... question that is still asked around the world is, "Is Romeo and Juliet a true tragedy?" The answer is yes. Romeo and Juliet where star-crossed lovers, both from significant families are two names that come to mind when we speak of tragic characters. The Webster's dictionary defines tragedy as "A dramatic composition, dealing with a serious or sombre theme typically that of a noble person whose character is flawed by ... a single weakness, which causes him to break a divide law or moral precept and which leads inevitably to his downfall or destruction. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a...

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... play. For example, both depict the tragic timing of Romeo's suicide and Juliet's awakening. This shows that the theme of destiny is central to both versions because fate manifests itself in all of the events surrounding the lovers. This also shows that Romeo and Juliet are governed by fate. In addition, in the two films, Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide and thus, the ending is identical. This shows that ... the play was a tragedy. This also shows that the two lovers could not escape their destiny. The older movie and the modern day setting version are faithful to Shakespeare's theme ...

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... many, if not all of Shakespeare's tragedies, fate is a common theme. The protagonists tend to blame fate for their misfortunes. In his famous soliloquy, Hamlet debates with himself whether he should kill himself, or if it is "nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," (Hamlet III.i.57). Similarly, In Romeo and Juliet, fate is blamed the cause of trouble. After the death ... of Tybalt, Romeo exclaims that he is "fortune's fool!" (Romeo and Juliet, III.i.136). It is clear that these characters are primarily governed by their belief in fate ... because fate governs them...

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... strikingly opposite effects, especially if the plot is based on a love story. Works of the master of both tragedy and comedy William Shakespeare can illustrate this proximity of the tragic and the comic. Let us look at his "Romeo and Juliet- and "Much Ado about Nothing,"" a tragedy and a comedy, respectively, to see the similar literary devices used by Shakespeare in two genres, which are considered to be ... the couple he would have seen that that was not Hero at all but evil Don John stopped him and said that it was not the right time for vengeance. Religious theme is present in both ...

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... even be mentioned without someone blushing or being offended. When grown in test tubes and bottles until "decanted-, then raised by various teachers in the Center London Hatchery and Conditioning Center, families come to be thought of as primitive and unhygienic, preventing people of this society from identifying a major theme of almost every Shakespearean play. Love is also devalued; seeing one person exclusively ... is the kind of thing that would give a person a bad reputation. Promiscuity is highly encouraged, and without disease, pregnancy, or love to think about people are not forc...

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... common elements are evident throughout Shakespearean tragedy with regards to plot, theme, and, above all, character. Shakespeare used many similar ingredients when designing his characters, creating what is referred to as a stock character, defined as apersonality type with a few obvious traits who appears again and again in different plays? (Andrews: World and Work Vol 1. Pg 50). This definition enhances our ability to ... in the creation of the innocent victim. Shakespeare has created many other characters who fit this sketch of innocent victims, such as Desdemona from Othello, and J...

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... gained by some recent proliferation of appropriated Shakespearean texts. Particularly in the film "Romeo and Juliet" composed by Australian director Baz Lurham. Where it attracted not only just older more mature audiences but rather a wider range of teenagers through its change in context and style but still keeping the original theme of love tragedy with a modernized outlook. What I"m suggesting here is that Shakespeare ... literary canon. In the studied text Shakespeare text the taming of the shrew one of the earliest of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, audiences witness universal theme...

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