William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was written in the Elizabethan era towards the end of the sixteenth century. The play presents a poignant tragedy the magnitude of which transcends the passage of time and culture. Among the themes of universal relevance that contribute to the tragedy are fate and the personality flaws of key characters. At the conclusion of the play‚ these themes combine to evoke profound sorrow both within the audience and among the play’s surviving characters. Fate‚ the
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Romeo and Juliet The two versions of Romeo and Juliet I decided to watch were the 1968 film and 1998 film. While they share many similarities such as the script (most of it)‚ they also have many differences such as the behavior of the characters and the way that the story is delivered. In the 1968 version‚ the Montagues are depicted as more timid where as the Capulets are the ones that are trying to start something. The Montagues are continually trying to leave the situation but the Capulets
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The play Romeo and Juliet suggests not to be so hastily. Many characters act without thinking‚ which leads to bad things to happen. After Romeo turns back from leaving the party‚ he immediately goes to find Juliet at the balcony of where they have discussed to be vowed to get married. Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that violent delights may have violent ends‚ but Romeo begs him to marry Juliet and him. As they were getting married‚ Romeo said “o‚ let us hence. I stand on a sudden haste” (2.3.100). Yet
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Juliet For the majority of act 5‚ Juliet is in a deep sleep‚ while Romeo believes she is dead. He travels to Verona after hearing the news of her “death‚” as he plans on killing himself. When she wakes up in scene 3‚ she finds Romeo dead by her side. At this point she changes from being happy and hopeful that her and Romeo were going to be together‚ to completely miserable and heart broken. While feeling this extreme amount of pain‚ she makes the decision to kill herself. This was not out of feminine
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet’s repetition shows her uncertainty in choosing to side with Tybalt or Romeo. This is important because it ultimately shows the contradicting obligations she has to Romeo and also her family. Juliet’s contradicting decision is due to Romeo’s banishment and Tybalt’s death and ultimately is over who’s side she should be on. Specifically‚ in Act III scene ii lines 97-114‚ Juliet works through this situation by comparing both situations next to each other‚ which shows a different
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Romeo and Juliet Extended Response Prompt 2 Throughout Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare shows many examples of the main theme‚ forbidden love. In this story two feuding families‚ the Montagues and Capulets‚ each have a child who falls in love with the other. The young Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love at first sight. They know they cannot be together because of their names‚ and that is how the main theme‚ forbidden love‚ comes about. Act 1 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is right
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In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The two main characters Romeo and Juliet die. The characters that are at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Fate‚ Lady Capulet‚ and Friar Lawrence. Fate is a character when spelt with a capital letter. Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mom who is forcing Juliet to get married to Paris. Friar Lawrence is Romeo’s servant. The character that is at fault the most is Fate. “ A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” (DBQ: Project‚ 2013) This quote
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Romeo and Juliet ‚ two children who found tragic Love‚ and a hopeless death together. These two Lovers were meant to be ‚ until death did do them part. Something most people do not recognize is that these Lovers were only children. Juliet at the young‚ ripe age of 13 ‚ and dear Romeo at the age of 18. As they find Love and death through the play they also start to mature and grow more as people‚ and Lovers. These two sworn enemies turn hate into something no one has ever been able to Accomplish
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Romeo and Juliet has become forever associated with love‚ the play is an iconic story of love and passion. Shakespeare presents the theme of love in different way; he uses the relationships of different characters to embody different forms of love throughout the play. All three poems from my anthology also express this theme‚ of love and loving relationships‚ however each are expressed in a different ways based on the purpose in which they were written. For example Shakespeare’s demonstrates a parental
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visor for a visor! This quotation is spoken by Mercutio to Romeo. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to persuade Romeo to join them in a masquerade. Romeo is reluctant to to join them. He rather be alone with his love-sick misery about Rosaline not returning his love and Mercutio is trying to cheer up Romeo. This passage is significant because it shows Mercutio`s and Romeo`s deferring view of love. We see that Romeo is passionate‚ emotional‚ and embraces his sadness. He feels that love
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