Though 'Romeo and Juliet' is displayed as a romantic love story, this play is classified as a tragedy. ... The sonnet is most often associated with love therefore is used to present the emotion of their first meeting. ... William Shakespeare applies the technique of oxymorons to display the uncertainty about her love towards Romeo in Act 3 Scene 2. ... This powerful concept shows her extreme love for Romeo as she is willing to give up her family name for the love given by Romeo. ... This is considered as one of the greatest love stories of all time as it has survived in our memo...

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Also, Shakespeare displays that both the men in love, Romeo and Benedick, are very dangerous and reveal that love is potentially divisive. 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. ... The other side of symbolism is implied as he used the word "buy" this objectifies Hero; however, it could be seen as romantic as he describes her as extremely valuable as Shakespeare uses the "world" to be able to "buy" Hero. ... This is a smart way of displaying to the aud...

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Topic Question: Queen Elizabeth turns up on stage at the end of Shakespeare in Love and says 'I know something of a woman in a man's profession'. ... The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, is a romantic-comedy drama that depicts a lustrous affair between the privileged Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the upcoming commoner playwright William Shakes...

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However, Oberon still wanting the boy as his henchman, therefore, seeks revenge to punish Titania's disobedience with the love potion and make her fall madly in love with an ass-headed weaver. Furthermore, her relationship and induced love for Bottom is certainly exciting as it is ironic and weird of a beautiful fairy queen in love with an arrogant, ugly man who is an ass. ... But towards the end, he takes pity on Titania and finally undoes the enchantment of his wife showing his care and love for her. ... However, due to the love potion, Titania, foolish and confused, becomes a weak, d...

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After this scene the atmosphere swiftly changes from romantic and comical to more serious and tragic. ... His feelings are conflicted as he used to love her. Claudio only truly feels bad when he finds out that Hero was innocent and that it was all setup, and this shows that Claudio and Hero's relationship was superficial and that Claudio didn't truly love Hero, otherwise he would have known that Hero would never do something like that. ... The play was vaguely set out in two main stages, the first being a sort of romantic comedy, and the second being a more tragic love. ...

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Their love seems real. ... The imagery of water is linked with the true love between Romeo and Juliet. ... They live in a romantic allusion. ... It equally expresses the values of love and loyalty and the need for justice and order. ... Similarly the values love, loyalty, justice and order are eternal. ...

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However, Luhrmann was able to make it more appealing to modern audiences by integrating modern elements into the film; thus, turning Shakespeare's original love story into a more modern, and controversial, interpretation of the original love story. ... By adding news media, and displaying selected pieces of text onscreen, he is able to intensify the romantic teen tragedy. ... There are several scenes in which Luhrmann incorporates water as a means to show the innocence, love, and passion of Romeo and Juliet. ...

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