lines. In said extraordinary works lies Romeo and Juliet. To say that Romeo and Juliet is simply a love story about a forbidden love between two star-crossed lovers is at best an ill attempted summary and at worst an insult to Shakespeare’s work and the characters as well. This is a complex story ‚with complex characters‚ about love‚ loss‚ and just about everything in between‚ it is a story about two lovers that will live on forever in their death This story would not be what it is without the complex
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act 2 of Romeo and Juliet shows love at first sight. Lurhmann’s 1997 version does this better than Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of the play. Lurhmann’s version uses symbolic clothing coupled with a perfect setting to clearly convey love at first sight to the viewer The clothing in Lurhmann’s version make love at first sight symbolic and easier to understand. In the party scene‚ Romeo is wearing a knight costume and Juliet is wearing an Angel costume. These costumes show symbolism that Romeo is the Prince
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Have you ever thought about how “Romeo and Juliet” would have ended if communication was effectively used throughout the whole play? The outcome of the play would have been significantly different‚ and most‚ if not all‚ of the characters would still be alive. Every major event that happens is because of a miscommunication or no communication at all. In fact‚ the whole play is based on miscommunication. The feud between the two families causes major problems and forms the whole plot of the play. The
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Act 1- Romeo and Juliet have feuding families‚ they have been enemies for many years. This affects the way the audience sees their first meeting and kisses because the audience knows that their love will never be accepted by their families. As a result the audience gets the impression that if Romeo and Juliet want to become lovers they must keep their love a secret. Their meeting creates suspense and foreshadows a major conflict that will erupt because a Capulet and a Montague have fallen in love
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aspect of our lives. Fate is around us all the time. Many believe it is our destiny. Fate can be negative or positive. One way to see how much fate affected the Shakespearean society is by using Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet has fate infused within the whole story. In Romeo and Juliet‚ fate caused many troubles of death‚ love‚ and life. In the Shakespearean society‚ fate played a huge role. An example of fate in the Shakespearean society is in The Prologue. “Two households
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events‚ which result in a tragedy. Jack and rose’s unlikely love story of a working- class man and a woman who is not in love with her fiancé and Maria and tony’ doomed love due to the afflictions of their rival gangs‚ fall under this category. However‚ Romeo and Juliet have claimed the right to this title. Romeo and Juliet unravel mistakes that love can create and how passionate and impulsive it can be. Presented as the greatest love story of all time‚ Shakespeare also depicts the harsh truths of who
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ a tragedy about two lovers whose love for one another leads to their double suicide. Act 3 Scene 3‚ Act 4 Scene 1‚ and Act 5 Scene 3 demonstrate this link between Romeo and Juliet’s passionate love and violence that leads to their deaths. A tense atmosphere is present when Romeo‚ hiding in Friar Laurence’s cell‚ hears news of his banishment in Act 3 Scene 3. The Friar is struggling to make Romeo see his banishment as a blessing‚ as he is not being executed. Romeo‚ unable
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What is more dangerous‚ an unforeseen tragedy or one you have been anticipating for days? In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ this is pondered through the analyzing of the title characters’ actions. Romeo and Juliet‚ two teenagers from rival families in ancient Verona‚ find themselves madly in love after a run-in at a party held by Juliet’s family. Even before the two meet‚ premonitions of their untimely deaths begin. Some are vague metaphor-like visions in their dreams
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the scene Juliet is excited for seeing Romeo that night. She is waiting impatiently‚ wishing that the sun would set already. When the nurse arrives with the rope ladder Romeo made‚ Juliet’s mood changes drastically. The nurse exclaims‚ "he is killed‚ he is killed". Juliet thought that she was talking about Romeo and became depressed. She talked about how much he meant to her and that there is no point to her life without Romeo. The nurse then explains that it was Tybalt‚ not Romeo‚ who had
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The Role of Violence in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play which is one of the best known tragedies of all time but at the same time is referred to as the greatest love story of all time. It is about two ‘Star cross’d lovers’ (Prologue 1.6). In other words‚ Romeo and Juliet are governed by fate‚ a movement often linked with the stars. However it has another theme‚ violence‚ which in a way blocks out the love in the play. It presents love and hate as equally potent forces of nature
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