In the illustrious pay Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo shows his devoting love, sacrifice, and compassion towards Juliet. ... Juliet gives up her life when she sees Romeo dead. Juliet also reveals how much love she has for Romeo in the scene where Juliet is in her chamber on her balcony and starts off by saying, "O Romeo, Romeo! ... The amount of love that was shown between Romeo and Juliet, makes it more clear to the reader that the play has a theme of unforbidden love, which supports the lens entirely. ... Romeo and Juliet support the theme by showing their love to t...

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In the illustrious pay Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo shows his devoting love, sacrifice, and compassion towards Juliet. ... Juliet gives up her life when she sees Romeo dead. Juliet also reveals how much love she has for Romeo in the scene where Juliet is in her chamber on her balcony and starts off by saying, "O Romeo, Romeo! ... The amount of love that was shown between Romeo and Juliet, makes it more clear to the reader that the play has a theme of unforbidden love, which supports the lens entirely. ... Romeo and Juliet support the theme by showing their love to t...

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• Grade Level: High School

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 is especially important when dealing with love, as in Romeo and Juliet'. ... Romeo and Juliet themselves are portrayed as being different, more innocent and pure. ... Juliet is meant to be accompanying Paris and Romeo would be killed if discovered. ...

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, love is a destructive force. ... These forces all aid the eventual deaths of Juliet, Romeo, Paris, Mercutio and Tybalt. ... Romeo and Juliet are so overwhelmed by love that they willingly take their lives to be with each other, Juliet says "let me die" showing that her love for Romeo is too great that she needs to kill herself to be with him. ... If hatred was not a theme in the play, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have died, nor would Mercutio or Tybalt. ... For Romeo and Juliet, fate seems to be a negative thing. ...

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Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most famous love story in English literary history; love is the play's dominant and most important theme. ... Although we are fully aware of Juliet's feelings for Romeo at the end of the first act, Romeo is now totally besotted by Juliet. ... Romeo sees Juliet come through the window and starts to deliver a soliloquy. ... The final scene in which we see Romeo and Juliet together, the roles seem reversed, Romeo is now more practical whilst Juliet appears more carefree. ... The language that Shakespeare uses throughout the play mixes various themes ...

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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). ... Throughout the play there is a constant theme of love and fate. ... 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 d...

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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. ... By Shakespeare making Romeo poetic he presents the Prologue as a sonnet in order to point to the play's themes of love and the feud because sonnets were often used to address the subject of love in conflict. ... 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...

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Edmund Wilson, in an internet article, "Ernest Hemingway: Bourdon Gauge of Morale," suggests that A Farewell to Arms is a tragedy of love and war . His purpose is to link the two different sides of the novel together in order to give readers a better understanding. Wilson supports this suggestion...

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