Romeo and Juliet Question: Romeo and Juliet's tragic deaths were fated to happen. ... Romeo and Juliet's death were fated to happen. ... It is evident that Juliet wishes that Romeo was not a Montague in Act 2 Scene 2 Line 40, "What's Montague? ... Before Romeo even properly communicates with Juliet he already relates her with the stars, Act 2 Scene 2 Line 15, "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven." ... In Act 3 Scene 2 Line 21 Juliet imagines Romeo being dead and among the stars, she also cannot help what she is feeling. ...

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One theme that is central to understanding Romeo and Juliet is Fate and Destiny. ... Fate and Destiny is an important theme in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... An important motif in Romeo and Juliet is nature. ... In Act 2 Scene 3, Friar Lawrence compares the cycle of nature to the cycle of life. ... As it is the main reason why Romeo and Juliet could be realistic. ...

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William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. ... Sonnets usually consist of 14 lines, the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" follows this structure. ... One reason for this is that there are only 2 lines. ... I also think the he chose to use a sonnet is because Romeo and Juliet is about love and this is what sonnets were used for. ... Overall I think that that the prologue for "Romeo and Juliet" outlines the storyline very well for the audiences benefit. ...

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Romeo will do anything for Juliet, and she returns this love. ... Romeo kills himself because he finds out Juliet is dead. ... "Romeo is still young enough to have tearful tantrums and other uncontrolled emotions" (2). ... In Denton Snider's article, "Romeo and Juliet, The Shakespearean Drama" he points out that, "Love is Romeos strength, and his weakness, in one sense, he is heroic, marching boldly to death, on the other sense, unmanly, yielding to an emotion without any self restraint" (2). ... Romeo acted before he though, causing Mercutio's death. ...

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One of his most famous love stories is Romeo and Juliet. ... Also in the play Measure for Measure, the act of premarital sex is condoned. ... Perhaps, he viewed his marriage as a silly thing, and was making fun of it in A Midsummer Night's Dream, while in Othello, he showed a life that he wished that he had, or vise versa (Kinney, 2). ... Could this have been what influenced Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet? ...

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2 The Life of William Shakespeare During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in April of 1564, William Shakespeare was born to Mary and John Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire (Martin 16). ... However, children were normally baptized on the 3rd day after birth, which would make April 23 his birthday (Levi 2). ... He relied on boy actors to play the female roles because women did not act until after Charles II's Restoration in 1660 (Martin 72). ... He wrote many plays, which include several that were and now are well known, such as Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing...

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Particularly in the film "Romeo and Juliet" composed by Australian director Baz Lurham. ... In act 2 scene 1 we witness how Petruchio tells his intentions to Katherine demanding acceptance even if it means going thru hell and back. ... "My falcon is now shop and passing empty and till she stop she no must not be full gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure" seen in act 4 scene 1 in Petruchio's soliloquy. ... His extreme rudeness to Katherine and to his servants is to show her how ridiculously she has acted in the past. ...

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Browning's "How Do I Love Thee" has a Romeo and Juliet feel to it. ... I Love thee to the depth and height my soul can reach (l. 1-2). ... " (l. 1-2) The speaker tries to differentiate his beloved and the summer. ... Donne's poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", Valediction means "an act of bidding farewell". ...

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