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    hours of waiting‚ Juliet gets extremely impatient as she waits for the nurse to return with news on whether or not she is about to marry Romeo. With the nurse being aware of Juliet’s impatience‚ she teases her and drones on‚ avoiding the question before finally giving in and telling Juliet where to go to marry Romeo. Act 2‚ Scene 5 is an important aspect of “Romeo and Juliet” because it is an essential part of the rising action and introduces the characters personalities. This scene is crucial to the

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    Humor in Romeo and Juliet

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    Styliani Georgiadou “Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s well-known plays around the world. People know it even if they have not read it. It is about a tragedy‚ a dramatic story of two young lovers with a tragic end. However‚ there have been some comic scenes which make audience forget the distressed parts for a short time and make the play more interesting. Shakespeare does that in many ways. Firstly‚ he makes use of words and irony. Also‚ he creates two characters that their whole role

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    Flaws In Romeo And Juliet

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    The Fatal Flaw of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" "Romeo and Juliet" revolves around two lovers whose love is destined for tragedy. In the Play "Romeo and Juliet"‚ Act 2 Scene 3‚ Shakespeare demonstrates Romeo’s impetuous‚ shallow and stubborn nature. These character flaws eventually lead to his tragic death and to the death of his love‚ Juliet. This can by shown in the passage of the Friar rebuking Romeo for his shallowness‚ and in the passage of the Friar ridiculing Romeo for his impulsive and

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    Despite being originally published during the late 1590’s‚ Romeo and Juliet is still remarkably well known today. How did a play remain prominent for over four centuries? The tale of the two star-crossed lovers dying at the mercy of unfortunate circumstances is still considered one of the greatest literary works of all time due to its unique plot‚ use of diverse characters and how well written it is. First of all‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet is like no other. The entire story is one big oxymoron

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    undesirable outcomes such as a punishment of some sort or in some cases‚ death. This is the message that William Shakespeare tries to convey in his infamous play‚ Romeo and Juliet. This play revolves around characters from two rival families that elicit their deaths and that of several others due to their impulsive personalities. RomeoJuliet and Tybalt each let a particular emotion cloud their judgement‚ causing them to make decisions with no prior thoughts of consideration for consequences. Their

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    Romeo and Juliet: Fate

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    Romeo and Juliet: Fate Throughout Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ fate manifests itself causing the destruction of many lives. Fate drastically affects the lives of RomeoJuliet‚ and Tybalt throughout the tragedy. Destined to bump into the servant‚ Romeo discovers the Capulets party. Romeo goes to find Rosaline at Capulets party yet fate leads him to meet Juliet. He wants the outside power that rules his life to "steerage [his] course and direct [his] sail" (Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ Pg. 403)

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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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    Romeo And Juliet Flaws

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    people associate love with Romeo and Juliet because they killed themselves to be with each other forever. In today’s society love does not just happen in a blink of an eye it takes time to love someone. Romeo and Juliet’s love story happened in just five days so was it really love? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo has a tragic flaw which is his impulsive nature. With this flaw Romeo affected a lot of characters in the play but his choices mostly impacted Juliet and also her choices that

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    The nurse is the Capulet’s servant‚ a faithful servant who tries her hardest to please Juliet and the rest the Capulet’s at the same time. The nurse is also a very important character in the play in the Capulet’s lives as she was hired for the job of breastfeeding Juliet‚ because she had unwanted breast milk due to the tragic loss of her little Susan; although she might just be another servant in the household‚ she has a far more superior responsibility. She plays an important role as Juliet’s confidant

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    Lust In Romeo And Juliet

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    Possibly one of the most well known love stories‚ Romeo and Juliet has been an iconic love story read by many for hundreds of years. Throughout every generation who has read it‚ the age old question has been raised: are Romeo and Juliet in love or in lust? Most readers would like to believe that they are in love‚ and it is that love that brings them to their ends. In all realism‚ this is not true. Having only known each other for hours‚ Romeo and Juliet are simply deep in lust when the marry each other

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