English 1 Period 7 8 April 2013 The dramatic comedy about love‚ hatred‚ bloodshed‚ and death‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ masterfully conveys the power of boundless love‚ and bitter abhorrence. In the setting of Verona‚ Italy‚ two disputing families fight over a long-forgotten disagreement. Within the walls of each opposing family’s home‚ live two teens‚ whose fates are grim‚ but love is unbinding. They happen to meet‚ and in the short span of 5 days their utter adoration for each other
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“Ignorance is a poison that kills love‚ friendship‚ and all the good feelings.” ~unknown. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet ‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ a pair of star crossed lovers take their life. Romeo and Juliet take their own lives because of the man they trusted the most‚ Friar Lawrence. Lawrence’s carelessness and ignorance in his actions cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence’s carelessness was very evident when he was trying to help the lovers get back together but
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Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story written by William Shakespeare‚ in the Elizabethan era of English history. The work tells of the fatal attraction between Romeo and Juliet‚ how they met and why‚ their falling in love and their ultimate sacrifice for each other’s love‚ their actual lives. Fate has complete control‚ is a theme that is riddled throughout the text written by Shakespeare. It is essentially pointing out the view that everything we do or will‚ is at the mercy of fate‚ and whatever
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Peter Ligeiro William Shakespeare’s highly acclaimed drama Romeo and Juliet is the story of two lovers against fate who by their death end the quarrels between their families‚ the Montague’s and the Capulet. After meeting each other at a masquerade‚ they fall in one. However‚ the dread between the houses proves too strong as the story ends with a tragic ending. People who become masters of their trade have first to become masters of the tool. For a writer‚ this tool is language‚ and throughout history
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impact a relationship. Some examples are in the story of Romeo And Juliet‚ they both belonged to different families who hated each other. As you will start to see their relationship is almost impossible to keep. The kinsman of the prince named Paris asks for Juliet’s hand. So they are throwing a ball for him to charm Juliet. Juliet’s father believes that Pairs is a perfect match for Juliet after a few years of course (she wasn’t up to age yet). Romeo is stuck up on a girl who doesn’t share the same feelings
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lives. Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ explores the effects of patriarchal authority exerted over women and how the patriarchal structure left no escape from it‚ save death. Through Juliet‚ Lady Capulet‚ and the Nurse‚ Shakespeare establishes a common understanding of this type of society‚ but illuminates three different reactions to the social oppression by portraying the responses of a passionate lover‚ an idyllic housewife‚ and an attendant. Juliet is introduced into the play in act
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ii. 75-79) William Shakespeare used foreshadowing throughout Romeo and Juliet with many of the characters to enhance the audience’s interest and feeling of suspense. In acts two and three‚ Friar Lawrence‚ Juliet and Romeo all foreshadow Romeo and Juliet’s demise at the end of the play. Romeo meets with Friar Lawrence prior to his marriage to Juliet‚ and Friar Lawrence while agreeing to marry them offers these words to Romeo: These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph
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January 2012 Similarities and Differences of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story No one goes through all of life without the knowledge of these two timeless classics: West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. These films are each a great literary work that defines the true meaning of life‚ sorrows and love. We all have knowledge of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet. In 1957 Leonard Bernstein created a Broadway Musical with a plot similar to Romeo and Juliet. As well as this film‚ Baz Luhrmann created
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In the first scene of Romeo and Juliet is set out in town‚ whereas Baz lurhman’s interpretation of Romeo and Juliet it is set out in a petrol station which is also a public place but the main reason this is used as the opening scene is to show that it’s modernised version. In Macbeth the first scene is set out on heath‚ however in palanski’s 1960 film version is set out on a beach. In both Romeo and Juliet there is violence but of different types. In Romeo and Juliet the violence is a feud between
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Romeo & Juliet Essay Romeo and Juliet‚ written by Shakespeare‚ is a romantic tragedy that involves two teenagers who fall in love at a ball and later‚ they find out that they are from feuding families. Nonetheless‚ they still manage to continue their love affair in secret and ultimately‚ things end up spiraling out of control which results in their death. Romeo and Juliet are to blame for their own deaths. It’s their fault and not the families for the feud—or other misunderstandings that might have
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