Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous ‘love stories’ of all time‚ but does that title truly fit this tragedy? Was Romeo and Juliet’s love written in the stars? Was it love or was it simply fervent infatuation? Throughout the play‚ although Romeo and Juliet did show quite strong feelings for one another‚ it was not enough to call it ‘love’. Two teens caught up in their own small world‚ blind not to see what consequences their actions would create. Their bond could not be classified
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play in Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare refers to Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers.” We can not deny the fact that they are ‘destined to be together‚’ it is just something that the reader must accept. Fate is inevitable throughout the whole play; Shakespeare never gives readers an explanation as to why there is a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues‚ it is rather an undeniable aspect of the world of the play. The events surrounding the love affair of Romeo and Juliet
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How does William Shakespeare present violence and conflict in Romeo and Juliet and what does the audience learn from the consequences of the characters action? In Romeo and Juliet the themes of conflict and violence are very important. The prologue‚ which acts as an overview of the play‚ highlights this. The lines “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny” and “where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” let us know that there is going to be violence and conflict throughout the play. The fact that
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The “love” of Romeo and Juliet In the play there are many different arguments about whether or not Romeo and Juliet are in love or not. In the play it looks as if Romeo and Juliet are madly in love for each other but Shakespeare wanted the reader to debate on whether or not they were in love. In the play Romeo and Juliet are not actually in love because they are both only physically attracted to each other because they don’t know each other that well. People in the time of Shakespeare didn’t really
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Young‚ dumb‚ and in love. Romeo and Juliet had all three strikes against them. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the couple died. Who could be the perpetrator(s)? I say it was not only the nurse and Friar Laurence‚ Romeo and Juliet play a part in their own deaths. One reason Romeo and Juliet are to blame is because the couple were so desperate and in a hurry to be with one another. There is a saying that goes something like this: “To rush‚ is to waste”. While rushing to be
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of Romeo and Juliet. How did Shakespeare make these characters fit so well? The three characters that Shakespeare used in story to fit so well are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Mercutio. These characters started off as something in the beginning and then something different in the end. All three of these characters changed tremendously throughout the story. The First Transformation of The Story begins with Romeo. Romeo transforms almost entirely‚ and in the beginning of the story‚ all Romeo was
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Love. An intense‚ vivid emotion that is powerfully portrayed in William Shakespeare’s exceptionally riveting drama “Romeo and Juliet.” Illustrated throughout the play in many forms‚ most importantly in the courtly romance of main characters Romeo and Juliet‚ the heartening emotion is evoked strongly in Act Two Scene Two. Using effective techniques such as dialogue‚ plot‚ imagery and contrast‚ Shakespeare reveals the couples’ love and its effect on the entire play. Firstly‚ it is clear the intensity
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memories will always stay and become story of past. Romeo who belong to the Montague’s family was in love with Rosaline. The thing that gives Romeo excuse to attend to the feast of Capulets just to find his "love of love". Instead of findinh Rosaline‚ Romeo’s attention was caught by Juliet and forget Rosaline. Juliet is belong to the Capulet’s family. That timr‚ they fell inlove with each other. Many struggles come to them but the faithful Nurse of Juliet and Friar Lawrence help them to continue what they
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Comedy and Tragedy as Foils Shakespeare is an author that is known to pair comedy and tragedy together as foils. Susan Snyder‚ a scholar author has stated‚ “The source tales of Romeo and Othello would‚ I think‚ suggest quite readily to Shakespeare the possibility of using comic convention as a springboard for tragedy” (Snyder 123). In most of Shakespeare’s works‚ he uses elements of comedy to lead into a tragic event that will soon happened. Shakespeare also enjoys using tragedy to contrast the
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