Christenson English 9 May 19‚ 2010 The Lesson of Romeo and Juliet What happens when you are in love with an enemy of your family? In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet this is just the case. Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers madly in love with each other‚ yet their families are at war. The two of them take all the risks to be together and deceive their parents time and time again. Many spectators of this play say that the lesson of Romeo and Juliet is that children should not deceive their parents
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The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet is the classic play written by William Shakespeare that follows two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ who are mortal enemies that fall in love with each other. The protagonists try to keep their love hidden from their families‚ but not forgotten by themselves. This play of love and passion has been prototyped countless times on the silver screen‚ as it is the greatest love story ever told. The most well-known movie versions of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo
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Within Romeo and Juliet‚ parental neglect is the key factor causing the death of the star-cross’d lovers. Today‚ the effect of abuse is more apparent than it was in the 1500‘s. Children who have been subjected to parental neglect‚ verbal abuse‚ or physical abuse are scarred for life. Shakespeare gives the audience a look inside the family dynamic of Capulet. In fact‚ it can be seen as the direct cause of Juliet’s untimely death. With a family who’s primary focus is wealth and publicity‚ Juliet
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Antigone vs. Romeo and Juliet There are both similarities and differences in the tragedies of Romeo and Juliet and Antigone. They share some common tragic illumination along with some uncommon tragic illumination‚ as well. Each of these ended in some sorts of fatalities‚ but with different cases of dispute. Tragic illumination is a piece of literature describing conflict between a protagonist and a superior force that has a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion. In the tragedy of Antigone‚ Antigone
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Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ dramatic irony‚ suspense‚ and tragedy are the main literary terms that contribute to making this play so comical. I really liked the dramatic irony‚ because it has its own kind of comedy. This play also teaches people many different things such suspense and tragedy. It is a very suspenseful because people are waiting to see how the people die. The tragedy is also horrible but in a sick demented way kind of funny. Dramatic irony caught my attention
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God to intervene in order for the quarrel to end. Romeo and Juliet are fated to be “A pair of star-cross’d lovers…” and are the living sacrifice necessary to end the feud. Providence utilizes the pressures of society and time to create whirling events established as fate within the play in order to impose a gentle ending for the lovers. Shakespeare establishes a forcefulness of fate and a great will of God in the life and death of Romeo and Juliet as a means to bring peace to the corrupted society
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your life. This relates to Romeo and Juliet because Lord Capulet and Tybalt played a big role in the lives of Romeo and Juliet‚ but also gave them many reasons to take their lives away. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ a feud between the Capulets and Montagues causes the many tragic events in the city of Verona‚ Italy. This story is based on revenge‚ love and the fighting of the two families. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at
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“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare 5.3.314-315). In the final lines of the play‚ the Prince says that the story of Romeo and Juliet will always be the most somber story there is‚ but it did not have to be that way. In Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ six people died of differing causes. However‚ these could have been prevented if more freedom had been allotted to the characters of the play. This is one of the subthemes of the play‚ that giving
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Superior Character in Romeo and Juliet The play of Romeo and Juliet is different from William Shakespeare’s other tragedies in that there is not a clear distinction of individual heroes. The two protagonists are more passive than active; both are naïve and lacking understanding. The hero is often thought to be the romantic‚ yet often hysterical‚ Romeo. But Romeo’s immoral background‚ emotional outbursts‚ mishap murders‚ and foolish actions make him a poor candidate for a hero. Juliet proves to be more
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Theme Analysis Essay Romeo and Juliet is a classic play by William Shakespeare about a pair of star-crossed lovers whose passion eventually drives them to their unfortunate deaths. Since the theme in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is Love as a Cause of Violence‚ it is easy to see why Shakespeare uses that thematic focus to show how Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another affected the outcome of their relationship. Most of the time‚ being in love makes people
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