Leading characters in the play Montague Family Old Montague and Lady Montague The parents of Romeo. They have no part in the action of the play, but they illustrate the family feud with the Capulets. ... At the beginning of the play he thinks that he is in love with Rosaline, a lady whom we never see. ... He is full of energy, which is shown in the way he uses words, always playing with two or more meanings in a single word. ... Juliet's Nurse When Shakespeare wrote his play, it was not fashionable for noble ladies (like Lady Capulet) to feed their own infants. ...

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In 1595 he wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius Ceaser, and Hamlet, just to name a few. ... From 1601-1607, he wrote such plays as King Lear and Macbeth. ... She had absolutely adored Shakespeare's plays. His company performed a total of 32 plays there. ... The plays he wrote from 1608-1611 include The Tempest, and the Winters Tail. ...

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William Shakespeare wrote many great short stories and plays. ... He had written many plays and poetry. ... Many people admired the plays Hamlet and Henry IV, because of the magnificent characters that were chosen to be a part in both of the plays. ... In the play, Henry IV, Falstaff is a friend of Prince Hal. ... In 1601, Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ...

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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. ... When the play is changed to modern times it seems as if the play is given a new characterization. ... The original play does not. ... Authors that have wrote significance and have had an influence on peoples lives because of their work should be recognized. ...

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One of the favorite plays by William Shakespeare is the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. ... And probably a little bit about the passionate, spirited and witty young man who wrote it. ... (Brockett, p. 110) Now that you have some background information about the play, about where the play would have been presented I will talk about how the play was originally performed in the late 1590's when William Shakespeare wrote the play. In Elizabethan drama, men played all the roles. ... A narrator would deliver the prologue at the beginning to set or state the theme of the play. ...

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There are many great authors who wrote many great books that did not contain a hint of rebellion. ... The same can be said for many of Shakespeare's work; his plays were written to entertain royalty and therefore held little subversive material. ... One such author is Virginia Wolf who wrote important novels like To The Lighthouse. ... Similarly, Ernest Hemingway wrote countless literary classics. ... Yet another respected author, Jane Austin wrote many mainstream novels and was still considered great. ...

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" All of our writing is a compilation of things we already knew, experienced, read, and wrote. ... When I wrote for the Greek student life newspaper, I accomplished some of the best writing ever. ... He wrote and spoke about what he was passionate for. ... Those authors will write essays, papers, short stories, books, plays, etc. based on prior literacy practices that they have built up from their literacy sponsorship and past writings. ... Whether that be from past books we have read or plays we have seen, or from people that shaped us, or our own writings that helped mold us, we hav...

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William Shakespeare was a famous playwright. He wrote lots of famous tragedies. He wrote about things like love and hate. One of his most recognized upon was the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was an epic story. It was all about two star-crossed lovers. It shows two different themes. ...

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Shakespeare's influence in modern literature can be seen in evolution of today's dramas and plays. ... He wrote with fluidity of thought, word, rhythm, and sound, which are used to present his works in a complex manner, for any reader. ... However, if we look at what is known about his married life, we might be able to understand the portrayals of love in his plays. ... Also in the play Measure for Measure, the act of premarital sex is condoned. ... Either way, we could say that the events of Shakespeare's love life did somehow influence the things that he wrote. ...

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Why do we, as a society, read William Shakespeare's plays? ... Anyone can relate to the ideas in Shakespeare's plays, which are what makes them so great. ... Shakespearean plays have been around for a very long time and will continue to stay around, maybe forever. The ideas brought out and suggested in his plays are common grounds for us all. ... Shakespeare definitely knew what he was doing when he wrote his plays and published them. ...

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Shakespeare's original play did not include a description about the setting, so when it was preformed there was no set used. ... Zeffirelli didn't stray to far from the original era the play was wrote in, keeping it quite traditional and historically correct. ... Zeffirelli kept to the script using swords, his movie was set in the same era as the play meaning swords where the only weapon that could be used. ... Shakespeare didn't need to include cinematography in his play because scene change would be done live but he could include music played by the orchestra. ... Shakespeare&...

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Fate plays a chief role in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. ... William Shakespeare wrote one of the most influential plays ever, when he sat down to write, "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet." The play has affected many lives, and can still be related to people today. The play is still produced as movies and in theaters. ...

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The Prince contributes by exiling Romeo near the beginning of the play. ... The Prince doesn't really play much more of a part than this. The Friar doesn't play a very large part in Romeo and Juliet's tragic end. He concocts the potion, but this in itself doesn't contribute to their tragic end but it is fate, in that the letter he wrote never reaches Romeo in Mantua and so he doesn't know of the Friar's plan. ... Juliet, though, always acts with control and much thought throughout the play. ...

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The Prince contributes by exiling Romeo near the beginning of the play. ... The Prince doesn't really play much more of a part than this. The Friar doesn't play a very large part in Romeo and Juliet's tragic end. He concocts the potion, but this in itself doesn't contribute to their tragic end but it is fate, in that the letter he wrote never reaches Romeo in Mantua and so he doesn't know of the Friar's plan. ... Juliet, though, always acts with control and much thought throughout the play. ...

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Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare wrote many plays one which was titled Romeo and Juliet. ... Throughout the play you see that there are many examples of mischance. ... Accidents are a frequent occurrence within this play. ... Miscalculation plays a big role in the play of Romeo and Juliet. ... Things did not work in their favor throughout the play. ...

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Love and Hate: The Tragety of Romeo and Juliet In the Play Romeo and Juliet, which takes place in fair Verona, Italy, Shakespeare wrote the story of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. ...

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Even Shakespeare in Love is a variation of the play William Shakespeare wrote. ... She adores Shakespeare's plays and wins the role of Romeo in his latest play, Romeo and Ethel the Pirates Daughter. ... He made money through his plays, even going as far as trying to sell his one future play to two different playhouses. ... Shakespeare needed a play and he needed it fast. ... Two different play houses that also had need of money. ...

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William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. ... I think the last reason he may have used is sonnet is that when Shakespeare wrote this play (1600-1700) sonnets were a very popular form of poetry so people would have wanted to come and see his play. ... When people see a play for the first time they interpret it in their own way, which is fine but can cause a misunderstanding of what the play actually means. So having the prologue before the play helps people understand from the beginning and so making the play more enjoyable. ... This li...

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The symbolism is modernized and changed from play to movie. ... The way that Lurhman has modernized the play is quite effective. ... The way Mercutio is played it's like he"s gay, and but he is just a party guy. ... Shakespeare wrote that Juliet awoke after Romeo had taken the poison and found both Paris and Romeo slayed at her feet. ... Over all, the movie was worse than the play. ...

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Language is probably one of the most powerful items in a play, due to the fact that language is the reader's personal link to the play's story line. ... Another powerful part of the play is the scenery. ... For is that not the purpose of fictional movies and plays? ... When reading through the play, the reader may find it difficult to comprehend the terminology in which the play is based. ... The visual display of these words make it easy for the audience to comprehend exactly what Shakespeare had in mind at the time he wrote the play. ...

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Conflict is one of the main themes, throughout the play, and its presence is certainly felt in Act 3 Scene 1. ... In this play Shakespeare shows how easily conflict can occur. ... This is even true of the lesser characters as we see at the beginning of the play when the servants of both houses insult each other. ... We see throughout the play that astrology and fate means a lot to the characters, as it did to most people at the time. ... Wilfred Owen, the poet who wrote 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'The Send off' was a soldier in World War one and he died as a result of the ...

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The bard was very talented, being able to produce play after play in very short periods of time. What is even more amazing is in those short lengths of time, he wrote beautiful poetry and prose, and many quotations and common phrases have been adopted in everyday language today. ... The most popular of Shakespeare's tragic plays end with death, usually of the protagonist. ... Aside from a depressing ending, these plays all end in a violent or self-destructive way. ... Such a setting provides a heightened reality, not just for the characters in the play, but for the reader as well. ...

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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? ... All through the play it is shown that the cause of the death was fate, but the tragedy could have been prevented if Romeo and Juliet hadn't known Friar Lawrence. ...

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As a modern audience we must be mindful of the society and time in which Shakespeare wrote his classical plays which is still today been used in English literacy at the higher levels of education. ... "So I"m supposed to buy her some noodles and a book and sit around listening to chicks that can't play their instruments, right?! ...

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He dies in 1616 after completing many sonnets and plays. ... The themes of the play are dreams and reality, love and magic. This extraordinary play is a play-with-in-a-play, which master writers only write successfully. ... Bernard shows the fantasy and reality issues in the play. ... The words moon and water dominate the poetry of the play. ...

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