William Shakespeare's masterwork, "Romeo and Juliet," is unabashedly a tragedy. ... Here, even before the play has properly began, it is stated that it's going to be a tragedy because of the deaths of the two main characters of the play, Romeo and Juliet. ... As a result of this rash act, Romeo is then banished from Verona by the prince. ... "Unfortunately, Juliet wakes up too late, and awakes to find her Romeo dead. ... "I wholeheartedly believe that if both families had listened to Prince Escalus at the beginning of the play many of the characters would not have had to suffer as mu...

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The Women of Shakespeare Women in Shakespeare's plays were not of importance, compared to the male characters. ... In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. She fell in love with Romeo Montague, the enemy. ... By waking up, Juliet finds out that Romeo died and decided to end her life to be with her Romeo. ... Juliet died because she loved Romeo. ...

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The opening scenes of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film and Zeffirelli's 1968 film are treated very differently. ... The twist on the setting gives a new look on the popular romeo and Juliet. ... A common theme used in both movies is a low shot used at important characters to make them look more powerful. ... Luhrmann is very bold with his music using different music for different character, if not done right this could sound very messy but Luhrmann pulls it of and it adds a nice touch to the movie. ... Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is a world re...

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Throughout the play "Romeo and Juliet," there is an obvious power struggle between the Capulets and the Montagues. ... Romeo, belonging to the Montagues, and Juliet, a Capulet, have an accidental run in at a party that leads to the two young characters falling in love. ... This depiction of the colors clearly segregates the families and allows us to clearly associate the characters to the side they are fighting for. ... We can also see why Romeo and Juliet's love is so complex and intense. ... The way we depict the characters are mostly up to our own minds because Shakespeare gives very ...

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This quote describes the thoughts going through Romeo's head with an uncanny similarness. ... Romeo displays his impulsiveness, a primary character trait which is only intensified by his passionate response to finding love, throughout the entire play. Romeo's recklessness is introduced early on in the play. ... Even the play's most explicit plot elements reveal that Romeo is an impulsive and unpredictable character. ... Romeo excited nature is decimated when Belthasar tells Romeo of Juliet's death and his intentions from that point on are shown in this line: "Is it e...

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In Romeo's part, Romeo finds out the truth about Juliet's family background and declares, "O dear account! ... Juliet is already making plans to kill herself if Romeo is already married while just before that, Romeo is already putting Juliet in the life of his hands. ... Just two scenes after Juliet's secret marriage to Romeo, Juliet is idolizing Romeo as some sort of God, "Come night, come Romeo, come thou day in night, for thou wilt lie upon the wings of night, whiter than new snow upon a raven's back"" (3.2.17-19). One scene later, Romeo idolizes Juliet in the same manne...

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Misunderstanding and wrong decisions are factors that caused the end of characters' lives, and also characters are dead because they are loyal to their families. ... Secondly, characters in the play and the novel are dead because of misapprehensions and impetuous decisions. ... Most importantly, these two characters care too much about family's reputation. ... He always fight with characters if they say anything bad about his family. ... In conclusion, immoderate love and impetuous decisions result in deaths of many characters in the play Romeo and Juliet and the novel the Story of t...

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In act 3 scene 2 and 3 we see Juliet and then Romeo reacting to the fact that Romeo has been vanished from Verona instead of the expected death sentence. ... Romeo and Juliet's reaction to the big news of Romeo banishment is quite different. ... " Juliet thanks god that Romeo is alive. ... He tells Romeo to hide where Nurse comes knocking on the door to get Romeo to see Juliet. My third comparison is kind of a prediction to what I think is going to happen in the next scene to each character. ...

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I will look at how Shakespeare has created characters and comment on the action of the play and how Shakespeare has used dramatic devices and structures. ... An example of this theme is when Romeo and Juliet are described as, 'a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life'. ... Romeo's mixed feelings for Rosaline, and how it always leads to new doors. ... Shakespeare uses oxymoron when describing Romeo's sadness. ... It seems that Shakespeare often uses oxymoron when characters talk about love, again to indicate mixed opinions and emotions. ...

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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. ... This is a result of love at first sight which is also present when Romeo first meets Juliet. ... Shakespeare demonstrates the shallowness of courtly love mainly through Claudio and Hero, who are the central characters of the main plot. ...

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However, once she meets Romeo she begins to make her own decisions, which happen to be all the wrong ones. ... "(Barnes) In the end everything catches up with her, the decision to sneak around with Romeo without regard for any of the consequences kills them both. Romeo gets banished and Juliet fakes her own death, which hurts everyone around her again illustrating her immaturity. Romeo finds her dead then kills himself, and when she wakes up and sees him dead then she kills herself. ... " This clearly shows that even the other characters think of Ophelia as nothing more than a child,...

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