... scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny," (Shakespeare Prologue Lines 1-3) These are the opening words of William Shakespeare's ageless tale Romeo and Juliet. Over the years many people have proved the timeless relevance of Shakespeare's themes present in this particular play. The film industry in particular ... versions of Shakespeare's enduring classic. No matter how the play is interpreted, however, the themes of the play remain intact. Although Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, has been portrayed in numerous films with different interpretations, nevertheless, the under...

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... 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 ... 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 unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, r...

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... of marriage. Lastly, they liked the idea of love itself, rather than loving the person. Romeo and Juliet was not in love, their relationship was based on physical attraction and lust. Romeo and Juliet's decision to get married came very fast and was definitely rushed. Their decision to get married comes after a few very short conversations. Their decision to spend the rest of their life with each ... other comes too soon. They barely even got to know each other. In the beginning of the play ... at the Capulet party, Romeo and Juliet interact for the first time. In such a brief span of ...

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... , 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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... shows to the audience that they'll expect sometime in the future for Tybalt to challenge Romeo and get revenge for this intrusion amd dis-honour on his family. The next movement is between Romeo and Juliet with their first encouters of each other. Romeo begins to chat Juliet and flirt with her alot. He tries to get his best to get a kiss out of ... like a creature from heaven. She is obviously not bothered by Romeo as she flirts back and eventually allows for him to kiss her. There encounter seems from the script only like two teenagers flirting yet behind it all there is the begginings...

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... friend, as he knows that it is too dangerous for Romeo to go back as he is a Montague and does not want to see him hurt. This scene begins with the two characters Romeo and Juliet alone. Shakespeare has structured the scene in this way so the characters can express themselves openly without the other ... person hearing them. An example of this is when Romeo idolises Juliet as the sun," It is the east and Juliet is the sun". This is very descriptive and has a lot of meaning. It tells us what Romeo thinks of Juliet and strengthens the idea of Romeo being infatuated by her. He feels that sh...

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... love, or rather, believes he is, to the point of scaling the Capulet's wall to observe Juliet from her garden. Typically, a couple do not fall in love nearly as quickly or as deep as Romeo and Juliet do, reinforcing the idea in the reader's mind that this emotion between the two is most likely ... lust at this point. More instances of love as lust comes in the next scene, this time through personification. While Benvolio is ridiculing ... heart, but lives in their eyes, loving any girl who is beautiful enough to attract their attention. This not only applies to Romeo and Juliet, but to...

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... are apparent between Romeo and Juliet as well. In Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo envisions Juliet as a mystical creature, a "winged messenger of heaven" who captivates "mortals" so that they "fall back and gaze on him" (29-33). Romeo's dream expresses the infantile wish to be chosen by, and identified with a holy father, as is shown by the gender of this angel. This fantasy's conclusion comes in Act 5 Scene ... 1 when Romeo dreams that Juliet has awakened him from death and made him an emperor, a supremely patriarchal role (6-10 ... ). Juliet takes part in the same fantasy in Act 3 Scene 2 when sh...

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... a very strong example of the fraternal love that is shared between Romeo and his friends. Other characters that display fraternal love are Friar Lawrence and Juliet's nurse. Both play vital roles in guiding and caring for the youths. The Nurse comes into the story at the same time as Juliet's mother and her feelings towards Juliet and the close bond that they share make her more of a mother then ... her real one. The Nurse quotes "I would say thou had sucked wisdom from thy teat". The Friar is a very good friend to both the protagonists, treating them with respect and solving their prob...

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... interpretation, which arises from the soliloquies of both Romeo and Juliet, considering each love independently - that Romeo is a lover of the first definition, enamored, and that Juliet and her love for Romeo are best described by the baser classification. Defense for this thesis occurs on several levels. One of the less obvious but most profound supporting findings comes from the use of the word love. Many ... as shockingly sexual as she awaits Romeo on their wedding night, have viewed Juliet's speech in Act III, Scene II. She speaks of her own "unmanned blood- and her unpossessed man...

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... tomb- 2. "Romeo till I behold him dead- 3. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead- Romeo and Juliet imagine Romeo dead in a tomb. We as the readers know what is going to happen and know in the end that all this imagining comes true. It makes the audience feel ironic as they think they know what is going ... to happen without actually being certain and they recognise this irony ... dies at the beginning so when it comes to light that her father does not know about her marriage to Romeo this adds tension to the audience who are wondering if he will find out. Lord Capulet has decided that...

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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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... grave." this is in contrast with the love that the nurse shows for Juliet as she recognises her maturity and helps to make her truly content. She aided the two young lovers by acting like a messenger "O God, she comes! O honey nurse, what news?". The counterpart to the love nurse displays for Juliet as a mother is in the fatherly love that Friar gives to Romeo ... . As when Romeo informs Friar of his new love for Juliet he says " Young men ... in religious terms as it is associated with purity and passion. Romeo speaks the first quatrain and its rhyming scheme is a,b,a,b The second quat...

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... of familial love. This is evident in his characterisation as a concerned guardian to Romeo. "Too familiar Is my dear son with such sour company." (3:3:7-8) he says, after Romeo comes to see him after the slaying of Tybalt. Referring to Romeo as 'dear son' implies their closeness. The friar is also familiar with Romeo's laments, as he knows who ... Paris, who tries to win her heart to no effect. All forms of love are represented as having a negative effect. Unrequited love cause Romeo to become a mess, and the deep, passionate romantic love Romeo and Juliet have for each other event...

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... his body. He hunts down Tybalt, a Capulet, and kills him. This is where he lacks common sense and logic once again because he has now just killed his wife's cousin. Romeo allows his anger and emotion to take control of himself and now faces exile. As a Result Romeo's final impulsive act is suicide.When news comes of Juliet's death, Romeo runs to her tomb. Being fooled ... by the friars potion, he poisons himself and dies. Romeo's idiotic act without logic or sense leads up to selfishly ... taking his own life. Juliet's selfish acts also lead to her own death. She is a young Capulet who...

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... of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death!" (Shakespeare,W., 1990. Romeo & Juliet. Gramercy Books LTD, New Jersey, America. Pg. 119-120). Love is a very powerful word and especially in William Shakespeare's story, "Romeo and Juliet." It comes in many forms: between friends, family and in religion. The love between Romeo and 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. Throughout the whole story the love t...

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... 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, although they are from different worlds. For example, when Romeo tells Benvolio of his ... . She wants this because she wants the two lovers to end up in grief together, then they can be happy again. Furthermore, Juliet believes that she will meet Romeoby leaving earth? [to] comfort [her], counsel [her...

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... essay I will show what I mean by that. In this essay I will talk about complex feelings like Romeo and Juliet's love for each other, I will talk about how Love is powerful because you cant control it and I will also talk about how Romeo and Juliets love is dangerous in the play Romeo and Juliet. The complex feelings are caused because Romeo was infatuated with the way that ... day but until your day comes you wont know what its like unless you have already found it. Some people get hurt because of love, some people are happy when they find love. It makes some friendships stronger and ev...

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... written by William Shakespeare. Fate is something that controls your future, and you can do nothing to change it. Destiny is what many religions and time periods believed in. Romeo and Juliet's destiny is to never be happy. (45 words) Romeo's love always goes wrong. For example, Romeo's first love, Rosaline, is training to be a nun. Romeo declares, " She"ll not be ... hit by Cupids arrow. She hath Dian's wit And in strong proof of chastity well armed, From ... tells her she is to be wed to Paris next Thursday. This shows that she is committed to Romeo. This shows that Juliet has to mak...

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... to one of the universal truths. This statement is proven to be true in life and literature. In the illustrious pay Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo shows his devoting love, sacrifice, and compassion towards Juliet. During the play, Romeo shows his love for Juliet when he says, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight." He then sacrifices his life just to be with his ... Romeo?" She explains her love for Romeo in many words. Each of the characters (Romeo and Juliet) shows an unbelievable amount of love for one another. Romeo and Juliet both made their love for e...

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... to one of the universal truths. This statement is proven to be true in life and literature. In the illustrious pay Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo shows his devoting love, sacrifice, and compassion towards Juliet. During the play, Romeo shows his love for Juliet when he says, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight." He then sacrifices his life just to be with his ... Romeo?" She explains her love for Romeo in many words. Each of the characters (Romeo and Juliet) shows an unbelievable amount of love for one another. Romeo and Juliet both made their love for e...

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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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... heart love till now?" "For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" Romeo thinks Juliet is beautiful and compares her to the most pretty and precious things in the world such as angel, sun, moon and stars "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun", "oh speak again bright angel". But not long after their first meeting ... still loves her. He always thinks about her, spend as much time as he can with her by secretly snuck out just to see her and hear her voice. Things got way more difficult for Romeo and Juliet to be together is after Tybalt's death. Romeo killed Tybalt because he couldn't k...

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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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... a practical approach to their love, they might have been able to live long enough to enjoy it. Romance swarmed around almost all of Romeo and Juliet's actions. The fact that they fell in love at their first meeting shows how romantic these two people were. From then on everything they did ... of him. The way they rushed their marriage was extremely romantic as well as the plan for faking Juliet's death. The emotions Romeo and Juliet felt for each other moved in like a virus and took over their every synapse. The romantic proceedings of this love-struck couple left almost no time to ... ...

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