Don’t Deny Destiny Question 11: What role does fate play in Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare refers to Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers.” We can not deny the fact that they are ‘destined to be together‚’ it is just something that the reader must accept. Fate is inevitable throughout the whole play; Shakespeare never gives readers an explanation as to why there is a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues‚ it is rather an undeniable aspect of the world of the play.
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the start of the play‚ Romeo is a hopeless romantic‚ That is to say‚ He is in love with his enemy’s daughter 1 day after breaking up with his first love‚ for example‚ at the start of the play when Romeo is talking with Benvolio‚ Romeo says: “bid a sick man in sadness make his will- a word ill urg’d to one that is so ill: in sadness‚ cousin‚ i do love a woman.” He is saying that he is in love with Rosaline but a couple days later he is in love with juliet‚ he say this to juliet: “My lips‚ two blushing
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In Romeo and Juliet and Jane Eyre we are as the audience presented with an assortment of love difficulties‚ through the use of a variety of literary devices such as sonnets‚ dramatic irony and dialogue‚ used by both William Shakespeare and Charlotte Bronte. To introduce the play a sonnet is used by William Shakespeare as the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the prologue the audience is made aware vaguely of the various themes the play will accommodate. The first line‚ “Two households both
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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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deaths and tragedy of Romeo and Juliet were avoidable. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet have been bossed around by their parents and they’ve been pulled apart and they wanted to be together permanently. So‚ their idea was to fake their deaths so they could finally be together with no one interfering‚ but the plan didn’t go as well as they’d hoped. Romeo and Juliet put their lives in other people’s hands and they did not take responsibility for themselves. Romeo and Juliet are to blame for their
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What’s the Difference? Romeo and Juliet‚ the play by William Shakespeare‚ is a story about prohibited young love between the two characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ members of enemy houses‚ and it ends with the tragic death of both the lovers. The two movies that capture the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet are the Zefferelli verion which was mad in 1968 and the 1996 Lurhmann version. Both movies do fine in generating a visual of Romeo and Juliet in their own unique way. As Michael Anderegg states
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ was a timeless tragedy that focused on love despite hardships. Even though the play was written years ago‚ the story remains relevant to young love today. Though Romeo and Juliet made many mistakes‚ there was 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
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Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ blame can be shifted on almost every character in the drama. Lord and Lady Montague and Capulet could be deemed responsible for the deaths of their children as their feud is the original cause of the hostility. Romeo and Juliet themselves could be considered responsible for their own deaths. After all‚ they both died at their own hands. These characters are all responsible‚ but the person most responsible for the untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence
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A common theme throughout Romeo and Juliet is the idea of duality. Duality can bedescribed as a combination of opposites such as good and evil‚ love and hate‚ or life and death.This theme is most apparent during a soliloquy of the Friar’s. The essence of what he is sayingis that everything has a true beneficial purpose‚ but things can be misused and perverted into evil. Nothing is purposely evil. He talks about duality most plainly with the line‚ “In man as well asherbs‚ grace and rude will;” (2
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one really say that loving and losing is better than never feeling that love‚ when both choices are riddled with error? The following stories referenced‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ “Pyramus and Thisbe” retold by Ovid‚ and “Duty” by Pamela Rafael Berkman‚ show the contrast between sacrificing love and sacrificing life. Romeo and Juliet‚ as well as Pyramus and Thisbe‚ sacrificed everything for love. Lady Capulet‚ on the other hand‚ sacrificed her love for the obligations she felt she had
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