(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, sc. ... Juliet as well is consumed with the love she has for Romeo. ... (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, sc. ... The role of Juliet, and other young female characters, were commonly played by young boys before they hit puberty when their voice and body began to change. ... He , or an actor from the play, would give the epilogue as the closing maybe to tell a little bit about the future of the characters. ...

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For instance, in the original play, while fighting, the characters use swords, although, the modern version used guns. ... In the modern version, the director has Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, Old Montague, and Lady Montague characters use first name. ... When watching this and knowing how the play should truly go, the characters in the modern version look foolish speaking as if they were in earlier times and acting in modern settings. ... A classic such as Romeo and Juliet should be given the credit it deserves. ... She is with Romeo and they both eventually end up in the pool. ...

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The characters that operate in this world are all obsessed with getting rich and becoming famous off of William Shakespeare's new play. The nature of these characters is of desperation and greed because each wants or needs to gain something from this play, but are unaware of the power and emotion that this play will have on them. ... The audience should also be able to recognize close parallelism between the movie and the play, being that both characters are in love and are separated by the forces of wealth, power, and nobility. ... This theatrical event was very rich with depth and qu...

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This movie presents a hypothesis of how the Romeo and Juliet came to be. ... This movie is a comedy because no one dies; all the main characters live throughout the entire movie. The only character that did perish was Christopher Marlowe, but he was not a main character even though he was Shakespeare's competition as a playwright. This was a comedy with an ironic ending, both Will and Viola (like Romeo and Juliet) learn that their love cannot be because of society and they are forced apart, but unlike Romeo and Juliet they both live and there is a hint in the end that there could be a ...

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Some examples of common tragedies are Romeo and Juliet and Antigone. ... In Romeo and Juliet the chorus serves all of these three purposes in the prologue at the beginning of the play. ... This will applies to Romeo and Juliet because Lord Capulet is considered the tragic hero. ... Then he reverses what he can after Juliet killed herself along with Romeo and ends the family feud by putting up a statue of Romeo and Juliet, making him the tragic hero that went through discovery and reversal. ... Therefore since both characters each play went through the "discovery and reversal "stage, they are t...

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Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting cut with a poison tipped sword. ... In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. ... In Romeo and Juliet, although both die, they end the feud between the Capulets and the Montegues. Also, Romeo and Juliet can be together in heaven. ...

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Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting cut with a poison tipped sword. ... In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. ... In Romeo and Juliet, although both die, they end the feud between the Capulets and the Montegues. Also, Romeo and Juliet can be together in heaven. ...

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He struggled with becoming the character and using the playwright's intent. ... The young actor furthered his career in such plays as, Henry the VI (c.1590), Titus Andronicus (c.1593) Romeo and Juliet (c.1594). With these plays, he took on the more challenging role of playing a leading character. ... It was then an actors" job to bring the characters and script to life. ...

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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. ... Shakespeare's portrayal of both minor as well as major characters in all of his plays is intricate and inclusive. ... Such detailed development in terms of plot and character has so far not been rivaled. ...

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