‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ a play written by William Shakespeare‚ explores the love of two characters whose fates end tragically. Shakespeare’s purpose was to portray this love in the middle of hate to show the audience whether the emotion love is strong enough to overcome the obstacles in the way. The question ‘The young lovers are helpless in the hands of fate Do you agree?’ allows the audience to determine if the characters or fate are at fault. The two main protagonists Romeo and Juliet claim that is
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Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written by the famous William Shakespeare in the 16th centuries about two lovers (Romeo & Juliet) who impulsively falls in love‚ but cannot be together because of the long feud between their families (the Montague and Capulet families) so they decide to turn their backs on their families and have a secret marriage. Unfortunately for them‚ depict all their effort and sufferance. All there is at the end for them is death. Many may see this play is seen as just
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In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare shows the key idea of think with your head‚ not with your heart. This idea is still relevant today as people today usually think with their heart without thinking with their head first. In the play when Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulets ball‚ the idea of think with your head‚ not with your heart is still relevant today. Romeo said when he sees the beauty of Juliet‚ Did my heart love til now Forswear its sight. For I never saw true
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REAL ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a play set in Verona - the city of love. Love is a prominent theme that runs throughout the play and Shakespeare manages to portray every form of love. The courtly love tradition embodied in Romeo’s infatuation with Rosaline‚ is ridiculed by Shakespeare. There is also the passionate‚ youthful love of Romeo and Juliet that contrasts greatly with the harsh reality of an arranged marriage. Shakespeare’s main aim was to illustrate the tragedy of love but also the Elizabethan
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Ed. Rex Gibson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2009) is a tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers. Throughout the play‚ the two lovers show a major transformation and growth. I believe that Juliet becomes the more mature‚ stronger and braver character of the two. By “stronger‚” I mean more emotionally stable and able to deal with stressful situations. By “mature‚” I mean more conscious of the decisions and the resulting consequences. And by “braver‚”
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some of us them still are. In Romeo and Juliet by Kate Kinsella and Oedipus the King by Moses Hadas Similar to Romeo and Oedipus‚ both characters Romeo and Oedipus try to learn from their mistakes and make decisions that they think will benefit themselves the most. Although Romeo and Oedipus have very different backgrounds and were written in very different time periods different storylines‚ all of their decisions have similar qualities in which they are impulsive‚ self-injurious‚ and harmful to
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raised Juliet from infancy. Meantime‚ Benvolio queries his cousin Romeo Montague‚ Lord Montague’s son‚ to find out the source of his melancholy. He discovers that it stems from an unrequited love for a girl named Rosaline‚ Capulet’s niece. Upon the insistence of Benvolio and another friend‚ Mercutio‚ Romeo decides to attend the masquerade ball at the Capulet house‚ in hope of meeting Rosaline. Alongside his masked friends‚ Romeo attends the ball as planned‚ but falls in love with Juliet‚ and she
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Romeo and Juliet is a story of two doomed teenage lovers whose fate ends in tragedy. In modern times the name Romeo has become nearly synonymous with “lover”. Romeo‚ in Romeo and Juliet‚ does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he believes he can no longer live and decides to take his own life when he believes that the object of his love‚ Juliet‚ has died. The power of Romeo’s love‚ however‚ often obscures a clear vision of Romeo’s character‚ which is far more complex. He is
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A constant theme of infatuation progressively is displayed throughout Romeo and Juliet‚ starting with an innocent desire for true love‚ and ending in death. Romeo and Juliet are the main characters that display the obsession through dialogue. The first sign of infatuation began with Romeo. He claimed‚ “love‚ whose view is muffled still‚ should without eyes‚ see pathways to his will” (Shakespeare 20). Romeo is obsessed with the idea of love‚ and is convinced that love controls you. He ends up getting
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2014 The Impetuousness of Romeo The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare presents the moral and social shaping of Romeo’s personality. Through the text Romeo continuously makes illogical decisions that all lead to his death. Romeo’s down fall is a result of irrational and impulsive behaviour he displayed throughout the text. This is conveyed when Romeo consumed in anger killed Tybalt‚ when Romeo fought with Paris without knowing who he was fighting and when Romeo killed himself not realizing
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