Romeo and Juliet‚ a classic tragic play‚ was written by Shakespeare in the late 1500’s. In the play the Montagues’ and Capulets’‚ two families who deeply despise each other‚ have a boy and a girl that meet at a party and fall passionately in love becoming star-crossed lovers. Their love was magical and forbidden making it all the sweeter. All is well until Romeo and Tybalt fight to the death and Romeo wins; Romeo’s punishment‚ exile. Then‚ only chaos and disaster follows. Shakespeare uses similes
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them. Both Shakespeare most famous play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Andrew Tree’s article‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has lead us astray‚ cations their readers about love‚ which compels people to make irrational decisions. Ever since the times of Romeo and
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l o v e a n d difficult obstacles to be together. Romeo is a montague and Juliet is a capulet. The two families are sworn enemies. The family rivalry leads to Friar Laurence making a plan so that Juliet can run away and be with Romeo. In the end‚ tragedy strikes due to rash decisions
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feelings between fathers and their children in the texts you have studied? Both Shakespeare and Heaney present relationships between fathers and their children. Shakespeare through Capulet and Juliet and Heaney through his poetry about his father. Both these differ in context‚ the Capulet trials and tribulations being fictional whereas Heaney has his own personal experiences shown in his poetry. In addition both contexts affect the relationships in hand. In act 1 scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare
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ROMEO AND JULIET Does the prologue and opening scene prepare the audience for what follows? Shakespeare opens the play with a prologue of 14 lines. This prepares the audience for the content of the play. These 14 lines are basically a summary of the play. Within ?Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare focuses on many different themes such as love‚ hate‚ violence‚ fate‚ life and death. The prologue is written about these different themes that take part in the play. It gives the prologue a contrast to the
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hatred between the families and states that there would be no other story more sad and tragic than Romeo and Juliet. Even though he didn’t go in depth as to who‚ the Prince also states that some will be punished and some will be pardoned. The line‚ “some will be punished” shows that the Prince is not willing to let this go and wants to teach everybody a lesson about unnecessary hatred and rival and the consequence. When he says‚ “For never was a story more woe / Than this Juliet and her Romeo” the
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about the fate of two young ill-fated lovers. Romeo‚ who is the son of Montague‚ runs into his cousin Benvolio and tells him that he is in love with Rosaline‚ a woman who does not return his affections (Shakespeare). Benvolio tells Romeo to get over this woman and find a prettier one even though Romeo stays unhappy. While all of that is happening‚ Paris‚ a kinsman of the Prince‚ wants to marry Juliet. Her father Capulet asks Paris
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Romeo and Juliet: Love‚ Marriage‚ and All That Good Stuff "One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love". That quote is attributed to the Greek philosopher‚ Sophocles‚ and while it may be true in some cases‚ this is not true in Romeo and Juliet. As evidenced in Romeo and Juliet‚ by the Immortal Bard‚ William Shakespeare‚ Mercutio‚ Juliet‚ and Romeo all have different views on love‚ which influences their decisions. Mercutio does not believe in love for himself‚ but he
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addition to being a rule breaker and arranging the wedding‚ Romeo killed all six of the characters. Even though he didn’t directly kill all of them‚ he did play a big role in their deaths. When Tybalt stabbed Mercutio in the heat‚ he was aiming for a jab in the arm. Romeo thought that someone was going to get hurt‚ so Romeo draws his sword. “Romeo attempts to beat down their rapiers. Tybalt stabs Mercutio (Shakespeare‚ 121).” When Romeo was trying to beat down their swords‚ he actually moved Tybalt’s
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Analysis Romeo had just met Juliet at a party and they immediately fell in love. After the party Romeo leaves to go find Juliet. Romeo first has to hide so Benvolio and Mercutio don’t find him. After Benvolio and Mercutio leave because they cannot find Romeo. Romeo then sneaks into Juliet’s garden and says a monologue. About how sweet and precious Juliet is. The amount of emotion given in this monologue is outstanding because it truly shows how much Romeo loves Juliet. He goes so far as to sneak
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