Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes‚ A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life‚ Whose misadventured piteous overthrows‚ Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.” –The Narrator‚ Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is said to be the first‚ and quite possibly the greatest‚ romantic tragedy ever written. The infamous play has been redone‚ reshaped‚ and recreated so many times‚ that there is no way possible that a person could
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famous love story‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Tradition‚ heredity‚ and ancestry symbolize the celestial psychology that is the stars. Controlling every minuscule detail of the play from human behavior to action sequences‚ to the ultimate climax of the tale. The power that fate has is surprisingly destructible yet inevitable to audiences as they come to realize the given characteristics that cannot be changed‚ even to avoid death. The moment Romeo and Juliet initially saw one another‚ they were
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Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy is to a great degree bestowed upon them by those closest to them. However‚ Romeo and Juliet’s own haste choices and actions also greatly contribute to their misfortune. The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets and Friar Lawrence’s poor decisions contributes to the catastrophe that awaits the lovers‚ yet Romeo and Juliet’s own rushed decisions lead to the cataclysm. P1 The vendetta that exists between to Capulets and the Montagues greatly contributes to Romeo and
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Within Romeo and Juliet‚ parental neglect is the key factor causing the death of the star-cross’d lovers. Today‚ the effect of abuse is more apparent than it was in the 1500‘s. Children who have been subjected to parental neglect‚ verbal abuse‚ or physical abuse are scarred for life. Shakespeare gives the audience a look inside the family dynamic of Capulet. In fact‚ it can be seen as the direct cause of Juliet’s untimely death. With a family who’s primary focus is wealth and publicity‚ Juliet
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deadly and horrific. Romeo and Juliet are a powerful examples of love. The saying "love is blind" is a possible metaphor to Romeo and Juliet‚ probably due to the fact that Romeo met Juliet just by looking around‚ romantic right. I will be arguing about time periods and how relationships work back then and today‚ how age affects decision making in love‚ and how cultures affect dating norms. Breaking up with someone is hard to get over with‚ but in Shakespeare’s play "Romeo and Juliet" love is everything
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In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ two star-crossed lovers are similar in their emotional dramatics and impatient mindset‚ but different in their consistency of love. One of the many similarities between the main characters is their impatience or rashness. Romeo‚ for example‚ is quick to life changing decisions such as marriage. At the start‚
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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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In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ marriage is an obstacle that young Juliet is trying to evade so she can be with Romeo‚ her true love. Since the play has been written‚ marriage has developed differently over years. By being able to pick whom you want to marry‚ when you want to marry your significant other‚ and why you want to marry them. The play includes many quotes indicating that marriage as being chosen by the parents. More so‚ the father picks who his daughter marries. “But fettle your fine
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Both Romeo and Juliet were victims of their limited choices and social values discuss. The story of Romeo and Juliet truly demonstrates a play of love‚ tragedy and romance at a time‚ when social status dominated decision making and women always fell second to the men. Juliet’s choices were limited by her sexual gender‚ females were not regarded as decision makers and hence their opinions were never recognised. Romeo on the other hand suffered from a different kind of limitation‚ his choices were
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wrought with sexual overtones‚ with the various servants speaking of raping the enemy’s women. The sexual wordplay will continue throughout the play‚ becoming extremely bawdy and at times offensive‚ yet also underlying the love affair between Romeo and Juliet. The disorder within the play is evidenced by inverted circumstances. Servants start the quarrel‚ but soon draw the noblemen into the brawl. The young men enter the fight‚ but soon the old men try to deny their age and fight as well. The fact
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