Comedy and Tragedy as Foils Shakespeare is an author that is known to pair comedy and tragedy together as foils. Susan Snyder‚ a scholar author has stated‚ “The source tales of Romeo and Othello would‚ I think‚ suggest quite readily to Shakespeare the possibility of using comic convention as a springboard for tragedy” (Snyder 123). In most of Shakespeare’s works‚ he uses elements of comedy to lead into a tragic event that will soon happened. Shakespeare also enjoys using tragedy to contrast the
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little bit to do with destiny‚ fate‚ and what’s written in the stars.” This quote relates strongly to Romeo and Juliet because due to the bad fates of their family‚ they ended up dying for each other. Juliet and Romeo fell in love by accident‚ something completely out of their control. This makes Shakespeare’s play much more tragic because they weren’t given a choice on how they were to end up‚ the way Shakespeare made it was either die together or live painfully without one another and dying was the
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its unpredictability and ability to create catastrophe. In the ground breaking play of the century‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ two star-crossed lovers die due to unfortunate circumstances. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were products of fate’s evil plan‚ and can only be described as tragic. Firstly‚ fate created an unwanted battle through the actions of Romeo’s friend‚ Mercutio. When Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt due to his recent marriage into the Capulet family‚ Mercutio is angered at
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Brennan Medeiros- Spencer Inouye Blue 12/6/12 Romeo Character Analysis I chose to analyze Romeo‚ because I think that Romeo has many characteristics and there is a lot to explain about him. Also Romeo changes in the story line many times; he can also have many different characteristics at the same time. Romeo is a type of man that if he wants something he will try his best to get it. Romeo is a very depressed‚ sad man at the beginning of the play because he loves a woman but he can’t love
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the start of the play‚ Romeo is a hopeless romantic‚ That is to say‚ He is in love with his enemy’s daughter 1 day after breaking up with his first love‚ for example‚ at the start of the play when Romeo is talking with Benvolio‚ Romeo says: “bid a sick man in sadness make his will- a word ill urg’d to one that is so ill: in sadness‚ cousin‚ i do love a woman.” He is saying that he is in love with Rosaline but a couple days later he is in love with juliet‚ he say this to juliet: “My lips‚ two blushing
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In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ Shakespeare reveals that youth impulsivity can doom the inevitable fate‚ he does this by utilizing foreshadowing and metaphors throughout the play. Shakespeare utilized foreshadowing to compare fate to the stars. He makes references to the stars or fate in the play quite often through characters and discretely points at the theme. Early into the play he already references the stars. “a pair of star crossed lovers take their life
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ a play by William Shakespeare‚there is a character who is a star crossed lover who falls in “love” with any beautiful lady. This character is Romeo. Romeo is immature‚ fickle‚ and passionate character who falls in love so quickly and with this falls in love with Juliet‚ the enemy. The qualities immaturity‚ fickleness‚ and passion are a key factor in the characterization of Romeo. Romeo throughout the play is very immature and childish. This is shown when he starts
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existence. Despite valiant attempts at free will‚ Romeo and Juliet suggests that fate is the true force governing one’s life. Irrespective of all attempts‚ fate intends to ensure Romeo and Juliet are never truly together. Romeo attempts to challenge his own fate to be with Juliet. When Balthazar relays the news that Juliet is dead‚ Romeo angrily announces "Is it even so? Then I defy you‚ stars!" (5.1.24). He has a plan to make sure that he and Juliet end up together despite the plan his fate has set
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quickly from just a little change. For example‚ when Romeo gets invited to the party and meets Juliet. It a his new destiny to meet juliet‚ and he changes his entire life to that one moment. The only reason romeo bumps into the waiter because she was in a rush to do something else‚ and he gets an invite because he thinks he is a Capulet. Also when tybalt kills mercutio. Tybalt didn’t want to kill tybalt he did it by accident‚ therefore‚ romeo fights tybalt and kills tybalt. Romeo’s destiny changed
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What’s the Difference? Romeo and Juliet‚ the play by William Shakespeare‚ is a story about prohibited young love between the two characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ members of enemy houses‚ and it ends with the tragic death of both the lovers. The two movies that capture the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet are the Zefferelli verion which was mad in 1968 and the 1996 Lurhmann version. Both movies do fine in generating a visual of Romeo and Juliet in their own unique way. As Michael Anderegg states
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