Another theme that Shakespeare uses in the play is hatred. ... The themes of death and violence also enter into Romeo and Juliet, and are always connected to the themes of love and hatred. ... These are themes that still apply today. ... Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins 1961 West Side Story is one such version. ... Even though the presentation of the play is very unconventional, it still accurately portrays the themes of the original version, because it does not change the story at all. ...

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People may well think of Romeo and Juliet to be "the greatest love story ever told", due to their rather vague knowledge of the passion shared by the two main lovers. ... /Prodigious birth of love it is to me, /That I must love a loathed enemy." ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... In contrast, though, there is also the recurring theme of dark imagery. ... "Nurse, come back again, /I have remembered me, thou's hear our counsel." ...

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When Juliet refuses to do soCapulet threatens to disown her. "...you shall not house with me." ... Capulet will only forgive her if she will consent to herfather's decision "...I'll give you to my friend.... Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word.... "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. . . ... Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife shall play umpire. . ." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The themes of the play are dreams and reality, love and magic. ... This is seen in everyday life, women give up their wants to make their men happy. ... In this area, legends, myths, and impossible stories originate. ... The fairies bring the stories to you from the East. ... (McIntosh 3) " four happy days bring in another moon: but, O, me thinks, how slow. ...

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However, if one man can so exquisitely write fictional stories about love and still include a controversial issue in them, then where do we draw the line between fact and fiction? ... The first quatrain introduces the theme with the image of reflected beauty, "Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest" (ll. 1). ... Shakespeare is also once again reminding the audience that her mother had hoped to achieve a sense of immortality by giving birth to her. ... The speaker is giving his beloved an ultimatum as it were. ... With this the speaker is able to accomplish what can only dream of;...

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• Grade Level: High School