... of marriage in her mind and intrigues Juliet into thinking about her future companion. Throughout the play 'Romeo and Juliet' the most powerful of love runs along side the most merciful and bitter of hatreds. This contrast is introduced in this scene, with Juliet and Romeos instant uncontrolable passion contrasts greatly with Tybalts instant hatred and violent anger he has aainst Romeo who seems to be insulting ... his family. Also Capulets jolly and comical attiude compares with the attraction Romeo and Juliet feel towards ... sound like a creature from heaven. She is obviously not bo...

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... to who is really the insane one. Hamlet, the young, strong, full of revenge prince is constantly talked about as insane. Most of the characters in the play Hamlet, except for Hamlet's good friend Horatio and a few others believe that Hamlet has lost his marbles. Yet, there is no real evidence which convinces the audience of this--there's no facts, nothing other ... the time idea that frustrated love causes melancholy, which is, in itself, fairly close to madness. Shakespeare expresses this idea in many of his works, an example being the frustrated Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Another inst...

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... thinking "oh my goodness, here goes another one of those long "Grease" musical, open and close the curtain type plays", but I was so completely ahead of myself. Watching this play was not like watching your typical musicals or traditional "Romeo and Juliet" type plays. This play was "weird" and that's meant in a good way. What made it weird was because it wasn't like the traditional plays where ... purposefully not used in "New York Values." By doing this, it allowed the audience to concentrate and not deviate from the important message the play contained. The music being used in certai...

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... be about. There has been no mention of Hamlet, who he is, and why a play has been written about him. This provides a sense of disorientation. The audience does not know where this scene is leading, something unusual for a Shakespeare play. For example, works such as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth open to introductions or to scenes in which the principal character is directly involved. This is very ... different for Hamlet, and this perhaps reflects the character of Hamlet himself, and the way in which he attempts to find his own sense of direction ... . However, this also allows much emot...

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