Aristotle is known to have said that a good tragedy needs to have one basic theme or plot. 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. ...

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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 William's Shakespeare immortal tale, Romeo and Juliet, love and hate are juxtaposed to portray the antithesis between the two themes. ... Romeo and Juliet, dubbed as a romantic tragedy, is more about love than hate. ... As to many contrasts, hate is represented in the Romeo and Juliet to illustrate the idea of the balance in nature. ... Unrequited love is personified through the love portrayed between Rosaline and Romeo, but also Paris's love for Juliet. ... Although Juliet does not return Paris's love, he continues with gestures such as grieving during her "death" and is sla...

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Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most famous love story in English literary history; love is the play's dominant and most important theme. ... Although we are fully aware of Juliet's feelings for Romeo at the end of the first act, Romeo is now totally besotted by Juliet. ... Romeo sees Juliet come through the window and starts to deliver a soliloquy. ... The final scene in which we see Romeo and Juliet together, the roles seem reversed, Romeo is now more practical whilst Juliet appears more carefree. ... The language that Shakespeare uses throughout the play mixes various themes ...

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Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are forced to show their love for others. ... Romeo and Juliet pine for each when they are parted. ... Romeo and Juliet were raised to hate each other. ... Romeo & Juliet has many underlying themes: feuding families, political ramifications, religion, destiny, and Shakespeare's use of foreshadowing throughout the play. ... Romeo and Juliet are iconic and forever associated with love. ...

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Shakespeare was very well accomplished in his writing skills that he has become a significant point in the history of literature, and the topics and themes of his works deal with common human situations, that his works will continue to thrive in the years to come. ... The themes that you will see in Shakespeare's writing are those if love, power, greed, discrimination, hatred, and despair. One of his most famous love stories is Romeo and Juliet. ... Could this have been what influenced Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet? ...

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As a little girl growing up, I spent a lot of time with a Hispanic lady because my mother worked all the time. She was like a grandmother to me. I loved to hear her speak of her late husband and how much she loved him. Her voice would change when she spoke of him. She described how she would sit and...

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This is clearly not true, since the greatest lovers have always been men and women, such as Romeo and Juliet. ... Socrates relates the dialog because it teaches the meaning of love as he understands it, which still fits in with the theme of their gathering. ...

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