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    Act One‚ Scene Two Paris pleads with Capulet to let him marry Juliet‚ who is still only a girl of thirteen. Capulet tells him to wait‚ but decides to allow Paris to woo her and try to win her heart. He then tells his servant Peter to take a list of names and invite the people to a masked ball he is hosting that evening. Peter meets Romeo on the street‚ and being unable to read‚ asks Romeo to help read the list for him. Romeo does‚ and realizes that the girl he loves‚ Rosaline‚ will be attending

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    Romeo and Juliet compare and contrast. I think almost everyone has heard the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is a very popular book‚ they have made movies and plays out of the book. Each very similar in ways and very different in other ways. Below I will be explaining all the ways they are similar and different in my opinion. The three movies we are compare and contrasting are in the years of 2014‚1968‚1996. My personal favorite out of the three would have to be the 1996 one with Leonardo DiCaprio

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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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    LITERATURE EXAMPLE The play Romeo and Juliet may seem to have no visible connections to the novel‚ “the lord of the Flies; I read these stories in ninth grade‚ but now that I come to think of it‚ they do connect‚ but on a deeper level; they are parallel in many ways. Both stories deal with 2 separate groups (Romeo/Juliet‚ and the two gangs that are created in lord of the flies)‚ in which it would be best to come together‚ but other forces are stopping the unity (Romeo and Juliet’s parents‚ and the

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    Romeo and Juliet. Over the past 500 years there have been numerous adaptations for stage‚ musicals and films based and interpreted from the original tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Written by Shakespeare in 1500’s and Juliet is undeniably Shakespeare’s most successful and well known play. The tragic story line filled with unfortunate events and heartbreaks are something that appealed to the Elizabethan era audience. The two most well known movie interpretations would have to be the version

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    different plots‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the Sound of Waves‚ and West Side Story are very much alike.  They all send out the same messages about love.  This shows that no matter how different couples can be all around the world‚ there are many traits and themes they share.  Although there are a multitude themes about young lovers‚ one really caught my eye.  The people around those young and in love can cause extreme complications for the young lovers. Romeo and Juliet is one of the best love stories ever performed

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    Romeo and Juliet Vs. Romeo+Juliet There are many ways to compare two of the versions of Romeo and Juliet‚ the 1968 version‚ and the 1996 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In both movies‚ the characters and setting have the same names‚ but are portrayed differently. Even though both versions of Romeo and Juliet take place in different centuries‚ the whole meaning of the story is still the same. After watching both the 1968 and the Leonardo DiCaprio versions of Romeo and Juliet‚ I have decided

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    Matter over Mind in Romeo and Juliet There are a multitude story plots that follows the theme of Romeo and Juliet‚ such as The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride‚ West Side Story‚ and many others. All these scenarios follow the idea of forbidden love‚ star crossed lovers‚ or the idea of fate. While some flaws were the characters abuse of their free will and others were of long time feuds‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet were the base of the stories‚ becoming involved in the making of these works of art

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    act 2 of Romeo and Juliet shows love at first sight. Lurhmann’s 1997 version does this better than Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of the play. Lurhmann’s version uses symbolic clothing coupled with a perfect setting to clearly convey love at first sight to the viewer The clothing in Lurhmann’s version make love at first sight symbolic and easier to understand. In the party scene‚ Romeo is wearing a knight costume and Juliet is wearing an Angel costume. These costumes show symbolism that Romeo is the Prince

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    The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of two people to compare‚ one from Romeo and Juliet‚ and one from real life was Benvolio. The only problem was that I still needed someone to compare him to. I thought about people in my life that are peacemakers‚ straightforward‚ and overall nice people‚ like Benvolio acts in Romeo and Juliet. After third period‚ which is your class‚ I found myself walking down the hall‚ still pondering the question of who I should compare Benvolio to. My daydream

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