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    Romeo and Juliet Essay By: Avery Froome February 25th‚ 2013 William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright and was also known as the greatest writer in the English language. He has written close to 40 plays‚ one being the famous Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that was written at the beginning of his career about two young adults who meet‚ fall in love and soon get wrapped up in something no one ever expected. From sneaking around and lying to everyone‚ the characters

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    Comparative Essay Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann When making books or plays into films‚ every director interprets the text differently. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann’s film are different in many ways even though they are based on the same play. The film by Franco Zeffirelli‚ in 1968‚ does a better job reenacting the play in a motion picture than the film made by Baz Luhrmann‚ in 1996‚ because the setting‚ costumes and characterization

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    Page 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 Essay length: 3444 words Submitted: 15/12/2002 Share this essay: Do not show me this again Are you in the right place? Jump to Romeo and Juliet and see how teachers think you should prepare in: GCSE (3‚519) |AS and A-level (558) |International Baccalaureate (1‚570) |University (45) Get Full Access Saved Submit similar essay   Essay preview GCSE Romeo and Juliet GCSE SHAKESPEARE ASSIGNMENT Explore how Shakespeare develops

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    theme that life is paradoxical‚ in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. A supreme example of this theme‚ could be Friar Lawrence’s opening lines‚ “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night‚ / Check’ring the eastern clouds with streaks of light; / And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels / From forth day’s path and Titan’s burning wheels.” (II.iii.1-4) Throughout Act I and Act II‚ Shakespeare juxtaposes the characters of Romeo and Juliet to develop the theme of the paradoxical nature of life

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    Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy[->0] written early in the career of William Shakespeare[->1] about two young star-crossed[->2] lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and‚ along with Hamlet[->3]‚ is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today‚ the title characters are regarded as archetypal[->4] young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances[->5] stretching back to antiquity.

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    only happen in fairytales; Or in this case‚ the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. This play is an inappropriate choice for anyone and especially high school students because of the melodramatic love‚ bitter violence and scenes of suicide. Love can be a mysterious and magical thing‚ but the way Shakespeare portrays it happens to be somewhat unrealistic and exaggerated aka melodramatic. For instance‚ in the opening scene Romeo declared to be in love with Rosaline whom did not love

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    Zeffirelli vs Luhrmann When you think of a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet is always one of the first to come to mind. This great tragedy is a timeless story that will be told for many generations to come. It tells the story about two star crossed lovers that were held apart by their clashing families. Two men came along that wanted to share this classic story with the rest of the world. Franco Zeffirelli created his movie version in 1968. 28 years later‚ Baz Luhrmann came along and also created his

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    Romeo and Juliet: Haste Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ said to be one of the most famous tragedies of all time‚ is a play filled with haste. Although the haste plays as a dominant role in the tragedy‚ the revealing character of Romeo‚ Tybalt‚ and many other individuals are displayed through the numerous amount of haste shown in the play. As the play progresses‚ each of the characters are developed further more through their impetuous actions at specific events and times.

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    Romeo & Juliet by Tom Green The scene in which I was to pick from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the fight near the middle of the play between Tybalt‚ Mercutio and Romeo. What happens is Romeo along with his cousin and his friend Benvolio and Mercutio go off gallivanting to a party hosted by the Capulet family who are the rivals of the Montague family (Romeo’s family). During the party a Capulet called Tybalt recognises the Montague’s through their disguise

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    wall” (1.1.15-17). This expresses the utter most hate that the two families have for each other. It is obvious that the parents are to blame from this instance because if they did not feud with one another‚ then it would not be a problem for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love. Also‚ if the families had not been fighting‚ the fight between their servants‚ Sampson‚ Gregory‚ and Abram‚ would never have happened. This brawl led to amplified hate because it brought back age-old problems the reader is uninformed

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