... last time, just before she dies. When Juliet sees that Romeo is dead she quickly realises that he killed himself for her. Anyone else in this situation would consider having a second chance in life but Juliet only has thoughts to be with Romeo. This tells us that Juliet will always be focussed and strong willed even when it comes to her own death. "Left no ... friendly drop to help me ? (5.iii.163) Juliet is talking about the poison on Romeo's lips. "I will kiss thy lips: haply ... some poison yet doth hang on them to make me die with a restorative." Juliet even tries getting the poiso...

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... play of Romeo and Juliet, dubbed in its entirety a tragedy, begins in fact as a comedy. Never having considered this notion before, and now considering, it is very clear early on in the play that the characters speak and act in a lighthearted, humorous, manner. It isn't until these characters "fall" that the story of their love changes abruptly to a tragedy, and all humor comes to a halt. Snyder ... describes the difference between the comedy and the tragedy in a way I have never heard before "Unlike the extrinsic, alterable laws of ... a tragedy, she claims, characteristically played ...

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... infatuation with her. This opening is a kind of preparation for what is to come in the play, not unlike the opening lines of "Romeo and Juliet". Some of the political battles depicted in the play are historically accurate, as the romance of the two main characters is, however we can still ... not hesitate to use him for her own benefits. She exactly knows how to manipulate Antony very well and she has her own methods and tricks to make him carry out her requests. When it comes to Antony's way of thinking, according to Cleopatra, he has completely "Roman Thoughts" which are opposite ... ...

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... first create!" He seems here, at times, angry that this new emotion is taking over his life, and we soon see the effect of this through the development and transformation of his character. As the play moves on, Romeo's maturity, and therefore change in attitude and thinking, comes very quickly. After meeting Juliet at the ball, he becomes completely wrapped up in this world of love ... , and he never seems to recover from this during the rest of the play. You could also quite easily argue that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet came too soon. The main impact of ... brings them furthe...

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... ahead. Romeo is banished and therefore opening up a whole new path of possible bad luck- which leads to the tragic ending of the play. Juliet Influences Romeo by making them meet in very obvious places such as the Capulet's mansion where they could easily be caught. The Friar is also a big part in influencing the play. He first comes up with the plan ... -like nature of Romeo's character. Another interpretation by Baz Luhrmann is of the theme of fate, Luhrmann shows fate as water- for example in the scene where Romeo and Juliet meet there is a fish tank they are looking a each other thro...

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... not wanting to offend his mother by telling her about his disapproval, hides his true feelings about the marriage. His disapproval then grows into hatred and is not let out until Hamlet approaches his mother boldly by taunting her after the play about Gonzago's murder. A behaviour never shown by Hamlet ... women are treacherous and can not be trusted. But Ophelia is also important to give us insight into Hamlets behaviour towards everyone else. She is just a nave, innocent young girl who doesn't really understand how to help her lover. "If she had been an Imogen, a Cordelia, even a Pori...

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... 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 ... This is a deliberate technique employed by Shakespeare. To make Horatio, who is a scholar, ...

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