... families and two star crossed lovers, Capulets and Montagues, Romeo and Juliet. The Capulets and The Montague's hated each other for years. From each of these families come young lovers, Montague: Romeo, Capulet: Juliet. These lovers are doomed from the start. Romeo will do anything for Juliet, and she returns this love. Romeo will even kill himself for her, and we see this in the end. Romeo kills himself because he finds out Juliet is ... dead. In William Shakespeare's play, "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet", Romeo's obsession with love causes him to be stubborn and impulsive. Romeo is...

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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 Love's weak ... mother tells her she is to be wed to Paris next Thursday. This shows that she is committed to Romeo. This shows tha...

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... deaths were fated to happen. Do you agree? Present your opinion with reference to evidence in the play. Romeo and Juliet's death were fated to happen. From the start of the play to the finish the author (William Shakespeare) gives away little hints about Romeo and Juliet and how they are destined to die tragically. It is obvious that their fates were predetermined. In the prologue line ... of start-crossed lovers take their life." That just shows that William Shakespeare didn't waste much time before telling us that the two lovers take their lives. The fact that Romeo and Juliet were bo...

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... Capulet's who are dying to be with one another. However the 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 ... 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 down...

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... they see it as the only way they can be together. However, even though that scene is the most remembered when you even mention Romeo and Juliet, there are also more tragic elements to the play, even before the deaths occur. I feel that the play can definitely be considered a ... to be a tragedy because of the deaths of the two main characters of the play, Romeo and Juliet. However, before this tragedy occurs, there are still many more harrowing events that take place. For example, when Romeo and Juliet first meet each other in act two, they are immediately intrigued by one another. Howe...

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... of marriage, the importance of gangs and families to each story. To understand these differences, I have read and/or watched both Romeo and Juliet, and the similar tragedy, West Side Story. Above, I named a few of the many differences between William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Ernest Leaman's screenplay, West Side Story. One main difference is that in Romeo and Juliet the soliloquy is spoken while in West ... Act II, Scene II, of Romeo and Juliet, otherwise known as the balcony scene, Romeo expresses his thoughts in a soliloquy until Juliet shows up. While in Romeo and Juliet all...

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... many unanswered questions in the mind of the reader. One of which is "Who was to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?". I believe that the most influential factor contributing to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet is fate. There are references to fate throughout the play. The first one is in the prologue where it says, "star crossed lovers" which shows that it ... is inevitable that Romeo and Juliet fall in love. From the very first act the characters already appear to realise their destiny Romeo said "hanging in the stars" which implies a premonition of his and Juliet's destiny...

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... . The love of friendship that is shown between many characters such as Mercutio and Romeo, the love of family that is very obvious in both families, the love of god and religious aspects and the most powerful which is true love, between the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet. The true love of Romeo and Juliet puts this story into the category of a love tragedy. The love of ... wears a cross, a symbol of this love. Friar Laurence, God's representative, is continually settling the ongoing disputes that arise between the Capulet and Montague families. Friar Laurence also has a major infl...

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... to: teenagers sharing a forbidden love, funny friends, troubling parents, fights, parties, murder and nights of secret love. Romeo and Juliet tells a lot about the society and times in which it was written. And probably a little bit about the passionate, spirited and witty young man who wrote it. The theme of the play Romeo and Juliet is love and violence and their continuous interactions (Goddard, The Tragedies, p. 27) It is a story of "star ... . "From forth the fatal loins of these two faces, A pair of star-cross"d lovers take their life, Whose misadventures piteous overthrows Doth wi...

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... fire. Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt the truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love" (Shakespeare quotes hamlet). Romeo and Juliet were born and destined to fall in love and then die.Their families ensiled this fate through the feud they withheld with one another. This story ends in a tragedy, unlike many others ... with makes it distinguishable and why it is also so well known, this isn't a love story, but a story of violence and tragedy.Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to portray Romeo and Juliet's fate which helps the reader understand the plot points that are to appear. They were ...

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... poetry has been admired in every generation. Shakespeare wrote many magnificent tragedies, however, some are known more than others. Shakespeare wrote a play sometime between 1594 and 1596 given the name, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, known all over the world, which has been remade by director Baz Luhrmann in a modern time movie. This movie, however, is not beneficial to the understanding of the ... someone else's ideas. Still, whether thenew? play is good or not, credit is given to Shakespeare. Shakespeare should be known for his ideas and his ideas only. After observing the modern ...

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The play, The tragedy of Romeo And Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is basically about two families at fighting terms and the son and daughter of the families fall in love and get separated. A poem also written by Shakespeare, Sonnet 116, defines True love and Relates to the true love portrayed in Romeo and Juliet. The definition of true love as it appears in Sonnet 116, is love doesn't change over time ... of true love in Sonnet 116 Relates to the true love portrayed in the play of Romeo and Juliet. "Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I"ll no ...

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... Romeo and Juliet movie has many similarities and differences compared to the contemporary version. The first release of the movie and the modern adaptation both follow the original story line. The two films diverge in their portrayal of the tale by employing dissimilar weaponry and scenery and are comparable when approaching the theory of fate and ... place. This also illustrates the progression of technology. Furthermore, the scenery in the older movie is historical with its" castles, market, and use of horses as a means of transportation, whereas the eldest film is cast in a decaying, ...

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... wife's speeches, and the witch's speeches, convince him to commit an evil act. One part of this supernatural element of a tragedy is the sense of inescapable fate, which often involves predictions. It is present in "Othello" with Iago not realising the effects of what he was saying to Othello, and fate took his jealousy too far. It is present in "Romeo and Juliet". Juliet's letter does ... not reach Romeo. This is also why many people believe that "R & J" is not a real Shakespearean tragedy because fate plays too big a part ... and that their major character flaw is their possessive lo...

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... one of the greatest writers of all time. His plays have been told and taught for centuries and teach moral lessons through its misfortunes. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Macbeth are all tragedies 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 ... their families" eyes, they decide to keep their love a secret. Romeo takes the first steps to being untied by asking Juliet to marry him. She quickly accepts and ar...

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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 plays. In both dramatic works, the Masque is a key element furthering the infatuation of the lovers. However, while tragic characters Romeo and Juliet fall in love, comic perso...

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... to human beings and their complete range of conflicts and emotions. His astonishingly clever words and images and his mental energy, when applied to human situations, found full and memorable expressions that were convincing and imaginatively stimulating. He involved the impersonation of real people and situations and incorporated this to command sympathy and invite participation. SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS One of Shakespeare's most well - known romantic tragedies is Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet have fallen passionately ... in love with each other, but their families are in a raging...

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... 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 ... 's tragic plays end with death, usually of the protagonist. In Hamlet, all the prominent characters die, whether it is by poisoned wine, or the sword, or suicide. In Romeo and Juliet, the tw...

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... there is also the unpleasant love that can be artificial and have its up and its downs. This type of love may not always be perfect. This makes you realize that love does not always have a fairytale ending. "Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by William Shakespeare, which has a romantic love, but however, ends as a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is a tale of two star-crossed lovers who secretly ... fall in love behind their families back. In the play love is violent and the two couples are soon to realize the affects on their family ... and friends. The two fall in love not knowing that th...

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... best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet the is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting cut with a poison tipped sword. But that is not all that is needed to consider a play ... step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is actually the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, although both die, they end the feud between the Capulets...

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... best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet the is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting cut with a poison tipped sword. But that is not all that is needed to consider a play ... step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is actually the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, although both die, they end the feud between the Capulets...

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... of the innocent victim. Shakespeare has created many other characters who fit this sketch of innocent victims, such as Desdemona from Othello, and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare tends to make these innocent victims female, a phenomenon which may be attributable to the role women played in Elizabethan times, ... my lord? (Hamlet. Act 5. Sc 2. Ln. 210). Similarly, Kent too warns Lear of the mistakes he is about to make, advisingSee better, Lear, and let me still remain the true blank of thine eye? (King Lear. Act 1. Sc 1 Ln160-61). Furthermore, Kent also bears a similarity to ...

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... can relate to, which in the big picture could bring all societies together. If a person is walking down the street talking with his or her friend about love, and they mention the play Romeo and Juliet and someone walking nearby hears them, they will understand what they are talking about. This is called common knowledge. Because Shakespeare put so many ideas that are part of ... everyday life, even in this day in age, people can always relate to them. Love, hate, foolishness, jealousy, and anger are just some of the countless ideas that were put ... had there not been people like Shake...

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... film in today's society are more respectable than in earlier times, acting as a medium that easily feeds Shakespearean texts and universal themes to mass audiences. Like the respectability 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 ....

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