In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. ... This is especially important when dealing with love, as in Romeo and Juliet'. ... Romeo and Juliet themselves are portrayed as being different, more innocent and pure. ... Juliet is meant to be accompanying Paris and Romeo would be killed if discovered. ... The audience will be aware of this and immediately single out Romeo and Juliet's relationship as interesting. ...

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There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Rosaline, Romeo's initial unrequited love seemed irrelevant once Romeo had set his eyes upon Juliet. ... Upon seeing Juliet all alone, talking in soliloquy, Romeo proclaims, "It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun," this metaphor enhances Juliet's beauty as it is exaggerated and pronounced as the beauty of the sun. ... Similarly in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo was willing to risk everything he had, just to be with Juliet. ... However, everyone is expected to take those chances in life much like the charac...

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If I had to look at the performance continuum, I could easily break down the theatrical performance created here in "Shakespeare in Love" and also of the performance of "Romeo and Juliet". ... The movie can be considered extraordinary because of the setting and the close parallel that it plays with the performance of "Romeo and Juliet". This movie creates an extraordinary theatrical performance of "Romeo and Juliet", because all of the parts of the play are played by men, there are no elaborate scene changes except for those created by the narrator in the imagination of the audience, and the d...

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When Romeo kisses her, Juliet says she has received the sin he has "purged- from himself. ... Although we are fully aware of Juliet's feelings for Romeo at the end of the first act, Romeo is now totally besotted by Juliet. ... Romeo sees Juliet come through the window and starts to deliver a soliloquy. ... This is the point that at which Romeo shows himself, much to Juliet's surprise. ... The final scene in which we see Romeo and Juliet together, the roles seem reversed, Romeo is now more practical whilst Juliet appears more carefree. ...

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In the plays Othello, Antigone, and Romeo and Juliet, love leads to the downfall of each of the tragic heroes. ... Romeo does not receive this message in time and when he hears that Juliet is dead he goes to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. ... When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes up to find Romeo's corpse. Juliet then stabs herself with Romeo's dagger. ... Romeo and Juliet are both in love with the idea of being in love. ...

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As a little girl growing up, I spent a lot of time with a Hispanic lady because my mother worked all the time. She was like a grandmother to me. I loved to hear her speak of her late husband and how much she loved him. Her voice would change when she spoke of him. She described how she would sit and...

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