One of the most famous tragedy is Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare about two star crossed lovers whose love sprung out of hate but was never meant to be. ... Therefore, the person who is the most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is Romeo Montague. ... 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. ... Thus with a kiss I die [Dies]" (Shakespeare, V.iii.119-120). ...

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William Shakespeare's masterwork, "Romeo and Juliet," is unabashedly a tragedy. ... 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. ... Even though the play ends on a somewhat positive note, it still doesn't lessen the true extent of the tragedy that the feud actually caused in the first place In conclusion, Shakespeare's theatrical masterwork, "Romeo and Juliet," is definitely a tragedy. ... Even though the feud did eventually end at in the last sc...

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The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's play are both sad and heart breaking. ... While some believe that Tybalt is responsible for Romeo and Juliets death, this is not the case. ... Romeo goes back to Verona and to where Juliet rests and finds Paris there. Romeo kills Paris and then heads to Juliet. ... Juliet wakes up in time to watch Romeo die from the poison and ends up killing herself with his dagger. ...

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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. ... Shakespeare gave the two different house two different colors so you could identify each house. ... Shakespeare had a scene where the nurse was singing to Juliet, this was a popular scene because the nurse was known to have a beautiful voice. ... Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is a world renowned play that has been perfectly recreated into two blockbuster...

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In "Romeo and Juliet," William Shakespeare proposes that love and desire control much of human lives. ... No / I have forgot that name and that name's woe" "(Shakespeare 2.3.45-46). ... 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 willingness to kill herself is the last example that Shakespeare uses to explain how love controls many of the important decisions of...

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Also, Shakespeare displays that both the men in love, Romeo and Benedick, are very dangerous and reveal that love is potentially divisive. 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. ... 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 Romeo first meets Juliet. ...

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In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, love seems to be demonstrated but the power of lust takes over. ... In Romeo's part, Romeo finds out the truth about Juliet's family background and declares, "O dear account! ... Juliet is already making plans to kill herself if Romeo is already married while just before that, Romeo is already putting Juliet in the life of his hands. ... Even Benvolio observes Romeo as foolish about liking Juliet so sudden. ... One scene later, Romeo idolizes Juliet in the same manner. ...

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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). ... 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 difficult further on. ... Shakespeare uses oxymoron when describing ...

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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. ... Fate is a prominent force in the play that can be viewed as the reason for Romeo and Juliet's death. ... For Romeo and Juliet, fate seems to be a negative thing. ...

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Juliet from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," and Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," are both portrayed as naive and childlike, which ultimately brings about their downfall. ... However, once she meets Romeo she begins to make her own decisions, which happen to be all the wrong ones. ... Romeo gets banished and Juliet fakes her own death, which hurts everyone around her again illustrating her immaturity. Romeo finds her dead then kills himself, and when she wakes up and sees him dead then she kills herself. ... "The story of Ophelia, from Shakespeare's...

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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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I observed a correlation between Willa Cather's Paul's Case and William Shakespeare's classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet their love for each other is forbidding by their respected families. ... In the end the tragic death of Romeo is accompanied by the dramatically tragic death of Juliet. I find Paul to be befitting of the role of Romeo and his forbidding love for the theater to play his Juliet. ...

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