we build our lives around these unpredictable events. William Shakespeare uses this theme to describe love in his play Romeo and Juliet. Through these two main characters he shows how love is something we cannot get rid of‚ instead something you will take to the grave. Just like a disease‚ the memory and scars will always be there to remind you of your journey. “Alas‚ poor Romeo! He is already dead‚ stabbed with a white wench’s black eye‚ shot through the ear with a love song‚ the very pin of his
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As we grow up we are bombarded with visions of what romance will look like. We see Romeo and Juliet‚ and read all of Shakespeare’s chimarical sonnets and think these‚ out of their mind lovers‚ are the pinnacle of romantic love; but are these characters really truly in love? Romeo and Juliet both end up dead‚ and sensing a theme here‚ so do Hamlet and Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They are depicted as a couple in the play‚ but are they truly in love? Hamlet is a prince driven mad by
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The feud that takes place between the Montagues and the Capulets seems to be what is responsible for the deaths that take place throughout the play. First off‚ the feud causes Tybalt to lash out at Romeo‚ Benvolio and Mercutio throughout the play‚ which causes Mercutio’s death. Also‚ Romeo and Juliet would not have to hide their love‚ causing the Friar to devise a scheme to keep them together that causes the couple to die. Another theory to prove this statement is that if there were no feud‚ the
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In the book of Romeo and Juliet you picture what the characters will look like. The movie shows their point of view of the characters. In the movie it shows the Montagues having a surfers characteristics. They wore a lot of beach shirts with palm trees on them. As we were reading the book I pictured them not as fancy as the Capulets but more casual type of clothing. I visioned Benvolio looking younger than Romeo and Mercutio from how the book described Benvolio. In the movie Benvolio looked a little
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The Ups and Downs of Young Love In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ young love consumes Romeo on a roller coaster of contrasting emotions from agonizing heartbreak to immense jubilation in the blink of an eye. Romeo aches for his first love Rosaline‚ who tears his heart out of his body generating Romeo to feel a gaping hole in his chest and heaps of depression. As well as this‚ Romeo soon after discovers cheerfulness in encountering his second love Juliet‚ a physically attractive women
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How Shakespeare uses hatred And violence in Romeo and Juliet The play is about a ‘pair of star crossed lovers’ who are the victims of the ‘ancient grudge’ their two families are embroiled in. Although it is a play about love‚ it does not come without its violence and conflict‚ for the play opens and ends with exciting and tragic brawls between the two families‚ Montague and Capulet. Shakespeare uses strong language in his play because back in the Elizabethan times violence would have been
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Juliet is excited for seeing Romeo that night. She is waiting impatiently‚ wishing that the sun would set already. When the nurse arrives with the rope ladder Romeo made‚ Juliet’s mood changes drastically. The nurse exclaims‚ "he is killed‚ he is killed". Juliet thought that she was talking about Romeo and became depressed. She talked about how much he meant to her and that there is no point to her life without Romeo. The nurse then explains that it was Tybalt‚ not Romeo‚ who had been killed. Juliet
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“Romeo Juliet” is one of the most famous and enjoyed literary pieces of all time. The play is written by the playwright William Shakespeare and it conveys the tragic love story of two star-cross’d lovers with a remarkably beautiful language. The play‚ since it’s a tragedy is permeated by death and all the main characters feel the impact of death either by dying‚ or witnessing deaths. Throughout the play the reader is able to identify two types of death; death by suicide and death by homicide. A conscientious
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justice to Juliet‚ and help her soul rest in peace. Over the years there has been an ongoing feud between both the Capulets and the Montagues‚ which has not softened over time‚ but has only grown generation by generation. Both houses have never benefited from this feud‚ but have only lost their loved ones‚ their only heirs. Here‚ we are of course talking about both Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Gentlemen‚ during the proceedings you have heard what both sides have had to say regarding the inevitable
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Comparing to versions of Romeo and Juliet The star crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are presented in two famous movie productions. The first directed by Franco Zeffirelli’s 1996. The updated Luhrmann picture best captures the essence of Shakespeare for the present day viewer. Through the use of modernisation and location‚ while preserving Shakespearean language‚ to capture the audience. Equally Zeffirelli’s more historical interpretation show cases the original medieval architecture the Shakespeare
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