English 1/31/2014 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare was an amazing writer and performer in London during the 16th century. He created many successful plays; one of his most famous is Romeo and Juliet. The play is known particularly for its spectacular balcony scene. Romeo and Juliet has also been recreated or incorporated into popular movies by numerous people. The two most famous recreations were made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1997‚ both doing their own version of the balcony
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for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Explain your answer with reference to the play. I believe that all of the characters in the play had a part to play in the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ but I think that some characters are much more to blame than others. I think that the three characters who carry the greatest amount of blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Capulet‚ Lady Capulet and Friar Lawrence. I think that the person most to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet is Juliet’s
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a great piece of literature that displays history through literature‚ uncommon genre‚ literary devices‚ and old English vocabulary. Shakespeare’s literature displays so many literary techniques that students should learn. Romeo and Juliet specifically should be read in high school by high school students because students can learn about the history assets through old English literature‚ Romantic Tragedy‚ literary devices such as foreshadowing
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English Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death? Romeo and Juliet are two people who fall in love but not knowing that they are each from different families that are enemies .Romeo and Juliet find out the truth but it doesn’t stop them seeing each other and getting married ; however it all falls apart when Romeo and Juliet die due to Friar Lawrence’s plan back firing. There are many people to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths such as the Nurse‚ in many ways a surrogate
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Romeo is cancer “Love is heavy and light‚ bright and dark‚ hot and cold‚ sick and healthy‚ asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1‚ scene 1)” says romeo from the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and juliet is a play about to star crossed lovers that have to fight through their rival families issues and hatred for each other. I argue that romeo is cancer because he is loving and overly emotional when it comes to women. Romeo is loving to his lover Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet In my opinion‚ the superior film was the older version of Romeo and Juliet. I think the older version was better than the newer one because it fit the setting of the book more. It was more realistic and actually looked like Verona‚ Italy. The newer version of the film was very unrealistic because they were speaking the lines from the book (which took place a long time ago when people spoke differently) even though the setting of the movie was very modern. I did not
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What effect does the theme of fate have on the play ? Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story where the two lovers meet their unfortunate deaths caused by their feuding families and forbidden love. The play encircles the vital theme of fate‚ as demonstrated by a series of events that occur. Firstly‚ the sheer birth of the “pair of star-cross’d lovers” into controversial families is an act of fate. “the fearful passage of their death marked love” purely advises the audience that both characters
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is overviewed by the theme of conflict as it is explored within and between the families. Soliloquy‚ Character foil and Hyperbole are also used to create meaningful conflict and atmosphere between the characters‚ which defines the conflict that surrounds them. To begin with‚ Shakespeare shows the theme of conflict within Romeo and Juliet by exploring the conflict between the Capulets. In doing this‚ he uses the techniques of hyperboles to create tension between Juliet
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book “the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” is about 2 star crossed lovers who can’t get together because of their families on going feud. The main characters in this play are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ the nurse‚ and Friar Lawrence. Juliet is a 13 year old girl who is being forced to marry Paris an eligible bachelor‚ who is rich and very successful. Juliet then starts loving Romeo and gets married to him. One of the main characters‚ Juliet went through a lot of change in “the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” At the
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does at times encourage the audience to view the events as dominated by fate. Romeo for example describes himself as ’fortune’s fool’‚ and the prologue seems to follow his judgement in its pronunciation of the couple as ’a pair of star cross’d lovers’. The play is full of ominous lines which take various forms. Firstly‚ there is the kind of comment by the speaker that all is not well‚ such as in Act 1‚ Scene 4 when Romeo and Mercutio discuss Romeo’s dream in which he has had a premonition that the
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