Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a romantic tragedy. We first learn this in the Prologue‚ as the audience is told: “Doth with their death…Their death marked love”. The Prologue tells the audience key events in the play and is a good source of dramatic irony‚ as the audience knows that the characters will die at the end‚ although the characters themselves don’t. The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy‚ and tells of two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ who
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#6. Act 2‚ Scenes 1 and 2. Cite specific textual evidence to support your answers to each of the following: A) Romeo and Juliet fall in love and he want to talk with Juliet. So he climbs over the wall. Mercutio and Benvolio think his love is blind. Line 32 and line 33. B) It describes that Julie walk to the window. For example‚ her eyes are shinning like the stars. C) Because Juliet is the sun and she is out shining the moon. D) "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" that mean a name doesn’t
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the story of two "star-crossed lovers who take their life". Their families‚ Capulet and Montague‚ are at a great‚ ancient feud; however Romeo and Juliet fall passionately in love ignoring the fact that they are‚ by household‚ enemies. The play was written in 1595‚ for an Elizabethan audience‚ and was performed at the Globe Theatre. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy; Italy being a common setting for plays around the time for the great interest in Italian culture and an
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Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare‚ the play is based on forbidden love and deathly consequences. The beginning of the play starts with a prologue‚ the main point of this is to get the audience’s attention and set the scene but to also explain the whole outline of the play. By doing this Shakespeare is also acknowledging one of the main themes of the play‚ which is fate. In the prologue Shakespeare chooses to use a lot of violent language- “Their death...Civil blood makes civil
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How does Shakespeare present love and hate in Act 1 scene 1 and Act 1 scene 5? Shakespeare wrote the play of two lovers’‚ Romeo and Juliet. Thought to be‚ one of the greatest‚ tragic love stories of all time‚ however‚ throughout the play‚ Shakespeare contrasts love with hate at every possible moment. The two themes‚ love and hate‚ are like twins separated at birth‚ brought up in different backgrounds‚ a totally different society. Combining these two themes‚ creates curiosity into how ’a pair of
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Madison Cantrell 3rd Hr Pre-Ap English 1B Romeo and Juliet Scene 1 Act 1‚ Scene 1: Sampson and Gregory‚ the servants for the house of Capulet‚ are walking through the streets of Verona. They both are venting to each other about how they despise the house of Monague‚ they both wish to have a brawl with the other house. They then see other see two servants from the other house and decide to “bite there thumb” at them in order to start a fight. The two houses have a fight‚ and the prince decides
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Catastrophe in Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet By: Noa Boon Due Date: 20th March 2014 Word Count: 689 (Excluding title and Quotations) # Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet represents the catastrophe and deaths of Romeo and Juliet due to internal and external conflicts. The catastrophe does not effect the characterization of Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence since they act the same way throughout the whole play. Act 5 Scene 3 shows that love like Romeo and Juliet’s leads to death. # Act 5 Scene
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Act II‚ scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is commonly known as the "balcony scene‚" and although this designation may be inaccurate (Shakespeare’s stage directions call for Juliet to appear at a "window‚" not on a balcony)‚ this scene has been quoted from‚ played‚ and misplayed more than any other in all of the Bard’s works. It is proceeded by some astoundingly beautiful verse in Mercutio’s "Queen Mab" speech of Act I‚ scene iv.‚ and by the individual and joint speeches of Romeo and Juliet at the banquet
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MACBETH Act 1 Sc. I/The Witches/Character study of Macbeth • Charles lamb while speaking about the witches describes them as ‘…creatures to whom man or woman plotting some dire mischief might resort for occasional consultation. ….From the moment that their eyes first met Macbeth he is spellbound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body (refer to the Sailors of the “tiger’
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Comment on the significance of Iago in Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2. Iago is presented as a vicious villain‚ and through his representation of evil‚ results in the surfacing of key themes such as light and darkness‚ racism‚ and rank and power. Thus‚ by carrying out the role as a villain‚ he highlights the animalistic traits evident within people of the Venetian society. Although Iago is a white man who holds a fairly high status within Venetian society‚ he is crude and uncouth‚ often swearing and making
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