In the play, Romeo and Juliet demonstrate different personality. ... Whereas Romeo is independent, Juliet depends on others. ... 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). Their contrasting personality is also shown in Act IV and V, when Juliet seeks a counselor and makes a plan with Friar, but Romeo, in the other hand, gets straight to the act without considering the consequences. ... By lending these two characters an entirely different personality from one another, Shakespeare adds much more in...

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(Act II, Scene 2, L. 75-78) Romeo's love for Juliet leads them to hastily get married, just one day after they first meet. ... (Act V, Scene 3, L.100-115) Romeo's love for Juliet is as strong as her love for him is. ... In Act II, Scene 5, Juliet decides to marry Romeo quickly. ... In Act III, Scene 5, Juliet sticks up for Romeo when the Nurse is verbally attacks Romeo. ... (Act III, Scene 5, L. 237-244) Because Juliet loves Romeo, she sticks up for him, "Ancient damnation! ...

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Juliet Capulet, who is one of the main characters, is placed in a cruel and vicious adult world.   ... Juliet had no one to turn to and ask for help. ... The Nurse was supposed to be one of Juliet's best friends. ... Act III, Scene V of Romeo and Juliet is significant for it is the most pivotal scene of this tragic play.   ... One of the many transformations presented in this scene is that of Romeo and Juliet's love for one another.   ...

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"Star-crossed lovers- is perhaps the most memorable phrase from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - and perhaps the subject of the most debate. ... Yet, there is another interpretation, which arises from the soliloquies of both Romeo and Juliet, considering each love independently - that Romeo is a lover of the first definition, enamored, and that Juliet and her love for Romeo are best described by the baser classification. ... Many as shockingly sexual as she awaits Romeo on their wedding night, have viewed Juliet's speech in Act III, Scene II. ... In Act II, Scene II, Romeo equat...

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Instead love is often shown in its tragic form, resulting in the death of one or more characters. ... Juliet goes to the extend of saying "O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 44-64). ... This is shown in act three scene three when Romeo waves a knife in Friar Lawrence's cell and threatens to kill himself, because he has been torn away from Juliet. Juliet commits a similar act in act three scene six, also to Friar Lawrence. ...

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Instead love is often shown in its tragic form, resulting in the death of one or more characters. ... Juliet goes to the extend of saying "O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 44-64). ... This is shown in act three scene three when Romeo waves a knife in Friar Lawrence's cell and threatens to kill himself, because he has been torn away from Juliet. Juliet commits a similar act in act three scene six, also to Friar Lawrence. ...

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Are Romeo and Juliet really in love? ... The way Romeo and Juliet act and react, it reveals how unready they are to be dealing with the mature feelings, and confirms to the reader they are not in love. ... The emotion of wanting to feel loved pours into every human being at one point, but for Romeo and Juliet, it seems to be everything to them; and consumes them. ... Romeo's love is fake and quick, and his feelings about Juliet are not sincere. By a double suicide, Romeo and Juliet confirm that their love is unstable and premature. ...

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Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. ... Even though Juliet was acting maturely towards Romeo's courting methods in act 2 sc. 2, she acted her age when she couldn't wait to hear the news about her wedding from the Nurse in act 2 sc. 5. ... I have chosen Act 2 sc. 5 where Juliet is eager to hear the Nurse's news about Romeo and Act 3 Sc. 5 where Juliet and her father has a tormenting argument. ... At the beginning of act 2 sc. 5, the audience will see Juliet in a garden like setting on stage. ... Juliet is stunned with what the Nurse says as she pes...

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Romeo and Juliet! ... I dreamt my lady came and found me dead- Romeo and Juliet imagine Romeo dead in a tomb. ... Romeo says this whilst in the chapel with Juliet. ... At the start neither one of them know who the other is. ... "My life is my foes debt,"" says Romeo Quote one uses repetition to explain how she feels. ...

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We are looking at the language in Act 2 Scene 2 and examining how it educates the audience about the characters and setting. ... There would also probably been a balcony where musicians would play in the party scene but also probably where Juliet would have acted the famous balcony scene. Act 2 Scene 2 begins after the party where Romeo and Juliet first saw each other. ... When Juliet appears Romeo says. ... This shows that he thinks he is in love although the audience are hesitant due to Romeo's relationship with Rosaline, where one minute he loved her and the next he loved Juliet. ...

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Even though Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, the two plots share many common incidents. ... In the case of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo hears about the masque and decides to go, thinking that he might be able to get away with this scheme. ... In Romeo and Juliet, the balcony scene leads towards good love because Romeo and Juliet are actually falling in love with each other. ... It seems as they act as god in both plays. ... Timing causes both Romeo and Juliet to lose their lives. ...

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Aristotle is known to have said that a good tragedy needs to have one basic theme or plot. In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. ... This forms a stark contrast to Romeo's declaration in Act 1 scene 5 where he wonders Did my heart love till now?' ... In Act 5 scene 5, Juliet also has an ill-diving soul; Methinks I see thee now as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. ... As their tragic circumstances are one of the elements that make Romeo and Juliet's love seem so valuable, Shakespeare takes time building it up. ...

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When one is witness to a love as strong as that between Romeo and Juliet, it seems impossible that destiny should prevent such a relationship from being consummated. Nevertheless, despite their best intentions and intense passion for one another, Romeo and Juliet end up taking their lives once they see no alternative way of being together. Romeo and Juliet's story becomes all the more tragic when, in hindsight, one sees how they were destined to meet and fall in love from the moment each laid eyes on the other. ... Though it was only their incipient contact, one can see through their ...

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The play "Romeo and Juliet" takes place over a very short span of time. Absolute bliss and abject despair are in constant competition, often violently or radically replacing one another. ... In the fifth scene of the first act, Capulet throws a fateful party in which two major events occur. ... Secondly, Romeo and Juliet see each other for the first time. ... In the second scene of the second act, Juliet gives herself totally to Romeo, promising her heart and her hand in marriage in spite of their families" long- standing rivalry. ...

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However, it could also be argued that the relationship begins as one of sexual attraction on Romeo's behalf, which is first seen at Capulet's ball. This is most clear as Romeo first sets eyes on Juliet. ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... Romeo talks of such things as "This day's black fate" and the woe which comes with it (Act III Scene I). The concepts of both light and dark imagery also come together in one short, sentence from Romeo, on his farewell to Juliet. ...

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Although a lot of people die, they are dying for their love or to help a loved one in need. ... Most of what the do and how they act is affected by love for another character. ... Romeo and Juliet's parents love their children and care for them. ... Juliet's love to Romeo is very strong. ... There is not one character who doesn't love at all. ...

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In William's Shakespeare immortal tale, Romeo and Juliet, love and hate are juxtaposed to portray the antithesis between the two themes. ... Romeo and Juliet, dubbed as a romantic tragedy, is more about love than hate. ... As to many contrasts, hate is represented in the Romeo and Juliet to illustrate the idea of the balance in nature. ... In Act 1 Scene 1 of the play, Romeo and his cousin Benvolio met on the street, and Romeo sadly confessed his unrequited love for an aloof and indifferent young woman. ... Although Juliet does not return Paris's love, he continues with gestures such...

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In Romeo's part, Romeo finds out the truth about Juliet's family background and declares, "O dear account! ... Juliet is already making plans to kill herself if Romeo is already married while just before that, Romeo is already putting Juliet in the life of his hands. ... Romeo and Juliet are too young at the time of their marriage when one considers the nature of their "romantic love"." ... As for Romeo, his initial obsession with Rosaline is shown to be an immature act of idealization. ... One scene later, Romeo idolizes Juliet in the same manner. ...

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At the start of Romeo & Juliet, we are introduced first to servants of the two feuding houses as they walk down the street of Verona, where the scene is set. ... Mercutio's death by Tybalt's hand in Act 3 Scene 1, is the catalyst for all of the following action within the play that will eventually lead to Romeo's death. ... These words send Tybalt into a rage because he doesn't understand why Romeo is refusing his challenge since no one else knows that Romeo has just married Juliet, Tybalt's cousin. ... His words function as a kind of death knell, predicting the ...

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There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Rosaline, Romeo's initial unrequited love seemed irrelevant once Romeo had set his eyes upon Juliet. ... Upon seeing Juliet all alone, talking in soliloquy, Romeo proclaims, "It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun," this metaphor enhances Juliet's beauty as it is exaggerated and pronounced as the beauty of the sun. ... (II.ii.57) Convinced that their love was pure, Juliet has been sold, in an unconventional act for a woman in those times, she takes the initiative and plans their future together; "If ...

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He knew he was in love and offered his love with " [his] unworthiest hand-(Act 1, scene one, line 93). ... (Act 2, scene one, lines 19-22) Romeo treats Juliet as if she were more precious than anything she is a "winged messenger of heaven-(Act 2, scene one, line 28) and Romeo was brought to her by "loves light wings-(Act 2, scene two, line 66). ... -(Act 1, scene one, line 174), then he saw Juliet for the first time, her "beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!... Its Romeo's navety that made Romeo and Juliet fall in love, which created "Romeo and Juliet-. ... (Act 3, scene one,...

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Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on how love is presented through in Shakespeare's: Romeo and Juliet and how love is presented through a series of sonnets (18, 130 and 134). ... An example of this theme is when Romeo and Juliet are described as, 'a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life'. ... This is used by Shakespeare obviously so that the reader is aware fully that this is one of the constant running themes during the play and it also makes the reader aware why Romeo and Juliet's love is difficult further on. ... One being from Romeo's famous speech,...

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Conflict of Love Romeo and Juliet is a famous captivating story of love, lust, and hate. ... In act one of the play, Tybalt instigates a fight with Benvolio and the other members of the house of Montegue. ... His exaggerated idea of honor to his family blinds him of any sort of ability to act rationally. ... Romeo and Juliet does not make a specific moral statement about the relationships between love and society, religion, and family; rather, it portrays the chaos and passion of being in love, combining images of love, violence, death, religion, and...

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Benvolio counsels him to forget this woman and find another, more beautiful one, but Romeo remains despondent. ... Juliet returns home to discover the wedding has been moved ahead one day, and she is to be married tomorrow. ... One must ascribe Romeo's development at least in part to Juliet. Her level-headed observations, such as the one about Romeo's kissing, seem just the thing to snap Romeo from his superficial idea of love and to inspire him to begin to speak some of the most beautiful and intense love poetry ever written. ... Had Romeo restrained himself from killing Tybalt, o...

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Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo is based on a real life story that takes place in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1990's. ... They are known as the Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo because their love and plans were shot down by the hatred of their religion. ... "All their wishes, all plans are sunk after one bullet, after one burst, after one move, after one monstrous act. ... Although "A glooming peace this morning with it brings;/ The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head/ Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;/ Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished/ For never was a story ...

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