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    Romeo and Juliet Expository Essay Romeo and Juliet‚ by Shakespeare‚ is a play which shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence. Prejudice leads to violence shown in the play when the feuding families‚ the Montagues and Capulets fight. In each case‚ disruption‚ fighting‚ injuries and death occur. Also‚ the prejudice against the two families never got resolved because they were enemies. The prejudice started in Act one Scene one‚ when the Capulets and Montague servants confronted each other

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    ROMEO AND JULIET The force of "overwhelming love" seemed to purify and mature Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. They both try to seem as mature as possible to keep their wonderful love. Goals and grieves are two major things to purify and mature somebody. Unfortunately their love consists of short-term goals and long-term grieves because of their impatience. A person is mature when his/her intelligence is able to rule his/her feelings. They tried to seem mature‚ but they could not overrule

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    Should Romeo and Juliet be taught in the ninth grade curriculum? This essay will be exploring the different ways why it should be in a ninth grade curriculum. Romeo and Juliet has taught us about ambition and greed. The story of those two lovers has also taught us about how people can be inspired to do certain things. And lastly‚ it has taught us that some people happiness can be hidden by someone’s hate for something or someone. First of all‚ Romeo and Juliet has taught us about one’s ambition

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    which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that is regularly hard to understand by most. William decided to put something in his play to make it more interesting and understandable. There are three literary elements of literature that William used in his play. Dramatic Speech‚ Dramatic irony‚ and comic relief are the three elements in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that makes the play easier to understand. First‚ Dramatic speech

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    experienced what Romeo and Juliet went through. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ two young people come together between feuding houses to fall in love‚ when they are parted but fighting once again. These people are a part of houses that do not come together‚ but despite that‚ they obviously do and you learn lessons between lovers‚ friends‚ and enemies. As a result of their actions‚ the unfair consequences were the ending of their lives. In Romeo and Juliet‚ two lovers

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    I really liked Romeo and Juliet because of the amount of irony and foreshadowing in the text. For instance‚ Romeo says “I dreamt my lady came and found me dead. And breathed such life with kisses in my lips”(V.i.6-9). This is an obvious example of foreshadowing to the upcoming scene where Juliet believes that Romeo is dead‚ and tries to take the poison from his lips. This quote is also a reference to Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech about how dreamers usually see what they want to see in dreams. I like

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    In Shakespeare’s novel‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ a huge event occurs in which Romeo get’s banished from the city of Verona. All the characters in this story view the banishment in different perspectives. The one whom was exiled‚ Romeo‚ views his banishment as equal to death. One of Romeo’s supporters‚ Friar Lawrence‚ views Romeo’s banishment as an act of mercy. Clearly‚ Romeo’s banishment reveals the difference in perspective between Romeo and Friar Lawrence. Romeo considers his banishment

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    We all know of Romeo and Juliet as a famous love story but do they really love each other. (Summary) I believe Romeo’s true desire was based upon lust for Juliet’s body‚ not for who she truly is. Romeo is not in love with Juliet because he is still in love with Rosaline‚ and is trying to get over her. Even Friar Laurence says he is not in love. Romeo’s love for Juliet doesn’t come from his heart instead‚ it comes from his eyes. “In act 2 scene 3 (located on page 3 )‚ Friar Laurence says‚ Holy Saint

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    1. What reason does Paris give for Lord Capulet’s decision to move up the wedding? 2. At first‚ what does Juliet believe is the only solution to her problem? 3. What plan does Friar Laurence devise for Juliet‚ and what reservations does Juliet have about his plan? 4. Review the events you read in Act Four‚ and think about how the character’s interactions drive the plot. 5. Do you feel sympathy for the Capulets‚ the nurse‚ and Paris when they express grief over Juliet’s death

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    Shakespeare uses a variety of techniques in Romeo and Juliet in order to enhance the reader’s experience and to communicate messages through his work. For instance‚ the use of celestial imagery contributes to the tragic tone of the play‚ because it suggests the inevitable end to the main characters. Notably in the opening of the play‚ the reader hears: “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (I.Prologue.6). Likewise‚ before Romeo enters the Capulet party he tells his friends: “I fear‚ too

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