The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy in the year 1595 the story was written by a man called William Shakespeare. ... Romeo refuses to fight because he has married Juliet. ... After the fight everything was different for Romeo and Juliet the fight had changed everything for them, up until the fight everything was going well for both but now that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt dead Juliet has lost 2 close people that she loved very much on the same day that night Juliet had grieved Tybalt's death and the fact that Romeo was banished. ... William Shakespeare is a cunning...

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Throughout Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," the ramifications of the adult's actions shape the ensuing tragedy that unfolds, in conjunction with the dire decisions of the children. ... Shakespeare personifies death to convey how life was sucked out of Juliet. ... Shakespeare adduces Romeo as being in capable of controlling his emotions; he personifies the irrational nature of love through Romeos actions, namely his extreme reaction to Juliet in the Capulet party scene. ... Through using a metaphor, Shakespeare portrays Romeos lips as foreigners exploring new land, in context, Romeo ...

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How successful is Baz Luhrman's film as an appropriation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? Baz Luhrman's film, "Romeo and Juliet" is a highly successful appropriation of Shakespeare's classic because it reflects the attitudes of its modern context. ... Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet" is set in a modern city; a striking contrast to the Elizabethan England of William Shakespeare. ... Romeo and Juliet seem alive. ... In contrast, in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the opposite was the case and Romeo and Juliet would have been seen as very disobedient to thei...

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"Romeo and Juliet" derives its story from a number of sources accessible throughout the sixteenth century. Shakespeare's main source for this infamous play is Arthur Brooke's 'Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet', a long, dense poem. ... Romeo takes the lead with the first quatrain, Juliet the second, they share the third (Romeo speaking three lines and Juliet one) and the final couplet is split equally between the two. ... William Shakespeare applies the technique of oxymorons to display the uncertainty about her love towards Romeo in Act 3 Scene 2. ... Romeo describes...

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Romeo And Juliet is a brilliantly written tragic drama written by William Shakespeare in about 1594. ... The first major point in Romeo and Juliet's differences to one another include how each roll interacts with their parents. ... That alone could also be the lead reasoning behind the dramatic difference in Romeo's irrational changeability as a dynamic character, to Juliet's ability to remain (For the most part) a static character throughout Shakespeare's play. ... Romeo and Juliet also share many similarities that include each rolls persistence with one another and const...

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Two of Shakespeare's greatest and well known works are A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet. ... First and foremost, the two stories are about star crossed lovers, one with a single pair, being Romeo and Juliet, and the other with two pairs, Lysander and Hermia, and then Demetrius and Helena, though Demetrius sought after Hermia love until the love spell with put upon him. In Romeo and Juliet, their two families are long time rivals, so naturally they have a problem with them falling in love, and they are forbidden to be with one another. ... They all met in semi-secluded, ...

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(Word limit: 800-1000 words) Romeo and Juliet is widely known as one of the artistic masterpieces of our time. ... At the time in which Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, it would have been believable that a thirteen-year-old girl would find herself in the predicament that Juliet finds herself in. ... Another aspect of the Baz Luhrmann version that particularly modernises Romeo and Juliet is the unique soundtrack compiled. ... In the Zeferelli version, only one song had lyrics- the love theme-, which is played when Romeo first lays eyes on Juliet. ... The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a t...

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I have forever had a fascination with the Shakespearian play ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... I used my knowledge of the techniques and factors that were relevant during Elizabethan times and which Shakespeare included in ""Romeo and Juliet"" to develop a modern transformation of the play, the film ""Romeo Must Die"". ... In ""Romeo Must Die"" there is no overruling power figure to inflict lawful order in the society, as the Price does in ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... Romeo has been transformed into Han and Juliet, Trish. ... I have developed this character from that of the Nurse from Shakespeare's ...

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Also, Shakespeare displays that both the men in love, Romeo and Benedick, are very dangerous and reveal that love is potentially divisive. False love is the first evident important theme across Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo forgets his love to Rosaline at the first moment he sees Juliet. ... This was displayed when Romeo described Juliet as an "angel", which is interpreted by the audience as a symbol for innocence, kindness and beauty. ... This is a result of love at first sight which is also present when Romeo first meets Juliet. ...

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Shakespeare's The Tempest is the play from which the phrase originates. ... John, in response to Lenina, calls upon memories of Romeo and Juliet as well as other plays by Shakespeare. ... When being read Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz could not help from laughing hysterically at the Juliet's plea to her mother to delay the marriage to Paris because of the death of Tybalt. ... When Helmholtz was laughing at Romeo and Juliet, he could hardly imagine someone "getting into such a state about having a girl -- it seemed rather ridiculous- (184). ... Shakespeare and his works point out man...

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In 1592, at the start of Shakespeare's career, a well-known writer at the time named Robert Green insulted Shakespeare by naming him an "upstart crow". ... If seen from a more positive perspective, this gave Shakespeare a huge opportunity and caused his popularity to increase, this lead Shakespeare to be taken more seriously and people were beginning to get influenced to giving Shakespeare interest because it implied that regardless of his education and his class, Shakespeare was capable of producing the same quality of work and even better than Jonson. ... "- to have someone li...

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In 1968 Franco Zeffirelli's version of the classic Shakespearean tale of love, Romeo and Juliet was released. ... The two productions of Romeo and Juliet set out to achieve different results. ... Zeffirelli, instead produced a copy that tried too emulate the atmosphere and mood of the original work by Shakespeare. ... In both versions the acting was good (except Juliet's crying episode) but the actors in Luhrmans" production were well known and accomplished actors before shooting the movie. ... Again, Luhrman has chosen Danes and DiCaprio, who, with the blond hair and looks more ange...

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Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" and his comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" contain protagonists, but it's the antagonists that have a greater impact on the play. ... The main villain in "Romeo and Juliet" is Tybalt who is Juliet's cousin from the Capulet house. ... For example during a masked ball in "Romeo and Juliet," Tybalt sees Romeo at the Capulet's ball, and therefore instantly wants to kill Romeo, and tells a servant to "fetch me my rapier, boy." ... Towards the end of "Romeo and Juliet," the mood becomes even darker than previously, as the Montagues and Cap...

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Authors, such as the much esteemed Shakespeare portray the majority of women as stereotyped within traditional European society, a society in which women are deemed unfit and unequal in comparison to the men they willingly and mindlessly serve. Shakespeare strengthens this stereotype with characters such as Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, portraying women who are unable to put aside the feelings within their hearts in order to use their God-given common sense. From what is shown within the world of Shakespeare, women are not capable of rational thought; they are rare birds in gilded cages, co...

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The continued relevance and influence of William Shakespeare is unquestionable; the very name "Shakespeare" is a known and respected around the world. ... One of his most most respected and beloved plays, "Romeo and Juliet," has inspired scores of movies such as Baz Luhrmann's version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. ... Pope, in the preface to his six-folio edition of the works of Shakespeare also says, "Shakespeare is not so much an imitator, as an instrument of nature"." ... Shakespeare's approach to writing plays revolutionized Elizabethan theatre. ... There are few o...

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Shakespeare in England produced works that emphasized the intricacies of the complex human character The style of architecture reflected that of classical culture and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic style. ... These tales formed the basis of many European literary works, such as Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. ...

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William Shakespeare, in As You Like It, wrote that, "All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Shakespeare was rarely more precise. ... In the vein of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge film, it tells of a heroic Brahman merchant by the name of Carudatta, and his one love, Vasantasena, who is "a ravishingly beautiful and intelligent courtesan" (Oxford 449). ...

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The heartbreaking story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare illustrates this type of bond between a young couple and how antagonistic parental authority caused the tragic demise of their relationship. ...

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