Love is a major theme within Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... However he abandons Juliet in her time of most need - at the end when she discovers Romeo is dead. ... When Romeo and Juliet must consummate their marriage after the wedding, Shakespeare makes it clear that their love is clearly different. ... Compared with Romeo's grief and final speech to Juliet Paris seems artificial. ... Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tale of love - the many different aspects of love that we experience ourselves in today's society can be related back to this tragic tale. ...

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When Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience around 1595 he had few props so therefore limited setting. ... When Juliet appears Romeo says. ... Shakespeare has done this to make Juliet sound irritated. ... I think that Shakespeare has done this to make Juliet not just seem like a push over to Romeo. ... Tassel-gentle means a bird of princes showing the respect Juliet has for Romeo Romeo calls Juliet "a niesse", which tells the audience what Romeo thinks about Juliet. ...

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In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. ... When considering how Shakespeare presents the love between Romeo and Juliet, it is important to consider whether it was true love he was presenting, or not. ... This is especially important when dealing with love, as in Romeo and Juliet'. ... When telling Benvolio of his love for Rosaline in Act 1 scene 1, Shakespeare gives Romeo short sharp lines like Out. ... As their tragic circumstances are one of the elements that make Romeo and Juliet's love seem so valuable, Shakespeare takes time building it up. ...

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of character in which the lovers are punished for their reckless passion. Shakespeare's" tragedy is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding families. ... Many scenes in Romeo and Juliet are set either late at night or early in the morning, and Shakespeare often uses the contrast between night and day to explore opposing alternatives in a given situation. Another famous balcony quote is when Juliet proclaimed, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... Juliet's father, ol...

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In the movie, "Shakespeare in Love", a young and energetic, William Shakespeare is encouraged by his peers to create a comedy play called "Romeo and Ethel, the pirates daughter", because at the time comedy plays were a big success. ... William obtains this wealth of inspiration for his new play from his new found love, Viola de Lesseps, and through the events that occur in "Shakespeare in Love", the audience can easily see that the play "Romeo and Juliet" and this movie, are parallels of each other. ... If I had to look at the performance continuum, I could easily break down the theatrical per...

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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. ... Although Juliet does not return Paris's love, he continues with gestures such as grieving during her "death" and is slain by Romeo during a duel in Juliet's tomb in the final act. ... Shakespeare uses Benvolio and Mercutio as representatives o...

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In Act I Scene V, Shakespeare uses a sonnet for the first dialogue that Romeo and Juliet share; a sonnet has fourteen lies and ten syllables in each line. ... 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. ... This is the point that at which Romeo shows himself, much to Juliet's surprise. ... The final scene in which we see Romeo and Juliet together, the roles seem reversed, Romeo is now more practical whilst Juliet appea...

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There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Rosaline, Romeo's initial unrequited love seemed irrelevant once Romeo had set his eyes upon Juliet. ... (II.ii.57) Convinced that their love was pure, Juliet has been sold, in an unconventional act for a woman in those times, she takes the initiative and plans their future together; "If that thy bent of love be honourable, Thy purpose of marriage" (II.ii.143-144) Leading to the departure of Romeo and Juliet from the balcony scene, Shakespeare has made use of juxtaposition when Juliet sullenly states...

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" (Shakespeare 743). ... Romeo and Juliet pine for each when they are parted. ... Romeo and Juliet were raised to hate each other. ... " (Shakespeare 761). ... Romeo & Juliet has many underlying themes: feuding families, political ramifications, religion, destiny, and Shakespeare's use of foreshadowing throughout the play. ...

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A comparative study of Sydney Carton in Dickens" novel, A Tale of Two Cities, and Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, requires the reader to analyze various aspects that the transforming effect love can have on a personality. ... Shakespeare has Friar Lawrence state [about Romeo's multiple infatuations], "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes" (1.3.67-68). ... Juliet's feelings are awakened the night she meets Romeo at a masquerade ball. ... Art thou not Romeo ?" ... Carton gave his life for the li...

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To be or not to be Shakespeare? ... Why is it so crucial for students to study Shakespeare? ... One of his most famous love stories is Romeo and Juliet. ... Was this true for Shakespeare? ... Could this have been what influenced Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet? ...

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The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, is a romantic-comedy drama that depicts a lustrous affair between the privileged Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the upcoming commoner playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) which transpires during the fictional development of the play Romeo & Juliet. ... The film begins with Shakespeare experiencing 'writers bl...

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Her love for her husband was like Barret Browning's "How Do I Love Thee" Ann Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" and William Shakespeare's "Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day?... Browning's "How Do I Love Thee" has a Romeo and Juliet feel to it. ... Shakespeare's "Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day?... " (l. 9-10) Shakespeare finishes the poem by using a metaphor that suggests that as long as the poem he writes to her exists and people can read it then she will keep on living too. ...

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