Romeo and Juliet were born and destined to fall in love and then die.Their families ensiled this fate through the feud they withheld with one another. This story ends in a tragedy, unlike many others with makes it distinguishable and why it is also so well known, this isn't a love story, but a story of violence and tragedy.Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to portray Romeo and Juliet's fate which helps the reader understand the plot points that are to appear. ... This further emphasises that the two lovers (Romeo and Juliet) are bound together by fate and foreshadows the death they hav...

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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). ... In Romeo and Juliet, dreams and premonitions are also a recurring motif throughout the play. ... When Romeo goes to visit the Friar in Act II, he has been up all night visiting with Juliet and the Friar sees that he is unrested. ... Romeo and Juliet love has also started them on a course where peaceful night time slumber will be a thing of the past. Romeo's second...

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He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. ... Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead. ... Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he kills himself when he believes that the object of his love, Juliet, has died. ... Rosaline, of course, slips from Romeo's mind at first sight of Juliet. ... One must ascribe Romeo's development at least in part to Juliet. ...

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