William Shakespeare's masterwork, "Romeo and Juliet," is unabashedly a tragedy. ... For example, when Romeo and Juliet first meet each other in act two, they are immediately intrigued by one another. ... Obviously, this adds more complications to Romeo and Juliet's already troubled relationship. ... "Unfortunately, Juliet wakes up too late, and awakes to find her Romeo dead. ... In my opinion, one of the main reasons for the theme of tragedy throughout this play has to be Romeo and Juliet's parents. ...

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, love is a destructive force. ... These forces all aid the eventual deaths of Juliet, Romeo, Paris, Mercutio and Tybalt. ... Romeo and Juliet are so overwhelmed by love that they willingly take their lives to be with each other, Juliet says "let me die" showing that her love for Romeo is too great that she needs to kill herself to be with him. ... If hatred was not a theme in the play, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have died, nor would Mercutio or Tybalt. ... For Romeo and Juliet, fate seems to be a negative thing. ...

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The opening scenes of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film and Zeffirelli's 1968 film are treated very differently. ... The twist on the setting gives a new look on the popular romeo and Juliet. ... A common theme used in both movies is a low shot used at important characters to make them look more powerful. ... Luhrmann used sound effects and music that had a western theme to it which made us look differently at the scene. ... Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is a world renowned play that has been perfectly recreated into two blockbuster movies. ...

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In "Romeo and Juliet," William Shakespeare proposes that love and desire control much of human lives. ... Romeo's continuously lowering judgement threshold, triggered by his obsession with love, is a theme shown throughout the entire play. ... Romeo excited nature is decimated when Belthasar tells Romeo of Juliet's death and his intentions from that point on are shown in this line: "Is it e'en so? ... Romeo's rapidly degrading judgement is a result of his love for Juliet and Rosaline. ... Juliet's several thoughts about suicide and then her final suicide are brought o...

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Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on how love is presented through in Shakespeare's: Romeo and Juliet and how love is presented through a series of sonnets (18, 130 and 134). ... Throughout the play there is a constant theme of love and fate. ... An example of this theme is when Romeo and Juliet are described as, 'a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life'. ... This is used by Shakespeare obviously so that the reader is aware fully that this is one of the constant running themes during the play and it also makes the reader aware why Romeo and Juliet's love is d...

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This meager, seemingly unimportant word plays a significant role in Shakespeare's most well known piece Romeo and Juliet. ... Fate is the main theme of the play and mentioned multiple times. ... 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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False love is the first evident important theme across Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo forgets his love to Rosaline at the first moment he sees Juliet. ... By Shakespeare making Romeo poetic he presents the Prologue as a sonnet in order to point to the play's themes of love and the feud because sonnets were often used to address the subject of love in conflict. ... This was displayed when Romeo described Juliet as an "angel", which is interpreted by the audience as a symbol for innocence, kindness and beauty. ... This is a result of love at first sight which is also present when...

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In every book there are many scenes that are good and have meaning but only a few that you will remember forever, such scenes include Romeo and Juliet commiting sucicide in Romeo and Juliet, Silas finding Eppie in place of his gold in Silas Marnar, and Bambie being shot in Bambie. ... They all also give the story its theme and therefor and the most memorable. ... he final scene in the last two chapters is also memorable because it brings out the theme of the book. ...

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