From Lady Macbeth to Juliet ‚ Shakespeare had created many female characters who were not afraid to go against their society’s expectations. The intelligent and Brave Rosalind from As You Like It for example‚ dresses as a man in order to travel safely and expresses many ideas with her new found freedom. The societies in which these women were part of reflected some of the ideals of the Elizabethan era‚ a period of time where women were thought as lower than and property to men. Many historians agree
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The overall tone that Anna Quindlen creates is that of injustice‚ a kind of Romeo and Juliet story to be performed against the backdrop of forbidden freedom and a war based on prejudice against those who differ from us. Quindlen uses language to produce this tone by employing primarily pathos (emotion) and secondly and very limited‚ logic. Though an ethos style would be of great use to persuade her target audience and move the reader to her point of view‚ the Undocumented‚ Indispensable essay lacked
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Throughout Act 3 Scene 5 in Romeo and Juliet we are shown as an audience‚ a variety of dramatic ironies and tragic events. We are also revealed more about the relationship Juliet has with her parents and are learning more about Capulet‚ his personality and how Shakespearean language is used‚ to give an overall impact on how we feel about Capulet and how he is as a father. At the start of the play when Paris asks for Juliet’s hand‚ from his father‚ his father declines the proposal and says "my
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play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ one of the main characters‚ Juliet‚ commits suicide near the ending of the play.Friar Lawrence is directly responsible for the death of Juliet. He makes numerous mistakes that lead to her death.Which were when he gave the poison to Juliet. He also‚ trusted someone else with extensive importance a letter to deliver to Romeo.Lastly‚ he fled when she was in most danger at the tomb. Friar Lawrence made a major mistake that he could have abstained himself. He trusted Juliet‚ someone
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o How does Shakespeare make this a tense and exciting scene for the audience? In your answer‚ you should refer to the use of language and‚ the effect of the audience using P-E-E. In Act 3 Scene 1 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ William Shakespeare creates a tense and exciting scene for his audience using language tools and techniques to demonstrate a fight scene in the streets of fair Verona‚ Italy where the fortune of our ‘star crossed lovers’ changes severely for the worse when Tybalt and Mercutio lose
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet “My only love came from my only hate.” Romeo and Juliet were a pair of star-crossed lovers. In William Shakespeare’s drama‚ “Romeo and Juliet‚” the two fall in love and get married‚ and they don’t know how to tell their families. The Montagues and Capulets are families with a long-standing family feud. Neither Romeo nor Juliet can tell anyone about their marriage‚ or relationship. Neither Romeo and Juliet have to deal with difficult choices because of the family feud
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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is about ‘two star crossed lovers’ separated by their families’ hate toward each other. The author William Shakespeare develops this drama toward the conclusion of the lovers’ inevitable deaths. From time to time‚ it seems that fate is against Romeo and Juliet. On the other hand‚ there are times when involvements of other characters change the direction of the play. Two of the characters that shape the tragedy are Juliet’s Nurse and Friar Lawrence. These two characters
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The tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet hosts a plethora of hastily made decisions. As ill-fated as the two star-crossed lovers may have been‚ the root of all their problems can be traced back to their rash decisions. The reason Romeo and Juliet meet in the first place is because Romeo and Benvolio decide on a whim that they are going to go to the Capulet party to show Romeo that there are other beauties besides Rosaline. After this all of the decisions of the characters are made on the spot‚ with little
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older generation and their roles in the play’s tragic conclusion? Romeo and Juliet is a play set in Renaissance Verona with a tragic conclusion of the two young lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ dying. The whole play is about the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets and how their children‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ have to pay the price for their actions and hatred to each other. As a result‚ the older generation play key roles in the play’s tragic conclusion due to their actions and decisions. Juliet’s death
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Mercutio is a close friend of Romeo and Benvolio. He is also a relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. Thus‚ he is neither a Montague nor a Capulet. He has the freedom from the conflict between the two houses. When he is at Capulet’s party‚ Mercutio states that he has a brother named Valentine. He is described as a fun-loving and witty. However‚ his sense of humour sometimes makes others annoyed. Along with this‚ he is moody and loses his temper easily. Mercutio is Romeo’s friends. Mercutio
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