(Act 1 scene1 line 159)). ... In Act 1 scene 2 the Capulets" servant, apparently illiterate, happens upon Romeo and Benvolio, and not knowing who they are, asks them to assist him in reading the names of the guest-list for Capulet's party- where fate would have Romeo meet Juliet. ... The fact that Romeo and Juliet are from feuding households in itself is an ironic twist of Fate. ... (Act 1 scene 5 line 117) and Juliet " My only love sprung from my only hate!" ... When romeo and Juliet are about to be married (Act 2 scene 6 ), Friar Lawrence reminds the audience of the role of fate (lines ...

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Romeo and Juliet - The Betrayal of the Adults to Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the adults betray Juliet becausethey are unable to understand her. ... He fails tounderstand Romeo and Juliet's love for each other. ... TheFriar believes that Juliet and Romeo's love is temporary and advises Romeo"Wisely and slow. ... Juliet is Independent, Courageous, and Heroic in Romeo and Juliet After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have abetter understanding of the characters then when we are first introducedto them. ... Love and Hate in Romeo and...

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Romeo and Juliet! ... Shakespeare uses the line "Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle- after Romeo's banishment from Verona. ... 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. ... Reading this quote makes you see how she is feeling, like been in a shut cardboard box and at any moment the bottom opens and you fall down to hell. ...

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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. ... However, once she meets Romeo she begins to make her own decisions, which happen to be all the wrong ones. ... She puts everything on the line just to be with him, which proves just how childish and immature she is. ... "When such criticism explores Juliet, it is often influenced by her young age of fourteen, reading her as little more than a child - naive, immature, inexperienced.....

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He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. ... Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead. ... Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he kills himself when he believes that the object of his love, Juliet, has died. ... Rosaline, of course, slips from Romeo's mind at first sight of Juliet. ... One must ascribe Romeo's development at least in part to Juliet. ...

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"I'm through with Romeo and Juliet and boy meets girl, and on to Macbeth and man kills beast." ... These being Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. ... Shakespeare was given new meaning and re-invented again with the younger generation through Romeo and Juliet, taking away the perception of Shakespeare as being a boring English class siting and reading through plays, and the idea of a musical film was re-invented in Moulin Rouge. ... This factor is highly relevant in Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet. ... This can also be applied to Romeo and Juliet in more that one w...

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Comparison of film to playwright in Romeo and Juliet The Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, was written in a time period that differs greatly from today. ... Due to the growing mental gap between the youth of today and the Shakespearean dialect, director Baz Luhrmann creates the modern day film version of Romeo and Juliet. ... The textual version of Romeo and Juliet is altered to give a new understanding to the modern world via the film version; mainly in the opening scene through use of modern scenery, language, and armory. ... When reading through the play, the reader may find it ...

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