lives. Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ explores the effects of patriarchal authority exerted over women and how the patriarchal structure left no escape from it‚ save death. Through Juliet‚ Lady Capulet‚ and the Nurse‚ Shakespeare establishes a common understanding of this type of society‚ but illuminates three different reactions to the social oppression by portraying the responses of a passionate lover‚ an idyllic housewife‚ and an attendant. Juliet is introduced into the play in act
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most popular romantic tragedies in history. The story talks about “TWO STAR CROSSED” lovers hence Romeo & Juliet both come from 2 families‚ in a ancient grudge more like enemies. Romeo is from the Montague family and Juliet is a Capulet. They saw each other at a party the Capulets had held; they fell in love and got married. However‚ it’s like something was stopping them from being happy; it was somehow leading both of them in a completely different
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and Restraints. Romeo and Juliet’s impulses and self-control used in Romeo and Juliet. In the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ many characters show how they cannot handle the pressure that they are faced with which leads to impulse and action which is taken without thinking it through. Many of the characters show a lack of self-control and exaggerations which leads to broken-hearts and many unfortunate situations which result in deaths and miscommunications. Over the course of Romeos love life‚ he tends
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according to Randy J. Nelson(2017)‚ is a “chemical messengers released from endocrine glands that travel through the blood system to influence the nervous system to regulate behaviors such as aggression‚ mating‚ and parenting of individuals.” In Romeo and Juliet many of the characters were overly aggressive and lustful. Hormones effect your body in many different ways; two of these ways are through aggressive and sexual behavior Hormones are chemical messages that are sent through the bloodstream to
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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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and suddenly without thinking or being careful.” I believe that while the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare clearly portrays its youthful characters as being quick to act without thought or caution‚ this is not the case for all young people. Furthermore‚ it is my belief that all people‚ regardless of age‚ are capable of acting in an impulsive and hasty manner. It is evident from the play Romeo and Juliet that the two youthful protagonists are portrayed as being somewhat rash‚ as a direct
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the greatest love stories ever told. Romeo and Juliet was written between 1591-1596 whereas wuthering heights was written around 1846–1847. The most powerful feeling after reading these stories is love. I shall be exploring both how Bronte and Shakespeare present love in two very contrasting ways. And I am going to be focusing on Romeo and Heathcliff. When Romeo is first introduce we find that he is one of the star crossed lovers and that his love for Juliet is there to break the ancient grudge
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Shakespeare play‚ Romeo and Juliet is about how their love is conquered by the hate of their families feud. In the play Paris is a prince on the capulets side and has love for Juliet before Romeo did‚ He is a handsome and respectful guy in desperate need of Juliet’s love. Paris‚ while at first desperate‚ develops into a devastated person‚ which teaches the reader that people don’t always get what they want. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ by shakespeare‚ My character Paris is desperate for juliet and loves
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Romeo and Juliet. A tragic story about two young star-crossed lovers‚ known by many throughout the world. This story originally written by William Shakespeare‚ has been rewritten‚ performed and filmed numerous times with modified versions of the original script. Even though all of the different performances of this Shakespearean tragedy all revolve around the same concept‚ some performances and/or films better represent the original story when compared to others. This is the result of some of the
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I believe that the (1961)‘West Side Story’ film version of Romeo and Juliet is superior to the later version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. Jerome Robbins‚ the director of ‘West Side Story’‚ having a different aim/ representation of Romeo and Juliet has used various effective techniques to produce his film – which I consider to be more successful. Robbins chose it to be a transformation of Romeo and Juliet & not the original play from Shakespeare‚ but that’s not the
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