... Romeo felt for Rosaline. Romeo's love matures over the course of the play from the shallow desire to be in love to a profound and intense passion. One must ascribe Romeo's development at least in part to Juliet. Her level-headed observations, such as the one about Romeo's kissing, seem just the thing to snap Romeo from his superficial idea of love and to inspire him ... friend. Despair compels him to suicide upon hearing of Juliet's death. Such extreme behavior dominates Romeo's character throughout the play and contributes to the ultimate tragedy that befalls the lovers. Had Romeo rest...

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... from the danger and horror that would become if Romeo was caught. Juliet tries to savour every moment she has with Romeo: 'Believe me love, it was the nightingale.' This creates dramatic tension because the audience may know that it was the morning lark not the nightingale. This also shows the transformation in Juliet's character, even from Act One, Scene Five where she was hesitant about being sinful just from kissing ... Romeo and here she is being the sinful one and not even caring. She does not even ... care that here she is making love and married to Romeo, the man who killed her ...

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... from the danger and horror that would become if Romeo was caught. Juliet tries to savour every moment she has with Romeo: 'Believe me love, it was the nightingale.' This creates dramatic tension because the audience may know that it was the morning lark not the nightingale. This also shows the transformation in Juliet's character, even from Act One, Scene Five where she was hesitant about being sinful just from kissing ... Romeo and here she is being the sinful one and not even caring. She does not even ... care that here she is making love and married to Romeo, the man who killed her ...

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... talk about women, and talk about having sexual encounters with Montague's maids. "I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall. The advice Mercutio and Benvolio give to Romeo is to go to the Capulet's masquerade, so he can see his love Rosaline. "you are a lover, borrow cupids wings". ... begins to change because he meets Juliet (love at first sight). I n this scene Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio attended the Capulet's party.Romeo stands to the side during the dancing, and it is from this spot that he first sees Juliet. He immediately falls in love with her. T...

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... ). It is apparent that Romeo is frantically trying to stop Tybalt and Mercutio from fighting. The audience knows that Mercutio and Tybalt are only "play" fighting, as do the character on stage but because Romeo was late for the start of the "fight" he was not informed of this, until Mercutio passes away. Because ... In Shakespeare's writing , it is a known fact that dreams will come true or at least partially true. It is also know that when a character utters "something" three times that, that "something" will become a prophecy, making it come to life. With dreams, prophecies and premoni...

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... young hearts running free is what is right and again this employs the idea that Romeo and Juliet can never be together on earth. It is also sung by a diva and Mercutio singing this reflects his larger than life character with dancers and glitz all around him. The love theme "kissing you" from the film is a ballad. It Elizabethan equivalent would have been a sonnet. Unlike Mercutio ... the singer is dressed very plainly in white like Juliet. This song is also like a dirge, which again brings ... the idea of death. In conclusion Baz Luhrmann has effectively made a memorable film. Romeo a...

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... and every other person seem to be wearing the same darkish coloured clothes. There is one exception, which is Juliet, her bright orangey/red dress makes her stand out from everyone else and shows us that this is the most important female in the scene, Juliet. The dress has a more important role in the Luhrman version, as each character has a fancy dress costume similar to their personality ... /character. Paris has an astronauts costume, signifying that he is brave, noble, and representing ... and isolation again. As Romeo speaks of his love for Juliet, the two swim about until Juliet h...

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