"It is not so much the central characters of the play, Romeo and Juliet themselves, as the minor characters that are responsible for their tragic end." I agree with this analysis to a high extent, but have also considered the other possible reasons why they died. ... However, the over-looked, minor characters play an important role in the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. ... He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. ... The minor characters had a big portion in the deaths. ...

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"It is not so much the central characters of the play, Romeo and Juliet themselves, as the minor characters that are responsible for their tragic end." I agree with this analysis to a high extent, but have also considered the other possible reasons why they died. ... However, the over-looked, minor characters play an important role in the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. ... He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. ... The minor characters had a big portion in the deaths. ...

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In a close analysis of the play discuss the truth and accuracy of the statement. ... All of the events surround characters from both the Montague and Capulet families. ... Shakespeare made her character a mere thirteen years old, but she acts mature beyond her years. ... We would feel sympathy for any character in this type of predicament. ... In Romeo and Juliet, fate is the biggest force opposing Romeo and Juliet. ...

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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. ... The first meeting of Juliet and Romeo is very passionate and dramatic. The audience see a difference in Juliet's character. ... I think that Juliet does not really love Romeo at this point and she is just acting. ... By Act Three, Scene Two the audience have seen a great transformation in Juliet's character. ...

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'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. ... The first meeting of Juliet and Romeo is very passionate and dramatic. The audience see a difference in Juliet's character. ... I think that Juliet does not really love Romeo at this point and she is just acting. ... By Act Three, Scene Two the audience have seen a great transformation in Juliet's character. ...

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Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... This demonstrates how Mercutio cannot comprehend the love between Romeo and Juliet. ... As a consequence, Romeo is banished from Verona and therefore from seeing Juliet. ... It is ironic that the innocent actions of the most entertaining and good spirited character, becomes the reasons for the ultimate failure of Romeo and Juliet's love. ... Mercutio's character is very complex as well as vital to the plot of Romeo and Juliet. ...

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William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. ... Sonnets usually consist of 14 lines, the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" follows this structure. ... I also think the he chose to use a sonnet is because Romeo and Juliet is about love and this is what sonnets were used for. ... The chorus wasn't an actual character in the play, just as the newsreader is not a character in the film version. ... Overall I think that that the prologue for "Romeo and Juliet" outlines the storyline very well for the audiences benefit. ...

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Mercutio is one of the main characters in Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo & Juliet". ... This shows how Mercutio simply cannot understand Romeo's love for Juliet, and that he sees his love as simply a confusion of emotions. ... He jokes around with his language, but he takes it too far as he deliberately annoys Tybalt by doing things like mistaking meanings of words on purpose, like in Act III Scene I, Tybalt starts to tell Mercutio about the relationship between Romeo and Juliet, but Mercutio takes the word 'consort' as related to playing music, instead of being friends with...

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Baz Luhrmann directed such films as Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and the musical Moulin Rouge. ... In Romeo and Juliet parts of it a re filmed with them on the stage on the beach. ... In Romeo and Juliet the music is used to help describe what's going on in the scene or the personalities of some of the characters. ... The other character that provides some amusement is Juliet's nurse who always acts "over the top" about everything and this causes Juliet immense frustration. ... In Romeo and Juliet these is a definite cowboy theme running through the whole film. ...

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He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. ... Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead. ... Analysis of Major Characters Romeo The name Romeo, in popular culture, has become nearly synonymous with "lover."" ... The power of Romeo's love, however, often obscures a clear vision of Romeo's character, which is far more complex. ... Such extreme behavior dominates Romeo's character throughout the play and contributes to the ultimate tragedy that befalls the lovers. ...

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Going to Great Lengths for Love "The First Seven Years" Analysis In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" the two main characters go to great lengths for love. The main characters reject their parents strong disapproval for their relationship and continue to be with one another. Like Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Feld, the main character, in Bernard Malamud's "The First Seven Years", ignores and later resents the fact that Sobel, his employee, is in love with his only daughter, Mariam. ... Just like Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare's most famous tragedy...

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A Critical Analysis of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" William Shakespeare, born in 1594, is one of the greatest writers in literature. ... (thinkquest.com 1-3) Throughout the play there are many references to the gender and sex roles of the characters. As described in the critical essay by Shirley Nelson Garner, the dominating male power and strange sex roles of the characters is fluent throughout the play. ...

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Shakespeare in England produced works that emphasized the intricacies of the complex human character The style of architecture reflected that of classical culture and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic style. ... Leonardo's treatises on art and science contain principles of analysis that have profoundly influenced modern thinkers. ... These tales formed the basis of many European literary works, such as Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. ...

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Luhrman, writer & director of such films as "Romeo + Juliet " and "Moulin Rogue! ... The disparities that Luhrman implemented into his film alters the viewer's perception about the characters personality, the interpretation of Gatsby's death, and the distorted image of Gatsby's and Daisy's relationship. ... The book implies that Daisy had no intention of reuniting with Gatsby, which alters the perception of Daisy's character through the audiences perspective. ... In conclusion, the scenes leading up to the end of the films interpretation alters the audiences initial ...

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The novel, "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, is a science fiction novel about a society taken place in the future. This society is divided up into classes. Which are Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. At birth, babies will be designated their class. In this "utopian" world, there seems ...

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In my analysis of Othello I found the play demonstrates the battle of good vs. evil, irony, and tragedy. ... In my analysis of Othello I found that the play shows many points of interest including battles of good vs. evil, various types of irony, and of course tragedy. ... In many of the situations he uses verbal irony, when a character states one thing but means another. ... It is so tragic that no one character survives by the end of the play. ... In my critique I believe the play to be better than "Romeo and Juliet," because it touches on the subjects that emotional stir its audience....

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A few of the most popular plays created by Shakespeare include, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and one that will be discussed in detail: Macbeth. ... It attracts so many readers by giving them not only a glimpse into, but an analysis of the thoughts and convictions of a psychopath. ... Lady Macbeth's character becomes evident in this scene, portraying a fiery, almost monstrous being. ...

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A film audience expects to see the star, is used to the instant gratification of meeting the lead character first and Almereyda provides them with it. ... With the addition of silent, almost tableaux like scenes , which expand the audience's understanding of characters positions in the world (example: Hamlet breaking off from the royal couple as they enter a film premiere watched by the press) the dynamics of the relationships between the royals (both living and dead) are altered. ... More so than either the cutting (vital to such a project, unless one wishes for the conservative comple...

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Analysis of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" William Shakespeare, born in 1594, is one of the greatest writers in literature. ... (Thinkquest.com 1-3) Throughout the play there are many references to the gender and sex roles of the characters. ... Puck feels grand knowing that he can control how the characters and the play feel. ... The characters don't seem to remember any of the events that happen. ... The moon can be used to determine the doom of the character's relationship or the flourishing of it. ...

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Some of the methods used to decipher "The Rime" have included reader-response, Marxist, new historicism, psychoanalytic, and even deconstruction analysis. ... Both character's isolation causes them to undergo drastic changes in their mentalities and lifestyles. The main resemblance between the two characters is their wandering characteristics, and becomes evident during the middle years of Coleridge's life. ...

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Stories are born from characters and settings woven together to form their own worlds and no matter how many similarities such a world bears to reality, it is still a world of its own. ... They may bend that perspective and world to make it coincide with their story and characters. ...

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Even if pupils use the same setting and style that Luhrmann uses for his 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, when it comes to pupils considering their own adaptation they must be guided to justify their own decisions. The justification process shows pupils' understanding of the play and by applying a level of consideration of how the play should be set, what emotions the characters are feeling displaying keeps them related to the play and once again they have a sense of ownership and are engaged. ...

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I have to use the Shakespeare's works for example to analysis the use of the Bible allusions. 2. Allusions in Shakespeare's works 2.1 Brief Analysis Shakespeare's knowledge of the Bible was very good. ... First, the frequent references which he made in his plays to the facts and characters recorded in the Holy Bible. ... And thirdly, the poetical thought and imagery taken directly from Holy Bible and used to guide and assist him in his immortal productions. 2.2 Classifying the Functions of the Allusions in Shakespeare's Works 2.2.1 Using Allusions to Display the...

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In brief, both chapters deal with symbols found in characters, settings, objects and some proper nouns. ... While reading 'Rappaccini's Daughter' one notices many symbols through characters, objects and settings. ... Through this character, the author shows the evil of the exaggerated use of science as a warning not to go beyond Nature's limits. ... The evil nature of this character is stressed by his association with the black colour in the story, first, when Giovanni sees him in the poisonous garden "dressed in a scholar's garb of black" (Hawthorne: p8),...

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