Romeo and Juliet are doomed to tragedy as soon as the play begins. ... "The fearful passage of their death marked love" (Prologue, line 9) Both of these quotes show us that fate will be the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. ... The fact that Romeo was wearing a mask stopped Juliet from seeing who he was. ... But the most important example of fate in the play is when Juliet takes the poison, but Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo is left unsent. ... However, the death of Romeo and Juliet is what ultimately ends the grudge. ...

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The feud between the Montague's and Capulets caused the lovers to rush many important decisions. ... This also causes tragedy as Romeo does suicide to be with Juliet and Juliet follows his footsteps. ... Romeo Montague is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo rushed important decisions (to love Juliet, to marry her) which shows their impatience. ... In the same quote as above he shows impulsiveness when he says, "Here's to my love [Drinks] O true apothecary! ...

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This quote describes the thoughts going through Romeo's head with an uncanny similarness. ... In "Romeo and Juliet," William Shakespeare proposes that love and desire control much of human lives. ... Romeo's rapidly degrading judgement is a result of his love for Juliet and Rosaline. Juliet's willingness to kill herself is the last example that Shakespeare uses to explain how love controls many of the important decisions of life. Juliet's willingness to do anything is expressed in the quote: "O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris / From off the battlements of yonder towe...

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This meager, seemingly unimportant word plays a significant role in Shakespeare's most well known piece Romeo and Juliet. ... Many of the most well known quotes from Romeo and Juliet involve some aspect of how fate controls their actions. ... Romeo and Juliet are also aware of what role fate plays and mention it quite often. ... If Romeo and Juliet had free will the play would have drastically changed. ... Fate decides our decisions just as it does in Romeo and Juliet. ...

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Thus, deaths in the play Romeo and Juliet and the novel the Story of the Stone are mainly caused by excessive love and impulsive actions. ... These two couples, Romeo and Juliet, Daiyu and Baoyu all have tragic ends. ... Paris doesn't notice that Romeo is willing to suicide because of Juliet's death, he mistakenly assumes that Romeo is going to do something bad. ... Paris' death is mainly caused by miscommunication, he dies because he doesn't understand Romeo's quotes clearly. ... Most importantly, these two characters care too much about family's reputation. ...

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Bad Family The play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet portrays two families that are extraordinarily similar. ... One such important statement is made by Juliet. ... In the preceding quote a hurdle is the sled that prisoners were taken to their executions on. ... Tybalt kills Mercutio while Romeo attempts to stop the fight. ... The two families in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are quite similar. ...

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In Baz Luhrman's production of Romeo and Juliet many filming style techniques have been used. ... This is a very important factor. ... Pictures and quotes, that have modernised and turned into newspaper headlines, flash across the screen. ... Sound effects are important because they range from a car revving to a gunshot. ... Franco Zefferelli's production of Romeo and Juliet is both realistic and traditional. ...

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Comparison of film to playwright in Romeo and Juliet The Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, was written in a time period that differs greatly from today. ... Due to the growing mental gap between the youth of today and the Shakespearean dialect, director Baz Luhrmann creates the modern day film version of Romeo and Juliet. ... The textual version of Romeo and Juliet is altered to give a new understanding to the modern world via the film version; mainly in the opening scene through use of modern scenery, language, and armory. ... For an example of slang that Shakespeare uses in the o...

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