Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that was written by the famous William Shakespeare and soon became a classic play known to the world. The tragedy/romance play was published in 1597 and for 420 years‚ has taken effect on several millions of students in either a positive or negative way. Throughout centuries‚ this play has been acted out and has been adapted into movies to project several themes to the audience. Although there is a life lesson of the importance of communication‚ it also projects the
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Romeo and Juliet “A tale of the young for the young” By Laura Marinos Throughout the 20th Century‚ there have been several attempts to transform William Shakespeare’s famous works into a modern context‚ with The Lion King based on Hamlet and 10 Things I Hate About You as a loose transformation of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course‚ there have been two successful transformations already based on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet; West Side Story and Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet
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Initially‚ there are mainly two aspects of literature put into stories that are by far are the most important in influencing story plots and most importantly conflicts and resolutions in such stories. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves‚ and Authur Laurent’s West Side Story there are many similarities between these stories amongst the central conflict. For example‚ in all three stories there are two different groups resembling different sides of a rivalry
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Foreshadowing Throughout the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ there are numerous examples of foreshadowing that hint at the play’s disastrous ending. An example of foreshadowing would be Friar Lawrence’s soliloquy at the beginning of act two‚ scene. While delivering this speech‚ Friar Lawrence is filling a basket with medical flowers and poisonous weeds in the morning after the Capulet feast. In the soliloquy‚ the ghostly friar muses on how the Earth provides many forms of nourishment‚
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Akoya London English 9 Ms. Christian Angel 13 June 2012 When I originally had heard about the ending to Romeo and Juliet‚ the idea of a double-suicide was somewhat ignorant to me. After reading this play‚ I can empathize on what those teens were going through. Love‚ for the most part‚ knows no boundaries‚ bias‚ or discrimination. This was shown very well in this Shakespeare-written play‚ and is a great example of showing the many themes that surround love‚ adolescence‚ and family rivalries.
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A common theme throughout Romeo and Juliet is the idea of duality. Duality can bedescribed as a combination of opposites such as good and evil‚ love and hate‚ or life and death.This theme is most apparent during a soliloquy of the Friar’s. The essence of what he is sayingis that everything has a true beneficial purpose‚ but things can be misused and perverted into evil. Nothing is purposely evil. He talks about duality most plainly with the line‚ “In man as well asherbs‚ grace and rude will;” (2
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What are the differences between Franco Zefferelli’s and Bazz Luhrmann’s interpretation of Romeo and Juliet? One of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy write ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has struck enormous success in the last 400 years. It tells the story of two star-crossed lovers as they try to find a place in the world together without dealing with the wrath of their families’ rivalry. Many directors interpretations have been released and screened but two of the most successful versions were directed
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evidently shown in the play Romeo and Juliet. In the beginning‚ Romeo is supposedly in love with Rosaline‚ an unresponded love. He then is convinced by his friends to go to a party‚ where he sees Juliet. Romeo says‚ “O‚ she doth teach the torches to burn bright! [....] For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” He claims to be head over heels for Juliet after just getting a glimpse of her. Rosaline is out of his thoughts and is replaced by the beauty of Juliet. Once Romeo sees Juliet‚ he falls in
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Romeo and Juliet Final Essay In the article “Sometimes Parents Just Don’t Understand‚” the author describes the relationship between teens and their parents. The anonymous author states that parents are seen as “old-fashioned and protective” and not “empathizing” (P. 2‚ 6). Teens and parents are having a hard time listening to each other because they have different mindsets. Teens have a “semi-matured mind‚” which makes them “act on impulse” and do rash things. (P. 6). Parents have a mature mind
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Robert Valencia Period 6/Pre-AP Eng 9 March 14‚ 2012 SPOTD Analysis: Romeo and Juliet Rash actions lead to dire consequences when the actions of others are not accounted for. In William Shakespeare’s drama‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ the young lovers Romeo and Juliet are depicted to be causing havoc due to them acting rashly. The theme of acting rashly is revealed through Shakespeare’s incorporation of both tone and syntax. The theme of acting rashly is represented within Juliet’s tone
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