... represents the fight against family, feud and city. Not only do the characters in Romeo and Juliet believe in the controlling force of fate, but it was also taken for granted that the stars dictated the general outcome of all things. In act 5 scene one, upon hearing about Juliet's death, says, "Then I defy you stars!" At first this seems insignificant, but it actually a main theme ... as tragic as when both killed themselves. But the most important example of fate in the play is when Juliet takes the poison, but Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo is left unsent. If Friar Lawrence had told...

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... completely different books and felt that the characters are so much alike? This is the case with Okonkwo and Romeo who were the protagonist of their stories. Romeo is from the well respected play Romeo and Juliet and Okonkwo comes from the novel Things Fall Apart. They have their differences but are also similar in many ways and have both been through tough ... and Romeo get exiled from their homeland. Romeo gets banished from his town Verona because of killing Tybalt. The prince had the decision to decide which punishment to give Romeo and Friar Lawrence states, A gentler judgment vani...

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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, and all humor comes to ... a halt. Snyder describes the difference between the comedy and the tragedy in a way...

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