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    EFOR - Juliet more dominant as she is relevant to nearly every character in the play. She is Relevant to Paris‚ Romeo‚ Nurse‚ Capulet and Lady Capulet. -In ACT 1 SCENE 3 Lady Capulet talks to Juliet about the thought of marrying Paris‚ in this scene also shows the nurse providing a humorous moment. The Nurse’s silly anecdote helps portray Juliet’s situation about Marrying Paris. Although Juliet is obedient towards her Mother’s and the nurse’s advice‚ we see that Juliet shows a glimpse of her

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    an even larger predicament. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the death of main characters can be rooted at the deluded advice from supposedly wise mentors. These mentors were Friar Lawrence and the Nurse‚ whose intentions were pure‚ but whose advice could be considered otherwise. Friar Lawrence and the Nurse unintentionally mislead Romeo and Juliet‚ which ultimately was the driving force behind the extreme actions they made throughout the play. This misleading advice is shown when

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    Philosophy –Philosophy Can Make A Movie Film: Romeo and Juliet Director: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes Plot: Two lovers of rival‚ disputing families take their lives. Rating: Reviewer: Claire Ginn Welcome to Verona Beach‚ a sexy‚ violent other-world‚ neither future nor past‚ ruled by two rival families‚ the Montagues and the Capulets... So begins Baz Luhrmann’s production of Shakespeare’s beloved play‚ "Romeo and Juliet‚" from the famous opening line of "Two Households

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    Camus?s The Plague as a Response to the Absurd When the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Albert Camus‚ the committee awarding the honor cited the Algerian-born Frenchman?s ?important literary production‚ which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience of our time.?1 By the time Camus died in 1960 at age forty-six‚ he had achieved success as a novelist‚ essayist‚ playwright‚ and journalist.2 Although he himself rejected the label‚ he is often

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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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    Romeo and Juliet Question: To what extent are the personal weaknesses of the central characters responsible for the tragic outcome of ‘Romeo and Juliet’? William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ ends in tragedy because of personal weaknesses shown by the central characters. There are weaknesses shown by the characters of Romeo and Juliet with their emotional feelings or love which contributes to the tragedy. A flaw or weakness that is shown by the character of Capulet is his power and anger or

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    How does Shakespeare use dramatic devices in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet in order to make it such an interesting‚ exciting and important scene? Romeo and Juliet is world renown as one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. At the beginning of the play you are introduced to two families in Verona; these families being the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. The two families have been involved in a feud for years. However at one of Lord Capulet’s balls Juliet‚ his only daughter falls in love with Romeo

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    was the most innocent. In “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Benvolio is free from guilt and a harmless man. He likes to keep peace. Furthermore‚ Benvolio had to suffer in many parts of the play. Finally‚ he is very helpful and does nothing wrong. Benvolio is free from guilt; he does nothing wrong and had nothing to do with lying or killing. Benvolio is the most innocent character in the play. Benvolio is the most innocent character in the play because he tries to keep the peace. He does not like to fight and likes

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    book‚ I also learned that a possible moral for this story could be that moderation is a key role in any relationship‚ and that if things are rushed that bad things can happen. Romeo and Juliet is not really a love story like everyone seems to think‚ it is really just a story about a three day relationship that causes several deaths. Moderation plays a large role in this story because if Romeo and Juliet had not rushed into things their story would probably have a different outcome. They might have

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    the 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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