Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of character in which the lovers are punished for their reckless passion. ... Romeo and Benvolio, still discussing Rosaline, encounter the Capulet servant bearing the list of invitations. ... Romeo agrees to go with Benvolio to the feast, but only because Rosaline, whose name he reads on the list, will be there. ... Another famous balcony quote is when Juliet proclaimed, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... Juliet's father, old Capulet, forbade Juliet to have any sort of relations with Romeo. ...

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Perhaps the best use of fate in a literary work is in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. ... A large part of the beliefs for both Romeo and Juliet involve fate. ... While Romeo babbled on about his life with Benvolio, his cousin and kinsmen, Romeo bumped into this servant who asked him to read the list, with Rosaline's name, which got Romeo to agree to go after the servant invited them. ... Romeo and Juliet throughout the play have dreams or visions of their deaths. ... The role of fate in "The Interlopers" is substantial to the future of the characters Ulrich and Georg. ...

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A pair of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. ... How did Romeo and Juliet meet? ... After Romeo had read the guest list to the Capulet party and the servant was on his way, Benvolio suggested that Romeo should go to the party and compare Rosaline to the other female guests. ... If Rosaline had not been on the guest list attending the party, Benvolio would not have thought anything of having Romeo attend the party. ... Then why did the friar behave out of character and leave the tomb when he heard the call of the watch. ...

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it was the decisions of the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, which brought about their demise. ... The first bit of actions mistaken for fate that occurred was when Romeo first met Juliet. ... Another act which is often mistaken as fate is when Romeo goes to the party and first meets Juliet. ... This means that Romeo sees nothing other than Juliet, which makes him infatuated with her allowing him doubt into his own actions. ... It was not destined that Romeo would kill Tybalt because he made the decision himself, and it was not destined that Ro...

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"Some of these include King John, The Taming of The Shrew, and Romeo and Juliet. ... In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare mixes the humor of Mercutio and Juliet's nurse into a serious tragedy" (Hazlitt). ... Shakespeare, however, could make the characters in his plays so believable and human, that the plots seemed perfectly reasonable. ... This character won the crowd over quickly and it was an instant success. ... In fact, one of the first things he did as the new ruler of England was make a list of the best actors in England and form an acting company. ...

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And they have often been accused of distorting or altering facts and characters-(Schlitt). ... "Primarily, it is a fictional love story; Romeo and Juliet on the sea. ... Titanic has been criticized because Winslet's character would never have been so educated in modern art, so interested in spitting. ... We can find rich and poor characters with whom we genuinely sympathize, as well as those whom we despise. ... "But any cerebral problems this movie might pose are literally drowned with Leonardo DiCaprio's character Jack-(Susan King). ...

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Among titles such as Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, it is apparent why this book has a little more of a home on the list than other titles. ... Stories are born from characters and settings woven together to form their own worlds and no matter how many similarities such a world bears to reality, it is still a world of its own. ... They may bend that perspective and world to make it coincide with their story and characters. ... All this being true, then no book belongs on the banned book list, least of all Lolita. ...

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