I believe that the first one we watched‚ the Franco Zeffirelli version‚ was a better retelling of the play. Even though things like the death of Paris and the death of Lady Montague were taken out of it‚ they were also taken out of the more modern one‚ so that has nothing to do with the decision about which is better. The first one did a much better job of immersing you in the story and making you feel like you were in the exact time period that it would have taken place in. The older version also
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and in all the mess Paris found itself to be an anarchy. Later in September‚ 1793‚ France was then held like a
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the sister of Clytemnestra‚ who married Agamemnon. Her suitors came from all parts of Greece‚ and from among them she chose Menelaus‚ Agamemnon’s younger brother. During an absence of Menelaus‚ however‚ Helen fled to Troy with Paris‚ son of the Trojan king Priam; when Paris was slain‚ she married his brother Deiphobus‚ whom she betrayed to Menelaus when Troy was subsequently captured. Menelaus and she then returned to Sparta‚ where they lived happily until their deaths. Heracles-
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Love and Hate in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ The ambiguity of the opening sonnet would have made it incomprehensible to much of the audience despite outlining the plot of the play does not tell us how or why anything happens. Such is the layout of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre that most of the people in the penny pits would be unable to understand the sonnet form‚ the subsequent fight‚ a far more simple form of introducing the feud between the two families would ensure that the whole audience understands
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in return for him letting the winds loose on the Trojans. She says “swamp their ships‚ sink them‚ scatter them and pitch their bodies into the sea.” Juno hates the Trojans because Aeneas’ mother was chosen as the most beautiful goddess in the Judgement of Paris‚ a Trojan youth (Ganymede) was chosen to be Jupiter’s cup-bearer instead of Juno’s daughter‚ Hebe‚ and because she knows that in the future‚ it is fated for Aeneas’ Roman descendants to destroy her favourite city‚ Carthage. Another intervention
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INTRODUCTION Notre-Dame de Paris French for "Our Lady of Paris"‚ also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame‚ is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris‚ France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque
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no questioning that they loved one another until the end. The main difficulties they faced in their romance were‚ unacceptance‚ death‚ and irresponsibility. One challenge they faced was unacceptance. Juliet was going to be forced to marry Count Paris‚ and her confidant‚ Nurse‚ who was aware of her union with Romeo stated her approval of Juliet’s second marriage when she said‚ “I think you are happy in this second match‚ For it excels your first.” (3.5.225-228). Juliet was
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The Tale of Two Cities‚ a novel written by Charles Dickens‚ examines the violence of the French Revolution and the effect that the war had on the citizens of both England and France. Dickens writes the novel through the perspective of an English citizen. The novel opens with the statement‚ “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was an age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness” (Dickens 1). He used the book to share his message and his thought on different subjects that he believed
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have created a very dangerous situation for themselves and their families. First of all‚ Romeo and Juliet were both too immature to realise that with deep love‚ comes a high risk of heartache. Capulet describes his daughter Juliet to Paris by saying “My child is yet a stranger in the world‚/ She hath not seen the change of fourteen years‚/ Let two more summers wither in their pride‚/ Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” (1.2.8-11). In this quote‚ Capulet‚ Juliet’s father‚ is expressing
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droit de la sorbonne Université Paris 1 – (Panthéon Sorbonne) Master 2 Recherche Mention droit comparé droit anglo-américain des affaires Année universitaire 2013-2014 1st Semester Sources et techniques en droit anglais Ruth Sefton-Green The Dialogue of English Justice Mid term assignment Subject 2: Dissenting opinions should be abolished from English judicial practice. Discuss. The English judiciary tradition consists in judgements built on a serie of each judge
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