... to have a good time. Our source says that oddly enough, Romeo was seen talking to Juliet. It wasn't an angry conversation the source told us. He managed to get closer to them to over hear part of their conversation. It seemed like the couple was preoccupied with each other to care what was going ... us that they talked about something that has to do with pilgrims and saints. Then our source tells us that the next thing he saw was Romeo's lips touching Juliet's and they were engaged in a very passionate kiss. It was the last thing that anyone expected from a Montague and a Capulet encounte...

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... ", "oh speak again bright angel". But not long after their first meeting, Romeo found out that Juliet is a Capulet – his family's enemy, and it means that Romeo can't spend time with Juliet. Ignoring the fact that Juliet is one of his enemy, Romeo still loves her. He always thinks about her, spend as much time as he can with her ... ;  He tells Romeo that he's being selfish, irrational, and tells him it would be a mortal sin.  He also tells Romeo that Romeo has lots of reasons to be happy he's alive, starting with the fact that Juliet loves him. Juliet sacrificed a lot to be with Rome...

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... earlier they confess their love to each other and that they will marry the next day. An example of this happening would be whenever Romeo asks Juliet to promise to marry him "The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine." (ACT II, scene ii, line 126) Juliet also being so in love with this stranger agrees by telling Romeo that she already would, " I gave ... thee mine before thou didst request it; And yet I would it were to give again." (ACT II, scene ii, lines 128 ... matter after they know about their supposed love. They risk lots of them from Juliet's nurse to Friar Laurence. Whe...

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Two of Shakespeare's greatest and well known works are A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet. In the two stories, there are many paralleled similarities that are very noticeable, and some that aren't as noticeable. First and foremost, the two stories are about star crossed lovers, one with a single pair, being Romeo and Juliet, and the other with two pairs, Lysander and Hermia, and ... then Demetrius and Helena, though Demetrius sought after Hermia love until the love spell with put upon him. In Romeo and Juliet, their two families are long time rivals, so naturally they have a probl...

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... star-crossed lovers are paused from falling in love, due to two family feuds. Fate leads Romeo and Juliet to meet and to die. Romeo and Juliet are fated to meet, although they are from different worlds. For example, when Romeo tells Benvolio of his first love, Benvolio tells him that they will soon be together, but Romeo claimsin that bit you miss ... . Even if fate helped the two lovers to be together, it also helped bring them to punishment. Romeo and Juliet's path of love is fated for disaster. For example, when Juliet learns that Romeo is a Montague, she realizes[her] only love sprin...

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... party, Romeo decides to stay back, rather than leave with his friends. He visits Juliet at her room and risks the chance of getting caught, "The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee here." (Act II, Scene 2, L. 63-65) Romeo is so dazed with love that he loses ... , let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." (Act II, Scene 2, L. 75-78) Romeo's love for Juliet leads them to hastily get married, just one day after they first meet. When Romeo recei...

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... written by William Shakespeare in the 1500's. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction. There were three main aspects of their destruction that included, the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, the nurse and her betrayal to Juliet, and fate itself. The two young lovers knew that their families despised each other, and this is ... a secret and was helping them stay in contact. When the nurse betrayed Juliet, it left her alone in the situation. The most important fact in this play was fate. Many situations in the play revealed that ...

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... acted her age when she couldn't wait to hear the news about her wedding from the Nurse in act 2 sc. 5. She was rather like a child eager to unwrap her presents from father Christmas. In contras, in the famous balcony scene, Juliet thought of the consequences of her falling in love with a Montague. Also, she wanted a straight forward answer on whether Romeo loved her and ... ; avenges M's death by killing Tybalt. Upon mentioning these values, the requirement of choosing 2 contrasting scenes to evaluate and dramatically direct was made easy. I have chosen Act 2 sc. 5 where Juliet is eager ...

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... quickly vanishes. Because the Montagues and Capulets are enemies, finding love with a Capulet will not end well for Romeo. This is where Romeo lacks logic in pursuit of Juliet. Romeo commits another illogical act when Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, breaks into a fight with Mercutio and Mercutio is killed. Romeo is enraged and screams "fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!" (Shakespeare, iii.i.120 ... he lacks common sense and logic once again because he has now just killed his wife's cousin. Romeo allows his anger and emotion to take control of himself and now faces exile. As a Result Romeo's fin...

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... in the face" and "But now I see this one is one too much, And that we have a curse in having her", which contradicts the sense in Act 1 where Lord Capulet seems to give Juliet the choice of marriage, Lord Capulet says "Let two more summers wither their pride, Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride", this referring to wait another two ... . With Paris come a family alliance which makes him an even more of a good catch for Lord Capulet and Juliet. Act 3 Scene v does as well holds some dramatic irony in that at this point Romeo and Juliet are together at this moment, already married. But w...

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... long-experienced time, give me some present counsel" (IV.i.60-61). "I"ll to the Friar to know his remedy" (III.v.241). Romeo, in contrast to Juliet, takes into the action by himself when he heard the news of Juliet's death: "Thou knowest my lodging, get me ink and paper, and hire post-horses; I will hence tonight" (V.i.25-26). "I will lie with thee tonight ... , "Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contrast tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say "It lightens"" (II.ii.117-120). Their contrasting personal...

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... the Capulet feast just to see Juliet. He is blinded by Juliet's beauty and her grace; describing her as "Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon." (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 44-64). Towards the climax of the play, Romeo returns to Verona for Juliet. After the Prince of Verona has exiled him on pain of death. The forcefulness of their love will result in many ... falls instantly in love. Love seems to cause more violence between the families rather than mending it. Romeo and Juliet's love also results in the constant though of suicide and the will to commit it. This is sh...

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... the Capulet feast just to see Juliet. He is blinded by Juliet's beauty and her grace; describing her as "Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon." (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 44-64). Towards the climax of the play, Romeo returns to Verona for Juliet. After the Prince of Verona has exiled him on pain of death. The forcefulness of their love will result in many ... falls instantly in love. Love seems to cause more violence between the families rather than mending it. Romeo and Juliet's love also results in the constant though of suicide and the will to commit it. This is sh...

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... his inferiors, specifically women. The patriarchal power structure in the Capulet family, where Juliet's father controls the action of each family member, places Juliet in an extremely vulnerable position. She is unable to speak of her true feelings or even vocalize her opinion on marriage. When her father enters late in Act 3 Scene 5 the plays central conflict is made obvious. By this time Romeo and ... by her husband, for if she did there would be serious repercussions for both herself and her daughter. Patriarchal themes are apparent between Romeo and Juliet as well. In Act 2 Scene 2...

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... is at this moment that his adulation starts. His language becomes filled with religious reflections, and he compares Juliet's being to that of saintliness. In Act I Scene V, Shakespeare uses a sonnet for the first dialogue that Romeo and Juliet share; a sonnet has fourteen lies and ten syllables in each line. The rhyme scheme is structured as ... 's witty response is to ask for permission to let his lips do what his hands are allowed to and Juliet agrees to "grant- this for the sake of his prayers. When Romeo kisses her, Juliet says she has received the sin he has "purged- from himself. ...

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... love, only immature attraction for the wrong reasons. The self-fulfilling infatuation that both Romeo and Juliet feel feeds off of feeling beautiful and desiring to each other. They embrace, dizzy and unaware of the world around them, because the only thing that matters to them is how good they look ... in about a half-hour after meeting each other. The only reason they are attracted to each other is because they act out of self-interest and infatuation. The knowledge that Romeo and Juliet can't be together makes this attraction to stay together even more passionate. The idea that their ...

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We are looking at the language in Act 2 Scene 2 and examining how it educates the audience about the characters and setting. When Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience around 1595 he had few props so therefore limited setting. Shakespeare's Elizabethan audience created what the setting looked like in their minds by listening to the elaborate description ... love out and I would rather die here than going and wanting your love. The audiences now learn that Romeo thinks of Juliet as merchandise, which shows a lack of respect. " As that vast shore washed with the farthe...

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... only thirteen years old. Although we don't know Romeo's age, it is suggested not to be that much older than Juliet's. As for Romeo, his initial obsession with Rosaline is shown to be an immature act of idealization. Benvolio observes Romeo, "You saw [Rosaline] Frit, none else being by" " (1.2.98). This quote clearly demonstrates that Romeo seems to like every girl he meets ... in love with their idealized mental images of each other rather than with the actual person. Just as lust is about focusing on the physical aspect of love, this act of over idealization focusing only on what the l...

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... thought was right and best for her and refused to marry him, this was a blatent rebelious act against what was sociably acceptable at the time.   In a lot of situations Juliet relied on the Nurse to guide her and make decisions for her. When the Nurse started pushing Juliet towards marring Paris and cutting down Romeo, she could no longer put trust in her and ... led up to their deaths. If their parent's had not been feuding and if the Nurse had not betrayed Juliet, the outcome of this story would have been different, although fate could not be changed. Act III, Scene V of Romeo and Ju...

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... obstacles they must overcome, their intense love survives because they do not just give up on their love. Prior to seeing Juliet, Romeo had intense feelings for Rosaline. These feelings were not felt by Rosaline though, so nothing came out of it. These lines are spoken by Friar Lawrence who is referring to Romeo as a waverer.Thy love did read by rote ... to him. He is hid at Lawrence? cell. These words are spoken by the nurse, she is trying to help Juliet by bringing Romeo to her in her time of great sorrow. Romeo sees this marriage as a perfect thing. He now knows that Juliet loves him...

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... word love. Many as shockingly sexual as she awaits Romeo on their wedding night, have viewed Juliet's speech in Act III, Scene II. She speaks of her own "unmanned blood- and her unpossessed mansion. Her every mentioning of love seems to be a synonym for sex. To her, the night is "love-performing;- lovers "do amorous acts;- "[blind] love agrees with night;- she is ... to keep him from the Capulet orchard (2.2). In the same scene, Juliet uses love much differently. "If thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage - she declares - implying that she expects this act, love, to be con...

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... seen in Romeo's reference to Juliet as the "light (breaking) through yonder window." In contrast, though, there is also the recurring theme of dark imagery. Romeo talks of such things as "This day's black fate" and the woe which comes with it (Act III Scene I). The concepts of both light and dark imagery also ... come together in one short, sentence from Romeo, on his farewell to Juliet. "More light and light, ... more dark and dark our woes." Here, the significance of light is as their enemy, and darkness ... first asks for the Nurse to leave for a while ("Nurse, give leave awhile, /W...

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... Claudio. Balcony love scenes are familiar from both plays. The love was disparate in each of Shakespeare's plays. These scenes are different but also similar. In Romeo and Juliet, the balcony scene leads towards good love because Romeo and Juliet are actually falling in love with each other. In Much Ado About Nothing the scene ... makes this evil point clear. Without the balcony scene in Much Ado, the main purpose of the story would of been missing, which was about noting and schemes. And, if the Balcony scene had not happened in Romeo and Juliet there would not have been a great love sto...

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... most complex, powerful and dangerous emotion. Although a lot of people die, they are dying for their love or to help a loved one in need. There is a lot of hatred in the play, but I feel that love is really the main focus. Most of what the do and how they act is affected by love for another character. At the beginning ... of the play you see Romeo lovesick and very unhappy because he is in ... seeing her whenever he can and even sneaks into her garden area to be with her. Each character has a different kind of love for another character and they love in different ways. Romeo and Juliet's...

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... mirrors the mood to come. In the opening scene, a jocular, light mood is shattered by the introduction of members of the rival family and quickly, the air turns dark. This occurs again in Act Three - there is a swift transition from playfulness to unrestrained tension. In the opening scene, the light ... and bitter and ready to fight - a change from the humour just moments before. Tybalt is involved again in this transition from light to dark in Act Three. The banter between the three friends ceases when they spot Tybalt; Mercutio says to him - "Make it a word and a blow." The dialogue .....

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