Most of the time authors use oxymorons to express the conflict in their character's hearts. ... Juliet says Romeo has a serpent's heart. ... She calls Romeo a dragon with a fair cave. ... Juliet is comparing Romeo to an angel. ... In Macbeth Shakespeare uses a hell-kite instead of a raven to express the same emotions that Juliet is having with another character, Macduff. ...
Were the young characters the masters of their own destinies or were they victims of fate? ... Yet, there is another interpretation, which arises from the soliloquies of both Romeo and Juliet, considering each love independently - that Romeo is a lover of the first definition, enamored, and that Juliet and her love for Romeo are best described by the baser classification. ... In contrast, Romeo's love is much different. In Act II, Scene II, Romeo equates love with Juliet. ... If love were Romeo, then she lies; for she has both married and loved him in this sense. ...
Are Romeo and Juliet really in love? ... At any time, Romeo could see another girl, and fall instantly "in love" with her. Romeo's character is not ready for love and does not know how to read his own feelings and think about them. ... Romeo's love is fake and quick, and his feelings about Juliet are not sincere. By a double suicide, Romeo and Juliet confirm that their love is unstable and premature. ...
Many characters in the play show an extrusive amount of love towards another character. One character that expresses their true love for Juliet, in a variety of ways, is Romeo. ... Juliet also reveals how much love she has for Romeo in the scene where Juliet is in her chamber on her balcony and starts off by saying, "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" ... Each of the characters (Romeo and Juliet) shows an unbelievable amount of love for one another. ...
Many characters in the play show an extrusive amount of love towards another character. One character that expresses their true love for Juliet, in a variety of ways, is Romeo. ... Juliet also reveals how much love she has for Romeo in the scene where Juliet is in her chamber on her balcony and starts off by saying, "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" ... Each of the characters (Romeo and Juliet) shows an unbelievable amount of love for one another. ...
I loved the plot of the story because it was like a modern Romeo and Juliet. ... I loved the characters in the story because they all were interesting and unique in their own way. I liked the way the author used the characters to deal with delicate issues such as love, and friendship. I liked the way she kept me interested in the characters while also dealing with more serious issues such as violence and gangs. Each character's name was fitting, Romiette and Julio, ironically lovers as in Romeo and Juliet, and Destiny the psychic always predicting someone else's "destiny." ...
Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two "star-cross'd lovers', Romeo and Juliet, who are forbidden to love, due to their families' long standing feud. ... Rosaline is not an active character, but through her descriptions we can perceive her as cold and heartless, as she rejects Romeo so thoughtlessly. This positions readers to sympathise with Romeo and to dislike Rosaline, who crushes Romeo's sensitive heart, shirking his passionate emotions. ... The friar is also familiar with Romeo's laments, as he knows who is in Romeo's company. ... Familial love cause th...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo is based on a real life story that takes place in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1990's. ... They are known as the Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo because their love and plans were shot down by the hatred of their religion. ... We get to know the characters opinions and feelings making it easier for us to understand the situation. ... The emotions are shown to us from real characters making the images more vivid. ... Also, knowing for ourselves the ending we sympathize with the characters, making a mark in our memory. ...
The characters are not tormented by the "dissonance between personal satisfaction and the suffering one shares with others... A Farewell to Arms is a Romeo and Juliet. ... Wilson points out that Hemingway did not show any solid sense of character during the book. ...
