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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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    shown in the play Romeo and Juliet. In the beginning‚ Romeo is supposedly in love with Rosaline‚ an unresponded love. He then is convinced by his friends to go to a party‚ where he sees Juliet. Romeo says‚ “O‚ she doth teach the torches to burn bright! [....] For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” He claims to be head over heels for Juliet after just getting a glimpse of her. Rosaline is out of his thoughts and is replaced by the beauty of Juliet. Once Romeo sees Juliet‚ he falls in love of

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    Romeo and Juliet Final Essay In the article “Sometimes Parents Just Don’t Understand‚” the author describes the relationship between teens and their parents. The anonymous author states that parents are seen as “old-fashioned and protective” and not “empathizing” (P. 2‚ 6). Teens and parents are having a hard time listening to each other because they have different mindsets. Teens have a “semi-matured mind‚” which makes them “act on impulse” and do rash things. (P. 6). Parents have a mature mind

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    At the time Mercutio makes his famous "Queen Mab" speech in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ he and Romeo‚ together with a group of their friends and kinsmen‚ are on the way to a party given by their family’s arch-enemy‚ Lord Capulet. Their plan is to crash the party so that Romeo may have the opportunity to see his current love‚ Rosaline‚ whom they know has been invited to the Capulet’s masque that evening. Romeo‚ whom his friends seem to consider generally very witty and fun‚ originally thought

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    Inside the Walls of Verona The tragedy Romeo and Juliet boasts a wide assortment of characters. Many of whom are often at odds with one another. Three characters in particular‚ Tybalt‚ Mercutio‚ and Benvolio‚ are three very different men‚ and are driven by impulses and their different characteristics. Tybalt is driven by his rage and craving for violence‚ Mercutio is driven by his friendship with Romeo‚ and Benvolio is often driven by his love for peace. But these men do share one common trait

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    yours. In all the world‚ there is no love for you like mine.” Once a person is mature and old enough they could experience real love. Romeo was awed by beauty and his want for love‚ however some people argue that he really truly loves Juliet. Young people are too immature and inexperienced to know what real love is. At the end of Act I Scene I Benvolio tells Romeo he needs to forget about this girl‚ Rosaline‚ that he is in love with‚ and Benvolio is willing to show him how to forget her. “I’ll

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    Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet By: Cierra Thomas In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio confuses Romeo’s love for Rosaline as lust. Benvolio advises Romeo to give up on his unreturned love for Rosaline and seek another woman: Benvolio: Be ruled by me‚ forget to think of her Romeo: O‚ teach me how I should forget to think. Benvolio: By giving liberty unto thine eyes; Examine other beauties. (1.1.233-236) When Benvolio advises Romeo to “forget

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    Touch me essay (In speech form) Good morning my fellow year 9 & year 10 peers. Today I’ll be talking about the hot topic of "Gender roles limit and restrict". Have you ever felt painstakingly sickened of being told that women and girls in today’s patriarchal society are considered soft‚ delicate‚ weak and homebound? I don’t know about you; however I find this stereotypical assumption demeaning and unrealistic. My English class is doing a unit called ‘Stepping out of male stereotypes’. The purpose

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    Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the nurse‚ Juliet’s guardian and confidante‚ plays an essential role in the romance and ultimately the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The nurse‚ who obtains the paramount qualities of vulgarity‚ fierceness‚ and compassion‚ provides stability in the relationship between the two star-crossed lovers and realism and humor to the story. Firstly‚ the nurse’s vulgarity brings about comic relief. While telling Lady Capulet and Juliet a story about raising Juliet‚ she makes a

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    The influence of William Shakespeare’s plays on modern culture is apparent in a multitude of media settings. Hamlet is the basis for Disney’s The Lion King; Arthur Laurents’ West Side Story is loosely based off of the plot of Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night has been the basis for countless moderately successful teenage romantic comedies (Fallon). Aside from repeatedly using the same plots for blockbuster movies‚ public figures frequently quote Shakespeare in their speeches‚ interviews‚ and even on

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