At the time Mercutio makes his famous "Queen Mab" speech in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ he and Romeo‚ together with a group of their friends and kinsmen‚ are on the way to a party given by their family’s arch-enemy‚ Lord Capulet. Their plan is to crash the party so that Romeo may have the opportunity to see his current love‚ Rosaline‚ whom they know has been invited to the Capulet’s masque that evening. Romeo‚ whom his friends seem to consider generally very witty and fun‚ originally thought
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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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There is a thin line between the powerful contrasting passions of love and lust. The well-known tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare during the Renaissance. It is set in the city of Verona‚ Italy‚ where the love of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families send them to their graves. These lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are from the houses of Montague and Capulet. The influence of Friar Laurence will prove to be their demise and is responsible for the catastrophe that
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet The Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet starts off zooming into a tv very slowly‚ which has a news anchor narrating the famous prologue of Shakespeare’s world renowned tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. Suddenly‚ the screen cuts to an intense and out of control scene of gunfire on Verona Beach from all angles‚ a gang fight involving members of both the Montagues and Capulets. It is here in the first scene that Luhrmann truly successfully captures the viewer’s attention
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In the Shakespearian tragedy Romeo and Juliet two “star-crossed” lovers accumulate great admiration towards each- other while falling deeply in love‚ but what exactly led to their down-fall? Was it the Romeo’s tragic flaw of impetuosity? Or was it simply just fate? Although both could have played a role‚ I think the ultimatum was Romeo’s tragic flaw of impetuosity‚ and because of this Romeo was a tragic hero. Romeo was one to often rush into things; it was made clear in many scenes that most
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Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The play is a story about love‚ family‚ morality and tragedy. Romeo is a 15 year old teenager who is a member of the Montague family‚ while Juliet is nearly 13 years old and the only daughter of the Capulets. The two families despise each other‚ and have been feuding for many years. One night‚ Romeo and his cousin Benvolio and friend Mercutio ‘crash’ a party at the Capulets. He meets Juliet‚ and they instantly fall in love. Later that night Romeo goes to Juliet’s
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Compared to the original Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare‚ both Taylor Swift’s and Ash’s perspectives of the play are overly enthusiastic to the catastrophes occurring as shown in their songs “Love Story” and “Starcrossed”. In Taylor Swift’s “Love Story”‚ Juliet who is played by Swift is waiting for Romeo to return. She lost her faith for Romeo to come around‚ but he finally came back. He kneels to the ground and asks her to marry him and told her that he “talked to [Juliet’s] dad--go pick out a white
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of Juliet and her Romeo ended with numerous casualties‚ casualties that could have been avoided if not for mistakes made by characters in the play. In light of Romeo and Juliet’s suicide‚ Prince Escalus declares‚ “some shall be pardoned‚ and some punishèd” for their mistakes. (V.iii.319) Among the punished should stand those who played the largest role in the suicides‚ and among the pardoned should stand those who deserve absolution. Throughout the tale of the two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo and
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two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life…” (Prologue.5-6). Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare involving two young people‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ who fall in “love”. These two people are from enemy households‚ making it impossible for their families to allow their union. Because of this‚ they are married in secret and devise a plan that lets them be together‚ but then results in many deaths‚ including their own. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare is conveying
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disaster; one who has read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare may use such behavior to understand the happenings in the play. Romeo and Juliet is a play centered around the quest of two lovers in the city of Verona on their adventure of finding love. Alas‚ the love Romeo and Juliet share is one that is forbidden‚ due to the feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. Through their rebellious determination‚ the adolescent lovers do everything they can to gain freedom
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