... for their love or to help a loved one in need. There is a lot of hatred in the play, but I feel that love is really the main focus. Most of what the do and how they act is affected by love for another character. At the beginning of the play you see Romeo lovesick and very unhappy because he is in love with Rosaline and she ... does not love him. He goes off on his own to "sulk". Benvolio tries to cheer him up because he loves him but Romeo does not wish to talk ... friar also loves the other characters and wants the best for them. The death that occurs in this play is a result of the c...

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... in tragedy. We have chosen to do activity number 4. This activity involves Romeo and Juliet's behavior after a number of important events have occurred. Would they have reacted differently if they had read their horoscopes? Could it have changed the outcome of the play? This is what we believe Romeos horoscope would have been like ... become too aggressive don't think that you will get away with it. You may be punished and you may never be forgiven. Think before you act. We believe Romeos horoscope would have been like this because Romeos is a romantic and is always got love on his mind....

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Conflict of Love Romeo and Juliet is a famous captivating story of love, lust, and hate. Inside of each of these emotions lies a deeper meaning which drives many of the characters to serious extremes. The characters of Tybalt and Romeo, are examples of how extreme excess emotions lead to deadly consequences. Through an examination of the characters of Tybalt and Romeo, it becomes evident that hatred, love, and the fight for honor, ... perfuse hatred for the members of the house of Montague. In act one of the play, Tybalt instigates a fight with Benvolio and the other members of the house of...

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... Paper. Response to-- Beyond Comedy: Romeo and Juliet In the following essay by Susan Snyder, she speculates that the play of Romeo and Juliet, dubbed in its entirety a tragedy, begins in fact as a comedy. Never having considered this notion before, and now considering, it is very clear early on in the play that the characters speak and act in a lighthearted, humorous, manner. It isn't ... until these characters "fall" that the story of their love changes abruptly to a tragedy ... light heart and chose to make the beginning pleasant with a hint of danger. At the end of her essay Snyder a...

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... in Romeo and Juliet the soliloquy is spoken while in West Side Story there is soliloquy, but it is in song. While both equally express the character's feelings at the moment, it is my feeling that West Side Story's musical style brings the viewer or listener. Further into the play and makes the play more effective. An example of this is when, in 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 of this is spoken, in West Side Story, this is written as music sha...

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... knows that his family and hers are deadly enemies. Tybalt Juliet's cousin. Like Mercutio, he is full of energy; but (unlike Mercutio) he has no sense of fun. He is jealous of the family honour, and proud of his own skill in fencing. In the duel he kills Mercutio; and he is himself killed by Romeo. Juliet's Nurse When Shakespeare wrote his play, it was not fashionable ... had plenty of healthy milk in her breasts. Such a woman would nurse (i.e. feed) the child for three or four years and it is likely that she would develop a maternal affection for the child, as though it were indeed her ...

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... 's party and Tybalt was willing to die. Tybalt's rudeness and arrogance are displayed in his confident promise that he will slay Romeo and his belittlement of Benvolio in Act I, Scene I. His arrogance, hatred, and loyalty lead to his death at the hands of Romeo. Tybalt's influences before his death and after are vital in the storyline that William Shakespeare created. This fact is first displayed ... tension to a new level in Act II, Scene IV. This warning leads to Mercutio defending Romeo's honor and his death as well as Tybalt's death. His impact on the play fails to end even after his...

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... written many prominent plays that were centered on a specific emotion that propelled the play forward and moved the story along. From Romeo and Juliet's love, to Hamlet's bitter anger and hate, Shakespeare and proven to be one of the greatest story writers of his time, and many times using his ability to play with emotions. Shakespeare's 1603-04 play Othello drove on the passion ... this Moor had been married to the beautiful Desdemona, whom he loved, caused him to act foolishly and without correct judgment. He gave his up control of his own life and threw it into the hands of Iago, one...

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... fact that Penny performed this play as a one-woman act, one could say that the play "New York Values" took on the characteristics of a monologue and the comical gestures in the play made it seem like a stand up comic show. When I first heard of the play, I was thinking "oh my goodness, here ... long "Grease" musical, open and close the curtain type plays", but I was so completely ahead of myself. Watching this play was not like watching your typical musicals or traditional "Romeo and Juliet" type plays. This play was "weird" and that's meant in a good way. What made it weird was because...

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