... over a girl named Rosaline. He loves her but she does not love him back. "She will not stay the siege of loving terms, nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes" (1.1.209-10). He shuts himself in his room. He tells Benvolio "Tut, I have lost myself: I am not here" (1.1.196). He tells his friends he will never look ... had not changed his mind about letting Paris marry his daughter, Juliet would not have felt desperate enough to kill herself. A series of unfortunate events led the deaths of the star-crossed lovers. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of ... ...

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... Juliet but Paris will not leave the crypt so Romeo kills him. He then kills himself by taking poison, after he is dead Juliet wakes up and can't believe her eyes, her beloved Romeo is dead. She tries to suck the poison from his lips but there is none left so she stabs herself. Elizabethans accepted the belief that Heaven was ... what extent is Romeo a victim of fate?" I believe that what ever happens in the play will end up as it has been said in the Prologue, the deaths of the star crossed lovers ending the parents feud, Romeo and Juliet had to die so they could stop the terror in Vero...

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... could stay in Verona and face the wake of his actions. Many times Shakespeare refers to fate as being the reason that they died. When the prologue uses the phrase "Star-crossed lovers" this indicates William Shakespeare's thoughts on what kills Romeo and Juliet. This tells the audience that Romeo and Juliet are destined for trouble. Romeo saying "O, I am fortunes fool ... responsible for his actions. It is shown in his language. He never gets to the point. "Love is a smoke made with fume if sighs; being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers" eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers t...

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... , not to simply burst in upon her. It is the tension between his overwhelming desire and his reticence that shows how much he truly loves her. The comparison of a woman's eyes to bright stars was a commonplace, but Shakespeare makes it new by elaborating it in a dazzling series of lines dwelling on the luminosity of Juliet's beauty. In what way does he ... say her eyes are brighter than stars? Note the physically intimate image of ll. 24-25. Any poet could call his lady angelic; Shakespeare composes a mini-poem on the theme in ll. 26 ... listened to the advice given to them by the Friar...

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... also be argued that the relationship begins as one of sexual attraction on Romeo's behalf, which is first seen at Capulet's ball. This is most clear as Romeo first sets eyes on Juliet. "O she doth teach the torches to burn bright Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear For I ne"er saw such beauty till this night." Shakespeare's use ... love for her. However, he seemed to be quite confused of the meaning of love. "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, /Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers" eyes, / Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers" tears, /What is it else? A madness...

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... modern Verona beach stays true to the original text. The film really brings light to how fantastic Shakespeare's plays are and many would agree that it does him justice. With a star cast of Leonardo Di Caprio as Romeo and Clare Danes as Juliet the film is a true success. Key elements such as narrative, mise-en-scene, representations and soundtrack really do ... them. The fish also look out of place just like Romeo and Juliet are in the wrong place they are strange fish. The love between them is always in the eyes and the camera focuses on this. Throughout the film death or the idea of d...

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... of either love or loss and demonstrate the imperfection of human desires. One of William Shakespeare's most popular works is Romeo and Juliet. This play tells a story of two young, star-crossed lovers, whose love was destined for destruction. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are complete strangers until they meet each other at a costume party. As soon as they see each ... is a Montague she realizes that her love for him is forbidden because of the Montague/Capulet rivalry. Though they both know it is a sin to be together in their families" eyes, they decide to keep their love a secret....

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... the sense of tragedy and inevitability that makes Shakespeare's work such a timeless masterpiece. This is achieved through the opening monologue which tells the audience of the fate of the two "star cross"d lovers." The recurring flash forwards remind the audience of the tragic but inevitable end of Romeo and Juliet. The sense of tragedy in the film is also magnified enormously ... through the dramatic irony. Juliet opens her eyes and watches unknowingly as her lover poisons himself. This increased dramatic irony makes the two lover's deaths far more tragic and moving than in the play. ...

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... and separated from his love Juliet. lastly, the most importantly type of love is love between lovers. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet were victims of Cupid's arrows. They were truly "star-crossed." Juliet needed Romeo to get away from her overprotective parents who were planning her future. If Juliet was going to disobey her parents, they would have disowned her. Ironically ... , at the party that Lord Capulet held so that Juliet could meet her projected husband, Paris, she met her future husband, Romeo. They met by chance, looking into each others eyes and instantly being attracted. T...

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... fair, too wise, wisely too fair, / To merit bliss by making me despair." I.i. 217-220). "She will not stay the siege of loving terms, / Nor bide th" encounter of assailing eyes, / Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold." (I.i 210-213), the poetic language conveys the unsuccessful gestures of love conducted by Romeo towards the indifferent Rosaline. Paris, a kinsman of the ... family's greatest enemy: "My only love, sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late!" (I.v. 147-148). The hate also creates a great complication for the two "star-cross"d lovers" as they ...

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Lovers are often stopped from falling in love, but lovers have faith to help them love each other. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two 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, ... to be. Furthermore, when Juliet asks Romeo how he found her, he replies,?By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel, and I lent him my eyes. I am no pilot?? (II, ii, 85-87). Romeo's instincts lead him. Juliet is his true love and his soul knows where to guide him....

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... during the opening scene of "Romeo and Juliet" Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic, love story written by William Shakespeare. The play masterfully tells the tragic love story of two "star-cross"d lovers" Romeo and Juliet. The title characters are members of two feuding families, Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet. Baz Luhrmann uses his own ideas to adapt Shakespeare's original version ... and fire. The atmosphere is tense and full of suspense and Luhrmann draws the audience into the film by zooming in on the characters faces and devoting attention to their eyes. In the scene big...

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... to Juliet but Paris wont leave the crypt so Romeo kills him. He then kills himself by taking poison, after he is dead Juliet wakes up and can't believe her eyes, her beloved Romeo is dead. She tries to suck the poison from his lips but there is none left so she stabs herself. A few main things in the play affect ... the timing is just out for both people is the last thing to affect Romeo as he dies after that and reveals that the start of the story is true "star crossed lovers" ...

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... the east and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair skin and kill the envious moon," "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars." Romeo heart is an open book as he exudes his feelings for Juliet. Like many love struck teenagers his feelings alter ... instantaneously. Unlike many teenagers though, he reacts too quickly upon his emotions and next day the marriage of these two star-crossed lovers is discussed, and it is arranged for the following day. "Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence's cell, there ...

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... : here, here will I remain with worms that are thy chamber- maids; O, here will I set up my everlasting rest, and shake the yoke of inauspicious stars from this world- wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death!" (Shakespeare,W., 1990. Romeo & Juliet. Gramercy Books ... Juliet was so forceful that the ongoing feuds between their two families and the sheer hatred towards each other was not enough to pull apart the bindings of the two star crossed lovers. Througho...

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... he is talking to cousin capulet he tends to become less joyful and his memories seem to be wishes of wanting to be young again. When Romeo first sets his eyes on Juliet he becomes enthrawled with her looks and soon forgets about his old love Roselynne who pines for at the beggining of the play. He describes Juliet as being ... thirst revenge turns into a nasty and destructive street brawl which not only kills himself but Mercutio. Of which Romeo gets banished for and leads to the tradgic end for our star-crossed lovers who end there life through there determination to be together. Or as...

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... a tale. Love brought the two unfortunate souls together and in addition was the cause of their untimely death. Fait did not play some simple part in this story of two star-crossed lovers torn apart. This story is just a small sample of the power and unstoppable force of Fate. First, we could not have a tale of love loss with out love ... she finds standing over her anticipating her awakening yet it is she who is standing over his newly made corps. Both die with tears for each other's death in their eyes. Such a tragedy it is that Fate had to go to such extremes to keep these two apart. ...

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