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    Who was the greatest contributor to the death of Romeo and Juliet? In this essay I will be writing about William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ I will be doing an in-depth analysis as to who I think is most to blame for the sad eventual deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ analysing each character in detail. First‚ let’s start with the general storyline. It is fourteenth century Verona‚ an Italian city. Two families‚ the Capulet’s and Montague’s‚ have been feuding for centuries‚ the reason for this

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    Who is to Blame of Romeo and Juliet’s Death Shakespeare once wrote in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet “The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!/Here’s to my love! [drinks] O true apothecary!/Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (V.III. 118-120). Directly after saying this‚ Romeo takes a poison and dies in hopes that he will spend the rest of eternity with the one he loves--Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide because Romeo thinks Juliet had died so he takes his life for her‚ then

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    young‚star-crossed lovers‚who cannot understand the hatred of an older generation.This eventually leads to the death of them.Many things may have ended the deaths of Romeo and Juliet but ‚Lord capulet and Romeo play the strongest roles in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s love tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ the Lord Capulet is one of the people to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.First‚ Lord Capulet was forcing Juliet to marry Count Paris.’’You still live under my roof

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    Writing Assignment #2 In the book The Great Gatsby‚ Nick‚ The Buchanan’s‚ and Gatsby all have unique and different houses to fit their own personality. Nick comes from a hard-working and absolute family which makes him fit perfectly in his house. Nicks house is kind of middle-ground between Gatsby’s and the Buchanan’s homes. He lives in West Egg which is the “less fashionable”. He is not the very flashy type and likes to keep to himself sometimes. His home is described as a “weather-beaten cardboard

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    IEEE MELECON 2006‚ May 16-19‚ Benalmádena (Málaga)‚ Spain Strategy of Location and Control of FACTS Devices for Enhancing Power Quality Belkacem Mahdad1‚ Tarek Bouktir2 ‚ Kamel Srairi1 1 Laboratory of Energy Systems Modeling (LESM)‚ Department of Electrical Engineering University of Biskra‚ BP 145‚ Biskra 07000‚ Algeria. Phone/Fax: + 213 33 74 91 54‚ Email: electrobelk@yahoo.fr‚ ksrairi@yahoo.fr 2 Department of Electrical Engineering‚ University of Oum El Bouaghi‚ 04000‚ Oum El Bouaghi

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    Who was to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? In this essay I will be exploring the reasons as to why some people would argue that a certain person or people are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. I will show understanding of the plot‚ character and themes and Shakesperes use of language and dramatic devices within the play. Firstly‚ some people believe that the parents of Romeo and Juliet were to blame for their deaths because of the ongoing feud between the two families. The

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    great evil which were to lead to his downfall‚ and to even suggest the blame can be shifted on his wife is ludicrous. From his very first meeting with the witches‚ Macbeth’s mind became instantly plagued with thoughts of murder and treachery. The guilty start that Banquo noticed: "Good sir‚ why do you start‚ and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair?…" showed us that the thought of murder was already at the back of his mind. This showed us that Macbeth

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    Jay Gatsby can be considered “great” based on several aspects. First off‚ to get a real sense of his achievements‚ you have to know about his past. He was born James Gatz to an extremely poor farming family in North Dakota‚ and always hated his poverty. He ended up going to St. Olaf College in Minnesota‚ which he promptly dropped out of‚ because he was "dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny.” He then went to Lake Superior‚ where he met and befriended a copper tycoon named

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    Iago is not to blame for the deaths of Othello‚ Desdemona‚ Roderigo‚ and Emilia because there is no hard evidence that pins him to the crimes. Iago himself did not kill anyone himself so his hands are clean and it would be unjustly to put the blame on him. Not only did Iago not kill anybody but he did not forcly make somebody kill someone else‚ all Iago did was give his opinion say what he thought. Iago himself even said to his wife‚”I told him what I thought‚ and told no more. That what he found

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    and one of them is the leading to Ophelia’s death. Some of the many questions asked in The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare is whether or not Ophelia was killed or committed suicide and who was to blame for her actions. Many can argue that King Claudius was the one who caused it‚ but in reality he did not lead anything towards Ophelia. King Claudius only wanted the crown‚ the queen‚ and to kill Hamlet. The people to blame for Ophelia’s death are Hamlet‚ Laertes‚ and Polonius; the three men

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