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    The Ideal Husband Romeo‚ the lover of Verona‚ and Count Paris‚ the ideal partner in marriage‚ are intertwined in fate and are seemingly made opponents of love in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo‚ son of Lord and Lady Montague‚ falls in love with Juliet‚ daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. Due to the fact that the Montagues and Capulets still sustain an ancient feud between their households‚ Romeo and Juliet keep their love a secret. Unaware of their daughter’s love to Romeo‚ Lord and Lady Capulet

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    Characters. The. There are different types of characters‚ in different stories. There’s the Christ figure‚ the hero‚ the damsel in distress. But a character archetype that is very common and improves a story by binds foil characters. In William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the characters Romeo and Tybalt are great examples of foil characters‚ they contrast with each other in different ways‚ like motivations‚ traits‚ and actions. Romeo exemplifies emotions like love‚ passion‚

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    Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and‚ along with Hamlet‚ is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today‚ the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. Its plot is based on an Italian

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    Romeo & Juliet Movie Analysis Year 10 English Mrs Douglass Good morning/afternoon Mrs Douglass and class. Today I will be comparing two versions of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. One of the films was produced in the year 1996; this was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The two main roles of Romeo and Juliet were played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The other film being analysed was directed by Franco Zefirelli‚ it was released in 1968. Leonard Whiting had

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    Shakespeare has no doubt created some of the most dynamic and interesting characters in written history‚ and in Romeo and Juliet there were several memorable ones. Aside from the hero and heroine‚ the voluble and witty Mercutio is as memorable a character as is found in all of Shakespeare’s plays. He acts as a significant character in terms of plot advancement; but more importantly‚ Mercutio himself is a fascinating man in many aspects. Mercutio is not part of the Montague family‚ he is however

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    Compare and Contrast a character from Romeo and Juliet to another character from another piece of literature you’ve read this year. The journal must have strong structural format and the analysis of both characters need to be supported by several facts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loving and protective and the other so selfish and demanding; so different‚ yet still so similar. A fathers intentions are to

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    Fate Vs. Freewill “From fourth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life; whose misadventured piteous overthrows.” The role of fate plays an extremely important role in this play. Rome meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party. The meeting of the couple would have never taken place if the servant had not come around town to look for people that were invited to the party that the Capulets were hosting. The illiterate servant walked around town and happened to bump

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    Act One‚ Scene Two Paris pleads with Capulet to let him marry Juliet‚ who is still only a girl of thirteen. Capulet tells him to wait‚ but decides to allow Paris to woo her and try to win her heart. He then tells his servant Peter to take a list of names and invite the people to a masked ball he is hosting that evening. Peter meets Romeo on the street‚ and being unable to read‚ asks Romeo to help read the list for him. Romeo does‚ and realizes that the girl he loves‚ Rosaline‚ will be attending

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    foil character is one who enhances unique characteristics of another character. This is accomplished by a strong contrast between the two characters. The famous play writer‚ William Shakespeare uses numerous foil characters throughout his plays. One of these famous plays is Romeo and Juliet. This play has many foil characters which magnify qualities in other characters. Specifically Romeo‚ who is the main character of the play and has three main foil characters. Each one of these characters brings

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    Romeo and Juliet’ is a play wherein laid a tragedy‚ written by Shakespeare featuring two star cross’d lover. Despite the fact that it’s suppose to be a love story‚ the prologue‚ written in the form of a sonnet‚ emits a heavy‚ sombre atmosphere and foreshadows the rest of the play‚ focusing on the negative aspects of love and outlining the tragic outcome of such an emotion – rejecting the idea that love overcomes all that the typical love story undertakes. The sonnet contains alternate rhyming couplets

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