for love or family? In Act II of the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's love for Rosaline dies and is revived with Juliet. However, Juliet is a daughter of the Capulet family, and Romeo is the son from the Montague family. These two families are in the middle of a family feud. Romeo and Juliet met at a masquerade and fell in love with each other at first sight. The two try to meet up again. Romeo sneaks into the Capulet's garden after the party to talk to Juliet about exchanging vows. Loyalty to one's
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the story, Friar Laurence plays a dominate role in the eventual death of Romeo and Juliet. Even though Romeo and Juliet’s families are at war.There are three major parts to the tragedy: the marriage ,the plan, and the deaths which Friar Laurence plays a vital role in. Friar Laurence is to blame because he is the one who is married Romeo and Juliet. Also he is to blame because his plan didn’t go as planned. Romeo and Juliet fall in love as soon as they meet. They decide to marry and keep it a secret
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time. This also happens in Romeo and Juliet which causes the deaths of Mercutio, Paris as well as both Romeo and Juliet . Which makes the overall theme of Romeo and Juliet is that when people rush they make mistakes. Starting with the death of Mercutio. Right after Romeo secretly marries Juliet and when he runs into Tybalt he says how he loved him because he recently became his cousin in law due to a recent marriage with Juliet. Tybalt rushes to the conclusion that Romeo is taunting him
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Adams begins by arguing that Romeo and Juliet is a great play to teach in schools because it contains universal themes such as love and family strife. However, she says, students with different presumed intelligence levels receive different instruction on these plays, resulting in unjust educational disadvantages for the low-tracked students because teachers assume that these students can’t process complex ideas and their lack of previous experience with difficult texts sets them behind their peers
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Friar Lawrence. His clumsiness, irresponsibility, and his unrevised intellect cost the lovers life, but he didn't do it intentionally he still let them marry even though he knew the circumstance, he created a plan that ultimately failed, and loved Romeo to much. Firstly, Friar Lawrence agreed to the marriage even though he knew the circumstances. The Friar, at first, was reluctant and refused the idea of marriage, but agreed anyway for the sake to end the feud between both families shown by the
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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
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for a female. The song “Michelle” is by Sir Paul McCartney. The song is about two lovers but the woman speaks French and the man says to her the only words he knows in French. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare and is about two lovers set in the 1300. Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 is about how Romeo is so amazed at how this one woman is more beautiful than everyone else at the dance. Taking into consideration of what both of these sources say about how males show their emotions
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the death of Romeo and Juliet. When Lord Capulet tells his daughter about his plans for her, she refuses. Lord capulet then tells her, “Hang thee,young baggage,disobedient wretch! I tell thee what! Get thee to church o’ Thursday or never after look me in the face”(V.V.160-162). Juliet’s father arranged for Juliet to get married to a kind man named Paris who was nothing alike to Juliet. Juliet did not want to marry anyone because she was in love and married to Romeo. Therefore Juliet is desperate
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Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two young lovers, their romance obstructed by a longstanding family feud. West Side Story retells this narrative with a change in setting. Instead of fair Verona, this musical is set in 1950s New York, and the protagonists come from rival gangs in place of rival families. The original Broadway production of West Side Story was nominated for six Tony awards, winning two (best choreography and best scenic design). By retelling the classics, creators can introduce
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them. Unfortunately, in the play, Romeo and Juliet, that is not the case. Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father, was a very good father in the beginning of the play, however, in the end, he became very rude and over controlling. In the beginning of the play, Lord Capulet is what a good father should be. He is very caring and considerate of her. When Paris asks him if he can ask Juliet to marry him, Capulet thought about the needs of Juliet, and also believed that Juliet was far too young to be getting
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