‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ a play written by William Shakespeare‚ explores the love of two characters whose fates end tragically. Shakespeare’s purpose was to portray this love in the middle of hate to show the audience whether the emotion love is strong enough to overcome the obstacles in the way. The question ‘The young lovers are helpless in the hands of fate Do you agree?’ allows the audience to determine if the characters or fate are at fault. The two main protagonists Romeo and Juliet claim that is
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ESL E Culminating Activity Romeo and Juliet By Hsinju Pao The play of Romeo and Juliet is one of the famous story written by William Shakespeare. It is considered by many people to be one of the world’s greatest love stories‚ a story about two young star-crossed lover from two enemy families‚ who took their lives not only because of the feud‚ but also their fate. However‚ as the love story ended up with the untimely death‚ who is responsible for their death might be a common question. In many
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any two scenes in Romeo & Juliet which explore key themes of the play In this essay I will be comparing two scenes within the play that convey similar and contrasting themes. The themes I have chosen to contrast are love‚ hatred‚ loyalty‚ time and fate. I will also look at how Shakespeare uses these themes to characterise the protagonists and antagonists‚ moving it towards its tragic denouement. The scenes I have chosen are Act 2 Scene 2‚ the famous balcony scene‚ in which Romeo and Juliet fall
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Romeo’s Greatest Flaw Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. This play is one of his greatest and most famous tragedies. The main character‚ Romeo‚ has a flaw however that ultimately leads to him killing himself in the end. Romeo’s character flaw is present even from the very start of the play. His flaw is that he is too in love with the idea of love. This characteristic of Romeo’s is present the very first time he is introduced in the play. Romeo is introduced mourning in
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Romeo and Juliet Essay There are a number of theories as to why Romeo and Juliet take their lives. Most of these theories state that the couple’s selfishness and failure to love caused their demise. These are all possible causes of the tragedy‚ but there is one that is the definite answer: the pressure of religion and the idea of fulfilling God’s will led to their death. If religion were not a factor then the lovers would not have looked to Friar Lawrence-a man of God-for guidance. The Friar has
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12.4.12 Spoken by Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 5 In this scene‚ Romeo and Juliet are at Capulet’s house. Juliet waits for the Nurse to come back with a message from Romeo. She worries that they might somehow have missed each other. When the Nurse comes back‚ she refuses to tell Juliet anything and complains about her aching back. This is an old game between the Nurse and Juliet: they love teasing each other. The Nurse keeps refusing to tell Juliet what Romeo said until Juliet can’t stand
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is compressed into a plot of five days‚ during which time‚ a range of dramatic events occur that end in tragedy. Through this short span of time‚ the reader is able to see a significant change in the characters as the plot unfolds‚ especially in the heroine‚ Juliet. Even more so than the play on paper‚ the play on film has an extremely short time period to effectively develop characters and properly present events as they occur. Two film versions of the play‚ BBC and
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of the characters between the play and movie version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet It is always controversial to judge between the novel and the movie‚ which is adapted from the paper version. Someone likes the grandiose scene and fantastic devices in dynamism. The others may prefer the delicate descriptions and exquisite details in the play. Like Harry Potter is famous from all over the world. There are people who love JK’s the little tricks and style of writing. But there are still numerous
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beginning think what may be the end.” Most teens do not have enough wisdom to follow this council. Romeo and Juliet‚ by Shakespeare‚ shows prime examples of teens rushing into a relationship. When they first saw each other‚ they instantly fell in love and made a hasty decision to be secretly married. All seemed well‚ until he plan to run away together went horribly wrong‚ and ended in a tragic death. As in Romeo and Juliet‚ when teens today move too fast into a relationship‚ it can end in a tragic way.
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I do not believe in love at first sight‚ but I do believe in destiny as clichéd as that may sound. Whilst reading this book‚ I also learned that a possible moral for this story could be that moderation is a key role in any relationship‚ and that if things are rushed that bad things can happen. Romeo and Juliet is not really a love story like everyone seems to think‚ it is really just a story about a three day relationship that causes several deaths. Moderation plays a large role in this story because
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