Romeo and Juliet "Discuss how Shakespeare represents Romeo and Juliet as a pair of "star crossed lovers" during the course of the play" During the course of Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as a pair of "star crossed lovers", which means literally against the stars and the lovers incapability to change their tragic fate, which can be expressed as the inevitable events predestined by a supposed force. ... Many instances in the play reveal that the love of Romeo and Juliet would end in death. ... This prefigures that ...

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From the beginning he did the best for Romeo, Juliet and both families. ... Later, when Romeo was banished and Juliet suicidal, the friar gave Juliet the death potion because he had faith that it would allow Romeo and Juliet to be together. ... She did the best for Juliet and even passed Romeo's message about the marriage on to Juliet. ... She also believes that maybe Juliet will never see Romeo alive again. ... They loved their children Romeo and Juliet....

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" Romeo and Juliet". ... It is inevitable that fate was a supplement to this colourless ending, as it was witnessed when the meeting of Romeo and Juliet took place, for young Romeo was not supposed to attend the Capulet ball. ... ", are the words spoken by the Friar to Juliet after learning of Romeo's punishment. ... However, the death of Romeo and Juliet cannot be placed on the shoulders of those around them alone. ... Romeo's character also resembled that of Juliet's. ...

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The exception is Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet seem alive. ... The harsh portrayal of Juliet's parents in the film leads the audience to sympathize entirely with Romeo and Juliet. In contrast, in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the opposite was the case and Romeo and Juliet would have been seen as very disobedient to their parents. ... Juliet and Romeo are completely besotted with each other. ...

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of character in which the lovers are punished for their reckless passion. ... Before the banishment, Romeo flees to his advisor Friar Lawrence; there Juliet's nurse finds him and persuades him to seek Juliet. ... Another famous balcony quote is when Juliet proclaimed, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... Juliet's father, old Capulet, forbade Juliet to have any sort of relations with Romeo. ... Romeo and Juliet were two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction. ...

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Perhaps the best use of fate in a literary work is in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. ... Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers, ended up becoming a large part of what could be called fate. ... A large part of the beliefs for both Romeo and Juliet involve fate. ... Romeo and Juliet throughout the play have dreams or visions of their deaths. ... In the case of Romeo and Juliet, it showed them what was going to happen, not exactly what would take place on that night, but it did show them both that Romeo would die. ...

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The famous love story of "Romeo and Juliet" is a perfect example. ... However the Friar believed that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet would help the bad blood. ... After Romeo was banished from Verona, Juliet had come to a crossroads. ... He left an emotional and vulnerable Juliet in the tomb, by herself, with Romeo's dagger. ... Without the Friar's influence, the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet would not have transpired....

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Romeo also describes Juliet as a Holy shrine. ... In act 2 scene 2, Romeo and Juliet decide to marry each other. ... Romeo was just using his imagination on describing Roslaine, but Romeo has seen Juliet in reality that's why Romeo has better feelings for Juliet. ... When Romeo arrives in Juliet's tomb he Is feeling very sad because he thinks that Juliet is dead. ... Romeo opens up the tomb and sees Juliet. ...

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Romeo and Juliet Coursework Lord Capulet Calls Juliet "my headstrong" (4.ii.16). ... Juliet's strength is first shown when her and Romeo initially meet. Romeo tries to seduce Juliet but she is not taken in so easily. ... (1.v.106) Juliet is talking about the "sin" from Romeo's lips. ... "For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo" ...

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In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. ... That shows us how treacherous and devious Juliet had to be to be with her Romeo. ... By waking up, Juliet finds out that Romeo died and decided to end her life to be with her Romeo. ... It was not the wrong thing to do because again, Juliet must be with her Romeo. ... Juliet died because she loved Romeo. ...

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This is exactly what happens in William Shakespeare's tragic romance, "Romeo and Juliet." ... Firstly, Romeo and Juliet follows a structure similar to that of a sonnet: there is a volta at Act III Scene I where Mercutio and Tybalt are killed. ... To begin with, Romeo and Juliet are blinded by their love for each other because of Cupid, whose, as Romeo states, "view is muffled still, " (1.1.176). ... Cupid represents love, and excessive amounts of it were why Romeo and Juliet get married. ... As Prince Escalus once said, "never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo"" ...

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Romeo and Juliet What does the audience learn about the four characters Tybalt, Capulet, Romeo and Juliet from what they say and do in this scene? ... This shows how Romeo feels about Juliet just by looking at her. ... The next movement is between Romeo and Juliet with their first encouters of each other. Romeo begins to chat Juliet and flirt with her alot. ... Close to the end of the scene Romeo finds out that Juliets mother is Lday Capulets. ...

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In Romeo and Juliet its fate that that stops Romeo and Juliet living like an ordinary couple. ... It was also fate that led to Romeo returning to where Juliet supposedly lay dead. ... Love can sometimes be a weakness as Romeo and Juliet discovered this. ... In Romeo and Juliet its fate that that stops Romeo and Juliet living like an ordinary couple. ... Love can sometimes be a weakness as Romeo and Juliet discovered this. ...

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Now Romeo is running off to see Juliet again. ... When Juliet appears Romeo says. ... Juliet becomes concerned about Romeo and says. ... Tassel-gentle means a bird of princes showing the respect Juliet has for Romeo Romeo calls Juliet "a niesse", which tells the audience what Romeo thinks about Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet plan the time of meeting. ...

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(Romeo and Juliet, Act 1.1). ... (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2.2). ... Individuals commonly chose marriage partners based on what was best for their family, not out of some sense of true love," like Romeo and Juliet (Farrell, Love, Death and Patriarchy in Romeo and Juliet). ... (Romeo and Juliet, Act 1.3). ... In Romeo and Juliet, the fighting between two characters, such as that between Romeo and Tybalt, can be considered a duel. ...

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What makes Baz Luhrmann's film of Romeo and Juliet a memorable film? ... Instant pure love is what Romeo and Juliet have and always will have. ... Where Tybalt represents hate Romeo and Juliet represent love. ... Both Romeo and Juliet dream of death. ... There are close ups on both Romeo and Juliet's eyes. ...

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Romeo and Juliet have attained the role as the quintessential lovers, and the noun, "a Romeo," is synonymous with " lover." Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is closely based on Arthur Brooke's tale, The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet. ... At the dawn of Romeo and Juliet, Capulet's cohorts harass Montague's. ... At the Capulet ball in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, all of the characters speak in blank verse, but when Romeo and Juliet converse, they speak in sonnet form. ... Identical to Romeo and Juliet, love is their sole concern. ...

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Love is a major theme within Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Capulet, in treating Juliet as a mere possession when he forces her to marry Count Paris, also starts off the chain of events that ultimately lead to the tragic demise of Romeo and Juliet. ... Originating with kinship love, Juliet evolves in the presence of Romeo and develops a romantic, true love. ... However he abandons Juliet in her time of most need - at the end when she discovers Romeo is dead. ... Compared with Romeo's grief and final speech to Juliet Paris seems artificial. ...

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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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Throughout the play "Romeo and Juliet," there is an obvious power struggle between the Capulets and the Montagues. ... Romeo + Juliet also continuously pictures the two families in completely different types of settings. ... One scene in particular, is when the Capulets have the large party in the beginning of the movie where Romeo and Juliet actually met. ... We can also see why Romeo and Juliet's love is so complex and intense. ... So when Romeo and Juliet fall in love, we too can feel the uneasiness that the families themselves feel about it. ...

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The actors in the 1996 remake of Romeo and Juliet are not conservatively dressed. ... Romeo first lays eyes on Juliet when she is on the dance floor dancing in between two men. ... Juliet, as she graciously dances, notices Romeo and their eyes truly make a connection. ... I found Luhrman's initial meeting between Romeo and Juliet to be rated "R." Romeo and Juliet, just as in Zeffereli's film, meet at the Capulet party. ...

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William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. ... Sonnets usually consist of 14 lines, the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" follows this structure. ... I also think the he chose to use a sonnet is because Romeo and Juliet is about love and this is what sonnets were used for. ... The word civil has several meanings, firstly it means to be civilized, to be nice to one another which shows Romeo and Juliets feeling towards one another. ... Overall I think that that the prologue for "Romeo and Juliet" outlines the storyline very well for the audie...

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Tybalt heard the words spoken by Romeo of Juliet that night, and wanted more than anything, to kill him. ... Romeo's love for Juliet, as well as Mercutio, is much stronger than Tybalt's hatred for him and his family. ... Friends and family of Romeo and Juliet cause this tragedy because they never know of the recent and current events. ... Mercutio does not know what is going on with Romeo and Juliet, and that Romeo is now related to Tybalt. ... Romeo and Juliet could have taught them all something very valuable. ...

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A pair of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. ... How did Romeo and Juliet meet? ... (Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5,Line 114-119) And when he heard of Juliet's death. ... (Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene I, Line 24). ... He married Romeo and Juliet without the consent of Juliet's father. ...

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In 'Romeo and Juliet' William Shakespeare writes about different types of conflict, and how the conflict affects those around it. ... This seems to put a black feeling on to the meeting of Romeo and Juliet which happens as soon as he has spoken. ... After Romeo and Juliet's deaths, their fathers agree to drop the feud. ... We see this type of futility in Act 3 Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'. ... 'Romeo and Juliet', is possibly one of the most predictable pieces of work of all time. ...

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