TheFriar believes that Juliet and Romeo's love is temporary and advises Romeo"Wisely and slow. ... The characters individually show immaturity and together demonstrate how ignorance of the world effects more than just their own lives. ... Juliet is Independent, Courageous, and Heroic in Romeo and Juliet After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have abetter understanding of the characters then when we are first introducedto them. Juliet Capulet, who is one of the main characters, is placed in acruel and vicious adult world. ... Love and Hate in Romeo and Juli...

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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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Romeo and Juliet is the ultimate tale of love that is too great to bear. ... It uniquely combines modern day setting and characters withtheoriginallanguage. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are transformed into young Miami teenagers of the nineties. ... As we see Romeo and Juliet see each other through the tank, there is a lot of focus on the eyes of the two characters, this makes us feel closer to the characters, the fish tank is the only separation between the two making contact, even though their faces are distorted, this doesn't change the fact that they may have fallen in...

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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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Romeo appears. ... Romeo flees from the scene. ... Analysis of Major Characters Romeo The name Romeo, in popular culture, has become nearly synonymous with "lover."" ... The power of Romeo's love, however, often obscures a clear vision of Romeo's character, which is far more complex. ... Such extreme behavior dominates Romeo's character throughout the play and contributes to the ultimate tragedy that befalls the lovers. ...

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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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(thinkquest.com 1-3) Throughout the play there are many references to the gender and sex roles of the characters. As described in the critical essay by Shirley Nelson Garner, the dominating male power and strange sex roles of the characters is fluent throughout the play. ...

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His first work that was written for a ballet was the Overture to Romeo and Juliet. ... In 1870, Tchaikovsky worked with Mily Balakirev to rewrite Romeo and Juliet and the worked on it again in 1879 also. ...

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Besides feminism and friendship (which will be dealt with later), the film also shows the "efforts of the two central characters to free themselves from the past- (Pratt, 2001: 29). ... The main characters in both films are women who each personify a certain quality of the female attitude. ...

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Even if pupils use the same setting and style that Luhrmann uses for his 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, when it comes to pupils considering their own adaptation they must be guided to justify their own decisions. The justification process shows pupils' understanding of the play and by applying a level of consideration of how the play should be set, what emotions the characters are feeling displaying keeps them related to the play and once again they have a sense of ownership and are engaged. ...

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Othello is a fundamentally different character to all others in the play [1]. ... This brings together the idea of Venice and the character of Othello himself, but this superior, sneering view of Othello needed a better range of quotations. ... Quite understandably the candidate has concentrated on the characters, but there needed to be some precise statements about Venice itself. ... He uses Roderigo, Brabantio, and just about every other character in the play to attain his goal of ruining Othello. ... You have to think about the relationships that existed betweeen all the characters. ...

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In brief, both chapters deal with symbols found in characters, settings, objects and some proper nouns. ... While reading 'Rappaccini's Daughter' one notices many symbols through characters, objects and settings. ... Through this character, the author shows the evil of the exaggerated use of science as a warning not to go beyond Nature's limits. ... The evil nature of this character is stressed by his association with the black colour in the story, first, when Giovanni sees him in the poisonous garden "dressed in a scholar's garb of black" (Hawthorne: p8),...

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