A desired but‚ forbidden love. Montagues and Capulets cannot coexist. Leaving Romeo and Juliet in pure misery. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ we are placed in medieval Verona‚ Italy. Where these families can’t bare to see one another‚ however‚ their children have fallen deeply in love. A secret they must keep‚ for disaster will erupt if anyone finds out. Tragedy is knocking at the door‚ and will soon enter. Romeo and Juliet cannot be blamed for they feel loved for once. Something their
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Hey Juliet Romeo and Juliet is considered one of the greatest love stories of all time. This story of forbidden love is irresistible to audiences and defies the passage of time. Although this Shakespeare classic is essentially about the budding romance between two young lovers‚ it is also very much a coming of age story about protagonist‚ Juliet Capulet. She begins the play naïvely following the wishes of her father. Over a short period of time‚ as the play progresses‚ she asserts herself as an
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The play ’Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare‚ presents the theme of fate and the consequences of forbidden love. throughout the play‚ it had appeared that the families of these young lovers despise each other‚ due to a feud that started many years before. No one understood the reason for this hatred‚ but they wish to continue what was started. the whole play revolves around the concept of fate‚ and Shakespeare makes his audience aware of this during the prologue when it was stated‚ ’a pair
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‘WITNESS’ ANALYSIS The film “Witness”‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ is about the traditional Amish life versus the violent ways of the Western World. The film begins when an Amish boy named Samuel Lapp witnesses the murder of a policeman‚ and when detective John Book discovers it was an ‘inside job’ he gets shot and takes Samuel and his mother Rachel back to their Amish community. While nursing the bullet wound he stays with them for a week and learns the Amish way of life. He is not comfortable at first
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what is a distinctive idea explored in Witness? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the text? “Distinctive ideas are at heart of every play or film”. The notion of distinctive ideas being at the heart of every play or film is certainly evident in the film Witness‚ composed by Peter Weir. Weir successfully conveys many themes and issues throughout his film. His film comprises several ideas‚ each highly significant. One idea explored in Witness is the “clash of two cultures”: the insular
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Lozano‚ Amber ELA HP‚ Period 5 March 26‚ 2012 Forbidden Love Essay Love is something powerful that two people can share with one another. At times this love can exist for a period of time but one person can lose the feeling‚ while the other keeps their heart saved for that person as in Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall much in love in their youth; Fermina eventually leaves Florentino to marry a wealthy doctor‚ leaving
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In his film witness peter weir criticizes aspects of modern society by contrasting it to the world of the Amish. Discuss the statement with close reference to the film The film Witness‚ directed by Peter Weir portrays the concept of cultural differences between the Amish and the outside world. Critical aspects of modern society (American society) are shown in various film techniques. Weir demonstrates aspects of the close study of text by using symbols‚ characterization‚ setting and diegetic
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The "Truman show" an innovative‚ courageous film directed by Peter Weir is distinctively not a film about Truman Burbank. Although he may be the main protagonist of the film‚ theoretically he doesn’t exist‚ and is only there to bring out the main theme of the text. As an actual fact‚ this film is about our society as many of the themes that are conveyed throughout the film can be described as being based around our society such as technological influences and social and psychological behaviour.
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Romeo and Juliet: Forbidden Love Leads To Death We just finished reading the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In this play we are introduced to the tragic story of their forbidden "love" which ultimately leads to their deaths. Although Romeo and Juliet is considered to be a timeless love story‚ I find Romeo to be too immature for this to be so. When we are first introduced to Romeo‚ he is involved with a girl by the name of Rosaline. Benvolio inquired about Romeo’s situation with
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teachers‚ as you are all aware I am here to talk to you about the film witness Peter Weir’s 1985 film Witness‚ explores many themes but the two I am focusing on today are differing cultures and Pacifism and violence. Witness comprehensively depicts the story of an Amish family learn a lot about the ‘English world’‚ more than they wanted to know. The first theme I am going to talk about today is the differing cultures. In Witness huge differences exist between the Amish and modern ‘English’ society
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