Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ far too many coincidences occur to be strictly coincidental. Fate creates a powerful effect throughout the entire play‚ starting in the prologue‚ continuing as Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love‚ and tragically ending in the lovers’ deaths. In the prologue‚ Shakespeare makes it undoubtedly clear that Romeo and Juliet are subject to fate. The audience is first introduced to Shakespeare’s ideas of fate when he describes Romeo and Juliet as "star-cross’d lovers"
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In the play “Romeo and Juliet‚” it seems that some of the adults in the Capulet family (Capulet‚ Lady Capulet‚ and the Nurse) believe in freewill while Juliet believes in fate. At the end of Scene 6 in Act 2‚ Romeo and Juliet were married. Juliet believed that it was her fate to marry Romeo and to live happily ever after. Despite all the problems‚ such as the Montagues being the Capulets’ enemies and Romeo’s banishment from Verona‚ Romeo and Juliet fell in love‚ and let fate decide what happens in
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of Romeo and Juliet‚ but there is one more responsible than most. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the Montagues and the Capulets hate each other. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet instantly fall in love after meeting at a ball. Romeo gets Friar Laurence to marry them the next day without the knowledge of their families. As the story goes on Romeo and Juliet don’t see each other very often due to fear of getting caught. There is lots of miscommunication‚ and because of it‚ Romeo and Juliet both
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ one of the main characters‚ Juliet‚ commits suicide near the end of the play. Friar Lawrence is directly responsible for the death of Juliet in all ways. He makes not only one‚ but three mistakes that all lead to Juliet’s death. He gave a poison to Juliet‚ he trusted someone else with a letter of great significance to deliver to Romeo‚ and he fled when Juliet was in the most danger at the tomb. Had he not have made these three major terrible mistakes‚ Juliet might not
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Romeo and Juliet are demonstrated in the play in unique variations. At first‚ Romeo was countered as character who fell in love with Rosaline and later on got a heartbroken when she didn’t notice him. Shakespeare presented his emotions as a kid who falls in love easily‚ “Not having that‚ which‚ having‚ makes them short.”(Shakespeare‚ page 9). Romeo was defining how hard love is with Rosaline not being able to share his emotions with her. On the other hand‚ Juliet was presented as a character who
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The Problematic Dilemma of Love The complexity of love is confusing in the love story of Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare sends the the theme that love causes serious complications in Romeo and Juliet. He conveys this theme in Romeo’s relationships with Rosaline and Juliet. One way Shakespeare conveys the theme is in Romeo and Rosalines’ relationship from Romeo and Juliet. Romeo tells Benvolio about his love by saying‚ “Out of her favor where I am in love / Alas that love‚ whose view is muffled
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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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Romeo and Juliet “A tale of the young for the young” By Laura Marinos Throughout the 20th Century‚ there have been several attempts to transform William Shakespeare’s famous works into a modern context‚ with The Lion King based on Hamlet and 10 Things I Hate About You as a loose transformation of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course‚ there have been two successful transformations already based on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet; West Side Story and Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet
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Is “Romeo and Juliet” a story about true love or only a story about the danger of silly teenage infatuation? In my opinion‚ this story is about true love. Romeo and Juliet s love for one another has been depicted in the story by their willingness to sacrifice anything to be with each other. In addition‚ there love is so strong because they have rebelled against their families to see each other even though they were forbidden too. Their true love has leaded them to make decisions that have put their
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Romeo and Juliet Movie Review In Verona‚ Italy‚ the feud between the Montague and the Capulet families that has been around as long as anyone can remember‚ breaks out in a street brawl‚ and is broken up by the Prince of the city. Later that same day‚ two star-crossed lovers from each family‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ meet at the Capulet’s party and its love at first sight. After the party‚ Romeo goes into the Capulet’s garden and finds Juliet on her balcony thinking about him. After
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