(Like in twenty-four hours you could be that close to someone). ... It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden / Too like the lightening, which doth cease to be." ( Act 2, Scene 2) Shakespeare is sending a warning through Juliet's mouth. ... By making Juliet's movements so slow, Luhrman makes you involved in the movie because you just want to scream, "Move faster Juliet, Romeo look. she's alive!" ... Luhrman modernized some things a bit too much, like Mercutio and the guns. The scenes that he changed, like the balcony scene, were for the worse. ...

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The female characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are no exception. ... When Juliet discovers that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt slain, the Nurse says to her, "Hie you to your chamber. I"ll find Romeo/ To comfort you. ... She feels like a victim of circumstance and therefore she thinks she must complain to Juliet. ... The three females in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet all seem like they are based around people who actually existed. ...

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In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Julie,"t three responsible adults are the Nurse, Capulet, and Friar Laurence. ... The nurse returns with the plans for their wedding, "Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell,There stays a husband to make you a wife" (II, v, 68-69). ... Will you be ready? Do you like this haste?... In conclusion, the nurse, Capulet, and Friar Laurence are all responsible adults in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ...

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The controversial end scene of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" leaves many unanswered questions in the mind of the reader. ... If Romeo and Juliet had not fallen in love than the events that occurred after they met would have never happened, but no one can control whether or not you fall in love and who with, which suggests fate was the over-riding influence in the play. Romeo and Juliet's parents are also partly to blame due to the fact that they did not behave like responsible adults and continued the feud. ...

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Romeo and Juliet Essay In the story "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" William Shakespeare has a different purpose or meaning he wants each specific character to display. ... He is behaving like a dignified gentleman. ... Now Mercutio being a montague you would think Romeo would cheer himon, but he must stop them both because Tyblat is now his kin also a part of his family yet he does not know. ... Boy, you cannot excuse what you have already done to me; so turn and fight! ...

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A Character Most Like Me Tyler Brown In Romeo and Juliet , by William Shakespeare, there are several minor and major characters. ... ve liked for a while. ... One of the flaws that I mentioned I would tell you about earlier is how sensitive Romeo is. ... Even though I care about girl's feelings a lot, I don't go home and weep and cry like a little girl like Romeo did. ... Especially not over something like this. ...

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"There are plenty ways to die, but only love can kill and keep you alive to feel it." ... Without the theme of heartbreak the play would have been like a fairytale with a happy ending. Heartbreak is showed drastically through the story with the ups and downs Romeo and Juliet face through their journey of love.Throughout the story, William Shakespeare presents the theme of heartbreak in through dramatic irony and dialogue. ... There are plenty ways to die, but only love can kill and keep you alive to feel it. ...

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Do you agree? ... Romeo is too sensitive in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", which leads him to react to quickly to the events in the play. ... Like many love struck teenagers his feelings alter instantaneously. ... "Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence's cell, there stays a husband to make you a wife." ... Even a young man like Balthasar recognises the recklessness of Romeo's emotional and rash response to the news of Juliet's death. ...

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers are paused from falling in love, due to two family feuds. ... For example, when Romeo tells Benvolio of his first love, Benvolio tells him that they will soon be together, but Romeo claimsin that bit you miss. ... Nowadays, couples still rely on death to help satisfy them, like Romeo and Juliet. ...

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Describe how one character faced a challenge or found something difficult, and explain what you thought about this." In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. ... Romeo said that living in Verona with Juliet is like living in heaven and without her he would feel like that he has been sent to hell. Romeo says this to Friar Laurence because Laurence is not young like him, not in love like him and they're not in the same situation so he thinks that Friar Laurence wouldn't understand. ... I think the play Romeo and Juliet teaches us that we should think things th...

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet two worlds are in chaos, two families warring for control of fair Verona. ... One day Prince Esculus, ruler of Verona, had had enough a decreed that "If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit of peace." ... The Friar then told Romeo and Juliet to keep their marriage a secret because if this came out at the wrong time it could cause a fight between the families like none ever seen. ... In my opinion Shakespeare's point in this play is that violence solves nothing. ...

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Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, seemed destined by fate. ... Maybe we don't recognize it because we choose not to, or because man kind doesn't have faith like we used to, but it remains true that fate played an essential role throughout this play. ... Like Romeo says "And, But thou love me, let them find me here. / My life is better ended by their hate, / Than death prorogued, wanted of thy love." (2.2.76) He would have rather died than to have lived without Juliet, or not to have Juliet's love and be left only with ha...

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Aren't your friends or family members suppose to be the ones who are always there for you, and never let you down? ... You see, Shakespeare, the author of Romeo & Juliet wrote the story in a way that Juliet a main character in the story, whenever seeks for guidance from her friends and family members, especially when she needs it most, is always betrayed or let down. ... I think her mother should of been on Juliet's side, because she's her mother and she has experience in marriage and should know marrying someone you do not like is not a good idea. ... Friar Lawrence should ...

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Love Conquers All Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been seen as the most tragic love story in history. ... Love is a dangerous emotion a lot like fire is to the elements. ... It deafens you so you cant hear anything but there voice. ... It makes you cold when you don't have there loving arms holding you. ... The Friar had made a potion for Juliet to take which makes her look like she had passed on. ...

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Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. ... She was rather like a child eager to unwrap her presents from father Christmas. ... Like Bas Luhrman's version of the play, I'd like to put forward a modernised version on stage with keeping to Zefferelli's Elizabethan theme . At the beginning of act 2 sc. 5, the audience will see Juliet in a garden like setting on stage. ... The Nurse is now playing with Juliet's patience by saying "Do you not see that I am out of breath?...

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This concept would have been widely accepted and even taken for granted by the kind of audience Shakespeare was writing for (Brains, P 2000). ... This motivates her to seek Friar Lawrence's council, and more importantly prompts her to drink the potion that will put her in a death-like sleep. ... Romeo upon receiving this misinformation challenges Fate "I defy you, stars!" ...

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Back, foolish tears, bask to your native spring, your tributary drops belong to woe, which you mistaking offer up to joy. ... It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say "It lightens"" (II.ii.117-120). ... By lending these two characters an entirely different personality from one another, Shakespeare adds much more interest to the play. ...

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