One of the favorite plays by William Shakespeare is the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. ... (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, sc. ... (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, sc. ... (Brockett, p. 110) Now that you have some background information about the play, about where the play would have been presented I will talk about how the play was originally performed in the late 1590's when William Shakespeare wrote the play. ... Make-up, wigs and costumes were used of course like today. ...

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(Like in twenty-four hours you could be that close to someone). ... It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden / Too like the lightening, which doth cease to be." ( Act 2, Scene 2) Shakespeare is sending a warning through Juliet's mouth. ... By making Juliet's movements so slow, Luhrman makes you involved in the movie because you just want to scream, "Move faster Juliet, Romeo look. she's alive!" ... Luhrman modernized some things a bit too much, like Mercutio and the guns. The scenes that he changed, like the balcony scene, were for the worse. ...

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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. ... Shakespeare uses the Elizabethan times and society to help him do this. ... Juliet will not want her life to be like this. ... He gives her the ultimatum, either marry Paris and be happy or I will disown you and bring you to shame. ... She is not acting like an obedient, innocent young girl acting on her parent's wishes. ...

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Zeffereli's adaptation, in my eyes, is extremely conservative, in other words, very Shakespearean like. ... Using your imagination is an important element in making Shakespeare's words come to life, in fact, in anything that you read. ... The dialogue in this first scene between the servants is very well known to those familiar with the words of Romeo and Juliet, Abram says to Sampson, "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"... How conservative is Luhrman's production of Romeo and Juliet, you may ask, in contrast to Zeffereli's? ... If you think abou...

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In the first scene you witness a conversation between Sampson and Gregory, both Capulet kinsmen. ... His last words in the scene threaten her disownment and possible death: An you"ll be mine, I"ll give you to my friend; An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets! ... Like "all the world," Juliet wishes to be included as a worshiper of her fair Romeo. ... Patriarchal themes are underlying in nearly each portion of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... When Romeo and Juliet become disenchanted with the feud between their families and the absolute supremacy of men like Lord ...

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Do you agree? ... From the start of the play to the finish the author (William Shakespeare) gives away little hints about Romeo and Juliet and how they are destined to die tragically. ... That just shows that William Shakespeare didn't waste much time before telling us that the two lovers take their lives. ... It is like they are waiting to die, or at least for something bad to happen. ... There are plenty more signs of fate through the play which William Shakespeare has written. ...

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Carton is so disillusioned with his own life, that he can't even like his client [who looks like him], "Do you particularly like the man?" He muttered, at his own image; "why should you particularly like a man who resembles you? There is nothing in you to like- (Dickens 103). ... Shakespeare has Friar Lawrence state [about Romeo's multiple infatuations], "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes" (1.3.67-68). ... He is thoroughly changed from his introductory state of slovenly, cynical drunk, to a man willing to sacrifice his own life for the wo...

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William Shakespeare's masterwork, "Romeo and Juliet," is unabashedly a tragedy. ... However, even though that scene is the most remembered when you even mention Romeo and Juliet, there are also more tragic elements to the play, even before the deaths occur. ... From the very outset of the play, Shakespeare clearly states, through the Chorus, that this play is most certainly destined to be a tragedy. ... After she drinks the potion, her body goes into a coma-like state, and her family believe that she is really dead, and she is placed in her family tomb. ... "If ever you disturb our street...

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Juliet from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," and Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," are both portrayed as naive and childlike, which ultimately brings about their downfall. ... Here Juliet is saying that she will obey the commands she is given, much like Ophelia. ... "The story of Ophelia, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, shows the destructive forces that affect young women. ... "(Camden) "Marry, I will teach you: think yourself a baby.... She was unwilling to stand up for herself and make choices, much like a child. ...

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The female characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are no exception. ... When Juliet discovers that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt slain, the Nurse says to her, "Hie you to your chamber. I"ll find Romeo/ To comfort you. ... She feels like a victim of circumstance and therefore she thinks she must complain to Juliet. ... The three females in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet all seem like they are based around people who actually existed. ...

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In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Julie,"t three responsible adults are the Nurse, Capulet, and Friar Laurence. ... The nurse returns with the plans for their wedding, "Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell,There stays a husband to make you a wife" (II, v, 68-69). ... Will you be ready? Do you like this haste?... In conclusion, the nurse, Capulet, and Friar Laurence are all responsible adults in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ...

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Do you believe in fate? To answer that question, you must first have a correct idea of what fate is. ... Even if their lives were ended by it, like Romeo says in Act II, scene ii, "And, But thou love me, let them find me here. ... They couldn't contradict it, how would you? ... You can't. ...

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When you first consider Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the first thing to come to mind is, more often than not, the theme of love. ... "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, /Which mannerly devotion shows in this; /For saints have hands that pilgrims" hands do touch, /And palm to palm is holy palmers" kiss." ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... For example, when Paris appeals to Capulet for his consent of marriage to Juliet ("But now my lord, what say you to my suit?")... For the majority of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the most ...

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Romeo and Juliet Essay In the story "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" William Shakespeare has a different purpose or meaning he wants each specific character to display. ... He is behaving like a dignified gentleman. ... Now Mercutio being a montague you would think Romeo would cheer himon, but he must stop them both because Tyblat is now his kin also a part of his family yet he does not know. ... Boy, you cannot excuse what you have already done to me; so turn and fight! ...

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A Character Most Like Me Tyler Brown In Romeo and Juliet , by William Shakespeare, there are several minor and major characters. ... ve liked for a while. ... One of the flaws that I mentioned I would tell you about earlier is how sensitive Romeo is. ... Even though I care about girl's feelings a lot, I don't go home and weep and cry like a little girl like Romeo did. ... Especially not over something like this. ...

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Shakespeare deliberately does not begin the play by talking about Romeo and Juliet. ... Shakespeare uses dramatic irony here, because the audience is aware that Romeo and Juliet will end up dying at the end of the play, thus ending the feud. ... Hindley treats Heathcliff like a servant, but luckily Mr. ... Heathcliff follows the traditional "like father like son" concept and completely abuses Hareton. ... If it passed to me from you tomorrowI would abandon it"(108). ...

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"There are plenty ways to die, but only love can kill and keep you alive to feel it." ... Without the theme of heartbreak the play would have been like a fairytale with a happy ending. Heartbreak is showed drastically through the story with the ups and downs Romeo and Juliet face through their journey of love.Throughout the story, William Shakespeare presents the theme of heartbreak in through dramatic irony and dialogue. ... There are plenty ways to die, but only love can kill and keep you alive to feel it. ...

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His Romeo and Juliet released in 1996 is a unique adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's finest plays. ... The film really brings light to how fantastic Shakespeare's plays are and many would agree that it does him justice. ... Tybalt's wearing of black makes him look like the angel of death, and he is. ... Romeo and Juliet are both very plain at their wedding to show that this is true love and you don't have to dress it up. ... In the film bands like Garbage, The Cardigans, and Radiohead update the text and make it more like the original. ...

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BAZ LUHRMANNS ROMEO AND JULIET Sometime in the 1800's, Shakespeare created a romance play called Romeo and Juliet. ... You also notice that they still refer to their guns as swords. ... Just from their facial expressions, you can tell that they are more of a serious family who don't have much fun. ... When the Capulet's get out of the car, you can see one of the Capulet's is wearing cowboy boots. While this is showing, you can only hear this western music, like the kind in cowboy movies right before a duel. ...

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(Act.2 c. 5 line 60) Nurse Your love is like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous " Where is your mother?... You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so. ... It may be the one who cares for you. ... A real mother is someone who loves you and you know loves you the same way right back. ... Biography Picture of Juliet Nurse and Lady Capulet www.fabiotoblini.com/Images/Juliet_mother_nurse.jpg All quotes from Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare. ...

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Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, seemed destined by fate. ... Maybe we don't recognize it because we choose not to, or because man kind doesn't have faith like we used to, but it remains true that fate played an essential role throughout this play. ... Like Romeo says "And, But thou love me, let them find me here. / My life is better ended by their hate, / Than death prorogued, wanted of thy love." (2.2.76) He would have rather died than to have lived without Juliet, or not to have Juliet's love and be left only with ha...

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In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, love seems to be demonstrated but the power of lust takes over. ... Lastly, they liked the idea of love itself, rather than loving the person. ... It is evident that Juliet's affection for Romeo arises extremely quickly because right after their first encounter, Juliet states, "If [Romeo] is married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed"" (1.5.136-137). ... Benvolio observes Romeo, "You saw [Rosaline] Frit, none else being by" " (1.2.98). This quote clearly demonstrates that Romeo seems to like every girl he meets. ...

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Aren't your friends or family members suppose to be the ones who are always there for you, and never let you down? ... You see, Shakespeare, the author of Romeo & Juliet wrote the story in a way that Juliet a main character in the story, whenever seeks for guidance from her friends and family members, especially when she needs it most, is always betrayed or let down. ... I think her mother should of been on Juliet's side, because she's her mother and she has experience in marriage and should know marrying someone you do not like is not a good idea. ... Friar Lawrence should ...

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Metropolitan cities like Toronto are becoming less populated. ... Many characters change throughout Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo & Juliet. ... Characters in plays change like people as life goes on. Like Juliet, the sweetest girl you could ever know could transform into a raging disobedient monster. Or like Capulet, your father could be nice and sweet to you and then by the next day, he is dragging you on a hurdler. ...

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Love Conquers All Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been seen as the most tragic love story in history. ... Love is a dangerous emotion a lot like fire is to the elements. ... It deafens you so you cant hear anything but there voice. ... It makes you cold when you don't have there loving arms holding you. ... The Friar had made a potion for Juliet to take which makes her look like she had passed on. ...

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