... been in love with her. There is an obvious change in the language Romeo uses after he meets Juliet, when he is talking to and about her and describing his feelings. When telling Benvolio of his love for Rosaline in Act 1 scene 1, Shakespeare gives Romeo short sharp lines like Out. Of love?. Out of her favour where I am in love. Everything he says about his feelings for ... audiences daily lives, as most would have strongly believed in fortune and destiny. Romeo seems to realise he is fortunes fool' and from the beginning, in Act 1 scene 4, Romeo's mind misgives some consequence' that sh...

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... the same way they started, as nothing. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. She fell in love with Romeo Montague, the enemy. She had to "sneak out" to the balcony late at night so she can talk to her Romeo. She has made no mention of Romeo to her parents, only the nurse that attended ... her. That shows us how treacherous and devious Juliet had to be to be with her Romeo. With some communication between the nurse and Friar Laurence, eventually, Juliet and Romeo got married. Then her parents announced that she was to...

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... to be independent and not to be under the influence of the men around her. Juliet is a unique character, for someone of her time, as she does not follow the above criteria. Instead she has the strength to be self-willed and to act differently to the other females around her; consequently it is because of this that the play really creates its shape. It ... is unknown why Juliet acts as she does, is seems likely that her parents were never really around during the time she was ... in her life yet still rise above them. She doesn't dwell on the past. She is very mature for a young girl of...

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... words make it easy for the audience to comprehend exactly what Shakespeare had in mind at the time he wrote the play. For an example of slang that Shakespeare uses in the opening act of Romeo and Juliet is between a Capulet and a Montague. The Montague states, "I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it." With this simple statement ... , the reader may have a difficult time understanding what is to be conveyed between the two characters at this stage in the play. However, Luhrmann is able to immaculately display the height of ... entire film production. S...

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... - before he meets Juliet- telling him that what ever is about to happen will end bitterly. The reference to fate is "hanging in the stars" it relates back to the Elizabethan attitude and beliefs towards fate. Another example of fate in action during the play is in Act 5 Scene 1 where Romeo says "I dreamt my lady found me dead"- this is another premonition of Romeo's saying that ... he will be found dead by his Lady- Juliet. This is once again linked to the Elizabethan attitude towards fate, Romeo says that he "dreamt" that he was found dead ... by Juliet but the audience know that he WI...

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