The only thing that’s going through my mind right now is surviving and I know that forming alliances will lead me to victory. If I had to choose a partner it would be Tybalt and not Romeo. Tybalt is violent and at the same time he is courageous. While he was enjoying himself at the Capulet ball he noticed someone’s voice and the way they spoke‚ that they were a Montague and not a Capulet. He requested that someone should fetch his sword and called out “Now by the stock and honor of my kin‚ to
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In the film Romeo+Juliet (1996)‚ Luhrmann puts a new‚ fresh spin on Shakespeare’s classic play‚ Romeo and Juliet. While staying somewhat true to the original play‚ he shapes the dialogue‚ acting‚ and setting to bring the star crossed lovers into the present. This makes it more appealing and approachable to a modern audience. One might argue that the mixture of modern scenery and accents and Shakespearean English is an unsatisfying hybrid‚ and that a remake should either edit the language so it
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Romeo and Juliet‚ by Shakespeare‚ is a play which shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence. Prejudice leads to violence shown in the play when the feuding families‚ the Montagues and Capulets‚ fight. In each case‚ disruption‚ fighting‚ injuries and death occur. Also‚ the prejudice between the two families never was resolved‚ because they were enemies. The feuding started in Act 1 Scene 1‚ when the Capulets and Montague servants confronted each other. The Capulets’ servants insult the
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Who’s to Blame ? Love. Death. Many people don’t usually put these two together. Not having the love of your life can be very difficult. To feel as if they have been taken away from you‚ never to return again. This is how Romeo felt‚ but could he be to blame? The death of Romeo and Juliet was something that was very tragic and could not have been expected to those who never heard of this play. Due to this impactful event many people have several different opinions on whose fault it was. Some people
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Love‚ the simplest and most complicated thing in world. What is love? Why do we love? Is who we love written in destiny? All these questions and more pop up when we think of the world of love. ’Romeo and Juliet ’ reveals many things we did not know in ourselves and make us think about love. There are many ways the theme of love is displayed in this play. The scenes I will be focusing on are Act1 Scene5 and Act2 Scene2. These scenes are where there is a predominant role of love. There are many types
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In ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ Shakespeare portrays different aspects and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fateful love between Romeo and Juliet although the play also displays platonic love‚ maternal love and aspects of adolescent love. The first kind of love shown in the play is teenage love through Romeo. Montague tells us that "Many a morning hath he (Romeo) been seen... adding to the clouds more clouds with his deep sighs." Romeo is often seen sighing showing that he is either depressed
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Language of Love in Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Development and adoption of the love between the protagonists 2.1. Love at first sight 2.2. Further themes of the play 2.2.1. violence‚ fight and hate 2.2.2. Sex and humor 3. The ’setting’ as an element of the play 3.1. Setting: the location 3.2. Setting: the weather 4. Language elements: contrasts and metaphors 5. The action of the play 6. The Character of Romeo - his relation to love 7. The
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One rather negative perspective on love is that the costs may outweigh the rewards The play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and the novel‚ ‘Pride and Prejudice’‚1813‚ by Jane Austen‚ both have the same concepts of love and that a rather negative perspective on love is that the costs may outweigh the rewards. In both texts‚ they demonstrate the limitations that prevent them from being together. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ the idea of the opposing families‚ the pressures of society‚ the
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boy named Romeo did to a girl named Juliet and Juliet to Romeo. Even though they were from rival families they still told each other that they loved each other and they were in love throughout the entire story. Romeo and Juliet were truly in love with each other because they still tried to get married‚ even though their families would disagree‚ they tried to come up with a plan for them to be together‚ even though Romeo was banned from the city‚ and because Juliet stayed true to Romeo even though
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not courting Juliet‚ however in Shakespeare’s time Paris would have been considered as behaving in a much more proper fashion than Romeo. Private courting between young people‚ illustrated in Romeo and Juliet‚ was officially disapproved of. There are many types of love in the two scenes‚ for example Paris’s love. Paris is the man Juliet’s parents think is fit for her; however this arranged marriage does not involve love - love was not a feeling‚ it was a commitment. Another type of love is illustrated
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