Even though Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet suggests that teenagers can handle marriage and aren’t infatuated, much of today’s teens are mistaking love and marriage with infatuation. Although in Shakespearean times life expectancy was short and teens had to get started early in life, Romeo and Juliet’s relationship suggest otherwise: “‘Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet,/ and she, there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife’” (Shakespeare 5.3 241 - 242). Their relationship went to fast and
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Romeo and Juliet’s families are one the biggest reasons why Romeo and Juliet had such a catastrophic ending. In the Prologue it states that the feud these two families had was an “ancient grudge.” In this regard, why did their families keep the feud going? Why did they not just drop it? If they did not know the reason behind the feud they should have dropped the situation. They did not have to become best friends, it would have been sufficient if they had just condoned each other. Another justification
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It could be argued that Romeo and Juliet is the most popular of William Shakespeare’s thirty-seven plays. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare uses many different approaches to keep the whole audience interested. These assist in creating his ability to attract a wide audience and are a great contributor to Shakespeare’s success. Shakespeare uses foils to highlight various attributes of characters. Two foils in Romeo and Juliet are the Nurse and Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother. The foils highlight certain
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eyes, positive. In the play “Romeo and Juliet”, impulsiveness in their relationship and pressure from Juliet’s parents resulted in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Romeo and Juliet’s impulsion throughout their brief relationship is a big factor in the couple’s downfall. Because they had only known each other for a couple days and decided to get married, they took on a responsibility they were not prepared for. Upon meeting each other at the Capulet's’ party, Romeo and Juliet had decided that they were
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In 1597, William Shakespeare wrote a play called Romeo and Juliet and it was loved by so many people that in 1996 Baz Luhrmann made a modern film based off of it. There are only a few differences between the play and film. Those few include weapons, transportation, and clothing. They are just some of the things that differ in the film from the play. The play Romeo and Juliet is very different than the 1996 film. One of the many differences between the 1597 play and the 1996 film is the weapons
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All Pun Intended Samantha Garapati Period 4: English Date: 30th May 2010 “Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down”(1.4.28); it doesn’t take the mind of a rocket scientist or a teenage boy to figure out the innuendo behind that quote. That’s precisely Shakespeare’s genius; people can enjoy his plays, whether they have the intellectually tuned minds of inventors or the less stimulated minds of cottars. Puns are one of the tools with which he accomplishes this popularity in all spectrums
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work, Romeo and Juliet, a tragic play that presents two youths, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague, that met and fell in love at first sight. However, they are forced to keep their relationship a secret for their families, the Capulets and Montagues are bitter enemies. Because of this secrecy, misunderstandings arise and reckless decisions, along with their irreversible consequences, are
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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Friar Laurence is a very important character when it comes to the people who influence Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet make decisions based on advice received from Friar. He helps them with their plans to be together and ultimately leads them to their death. Friar was only trying to help them and was only looking out for their best interests. Friar Laurence proved great feats of loyalty to Romeo and Juliet, and even after he failed, he still was deemed an honorable
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a famous love story of two “star crossed” lovers Romeo and Juliet. Their love brings forth a sacrifice that unites the feuding families. This play written by Shakespeare 400+ years ago remains relevant today with its countless movies and allusions in today’s works, despite being one of the oldest texts taught in schools around the world today. The story of Romeo and Juliet does not deserve its widespread recognition it has today. This late 16th century Elizabethan
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The death of Romeo and Juliet is surprisingly caused by the one of the least suspected characters in Shakespeare’s most renowned play. Friar Lawrence’s interference in the two rivaling families introduced much of the fighting, rage and death in these characters. Friar Lawrence causes untimely demise of Romeo and Juliet because he marries the two star-crossed lovers, helps Juliet escape the marriage to Paris, and also confesses his wrongdoings. Assisting Juliet in escaping the marriage with
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