Romeo Quote Ay me‚ sad hours seem long. O heavy lightness‚ serious vanity. A choking gall‚ and a preserving sweet. I have a soul of lead. Too rude‚ too boisterous‚ and it pricks like a thorn. I fear… some consequence yet hanging in the stars‚ some vile forfeit of untimely
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Styliani Georgiadou “Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s well-known plays around the world. People know it even if they have not read it. It is about a tragedy‚ a dramatic story of two young lovers with a tragic end. However‚ there have been some comic scenes which make audience forget the distressed parts for a short time and make the play more interesting. Shakespeare does that in many ways. Firstly‚ he makes use of words and irony. Also‚ he creates two characters that their whole role
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we build our lives around these unpredictable events. William Shakespeare uses this theme to describe love in his play Romeo and Juliet. Through these two main characters he shows how love is something we cannot get rid of‚ instead something you will take to the grave. Just like a disease‚ the memory and scars will always be there to remind you of your journey. “Alas‚ poor Romeo! He is already dead‚ stabbed with a white wench’s black eye‚ shot through the ear with a love song‚ the very pin of his
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November 18th 2011 Jennifer Romeo and Juliet Persuasive Essay Draft Everything in life happens for a reason‚ and ultimately fate has a special way in making it all happen. Within the tragic love story of William Shakespeare’s classic‚ “Romeo and Juliet” fate decides the two lover’s destiny together along with many other factors. The power of fate brought Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet together yet it also decided to lead them into their own demise. Ultimately fate decided
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Tragedy of a City Poet and critic W.H. Auden once said‚ “Romeo and Juliet is not simply a tragedy of two individuals‚ but the tragedy of a city. Everybody in the city is in one way or another involved in and responsible for what happens.” Auden’s quote is implying that many people‚ even with the smallest roles‚ are responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death. Although Romeo and Juliet both played major roles in their deaths‚ they were not the only characters held responsible. This is
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Romeo and Juliet essay Baz Lurhman’s modern film interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been a very successful transformation of the classic‚ original play to a modern context of Los. Angelos gang warfare. Lurhman’s film manages to relate the 16th century play to a modern audience while at the same time maintaining textual integrity of the play. He has retained the plot‚ and language of the original text at the same time as conveying Shakespeare’s
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paradoxically‚ Juliet fell in love with the only son of her family’s great enemy‚ and many died due to their ruthless hate and disregard for reason or peace. Juliet was‚ at first‚ a very obedient child and agreed to marry Paris for her parent’s sake. When she met Romeo‚ all of this changed. Her love for Romeo is ironic‚ because out of all possible suitors‚ he is the only out of bounds. Juliet’s “only love sprung from [her] only hate” (61). Juliet‚ is torn between love and hate of Romeo in different
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“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare 5.3.314-315). In the final lines of the play‚ the Prince says that the story of Romeo and Juliet will always be the most somber story there is‚ but it did not have to be that way. In Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ six people died of differing causes. However‚ these could have been prevented if more freedom had been allotted to the characters of the play. This is one of the subthemes of the play‚ that giving
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Romeo and Juliet Outline I. Terms to Know with Examples A. Aside 1. Def: A short speech delivered by an actor in a play (is directed to the audience and is presumed to be inaudible to the other actors) 2. Ex: Romeo: “(aside) She speaks.O‚ speak again‚ bright angel! … When he bestrides the lazy-puffing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.” B. Blank Verse 1. Def: Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines 2. Ex: Prince: “Rebellious subjects‚ enemies to peace‚ … Your lives shall
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“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” The them‚ “When passion overrules reason‚ tragedy often follows‚” is addressed throughout the playwright in many occasions. Shakespeare wrote about Romeo’s passion about his kinsman Mercutio that leads to Mercutio and Tybalt’s death in act three‚ scene one. In oact four‚ he wrote about Juliet’s passion for Romeo which leads to the death of herself. Furthermore‚ in act five scene three William Shakespeare wrote about Romeo’s passion for Juliet which leads to his
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