All of the events surround characters from both the Montague and Capulet families. ... Shakespeare made her character a mere thirteen years old, but she acts mature beyond her years. ... She acts as the protagonist of the play because she is the main character that the audience watches while she matures and people want her to be content. ... We would feel sympathy for any character in this type of predicament. ... In Romeo and Juliet, fate is the biggest force opposing Romeo and Juliet. ...

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After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have a better understanding of the characters then when we are first introduced to them. Juliet Capulet, who is one of the main characters, is placed in a cruel and vicious adult world.   ... Without thinking twice she killed herself, so she could be with Romeo. ... Transformations occuring amongst characters and their relationships with one another and the tone of the play are revealed in this scene.   ... Not long after Juliet meets Romeo, her mother calls her. ...

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Romeo and Juliet! ... "Romeo till I behold him dead- 3. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead- Romeo and Juliet imagine Romeo dead in a tomb. ... Clearly Shakespeare wants his characters and audience in the play to believe in fate by the way most of his characters believe in the fate theory and live their lives to it. It is a big element to both the characters and the audience throughout the whole play. ...

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Obviously, this is the form of this emotion shown by the two main lovers, Romeo and Juliet. ... This is most clear as Romeo first sets eyes on Juliet. ... Shakespeare's use of language, especially through Romeo's response to Juliet, is particularly effective, as it shows and demonstrates many different aspects of love and desire, as well as showing the true effect on Romeo himself. ... Romeo immediately starts to ponder whether these emotions are, as it were, the "real thing". ... For example, as well as through character's attitudes, he also does this with the input of useful i...

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Yet character influences feature just as much. ... Not forgetting the fact that certain characters play significant parts in the consequences of events. ... "Which, but their children's end, nought could remove" This, along with the first line: are the first mentions of the two families This sense of fate also seems to show that key events that occur in the play are planned regardless of what the characters say or do. ... bumps into Romeo and asks him to help not realising Romeo is a Montague. ... "O Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo? ...

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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. ... The first meeting of Juliet and Romeo is very passionate and dramatic. The audience see a difference in Juliet's character. ... She does not know that Romeo is a Montague but the audience does. ... Her character is beginning to change. ...

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The two main characters met in an incidental situation where Trish requires Hans's help and there is very little passion, which is the complete opposite to the meeting of Romeo and Juliet. In ""Romeo Must Die"" the characters take control of their own destiny, reflecting the changed value that is placed upon fate in society today, as independence is a more greatly valued aspect of life. ... This entices the audience to become captured in the journey of these characters. ... I have used many of the original characters from "Romeo and Juliet" in my film and simply modified them to make t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Romeo and Juliet, and in Walpole's novel, all of the characters suffer the consequences of paternal transgressions, but for Juliet and Matilda, the consequences of their fathers' mistakes are fatal" (15). ... ROMEO: I dream'd a dream to-night. ... ROMEO: Well, what was yours? ... ROMEO: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. ... It also shows us the character of Romeo as a romantic youth. ...

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• Grade Level: High School