Fate plays a controlling role leading up to the tragedy of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, and acts as an instrument of providence throughout the play. ... These series of expressions represented the predetermined fate that Romeo and Juliet were set out to experience during the course of the play. Many instances in the play reveal that the love of Romeo and Juliet would end in death. ... Friar Lawrence had two chances to deliver the message to Romeo regarding Juliet's present state. ... Shakespeare communicates the extreme power of fate during the course of the tragic play, Romeo and J...

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The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy in the year 1595 the story was written by a man called William Shakespeare. ... Romeo refuses to fight because he has married Juliet. ... After the fight everything was different for Romeo and Juliet the fight had changed everything for them, up until the fight everything was going well for both but now that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt dead Juliet has lost 2 close people that she loved very much on the same day that night Juliet had grieved Tybalt's death and the fact that Romeo was banished. ... Unaware that Juliet had wept tha...

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Fate plays a chief role in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight while Romeo is crashing her party. ... The Friar Lawrence was suppose to send a message to Romeo telling him the entire plan, but sadly Romeo gets a wrong interpretation of the letter, and is the first to find Juliet and believes she is dead, so he commits suicide. Juliet wakes up early only to find Romeo dead. ... William Shakespeare wrote one of the most influential plays ever, when he sat down to write, "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet." ...

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In the tragic play, William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, the last words uttered by the prince, " some shall be pardon"d and some punished ", left the unanswered question of who will be pardoned and who punished. ... 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. ... Their hate for each other prevented Romeo and Juliet to love each other freely and therefore became a...

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" Romeo and Juliet". ... More fate was enforced when the message from Friar Lawrence regarding the fake death of Juliet did not get through to her anxious husband. ... ", 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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Romeo acts immaturely in the play, as he never considers the consequences of his actions. ... Also, Juliet could have explained to her family about her marriage to Romeo, accepted the consequences and then there would be no need for the fateful message. ... Romeo does change in his speech as the play goes on, this is to show he is genuine about his love for Juliet. ... Juliet's choices play a large part in deciding their end. ... When Juliet chooses to drink the potion and not go with Romeo and leave Verona she makes a way for chance to come into play. ...

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Juliet is the protagonist of the play. ... Juliet is cunning and sometimes plain dishonest with her parents throughout the play. ... In her relationship with Romeo, Juliet is childish at times. ... Juliet asks Romeo, "Dost thou love me? ... After talking to Romeo in the town, the Nurse returns to Juliet to deliver a message. ...

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He is talking to himself about the beautiful Juliet, and then Juliet starts to talk about her love for Romeo. ... Juliet starts to question Romeo about how he got there, but Romeo's answers are not practical. ... When his friends finally leave Romeo is polite to the Nurse, and tells her the message to give Juliet. ... Finally the Nurse stops playing games and tells her what Romeo has told her. ... As the wedding is going on, Romeo and Juliet do not seem serious. ...

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No matter how the play is interpreted, however, the themes of the play remain intact. ... Romeo and Juliet is the ultimate tale of love that is too great to bear. ... Just about every type of genre has a film version of Romeo and Juliet. Some film versions, such as Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation entitled Romeo and Juliet, are just a basic interpretation of the Shakespeare original play. ... The lift signifies their isolation from the whole party, as before Romeo was chasing Juliet all over the ballroom trying to get his message across, but Juliet was still walking away. ...

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I have forever had a fascination with the Shakespearian play ""Romeo and Juliet"". ... I used my knowledge of the techniques and factors that were relevant during Elizabethan times and which Shakespeare included in ""Romeo and Juliet"" to develop a modern transformation of the play, the film ""Romeo Must Die"". ... However in ""Romeo and Juliet"" violence is played out only as a result of a deep hatred and rage, i.e.: when Romeo kills Tybalt; or in the case of Capulet becoming dominatingly violent with Juliet, it is played out to depict the social authority of man. ... In both these scenes the...

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The 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, provides viewers with the same theatrical influence as the original play. ... There are several scenes in which Luhrmann incorporates water as a means to show the innocence, love, and passion of Romeo and Juliet. ... For the leading roles in, "Romeo + Juliet," Luhrmann invited two young American entertainers, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. ... It was as simple as that," ("Production Notes: Romeo and Juliet"). ... He speaks as if they really are his words and that's something you don't always get i...

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In Baz Luhrman's production of Romeo and Juliet many filming style techniques have been used. ... As a Shakespearean play, dialogue is the most important of these, as in the Prologue. ... The "Montague Boyz" played rock music and the "Capulet Boyz" played something of an instrumental on a guitar. ... Franco Zefferelli's production of Romeo and Juliet is both realistic and traditional. ... The only time we hear them is at the beginning, at the time of the prologue, and when Romeo first enters. ...

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