In 1597 a tragic story that would become one of the most well know plays was born into the world. And with the birth of Romeo and Juliet came many lessons to be learned. Those lessons have impacted a lot of people around the world‚ but are they still relevant in today’s society? The main lesson is this historic play is that: with fighting‚ there will be harm. In Act 5‚ Scene 3 the Prince states that simple lesson‚ "Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See‚ what a scourge is laid upon your
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story‚ a love story‚ shows the audience of love‚ and teaches them something about it. The story of Romeo and Juliet is a widely known Shakespearean tragedy and love story. The play is about two teenagers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ who fall in love or lust‚ depending upon how the audience sees it. The two believe they cannot be together because their two families‚ the Montagues (Romeo)‚ and the Capulets (Juliet)‚ are fighting. The two lovers are only in the relationship for sex‚ meaning they are not truly in
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Romeo and Juliet Analysis Shakespeare‚ being the great writer he is‚ molds each character as if he was Michelangelo sculpting the David. The way these characters were brought into the story drastically changes the way the viewer sees their personas. The setting of the story is an older era in Verona‚ Italy around the 1300s. This story includes unique characters varying in ages and mindsets. Some younger characters were put into situations where they are forced to act maturely‚ like they are much
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Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ far too many coincidences occur to be strictly coincidental. Fate creates a powerful effect throughout the entire play‚ starting in the prologue‚ continuing as Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love‚ and tragically ending in the lovers’ deaths. In the prologue‚ Shakespeare makes it undoubtedly clear that Romeo and Juliet are subject to fate. The audience is first introduced to Shakespeare’s ideas of fate when he describes Romeo and Juliet as "star-cross’d lovers"
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Romeo and Juliet Compare-Contrast Brad Herring 12/12/12 Period 1 In William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ the type of love that the two main characters share for each other plays a big part in their horrible tragedy. Although Shakespeare portrays the two youths as experiencing strong first love attraction for each other‚ Romeo’s passion and love prevails as the more sincere of these two star-crossed lovers. Throughout the story‚ Juliet falls in love with
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Romeo and Juliet: Did Fate End it All? In the story‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the two young lovers are destined to fall in love. The story‚ however‚ has a tragic ending. William Shakespeare foreshadows the theme of fate in the Prologue with the quote‚ “A pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue‚ L6) Fate represents a greater power that predetermines events in their lives and is unchangeable. Back in William Shakespeare’s time‚ the Elizabethans believed that this power rules
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Shakespeare?s tragedy about Romeo and Juliet is well known throughout the ages. A common misperception is that Romeo and Juliet were truly in love. Throughout this paper I will explain how infatuation‚ not love‚ was the black horse in this tragedy. The play opens up with Romeo crazy about Rosaline. He says ?She hath forsworn to love‚ and in that vow do I live dead‚ that live to tell it now?. He says roughly the same thing about Juliet‚ ?Ha‚ banishment! Be merciful say ?death??? Later he was quick
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Character Analysis Romeo is an essential character worth analyzing in William Shakespeare’s famous play‚ Romeo and Juliet. One way to describe Romeo is determined. Throughout Act 1 in the play at and after the party‚ he is determined to get Juliet. “What lady’s that‚ which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” (I.ib.46-47) In this line‚ Romeo is a the party and it is “love at first sight.” Romeo is very in love with Juliet. When Romeo first sees her at the Capulet ball‚ he completely forgets
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control. This is exactly what determines Romeo and Juliet’s beginning and end. The play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is about two young lovers in Verona‚ from opposing families‚ whose passion to be together against all odds‚ leads to their demise. Shakespeare introduces their relationship as “A pair of star-crossed lovers” (Prologue.1.6) which stems from the belief that the stars rule the fate of people’s lives. Romeo and Juliet could not control their destiny because
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Who or what is to blame for the tragic outcome of Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet depicts the story of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who‚ after a series of fateful events‚ choose to take their own lives rather than live without each other. The tragic outcome of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on Friar Laurence‚ the family feud and the impulsive actions of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence makes several irresponsible decisions throughout the play such as his unwise
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