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. ... The love they share at the end of the first act is that based on looks, beauty and idolisation, and for Romeo this is no longer an unrequited love as was his love for Rosaline. ... Although this should be a wonderful and celebrated day their wedding is held in secret. ... During the four scenes that Romeo and Juliet share there are numerous references to the sky, whether it is day/night or moon/sun/stars and this gives the audience t...

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He does so by secretly trading places with Lucie Manette's husband, who is destined for the guillotine. ... Only joy at being able to share his love in the only way he knows, with the forfeiture of his own life to save Lucie's and those of her family. ...

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