Goodnight Desdemona (good morning Juliet) EXPOSITION: Goodnight Desdemona begins with a "dumb show‚" or a scene with no sound‚ in which three situations occur simultaneously. Othello murders Desdemona‚ Juliet kills herself‚ and Constance Ledbelly throws a pen and a manuscript into a wastebasket. In scene 1‚ Constance works on her doctoral dissertation‚ which claims that Romeo and Juliet and Othello were originally comedies written by an unknown author and that this can be proved by decoding a
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Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet: A Cinematic Icon Baz Luhrmann’s rendition of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will forever remain one of the most iconic adaptations of all time. Luhrmann’s use of bright color‚ odd scene setups and camera shots‚ interesting modifications on the original story‚ and emphasis on religious irony make the film unforgettable and add to the suspense and creativity of the film. Vivid color saturates every scene in the film from neon crosses standing in the
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Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy. At the end of the play two young innocent lives were lost because of an old family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Perhaps several characters played a minor role in these tragic events but I believe that Lord Capulet‚ Juliet’s own father‚ was ultimately responsible for her death. In his selfishness and rage he separated his daughter from the one man she truly loved and also rejected his own daughter for disobeying his commands. These two factors let
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In Verona‚ there is a church where lies Juliet’s tomb but to this day the church is a museum for tourists to see the tomb that “belongs” to Juliet. They say that the tomb really does belong to Juliet because her family built the church. Well I believe that the tomb belongs to someone else who could have been related to Juliet or just some random person. The Venetian government say that they took the remains and cleaned everything out from the tomb. They told the people that they took Juliet’s body
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my own perception of two interpretations of Shakespeare’s masterpiece that I’m going to present here. “Romeo and Juliet” is probably the most well-known play of William Shakespeare. It’s an amazing tragic love story‚ full of action and inevitably arousing strong emotions in a reader. In addition to being a masterpiece of dramatic literature‚ it has become a classic love tragedy with Romeo and Juliet becoming archetypical young lovers. The actual story is believed to be borrowed by Shakespeare
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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ both Romeo and Juliet are young‚ however‚ Romeo is more immature and rash‚ whereas Juliet is more mature and sensible. To start‚ Benvolio asks Romeo to forget Rosaline and think about other women. Sounding quite depressed‚ Romeo asks his cousin‚ "O‚ teach me how I should forget to think!" (I. i. 220). Romeo is immature emotionally‚ as only an immature or childish person would believe that he has no control whatsoever on his emotions - if a more
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Romeo and Juliet was a play written during the Renaissance time period. The play is written by William Shakespeare and is about these two feuding families (the Capulets and the Montagues)‚ whose kids meet at a party and instantly fall in love. This play is written as a tragedy and the tragedies are displayed in more ways than one. The main tragedies Shakespeare displays in this play are‚ the death of Romeo and Juliet‚ the number of deaths that occur for Romeo to be with Juliet‚ and the feudbetween
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William Shakespeare’s‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are a young couple with rivaling families that fall in love also known as the star-crossed lovers. They go through many challenges in their relationship but in the end‚ it leads those challenges to their deaths. They both express irresponsibility through their impulsive and rash actions that contribute to their deaths but there are a couple of characters throughout the play that helps lead Romeo and Juliet to their deaths
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In William Shakespeare’s play‚ a deep romance drives star-crossed lovers to push boundaries for love‚ leaving readers on the edge of their seats. The play takes place in the city of Verona‚ Italy‚ as two cliques have a born hatred for eachother creating chaos on the streets. Tragedy strikes throughout the play‚ including the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Questions arise concerning who or what is the fault for these lovers’ death? Whether it was Lady Capulet‚ who was not the motherly figure Juliet needed
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A cause is what makes something happen‚ and an effect is what happens because of the cause‚ and many factors are the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story with two “star-crossed lovers” (Romeo and Juliet Prologue 1.1.6) plagued by the heartbreaking feud between the two respectable families. There is a big debate about who was the cause of the titular characters’ deaths‚ but it is indisputably not Friar Laurence’s fault. The blame for the
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