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The Fate Of Romeo And Juliet
746 wordsIn William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, fate plays an extremely powerful role throughout the story. It turns out to cause many terrible events. Shakespeare hints at the outcome throughout the story and makes the reader hope more and more that Romeo and Juliet can live together. Unfortunately, the fate of Romeo and Juliet isn't a very preferable one. Fate can be defined as an inevitable and often adverse outcome or condition; destiny. Romeo and Juliet were ultimately the ones responsible for t...
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Romeo And Juliet Friar Laurence
938 wordsTo what extent is Friar Laurence responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The Friar is answerable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but only to some degree. Often, because of his involvement in the lives of the lovers, Friar Laurence can be seen as more responsible for their deaths than he actually is, although in the last scene the Friar is partially responsible for the death of Juliet. However his responsibility is mild compared to the accountability of other influences in the lovers ...
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Romeo And Juliet Montague And Capulet
1,689 wordsAlthough the story of Romeo and Juliet is over 500 years old, it is as relevant and appealing today as it was when first performed. Although dated, the story of Romeo and Juliet still holds great appeal and relevance to todays society, despite the differences in morals and values between William Shakespeare's audience 500 years ago, and Baz Luhrmann's audience today. The arising issues of order and authority, fate and love entertain / ed and appeals / ed to both viewers in different ways. Shakes...
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Romeo And Juliet West Side Story
1,435 wordsThe play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both works, in essence, have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs, although, because of the star-cross lovers motif in Romeo and Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Romeo and Juliet. Th...
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Forces Keeping Romeo And Juliet Apart
674 wordster> Romeo and Juliet are madly in love with each other and will go to any lengths to be together. To support my thesis that the conflict between the heads of the Montague and Capulet families are responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death, I quote from Romeo and Juliet (V, iii, 291 - 293) Prince: .".. Capulet! Montague! See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love! What the Prince is saying is that, see what dreadful punishment has been...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
410 wordsRomeo and Juliet and West Side Story are alike in many ways, they were both very successful in their day. Like Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria are of opposite "families", They fall in love and their love is forbidden. Maria is Puerto Rican and Tony is Irish. In West Side Story they don't get married but they do have a torrid love affair. The hate between the two groups was modernized to racism and not as many of the main characters die in West Side Story. One of the major differences is that Ma...
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Romeo And Juliet Type Of Love
660 wordsHas there ever been such a tragedy as Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers who eventually take their own lives due to their family's inability to over come long-standing conflicts. The themes used in Romeo and Juliet are as follows love, conflict, life and death, power, time, fate and two worlds. The two that will be discussed in this essay are love and fate. Love plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, one can analyse the different types of love that Shakespeare explores...
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Romeo And Juliet Love With Juliet
1,153 wordsMany movies have been adapted from books. Several of these movies do not follow the books precisely. Although the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann has the same basic elements as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, there are several differences that exist amongst them. The setting of both the movie and the book vary. The book takes place in Verona 16 th Century times, while the movie takes place Verona Beach, 20 th Century times. The setting of Shakespeare was more of the Victorian era...
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Romeo And Juliet Who Is To Blame
723 wordsThe forbidden wedding of Romeo and Juliet could not have happened without the Friar. First of all, the Friar unwisely agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knows it will cause later problems. In the beginning, the Friar thinks that '... this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households' rancor to pure love. ' (II iv 91 - 92) This shows that the Friar has a slight hope of their marriage possibly working. Therefore, he decides to marry the two lovers. However, as time moves on, ...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,482 wordsThe play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both works, in essence, have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs, although, because of the " star-cross? d lovers" motif in Romeo and Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Rome...
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Romeo And Juliet Tragic Ending
821 wordsWilliam Shakespeare, born in 1564, was famous for many of his fine play that was written in his period of time. Shakespeare's plays communicate a deep knowledge of the human behavior, revealed through portrayals of a wide variety of characters. Many of his plays included history plays such as The Lancastrian and Yorkist Kings or comedy plays such as The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy of character, or The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He strengthens his reputation with his famous tragedy play Romeo and...
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Act Two Scene Act One Scene
1,219 wordsRomeo and Juliet: Imagery of Love William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is the story of two star crossed lovers who both meet a tragic end. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy; however, the poetic and vivid manner in which Shakespeare engages the viewer or reader make this a beautiful play. The story of Romeo and Juliet is timeless, and it has provided a model for many other stories. The story line or plot in Romeo and Juliet is well loved by many around the world, but that is n...
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Romeo And Juliet Act I Scene
923 words" A pair of star-crossed lovers" , Romeo and Juliet. From the opening scenes of the play these two children of feuding families were destined to fall in love together and eventually die together. How does the reader see this? How do we know it was fate which triggered these events? Coincidence caused the death of these two lovers. For this reason Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies. For coincidence to have caused the death of Romeo and Juliet it must have been evid...
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Romeo And Juliet Fall In Love
714 wordsThe only theme that tragedy reveals is that the noble and good must suffer. There is no lesson we can draw from tragedy that will help us avoid the fate of the protagonist. It is known that in Shakespeare? s tragedies the main characters die in the end. Romeo and Juliet being a tragedy, sets up a situation where we know that Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. There are many events that lead to their deaths. The Capulets and Montague's share the responsibility for the deaths of Romeo a...
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Romeo And Juliet Falls In Love
1,762 wordsThe course of time has opened many doors in terms of romance. The present age not only consists many different forms in which love can be expressed, but exhibits the essence of romance that dates back to the dawn of time. Love has existed in many forms throughout time. There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this tale, when love is most apparent, the most crucial events occur to develop this tragedy. Firstly, the lustful romance of Mercutio and Benvolio, Rom...
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Romeo And Juliet Claudio And Hero
861 wordsIntensional Or Accidental Similarities Of Romeo Intensional Or Accidental Similarities Of Romeo And Juliet T Intensional or Accidental? Similarities between Romeo And Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing! There are many similarities between Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Was this Intentional or Accidental? Even though Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, the two plots share many common incidents. Did Shakespeare mean ...
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Juliet Was Destined Romeo And Juliet
808 wordsRomeo and Juliet, is a story of two young lovers whose love was destined for destruction. They did not imagine that their love would lead to the tragedies that it did. These two young people did nothing wrong except fall in love. Three aspects of their destruction included the feud between the two families, the nurse and her betrayal of Juliet and the most important aspect of all is fate. The feud between the two families was one factor that contributed to the love of Romeo and Juliet being dest...
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Romeo And Juliet Fall In Love
733 wordsRomeo and Juliet Essay It is known that in Shakespeare? s tragedies main characters die in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes these events happen. The person (s) who started it all and did something that led to all the other events that caused the death of a pair of star-crossed lovers (Prologue, 6). The Capulets and Montague's would be most respo...
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Romeo And Juliet Fall In Love
566 wordsRomeo and Juliet vs Much Ado About Nothing As illustrated by the two plays Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare was a true romantic. In each play, his characters suffer great hardship, but in the end, he delivers them to a life of eternal love. Characters plot against each other in each play. The relationships of the people in his plays are not always what they seem. Whether it be a tragedy or a comedy, Shakespeare encompasses three elements into his plays: love, intr...
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Four Hundred Years Romeo And Juliet
1,280 wordsRomeo and Juliet Four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a popular play that continues to capture the imagination and emotions of people around the world. The drama portrays the passionate, violent and often desperate lives of the youth of Verona. Even today, the tragedy resembles a blueprint of the problems that the adolescents of the twentieth century must face each day. In this play, Shakespeare explores the pitfalls of young love, and the consequenc...
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