Malaya Greaux Mrs. Oliver Freshman Language Arts 18 March 2014 Romeo and Juliet Don’t fall in love as a teen; you might end up killing yourself. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare showed that being in love has its ups and downs. Shakespeare‚ also‚ in my opinion‚ created a self-destructive tendency connected with love. Although this play was a tragedy‚ there were some bright sides. Romeo and Juliet were in love‚ and generally‚ being in love gives one feelings of joy and
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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is caused by fate alone? Discuss. The famous love story - Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s is a tragic play caused by fate‚ impatience and impulsiveness and a Family feud. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is not caused by fate alone. Every tragic scene in the play occurs because of fate. Romeo and Juliet fall in love because of fate. Shortly after Juliet meets Romeo she quotes‚ ’My only love sprung from my only hate!’ They were destined
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with Alternate Endings Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers that results in great tragedy. One may ask‚ “Why would Shakespeare choose such a tragic ending for his heroes?” Hopefully this essay will answer that very question for you. Over the years‚ Romeo and Juliet has remained one of the most popular and most studied literary works of all time. With this amount of popularity‚ hundreds‚ even thousands
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Who is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet revolves around many facts but mainly focuses on the family feud. First of all I will start off telling you about the family feud and why it had such an effect on the tragedy then I will lead into other facts such as Friar Laurence‚ who believed that if Romeo and Juliet were married it would stop the family feud and I will also talk about how strong the love was between Romeo and Juliet. All these facts play an
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Fate’s Role in Tragedy In works such as Jean Anouilh’s Antigone‚ William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ and Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet film‚ the idea of fate plays a huge role in the tragedy specifically when the characters feel as though they don’t have control in it. All 3 characters show somewhere in each piece that they feel as if they are a pawn to fate whether it is through them saying it directly or through a symbol such as water in Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation. This feeling is what
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about marriage‚ kissing‚ and happiness. However‚ love can cause people to get injured or die. This lesson is evident in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare by having irony and characterization. Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet (1968) tried to express this lesson through the use of atmosphere and body language. A lesson that can be learned from Shakespeare’s play is that love can get someone killed and Zeffirelli’s attempt at presenting
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Everyone knows that in every tragedy‚ there has to be conflicts‚ arguments‚ and deaths involved. Well‚ the most famous play that Shakespeare ever wrote had all those classifications and ended with a horrible ending. After William Shakespeare wrote the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ numerous people started analyzing and having different viewpoints and opinions on who’s to blame for the tragedy throughout the past years. Many critics have studied the play and Shakespeare himself and argue about who’s
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Suicide is never the answer‚ but obviously it is for these folks! The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was very evidently based off of Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe. To us‚ reading Pyramus and Thisbe was comparable to reading a slightly altered summary of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. The similarities were uncanny. Romeo and Juliet was just in the format of a play‚ and contained a bit more drama‚ as well as detail. It was more enjoyable reading Pyramus and Thisbe because there
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faulty of the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Many chapters throughout the play had a part in the fate of the love birds.Friar has the most blame‚ but the Nurse could have changed just as much. Nurse Capulet knew about the marriage and went through with it even though she knew it wasn’t right. Likewise with the Friar. Friar Lawrence and the nurse‚ they both had options to change the fate but they didn’t. In this play the character Friar Lawrence is the many reason why Romeo and Juliet killed themselves
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1- Contrast Foil Character: Romeo / Mercutio I I Impulsive / Mocks Romeo In terms of his vision of love. Tragic Hero: (Underscored throughout the play) (Must have a tragic flaw) Romeo is a tragic hero because his tragic flaw is that he is impulsive. C) FATE Darkness / Lightness Rosaline: Moon Juliet: Sun Willpower is important. Fate is different from Shakespearean tragedy. Fate is important but willpower of human beings is underestimated. Willpower
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