They also can provide the reader with a mental visual of how a given character may feel. ... Romeo fervently expresses his love for Juliet through the use of metaphors. ... Here, Romeo uses this metaphor to characterize his love for Juliet. ... Romeo uses a comparison between these two things to describe his love for Juliet. ... They make a reader think twice about what the character is expressing or feeling. ...

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I believe there are many advantages of watching the movie of Romeo and Juliet over interpreting the book. Body language and voice tones are a major factor in determining a character's traits. ... Although a challenging book improves your language skills, the movie of Romeo and Juliet familiarizes you with the characters. ... Although I had pretty closely interpreted Romeos character, Juliet acted extremely different than I had pictured before watching the movie. ... The appearance of the Nurse adds to her character and helps give humor to the play. ...

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In Baz Luhrman's production of Romeo and Juliet many filming style techniques have been used. ... Franco Zefferelli's production of Romeo and Juliet is both realistic and traditional. ... He uses natural sounds such as crowd noises, and horse hooves on pavement, with little other non-diagetic sounds until Romeo enters. ... The only time we hear them is at the beginning, at the time of the prologue, and when Romeo first enters. ... Also, the could be used for the introduction if main characters; the music can separate the more important characters of the storyline with the average ...

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Similarity "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Romeo and Juliet" both show how powerful love can be. ... You can tell this by, not only seeing that the root of both these plays is falling in love, but also by some of the comments the characters make. ... When the moon changed, something significant happened to either one of the characters or a turning point of the play occurred. ... The same situation took part in "Romeo and Juliet." ... Juliet asks herself, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" ...

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In Romeo and Juliet, and in Walpole's novel, all of the characters suffer the consequences of paternal transgressions, but for Juliet and Matilda, the consequences of their fathers' mistakes are fatal" (15). ... ROMEO: I dream'd a dream to-night. ... ROMEO: Well, what was yours? ... ROMEO: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. ... It also shows us the character of Romeo as a romantic youth. ...

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Isabella was considered as one of Shakespeare's strongest female characters; a women of great virtue and purity. ... Prospero and Ferdinand, two characters in Shakespeare's play, had this conversation about Miranda's virginity. ... It was an allusion to Romeo and Juliet; when Juliet foreshadows her own death: "My grave is like to be my wedding bed"(1.5.9). Moreover, Spring Awakening and Romeo and Juliet were two plays of youthful passion where themes of education, suicide and violence were approached. The second writer to be revealed was Homer with two of Iliad's ...

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The novel, "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, is a science fiction novel about a society taken place in the future. This society is divided up into classes. Which are Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. At birth, babies will be designated their class. In this "utopian" world, there seems ...

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I have only seen the movie Romeo and Juliet and observed Hamlet but yet to all my surprise it did not make me go wow that's the best I have seen ever. ... It helped to understand the characters and themes of the production and also created a very unique mood with the audience. ... That scene also caused many laughs with a few funny lines which where said in the text. 5) Choose your favorite character and compare a comic scene and a serious one; analyze. My favorite and probably the majority's favorite character would have been Malvolio when suddenly his serious and gentlem...

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