Reading Journal‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ Acts 1 and 2 (35 points) Instructions: Respond to each of the questions below in complete sentences. Keep in mind that your instructor will be evaluating both the quality of the content in your responses and the quality of the writing that communicates your ideas. Be mindful of the basic principles of spelling‚ grammar‚ and punctuation. Elements of Dramatic Text Select a text excerpt from act 1 or 2 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that demonstrates
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contrast Romeo and Juliet the play by William Shakespeare and the movie by Baz Lohrmanns. The topics to be discussed the theme and a specific character in the play and the movie. Important to know that; “ A daughter of one family and a son of the other A pair of star-crossed lovers take their own lives.” Nevertheless‚ in the play Romeo and Juliet is during the 1600’s and is about a young man and a young woman named Romeo and Juliet. Romeo wanted to get married with Juliet and Juliet with Romeo. But‚
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Romeo and Juliet “a pair of star-crossed lovers” (I i 6) bound to the Inevitability of death‚ with short unessential lives lying in the dexterous hands of fate. Romeo and Juliet undergo a multitude of vindictive obstacles to make proof of their undying love for each other. Throughout Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare makes many references to celestial entities‚ such as stars‚ being fates manipulator of the Capulet and Montague families’ lives. Romeo‚ in fact‚ did not love Juliet since the beginning of
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By focusing on the concept of night in the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet‚” Shakespeare is able to change our perception of play through the changing view of the characters. He is able to illustrate a darker side of the characters by portraying the night as a cover or shroud. The lustfulness of the characters is brought out by the romance that the night encompasses. The changing in the opinions of the characters allows us a deeper understanding of the play itself‚ as a duality is present in each character
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and Restraints. Romeo and Juliet’s impulses and self-control used in Romeo and Juliet. In the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ many characters show how they cannot handle the pressure that they are faced with which leads to impulse and action which is taken without thinking it through. Many of the characters show a lack of self-control and exaggerations which leads to broken-hearts and many unfortunate situations which result in deaths and miscommunications. Over the course of Romeos love life‚ he tends
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Romeo and Juliet‚ the timeless play written by famous English playwright William Shakespeare takes place in Verona‚ Italy during the flourishing Renaissance. The main protagonists are Romeo and Juliet. These star-crossed lovers hail from the two feuding families: the Montagues and the Capulets. A secret marriage takes place between the two teenagers the moment they meet. Conflicts arise‚ and both Romeo and Juliet are forced to mature quickly. They depict bravery and devotion to their love for each
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play about two teenagers who fall in love. When Juliet is forced to be wed to another man she tries to fake her death to avoid it and be with Romeo.This backfires though‚ when Romeo thinks Juliet is actually dead and in turn commits suicide. When Juliet hears of this she decides there is nothing left to live for and does the same. Someone must have caused this‚ but who? The Capulets’ are to blame. By forcing their daughter to get married they made her
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the Capulet and Montague unfolded on the streets of Verona. Tybalt Capulet and Mercutio Escalus were found dead. Since their deaths‚ Romeo the son of Montague has been banished. When both households came to know‚ they were filled with anger and grief and swore revenge against each other. On Tuesday the 1st of July at noon‚ an 18-year-old named Mercutio - a close companion of Romeo Montague- was stabbed with a 67 cm sword in his chest‚ by 25-year-old Tybalt Capulet. Romeo Montague was enraged. He
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Romeo and Juliet The trailer for Julian Fellowes and Carlo Carlei’s Romeo and Juliet (2013) conveyed the theme of romantic love through its portrayal of romantic‚ violent and tragic events‚ emphasizing on a love that transcends hate. The trailer began with ‘Never was a story a more woe than this‚ a Juliet and her Romeo’‚ which is similar to the last lines of the play (Act 5.3.320-321). Apart from the despondent usage of words‚ the narrator also delivered the line somberly‚ foreshadowing their tragic
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Option 1 Every teenager goes through a growth. Sometimes it’s not very easy‚ but they soon turn into young adults. In the story Romeo and Juliet‚ a teen named Juliet fell in love with someone a little older than her; Romeo. Throughout the story‚ they mature a lot. They started the story a little bit childish‚ and sometimes they moved too fast‚ but soon both Romeo and Juliet matured into young adults. They matured together‚ and personally. First‚ Juliet shows maturity many times. Juliet is introduced
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