ROMEO AND JULIET Does the prologue and opening scene prepare the audience for what follows? Shakespeare opens the play with a prologue of 14 lines. This prepares the audience for the content of the play. These 14 lines are basically a summary of the play. Within ?Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare focuses on many different themes such as love‚ hate‚ violence‚ fate‚ life and death. The prologue is written about these different themes that take part in the play. It gives the prologue a contrast to the
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are from two prominent and feuding families who reside in the city of Verona‚ a real city in northern Italy. As far as the audience are aware‚ they are their parents’ only offspring‚ the only other ‘children’ in the family are Benvolio and Tybalt‚ cousins to Romeo and Juliet respectively. As only children‚ their parents are naturally protective of them – Juliet’s father‚ especially. Towards the beginning of the play‚ in Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ Paris asks Capulet for permission
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Modernisation of Romeo and Juliet Intro: Romeo and Juliet is an original script by William Shakespeare. Baz Luhrmann modernised the script into a movie in 1996 to include a contemporary audience. Through the movie and script there are many differences and similarities. In this essay the setting‚ characters and symbolism will be examined and compared to talk about the similarities and difference. Para 1: Throughout Baz Luhrmann’s film and Shakespeare’s script there are similarities and differences
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In his play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ William Shakespeare uses various examples of figurative language. He does this through the use of allusions‚ metaphors and foreshadowing in order to develop character and plot. Shakespeare uses one specific type of figurative to give you plot‚ and that type is foreshadowing. Through out the play Shakespeare continuously gives hints that give you more meaning to the purpose of the verse. In some cases‚ Shakespeare reveals plot‚ in this case upcoming death or misery
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Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story by Shakespeare. It is about a young man name Romeo and a young woman named Juliet who fall madly in love with each other although their families are bitter enemies. Juliet is 13 and Romeo is 16. One is adult-like and the other is innocent. Yet still both have a connection and love each other. In the book Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet are both similar‚ yet have their differences. Romeo and Juliet have many similarities. Both Romeo and Juliet are are teenagers
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare tells the story of two people in love‚ both from wealthy families who hate each other. Romeo comes from the Montague family‚ while Juliet comes from the Capulet family. Although the reasoning for the feud between their families is unknown‚ it results in many young people killing each other. The story ends tragically with Romeo and Juliet both killing themselves‚ but this only happens because of the feud between their parents. The kinsmen of the Montagues and
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of the famous play “Romeo and Juliet” directed by William Shakespeare have been made. There have been many remakes of movies and plays of the legendary story. Two remakes of the original story are “Romeo + Juliet” by Baz Luhrman and “Romeo and Juliet” by William Woodman. William Woodman’s story is performed as a play in a stage while Baz Luhrman’s is a movie. Both stories have many similarities and differences to each other and to the original play. The 1982 edition of “Romeo and Juliet” directed
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all of the versions of the dearly loved Romeo and Juliet‚ the 1968 version executes the story the finest compared to the written play and the 1997 movie. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that is engrossed by the love of the two star crossed lovers urning to be with one another. In the 1968 movie‚ the actors playing the lead characters implement the love and affection that captures the concept of Romeo and Juliet’s love. During the very famous balcony scene‚ Romeo and Juliet really see each other for the
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The family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues has been going on for many years. The fights that break out on the street have been terrible and have wreaked havoc on the streets of gentle Verona. The citizens are always complaining about the disturbance in the community. However today’s fight left proud Tybalt Capulet and boisterous Mercutio Escalus dead with Romeo Montague banished. Many residents are shocked by such a horrific outcome and are currently grieving their deaths along with
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of the Montagues was killed by Tybalt of the Capulets‚ who was later killed by Romeo of the Montagues. Witnesses say the altercation happened at around 3:15pm in Sunset Park. The Montagues and the Capulets have been feuding for generations‚ and not even Verona’s oldest residents can remember why. At approximately 3:10 on Friday afternoon‚ Tybalt approached Mercutio and Romeo in the park. Witnesses say it did not take long for the conversation to get heated. Tybalt instigated the physical fighting
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