Shawn Nelson Period 4 3/2/10 Love and Death Between Two People Some of the people who believe in fate would say it was unfortunate destiny was the reason for Romeo and Juliets death. For people like me would say it was simply not convincing enough. The major cause of death for Romeo and Juliet was fighting between the two families. Reading this play for the time I was shocked how many of the characters skill keep on fighting even when they know what it would to the families. Almost at
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romeoConflict in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a timeless love story about two ‘star crossed lovers’ whose love is destined to fail due to an ongoing conflict between their two families which has been going on since before the lovers were even born. The story line has been an inspiration to many modern day stories such as the hit west end musical ‘west side story.’ The conflict between the two families has often been compared to the ongoing brawl between Catholics and Protestants in Northern
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In the Tragic Drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare set in the 1590s in Verona Italy‚ Romeo and Tybalt have two ways of looking at identity. Tybalt looked at one’s identity based on the family they belonged to and Romeo looked at one’s identity based on someone’s character. Two examples of this are how they both have different opinions on Romeo and Juliet being together and what they think of each other. In this book many different characters have opinions on Romeo and Juliet being together
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Shakespeare’s timeless classic Romeo and Juliet illustrates the depth of human emotion‚ particularly despair and joy. This is shown through three specific characters in the play. Romeo has frequent mood swings and often forgets about his previous emotions very quickly. Juliet is always changing from one extreme to the other. She is either really happy or really sad. Lastly‚ Mercutio displays a lot of sass and attitude. These are all emotions typically felt by adolescents and are displayed well throughout
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Major Theme in Romeo & Juliet – The Meaning of Gender A major theme in Romeo and Juliet is the meaning of gender. Romeo and Juliet puts forward a myriad of points concerning masculinity. One example is Mercutio‚ who enjoys quarreling‚ fencing and joking. Mercutio is a character who enjoys showing off and displaying his authority and wit. He has definite ideas about what masculinity should look like. He criticizes Tybalt for being too interested in his clothes and for speaking with a fake accent
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In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo implies that he does not have complete control over his fate: “my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life‚ closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death. But he that hath the steerage of my course direct my sail!” (Act 1 scene 4). Fate is a series of events that develop beyond a person’s control. A person ultimately controls their
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is overviewed by the theme of conflict as it is explored within and between the families. Soliloquy‚ Character foil and Hyperbole are also used to create meaningful conflict and atmosphere between the characters‚ which defines the conflict that surrounds them. To begin with‚ Shakespeare shows the theme of conflict within Romeo and Juliet by exploring the conflict between the Capulets. In doing this‚ he uses the techniques of hyperboles to create tension between Juliet
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Romeo and Paris the two men in the story of Romeo and Juliet who both very much love Juliet‚ Romeo and Paris both have many similarities and differences. They are both fighting against each other for the same thing the love for Juliet. They go through an unforceful journey to fight for their future love. They go through many ups and downs including marriage while on their journey. While on their adventure they also had to deal with each other which caused many of fights that also included revenge
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Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona‚ the play is about two chief families the Montagues and the Capulets. These two families are enemies; many fights break out between them when they meet in the streets. The prince of Verona stops the fight and says anyone who breaks the peace from now on will be executed. Romeo the son of Montague is in love with Capulet’s niece‚ Rosalina. Capulet wants his daughter Juliet to marry Paris who’s a rich nobleman‚ so the Capulets
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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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