In Act 1 Scene Five, the language of Romeo abruptly changes as he first meets Juliet during lines 91-105. ... Romeo takes the lead with the first quatrain, Juliet the second, they share the third (Romeo speaking three lines and Juliet one) and the final couplet is split equally between the two. ... Romeo, the courageous lover, starts off the sonnet with a sly hint of physical and religious language. ... Romeo describes the moon being envious of Juliet's amazing beauty. ... To conclude, I think this play is cleverly written and the love between Romeo and Juliet really stands out with the...

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Furthermore, the modern appropriation maintains the ingenious Shakespearean language and the sense of tragedy that defines "Romeo and Juliet." ... The exception is Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet seem alive. ... Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet" succeeds brilliantly as an appropriation because it guards the clever and beautiful Shakespearean language that characterizes the play. ... By maintaining the Shakespearean language, Luhrman has made a successful appropriation of "Romeo and Juliet" because he has captured the essence of the tragedy through the words of the original text. ...

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(Word limit: 800-1000 words) Romeo and Juliet is widely known as one of the artistic masterpieces of our time. ... At the time in which Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, it would have been believable that a thirteen-year-old girl would find herself in the predicament that Juliet finds herself in. ... In the Zeferelli version, only one song had lyrics- the love theme-, which is played when Romeo first lays eyes on Juliet. ... He preserved the language, the portrayal of the pure and innocent love between Romeo and Juliet, and the rest of the main plot. ... The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is...

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I have forever had a fascination with the Shakespearian play ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... In ""Romeo Must Die"" there is no overruling power figure to inflict lawful order in the society, as the Price does in ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... In ""Romeo and Juliet"" the women acquire a form of servitude, especially when married, as they are completely dutiful in their actions, language and thoughts, and they strive to achieve a famine appearance and innocence, which is evident through studying Juliet. ... In both these scenes the conflict becomes evident through both language and violence, however in "Ro...

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The 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, provides viewers with the same theatrical influence as the original play. ... There are several scenes in which Luhrmann incorporates water as a means to show the innocence, love, and passion of Romeo and Juliet. ... For the leading roles in, "Romeo + Juliet," Luhrmann invited two young American entertainers, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. ... It was as simple as that," ("Production Notes: Romeo and Juliet"). ... He speaks as if they really are his words and that's something you don't always get i...

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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. Romeo is initially presented as a Petrarchan lover, a man whose feelings of love aren't reciprocated by the lady he admits he is in love with, Rosaline, and who uses the poetic language of sonnets to express his emotions about his situation. ... This was displayed when Romeo described Juliet as an "angel", which is interpreted by the audience as a symbol for innocence, kindness and beauty. ... This is a result of love at first sig...

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Huxley juxtaposes sonnets and hypnopaedic rhymes to demonstrate their infantile pleasures and trite language. ... John used other quotes of Shakespeare through the novel in response to all highly emotional situations, slowly introducing the reader back into the intensity and beauty of classical language after being deprived of it through the duration of the book. John, in response to Lenina, calls upon memories of Romeo and Juliet as well as other plays by Shakespeare. ... When being read Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz could not help from laughing hysterically at the Juliet's plea to her m...

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"The way societies think about and treat women is often considered a means of measuring how civilised they are"– Dusinberre, 2003 William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest writer and poet of the English language. His literature works written over 400 years ago, have survived the challenge of time, so much so that Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and poems are still considered to this day an integral facet within the study of culture, society and language. ... Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, is a romantic-c...

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However, since the 19th century, Shakespeare's reputation has massively gained from just being rated as just another playwright among others to having a significant role in the English language and being one of the best and honored poets in all history. ... Shakespeare had a massive role in schools in India -by this time, the British empire still existed and Shakespeare was slowly becoming known globally which encouraged his prominence- In 1853, a law was passed called the "India act" where English language and English literature was a part of the qualification and one of the s...

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One of his most most respected and beloved plays, "Romeo and Juliet," has inspired scores of movies such as Baz Luhrmann's version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. ... He used language according to his own fashion, coining words and expressions that have today become so commonplace, that they seem to have been part of the very idiom of language. ... Johnson's edition of Shakespeare (1765), he writes, "This is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before ...

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Even if pupils use the same setting and style that Luhrmann uses for his 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, when it comes to pupils considering their own adaptation they must be guided to justify their own decisions. ... From the Centre for Education Development Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) report based on the evaluation of the RSC's Learning Performance Network (LPN) (2007-2009), a Head of English who professed to have been "thirty odd years teaching behind a desk" benefitted hugely from the exposure of having a drama influence on the texts and stated: "I've learned ...

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