet Act I 1. Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague’s men? Sampson and Gregory are servants of the Capulet family‚ which has been feuding with the Montague family for quite some time. The feud has reached proportions involving all members and servants of both households. 2. Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. Contrast their reactions to the fight. Benvolio tries to break up the fight‚ but Tybalt
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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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Benvolio tried to break up the feud until Tybalt attacks him. 2. Prince Escalus breaks up the feud by threatening everyone with death. 3. Benvolio realizes that Romeo’s problem is that he is love and tries to find out who it is. Romeo is too stubborn and will not tell who he is in love with. Act I Scene ii 1. Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage. 2. Romeo finds out that Rosaline will attend the mask party. 3. Benvolio challenges Romeo to go to the part and compare Rosaline
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Conflicts and Family Grudges In today’s world family could mean a lot of things; two moms; two dads; no dad; no mom; only grandparents. But in all families there is both love and hate. Love for their own kin‚ and hate for their neighbors. Even in Roman time their was love and hate. We see this is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Today’s world and the old world these love hate relationships conflict another’s plans. At what point does conflict come up with
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ESL E Culminating Activity Romeo and Juliet By Hsinju Pao The play of Romeo and Juliet is one of the famous story written by William Shakespeare. It is considered by many people to be one of the world’s greatest love stories‚ a story about two young star-crossed lover from two enemy families‚ who took their lives not only because of the feud‚ but also their fate. However‚ as the love story ended up with the untimely death‚ who is responsible for their death might be a common question. In many
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Rachel Amaya Per.5 Adv. Language arts 5-30-12 “Romeo and Juliet” In William Shakespeare`s play‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ is a story about two-star crossed lovers that must hide their deep love for each-other because of bad blood between the Montague’s‚ and Capulet’s .Romeo`s relationship with his parents is strong‚ on the other hand‚ Juliet is closer to the nurse than her own parents .Romeos parents are concerned for his happiness‚ and want what’s best for him. Juliet’s father‚ Capulet‚ truly
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