... , this play shows audience cultural traditions and social attitudes that shaped the Elizabethan era of which the play was written. The Elizabethan attitude towards fate and love are very strong with R's constant reference to the stars. He says that his future is " hanging in the stars- and that he is "fortune's fool-. When it comes to love, Juliet said that when she should die the ... heavens should " take him ® and cut him out in little stars and he will make the face of heavens so fine that all the world will be in love ... and Juliet spends the last part of the scene on the bench ta...

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... account as we grow older. The older we get, there comes more responsibility to take on. For example, we must be responsible for our actions and how that may affect the lives of others. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet take on a lot of responsibility such as making quick and proper decisions like their plan to marry. There were many factors ... that lead to Romeo and Juliet's death. The three people that should be held responsible for ... can live happily ever after with Romeo in Mantua. The fact that it all went awry, he should be responsible for t...

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... she would probably have not fallen in love with him. Fate could not have been changed whatever was meant to be would happen and no one could change that. In conclusion, from the very beginning, the love of Romeo and Juliet was destined to be destroyed. It is tragic that both these people had to die. There were circumstances throughout the course of ... of the many transformations presented in this scene is that of Romeo and Juliet's love for one another.   Romeo and Juliet's love makes the transition from infatuation to a deep and sincere love.   In earlier scenes they used overly rom...

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... be my wedding bed" (1.5.148). This means she would sooner die rather than marry anyone else other than him. Later that night in the garden Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other. Juliet is the one to ask Romeo to marry her even though they have just met a couple of hours before. She says "If that thy bent of ... , send me word to-morrow" (11.2.143). So in spite of their families being enemies they love each other and are determined to be together. Friar Laurence is impetuous at well. He marries Romeo and Juliet, even though they just met and the day before Romeo was in love w...

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... sudden entrance of the nurse causes tension, as the audience do not know if Romeo and Juliet are going to be caught together. As Romeo leaves, Juliet has a premonition that changes the tone and mood of the scene to an eerie and sinister atmosphere. Shakespeare includes irony; Juliet imagines that she sees Romeo lying in a tomb: 'As one dead in the bottom of the tomb.' This ... about disobeying her mother! During the conversation Juliet calls Lady Capulet 'madam' again, but in this occasion Juliet does not see her mother as a master but as a maid. The roles have now changed: 'I pray you ...

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... sudden entrance of the nurse causes tension, as the audience do not know if Romeo and Juliet are going to be caught together. As Romeo leaves, Juliet has a premonition that changes the tone and mood of the scene to an eerie and sinister atmosphere. Shakespeare includes irony; Juliet imagines that she sees Romeo lying in a tomb: 'As one dead in the bottom of the tomb.' This ... about disobeying her mother! During the conversation Juliet calls Lady Capulet 'madam' again, but in this occasion Juliet does not see her mother as a master but as a maid. The roles have now changed: 'I pray you ...

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... one would experience in an entire lifetime. The individuals possessed by >ideal= love are not the only ones who are affected by it. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence=s first reaction to Romeo=s drastic change was shock: AHoly Saint Francis, what a change is here!/.../Young men=s love then lies/Not ... truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.@(2.3.69, 71-72). The Friar accuses Romeo of infatuation and is stunned to hear about this sudden shift from Rosaline to Juliet. The Friar is reluctant to help Romeo marry her. Nevertheless, he still attempts to seal their love despite ... Friar ...

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There has been a flux of love stories in the history of British drama. Romeo and Juliet is the story of two young lovers trying to consummate their genuine love despite the enormous difficulties that face them. The personality of Romeo and Juliet to cope with their passion and the squabbles of the adult world that intervene with their love takes on a big issue. In ... the play, Romeo and Juliet demonstrate different personality. Of the many contrasting characteristic traits between Romeo and Juliet, their outlook on life figures significantly in the play. Juliet stays optimistic about the who...

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... order to be together? Since William Shakespeare wrote tragedies in which the main characters die, the star-crossed lovers in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet had to die, but some significant events led up to their death and someone made these incidents to occur. Who is to blame for the deaths in the play? Was it the feuding families or was it ... Lawrence made in a hustle due to his foolish motives. Lastly, the Friar's fear of committing sins could be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet. At the beginning, Friar was afraid that the immature love of Romeo and Juliet would make them co...

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... . Many people affect the outcome of the two lovers" lives, but no more than Romeo and Juliet themselves. Although fate is at work from beginning to end, Romeo and Juliet determine their own destiny through marriage after on night, deception, and suicide. Because Romeo and Juliet rush into a relationship, they affect their destiny. They know because their families are enemies, their relationship will never work out. ... her appear dead. "Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee"(IV.iv.58). Instead of being straightforward with their parents, Romeo and Juliet chose to lie about it and therefo...

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... that included, the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, the nurse and her betrayal to Juliet, and fate itself. The two young lovers knew that their families despised each other, and this is why they kept their marriage a secret. If their families would have known about the marriage, they would have banned Romeo and Juliet from being together. Romeo and Juliet both turned to others for help with ... their situation. Juliet turned the Nurse, who was also her friend. The Nurse betrayed Juliet at a very crucial time, telling her that she thought it was best that she married the Coun...

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... actions, made by the Friar, ultimately led to the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. These misaligned choices included the initial marriage of Romeo and Juliet, the deceitful scheme to fake Juliet's death, and his inability to follow through with this scheme. First and foremost, the Friar foolishly agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knew the tumultuous history between the families. Binding these two households by a marriage ... publicly announced their secret marriage or even their love for each other, due to the notorious hatred for the opposite family. However the Friar belie...

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... acted before thinking, in doing this, they all led up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Three of the main characters that acted before learning all the information were Romeo, Juliet, and Capulet. Romeo and Juliet were secret lovers from two feuding families; Romeo a Montague, Juliet a Capulet. They fell in love at first sight and were married within days. Their love had to be kept a secret ... and the only people that knew about them being married were the nurse and Friar Laurence. Friar only marries them because he ... what the consequences would be. Every time someone did act befor...

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... , starting a chain of events which ended in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The distant relationship between Juliet and her parents was partly responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet's father never took to the time to understand his daughter and he presumed that she"d always be obedient and respect whatever he had to say. When Juliet did not accept her father's plans to marry Paris, he became ... Romeo was a Montague, which illustrates why the feud was the most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence's good intentions to make peace, and to use love...

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... "civilized" period of time. Taxes are an interesting field of study, but have little to do with Romeo and Juliet. In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet die in the end. Romeo dies from drinking a poison, which he drank because he thought that Juliet was dead. Juliet then died from stabbing herself with a dagger, when she awoke to find Romeo diseased beside her. While ... is very dangerous when there is a feud going on. If the Nurse would have told anyone about this marriage, it could have saved the lives of Romeo and Juliet. "No faith, no honesty in men" (Sha...

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... . In West Side Story, Toni kills Bernardo, Maria's brother. There was a person in both play's that tried to make peace. These people were the Prince and the Lieutenant. The Prince, from Romeo And Juliet, had told Romeo and Juliet's families that if there was another riot that the heads of each family will be killed. The Lieutenant, from West Side Story, had told the Puerto ... jail. The difference between the two peace-makers is that the Prince has more power than the Lieutenant. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, Paris wants to marry Juliet against her wishes. Her father wants Paris West...

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... the taste confounds the appetite' even though he has never been in love. He states that the sort of love Romeo feels for Juliet can become sickly as it is so sweet and it destroys your desire to fall in love again. How can he make this assumption, as he has no knowledge to what it ... like? The friar plays a linkage role in the play. He marries Romeo and Juliet even though he knew that it would probably end in disaster. He believes this as he says 'these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumphs die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume'. When he says this he...

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... important thing that I would choose is fate. These are the three aspects that I have thought of that led both Romeo and Juliet to destruction. The on-going rivalry between their two families Capulet and Montague was one aspect that led both Romeo and Juliet to destruction. There was no doubt that these two families had many problems to sort out. These two families hated each ... feeling then this whole story would have changed just from one little advice. Another aspect that led Romeo and Juliet to tragedy was fate; I think fate above all, destroyed Romeo and Juliet's relationship. I fo...

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... then we can move onto the more imaterialistic things like fate. Without fate would the question "who should be held responsible for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet" exist? The Capulet's and the Montague's have been sworn enemies with each other for generations, but little did they know that this hate against each other could result in the deaths of their children ... . Romeo and Juliet were from two different houses, which were enemies with each other; they fell in love but knew if they told their parents they would never see each other again. So ... not as much to blame as anyone ...

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... can be destructive. When the nurse decided to participate in the deception of keeping Romeo and Juliet's marriage a secret it was well intentioned on her part. The nurse assisted in the marriage because she wanted to see Juliet married. The nurse treated Juliet like her own daughter and wanted her to get married without waiting two years. The nurse wasn't thinking logically to support two ... people who had only just met, get married. This well intentioned act turned out to be fatal to both of the characters. Friar Lawrence's decision to marry Romeo and Juliet and deceive their families...

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... predominant themes. Not only is the love vs. hate theme obviously shown between Juliet and her father, but also between Romeo and Tybalt as well as Romeo and Juliet. Juliet and her father exhibit the ongoing struggle between love and hate. At the beginning of the tragedy Capulet expresses how much Juliet means to him and how much he loves her. Also, he conveys that he only wants what ... ; Henceforth I never will be Romeo." (798). Romeo is telling Juliet that he is will to completely change who and what he is just to be with her forever. Therefore, the love and hate theme was especially ...

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... can be trust, she runs to Fair Lawrance, the godfather who married them, for help. They make up a risky plan, but unfortunately it fails and both Romeo and Juliet suicide for their love which ends the tragic story. Who or what is responsible for this tragedy? From one point of view, the hatred in human ... which leads to the tragedy indirectly. So they even never think to make their love public and their marriage which is the second obstacle, they can not publicize their love. Romeo and Juliet's love is incompleted. Romeo can not woo Juliet openly as Paris can; they decide to marry in s...

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... can be trust, she runs to Fair Lawrance, the godfather who married them, for help. They make up a risky plan, but unfortunately it fails and both Romeo and Juliet suicide for their love which ends the tragic story. Who or what is responsible for this tragedy? From one point of view, the hatred in human ... which leads to the tragedy indirectly. So they even never think to make their love public and their marriage which is the second obstacle, they can not publicize their love. Romeo and Juliet's love is incompleted. Romeo can not woo Juliet openly as Paris can; they decide to marry in s...

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... reckless passion. Shakespeare's" tragedy is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding families. The forbidding of Romeo and Juliet's love proceeds through a chronological process that eventually coerces them into the waiting arms of death in hope that they would be together peacefully in the afterlife. In the streets of ... list, will be there. The powerful nature of love can be seen in the way it is described in the terms of religion, as in the fourteen lines when Romeo and Juliet first meet. "If I profane with my unworthies...

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Romeo and Juliet essay In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet, the father of Juliet was a good citizen and a good husband, but was quite strict. He was a very strict father because he was selfish and wanted Juliet, who was only 13 years of age, to get married with Paris instead of her innate lover, Romeo. Lord Capulet is an austere father, but he is a good citizen and a reasonable husband ... good traits are hidden because he gets in lots of political fights, for example when Romeo and Tybalt fought Lord Capulet got into it to. Lord Capulet is a levelheaded husband and is very caring for...

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