Firstly‚ Romeo and Juliet should stay on the Preliminary English reading list because of its wide range of language techniques. Through the effective use of metaphor‚ oxymoron and hyperbole‚ Shakespeare is able to expose to us to the use of literary techniques to educate us through the practice of reading Shakespearean language. The use of oxymoron is shown when Romeo boasts out “O heavy lightness! serious vanity! Mis - shapen chaos of well - seeming forms. Feather of lead‚ bright smoke‚ cold fire
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worst. In the play Romeo & Juliet‚ Shakespeare reveals how one’s environment shapes one’s choices by how Romeo changes from being depressed to killing Tybalt and Paris because of revenge and love. Romeo changes because he depressed one minute to in love with Juliet. Romeo also changes from killing Tybalt to killing Paris because he defied Romeo. The first reason that Romeo changes is because he is depressed that Rosaline does not love him. In this section of the play‚ Romeo is trying to get over
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Romeo and Juliet Character Analysis Romeo The name Romeo‚ in popular culture‚ has become nearly synonymous with “lover.” Romeo‚ in Romeo and Juliet‚ does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he kills himself when he believes that the object of his love‚ Juliet‚ has died. During the course of the play‚ Romeo matures from adolescence to adulthood as a result of his love for Juliet and his unfortunate involvement in the feud‚ marking his development from a comic character to
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“O Romeo‚ Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Juliet‚ Act 2‚ Scene 2). One of the best known lines in “Romeo and Juliet”‚ a play written by the famous William Shakespeare. One of the most distinct themes in the play‚ is about the different types of love. There is the puppy love that Romeo has for Rosaline in the beginning of the movie‚ the friendly love between Juliet and the nurse‚ and the romantic love seen between Romeo and Juliet. The play simply would not be the same if any of these relationships
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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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ANSWER KEY: SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Romeo and Juliet Act I 1. Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague’s men? Sampson and Gregory are servants of the Capulet family‚ which has been feuding with the Montague family for quite some time. The feud has reached proportions involving all members and servants of both households. 2. Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. Contrast their reactions to the fight. Benvolio tries to break up the fight‚ but Tybalt
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How Is Violence Represented In Act 3 Scene 1 In ‘Romeo and Juliet’? In this essay I am going to analyse how Shakespeare portrays violence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and‚ more specifically‚ Act 3 Scene 1. Shakespeare did not create ’Romeo and Juliet’ but took the idea from a poem by Arthur brooks. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragedy and was written between 1591 and 1596. It is one of the greatest love stories ever written however violence‚ hate and conflict are very prominent. For example‚ at the start
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the relationships in Romeo and Juliet and pride and prejudice BOTH CHARACTERS (Juliet and Elizabeth ) PRESENT THEIR LOVE AND EFFECTION TO THEIR LOVE ONES BY APPROACHING THEM IN A FORMAL MANNER. “O Romeo‚ Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or‚ if thou wilt not‚ be but sworn my love‚ And I’ll no longer be a Capulet”. Juliet This means Juliet is asking‚ in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo’s Montague family is “Romeo‚ why are you a Montague
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Firstly‚ Romeo and Juliet’s love is not only just doomed by world around it but by progressing so quickly from their first meeting to expressing their actual love for each other. Their love is not only affected by the fighting of the two houses but also by their immediate love for each other. Furthermore‚ Romeo and Juliet are both supposedly in other love situations‚ Romeo is meant to be with Rosaline. However‚ as soon as he sees Juliet he falls for her looks and is deeply in love not knowing a thing
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start of Act 3 Scene 5‚ Juliet has just‚ unknowingly‚ said her final words to Romeo and had a premonition of his untimely death‚ something that later comes true when Juliet awakes from her drug induced slumber to find Romeo lying dead on the floor of the Capulet tomb. It is at this moment the Nurse informs Juliet that her mother is coming to her chambers. When her mother arrives‚ she finds Juliet in tears. However‚ instead of showing kindness towards her‚ she places a death threat on Romeo… believing
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