...Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet has survived throughout the ages; it has historical, social and cultural contexts. No matter the difference in version or perspective they still have the same underlining meaning to the play. There are many similarities and differences referring to the views of the original play written in the 1500’s by “Williams Shakespeare”, ‘Romeo + Juliet’ in 1996 directed by Baz Luhrmann and ‘Gnomeo and Juliet’ in 2011 directed by Kelly Asburgis. All of which became indulged and in love with the breathe taking romantic love story. The original play written in the 1500’s in Verona (cities in Northern Italy) and was based upon an Italian tale translated inverse as “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet” by...
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...The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play directed by “fate”, according to the characters. Although the events of the play are definitely conducted by the characters influencing them, one being Juliet. Juliet’s defiance to her parents, reliance on other people, and her terrible plan to reunite with Romeo set the stage for the calamity to occur. The main dilemma in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is that Romeo and Juliet are “secretly” married. It is “secret” because Juliet’s brilliant mind believes it’s a good idea to tell her parents they’re married about half way through the play. “I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo…” (Shakespeare, Act III, Scene V). The point of having a secret marriage is to keep it a secret, but this does not translate to Juliet. This did not directly kill anyone, but it was still a idiotic decision since it raised the tension for Juliet to marry Paris....
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...1. The apothecary could be caught for making the poison through Romeo’s letter to his father. At the end of Act 5, the Prince mentions that Romeo stated that he bought poison from “a poor ‘pothecary” (5.3.299). As far as we know, there is only one poor apothecary in Mantua, as Romeo went to that specific one. Thus, the apothecary could be caught through Romeo’s letter. 2. The Capulet/Montague feud is similar to the modern-day Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Capulet and Montague fought in a long, violent feud. Likewise, the Israelis and the Palestinians are fighting in a conflict that resulted with many deaths and injuries, and has been going since 1948. 3. Mercutio is more of an outgoing, comical person, whereas Tybalt has a formal and aggressive personality. Early on, Mercutio talks with Benvolio as he jokes about Tybalt, calling him the “prince of cats” and “the courageous captain of compliments” (2.4.20-21). In contrast, Tybalt was irritated when he learned that Romeo had gone to the Capulet party. An attempt to fight Romeo immediately was stopped by Lord Capulet, displaying Tybalt’s aggressiveness. 4....
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...Have you ever read Romeo and Juliet? In my English class we read the story of Romeo and Juliet. The book is fiction and is a romantic/tragedy story. I enjoyed the story a lot because it kept surprising me, which kept it interesting. I feel Romeo and Juliet is a significant book because every character moved the story along, the point of view showed how everyone felt and the theme is a classic by William Shakespeare. First of all the characters affected the story in big ways. In every act there was new characters and old characters were even different because new things were happening and it changed how they felt. Romeo is a kind, loving boy who likes to be alone, such as “But he, his own affections’ counselor, is to himself-I will not say...
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...Love is painful, we see couples everyday that look so happy, but sometimes there's more that meets the eye. The couple could be going through something terrible, one of them could be cheating on the other, its a pity relationship. There's so much that we can't uncover just by a single glance. In Romeo and Juliet, the two are forbin to love each other, this causes so much pain that they end up dying because of it, sure they died together, but were they happy? Were they happy that they had to keep their love a secret? I know i wouldn't be, if i were in love i would want to show it, i would want everyone to know that i'm in love with this person and they shouldn't care, but people have opinions, and those opinions can hurt. In love you have to...
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...If life was the inconstant moon, then Tybalt was the diabolic tide, so easily lead and guided by the seductive lunar pull. Many may too be mourning the passing of Mercutio, first cousin to Romeo, dear son to Lord Montague. Both he and Tybalt possessed blood-stained hands at the time of their passing, dirty with the broken, wretched spirits of others. But while Mercutio dipped and trailed his fingers through the pale veils of death, Tybalt thrust and plunged his hands into the bloody shadows of darkness. And yet, both of them are now cleansed, having perished in such a mutual dignity. I cannot say Tybalt meant no harm through his actions, only that he died a child who laughed at the...
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...The narrative voices of the male characters found in each piece are announcing their love and affection for a female character. Sir Paul Mccartney performed a song called “Michelle” in which a man expresses his admiration for a woman. In the song, the readers learn that there may be a language barrier between a man who is attempting to profess his affection for a woman, so he attempts to express his feelings with his limited vocabulary. Lines 44-53 of Romeo and Juliet is an excerpt of a play written by William Shakespeare that also tells a story of a male character expressing his affection for a female character. In the excerpt, Romeo called attention to Juliet’s beauty and began to express his developing feelings for her. The...
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...The Hidden Secrets of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Forcing people to do things against their will is never a good idea. For instance when i was younger my dad forced me to play golf and I didn’t want to and it kind of ruined our relationship at the time due to force and poor planning. In Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet play there is an instance of doing things against people’s will like Lord Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris which then sadly led to her death. In Shakespeare’s play, Lord Capulet and the Nurse are responsible for the young and innocent lives of Romeo and Juliet due to Lord Capulet’s will to force Juliet to marry Paris and the Nurse poor planning and trust in keeping secrets. Furthermore Lord Capulet had to claim...
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...Both Romeo and Paris are worthy men for Juliet, but she might not think the same. Paris is a well established and wealthy contestant for Juliet's love while romeo doesn't quite have access to Paris's privileges. Juliet's parents think she cares about how much money a person has, but that is not the case. Romeo is a true lover, he cares much, maybe a little too much about Juliet. While Paris is more distant and is ready to marry any beautiful woman. Romeo is much attached to Juliet, he has raw passion towards her unlike anyone else in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo's passion is so great, just talking to Juliet makes him feel amazing. Paris on the other hand doesn't talk to Juliet much. Paris is unaware for some time that Juliet is pursuing romeo's...
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...Both Romeo and Juliet loved one another. they both do not see this coming in their expected lives together. their parents were to influencing towards their marriage. each side had a dislike for one another because of a feud they have had. once they realize they grown fond of each other the hate grew stronger. so the love of romeo and Juliet had to be hidden. Although a couple of each pardon knew what was going on, one of which is Friar Lawrence. He himself knew romeo loved Juliet but knew he lived his old beloved Rosaline. Though he knew he caused al lot of mishap between the two. He created a plan that utterly failed in the end causing both to die, because the family was in a feud he thought this would break it. The case may being the most influential person was friar Lawrence in his way of breaking a feud of two families. in the text he tried to send a message to romeo of Juliets' death but the message was never received. If that may be because of this romeo had no clue that it was a setup for them to live happily married. but the overall out come was that romeo had to go to the burial of Juliet so she can awake out of the potion she had taken....
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...of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, sets his play in the city of Verona, where two star-crossed lovers perish due to a series of intervening characters. One of which includes Lord Capulet, the Patriarch of the Capulet Family, who implicitly induces the five demises that occur throughout the play. Playing a leading role during Juliet’s life, Capulet alters many of Juliet’s intentions and thoughts, such as when Capulet proclaims that “[Juliet] should be married to this noble earl [Paris],” although Juliet declares that she has no deliberation to marry at such a young age (III.iv.22). Furthermore, when Juliet declines Capulet’s suggestion for marriage, he chastises her by calling her a “young baggage” and a “disobedient wretch!” which reveals his malevolence towards his daughter (III.v.160)....
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...At the start of Act 4, Paris is at Friar Laurence’s cell trying to make final arrangements for his wedding with Juliet which has been moved to Thursday. Friar Laurence tells Paris to leave so Juliet can make her confession and once Paris leaves, Juliet immediately threatens to kill herself with a dagger if Friar Laurence cannot stop the wedding between her and Paris. He tells her that if she is willing to kill herself then maybe she would be desperate and brave enough to go through a plan which would involve her imitating death, and she responds that she is willing to do absolutely anything if it means being with her Romeo again. So, the plan is that Friar Laurence is going to give her a potion, that will give her the look of death- it will...
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...I believe that Romeo and Juliet were not in love, and throughout the play it was merely lust. There love was doomed from the start. Not only did they rush their feelings, but their families hated each other. Juliet was set to marry another man that her father gave approve of, Paris and with the secretivity of Romeo and Juliet's marriage there's not many ways it could have lasted. Juliet wasn't the only one that was preoccupied with plans for the future, Romeo was madly in love with Roselin. “Out of her favor, where I am in love.” (Romeo I. II. 158) Juliet didn’t want much to do with Paris, while Romeo wanted everything to do with Roselin, mostly to bed her. Also, Juliet was extremely skeptical about marriage and the thought of having to...
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...end with “happily ever after,” some end in death or unfortunate situations. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about two lovers from enemy families, face many great obstacles to be together but results in multiple deaths from both families. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, is about a teen named Katniss who volunteers as a tribute in the Hunger Games, where competitors kill one another to be last one standing. Katniss gets paired up with Peeta and together, they pretend to stand out from the rest through romantic story, gaining attention and a higher chance of survival. Romeo & Juliet from...
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...Throughout “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, Lord Capulet’s personalities become revealed. In the first scene, Capulet comes across as aggressive. When Sampson and Gregory fight Abram, Capulet does not hesitate to pull his sword. “What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!” He says demanding Lady Capulet to hand him his long sword. In act three, Capulet shows his anger when Juliet disobeys him. “Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage!” He threatens to disown Juliet and make her live out on the street if she will not marry Paris. In the fifth act, Capulet shows his hatred toward Montague has vanished.” O brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more...
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