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    Romeo and Juliet are very loving‚ which contrasts with Juliet’s relationship with her parents. Juliet produces excuses for Romeo to stay. “It was the nightingale and not the lark”. Juliet wants Romeo to stay however Romeo is saying that he needs to go or he gets executed. “I must be gone and live‚ or stay and die”. This creates sympathy which creates drama throughout the play. Juliet now gives her second excuse for Romeo to stay. “Yon light is not daylight‚ I know it‚ I. It is some meteor that the

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    Shakespeare. For example you have Edward and Bella from the Twilight Series‚ like Romeo and Juliet they both make stupid decisions regarding their love for each other. It seems extreme that Romeo and Juliet would start kissing so quickly after meeting‚ but according to “The Science of Romance” it makes sense. It says that “testosterone is found in higher concentrations in men than in women”. Romeo and Juliet kiss after meeting because he’s trying to encourage her to be more intimate with

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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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    Shakespearean works are usually highlighted by the individuality and the independence of the protagonist. However‚ it is quite contrary in Romeo and Juliet. The two households‚ Montague and Capulet have been in a long feud with each other in the city of Verona. Romeo‚ a Montague and Juliet‚ a Capulet are two lovers who meet at a party and faces obstacles to be with each other despite the history of their family. At the end‚ the lovers choose to kill themselves for each other’s death—signifying that

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    and Restraints. Romeo and Juliet’s impulses and self-control used in Romeo and Juliet. In the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ many characters show how they cannot handle the pressure that they are faced with which leads to impulse and action which is taken without thinking it through. Many of the characters show a lack of self-control and exaggerations which leads to broken-hearts and many unfortunate situations which result in deaths and miscommunications. Over the course of Romeos love life‚ he tends

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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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    greatly responsible‚ Romeo did not deserve to be banished‚ and the Nurse is never chastised for the problems she caused either. Friar Lawrence does not take any responsibility for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet’s that he brought about. It was his unwell thought out plan that caused it. If he had thought of the consequences of marrying them before hand‚ maybe he wouldn’t have rushed into it. Also‚ he should have anticipated what could go wrong in his plan for getting Juliet out of marrying Paris

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    Reflection on Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the main character‚ Romeo Montague changes quite drastically throughout the play. He is a very sensitive man who is really just trying to be with his love‚ Juliet. But the family feud between the Montagues and Capulets and other constraints are making it very hard for the two star crossed lovers just to even met each other. Romeo mainly changes on his outlook of life and how he felt while in love throughout the play. In

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    Romeo and Juliet Essay “These violent delights have violent ends/ And in their triump die‚ like fire and powder/ Which‚ as they kiss‚ consume‚” In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ two star-crossed lovers‚ who find each other at a ball‚ fall in infatuation with each other. Love overtakes their mind as well as their hearts in this tragedy and die in each other arms. Friar Laurence’s advisory‚ Romeo’s impulsiveness and Mercutio’s wittiness are responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s death

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    In the 19th century‚ after a long period of isolationism‚ China and then Japan came under pressure from the West to open to foreign trade and relations. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States had created a wide gap between them and the West‚ leaving the two Asian nations behind technologically and military. In that period‚ neither of them had the power to stand up to the Western nations‚ and eventually both had to sign unequal treaties that forced them to open their ports and cities

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