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  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Tamika Beason English 318 November 22, 2005 Whenever a person commits suicide, society views the occurrence as tragedy. Accordingly, two suicides equal double the tragedy. The Shakespearian play Romeo and Juliet is often referred to as a tragedy. Feuding between the Montague’s and the Capulet’s, and lead to the two main characters committing suicide. While, suicide is generally regarded as tragic, Shakespeare uses high and low comedy in the play which subsequently changes the theme

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Romeo and Juliet - Death by Coincedence

    Romeo and Juliet - Death by Coincedence

    The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare tells the story of two very young lovers who die. It just appears that fate controlled the outcome of the story. But if you really study and interpret the story you will realize it is a series of a few simple coincidences, which made the outcome so tragic. It was just a coincidence that Romeo happened to meet Juliet. Near the beginning to the story Capulet

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    Essay Length: 1,036 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Topic: Prince Escalus announces that "Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished" at the end of Romeo and Juliet. Clearly identify and discuss THREE (3) characters who were responsible for the tragic outcome of this play. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet tells the tale of two star crossed lovers who end their lives because of their love for one another. Rash unadvised decisions, meddling, and dueling matches were the primary factors that affected Romeo and

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Anna
  • Romeo and Juliet Analysis

    Romeo and Juliet Analysis

    In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the tragic deaths of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, occurred due to their youthful rashness in their quickness to love and the quickness to take lives. Set in Verona, Italy, a feud between the two houses, the Capulets and Montagues, has left the city divided. In the midst of this hatred, the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet try to express their affection for each other. Though they

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: David
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Every character in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet plays and important role in the decisions the title characters make. Indeed, Friar Lawrence, Nurse, and Balthasar directly briong about the downfall of Romeo and Juliet though their roles as middlemen. For example, Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead, which causes Romeo to kill himself. Similarly, Nurse facilitates their love affair which brings them to the point where they would rather kill themselves than be apart. Likewise,

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    Essay Length: 410 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Romeo and Juliet: Friar Lawrence Analysis, Good or Bad?

    Romeo and Juliet: Friar Lawrence Analysis, Good or Bad?

    Romeo and Juliet: Friar Lawrence Analysis, Good or Bad? Uploaded by cheetahbob on Jun 10, 2004 Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Essay Friar Lawrence's Characteristics: The Saint or the Villain? The impact of our actions goes far beyond our own lives. Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, is a story about two star-crossed lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. It takes place in the 1500's in the small town of Verona,

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    Essay Length: 467 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Vika
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    ROMEO AND JULIET This story is very interesting and also sad. The story of Romeo and Juliet is about a young man and a young woman that fall in love, but their love can not be possible because their families do not like each other. Their families are always fighting. This story takes place in Verona, Italy. The most important characters of this story are Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, Tybalt, lady Montague, lady Capulet and Friar

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    Essay Length: 524 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Directing Romeo and Juliet

    Directing Romeo and Juliet

    Directing Romeo and Juliet Being a director in a production such as Romeo and Juliet is no easy task, and I enter into this paper with that in mind. My goals are to be creative, and do things differently from the many versions of the play we have viewed in class. Each of those directors took the original text, written by William Shakespeare, and turned it into a unique version of their own; unique in

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    Essay Length: 459 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Essay on Love - Romeo and Juliet

    Essay on Love - Romeo and Juliet

    Essay on Love Love has in incredible, indescribable power over humanity. No one can explain the reason it makes people act the way it does; at times leading those under its spell to take risks. The power of love can be both healing and destructive and in Romeo and Juliet’s case, eventually ends the feud between their families yet their overly passionate feelings also lead to their deaths. Love’s power, being a balance between a

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    Essay Length: 666 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Jon
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet shows us how people can be doomed in Love, even if their passion for each other is burly. From the beginning of the play we can see that both Romeo and Juliet have similar lifestyles and in turn similar personalities. Both of them appear to be very haste in their actions not thinking what will happen to others around them. They were both also very sneaky in the way they

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    Essay Length: 554 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    when i was in the 6 grade my dad use to always hit me because i would not make the grades that he thougth that i would make as i got older my grades staretd to to get better,even if i had an great report card he would still beat me .One day i tried to hide when he came home drunk my mom had to work over time so there was no one their

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Max
  • Why Romeo and Juliet Death Was a Tragedy

    Why Romeo and Juliet Death Was a Tragedy

    In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues leads to envy and many secrets. Romeo and Juliet see each other in secrecy without the families knowing of their relationship. The discrimination between the houses, and the lack of hope between the fake lovers caused confusion between Romeo and Juliet. The decisions to commit suicide by Romeo and Juliet were fueled by anger, lust, and haste. The first decision

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    Essay Length: 392 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Vika
  • Hate and Love in Romeo and Juliet

    Hate and Love in Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo states in Act 1, “Here is much to do with hate, but more with.” By analyzing the many forms love takes in the play, explore whether Romeo was right in his contention. Romeo and Juliet, the tragic play by William Shakespeare, centers around the love story between Romeo, the young heir of the Montagues, and Juliet, the daughter of the house of Capulet. Because of an on-going feud between the two families, Romeo and

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    Essay Length: 357 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mikki
  • A Dose of Immaturity in Romeo and Juliet

    A Dose of Immaturity in Romeo and Juliet

    Life = box of chocolates. Tony is a scrub. Jordan > Tony. A Dose of Immaturity in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet are tragic heroes with tragic flaws. They both share the same tragic flaw, which is immaturity. This is illustrated when they “fall in love” before even getting to know each other. Also, their immaturity is shown when they fail to think their situation through

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Fatal Flaw of Romeo in “romeo and Juliet”

    The Fatal Flaw of Romeo in “romeo and Juliet”

    The Fatal Flaw of Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet” "Romeo and Juliet” revolves around two lovers whose love is destined for tragedy. In the Play “Romeo and Juliet”, Act 2 Scene 3, Shakespeare demonstrates Romeo’s impetuous, shallow and stubborn nature. These character flaws eventually lead to his tragic death and to the death of his love, Juliet. This can by shown in the passage of the Friar rebuking Romeo for his shallowness, and in the

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Romeo and Juliet - Play

    Romeo and Juliet - Play

    Romeo and Juliet, Which is one of Shakespeare's most popular and well-known plays, is considered by some critics to be the first and greatest example of romantic tragedy. The play looks at two children from feuding families who, upon falling in love, disobay their parents and also there households. Their efforts have terrible results, including the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio, as well as the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Some people, often focus

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • More Than Romeo and Juliet

    More Than Romeo and Juliet

    In all of the best works of literature, each of a writer’s characters has a purpose whether the role is small or big. Even if it goes unnoticed, the small characters usually play a key role to the story’s plot development. These minor characters also add depth to the story’s world and also help in the development of the major characters’ personality. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the minor characters

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    Essay Length: 1,138 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Is it possible to love your friends as much as you love your parents? You can love some things or people more than others. Love is when you care for something and would do anything for. There’s nothing that could happen to hold you back from your love. You can really like your dog or cat, but true love is someone like your mom, dad, brother or sister. You can only have true love for

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    Essay Length: 487 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Emily Paterson 10a ‘Of Mice and Men’ has been described as a pessimistic story. Do you agree? What can you find in the story that might be seen as hopeful, or optimistic? ‘Of Mice and Men’ was set during the Great Depression in America. During the Great Depression the atmosphere would have been very pessimistic, as there were few opportunities to succeed in life at that time. I agree with this statement as there are

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: David
  • Love in Romeo and Juliete

    Love in Romeo and Juliete

    William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever written. Shakespeare uses many different types of love in his play, and many characters die from it. In the play love is mainly expressed through words exchanged between characters, but when love is expressed through emotions and actions is when the story turns from a romantic play to a very tragic and emotional play. When the genres of love are juxtaposed

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Bred
  • Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet

    Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet

    Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet there are three main female characters, Lady Capulet, her daughter Juliet and their Nurse Angelica. They are all very different in their approaches to various life situations; this is partly because they are from different social status, with different backgrounds and outlook on life. In particular their views on love and marriage are very different. Romeo and Juliet

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Artur
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet is a text that exaggerates love, while implying that death and other morbid themes are connected to this love. Throughout the play, several characters die, and for the majority, it is out of love. Romeo is the central figure focused on love. When he ‘loves,’ he takes it to the highest possible level, rejecting all rational thought. It is an example of blind love, and his sudden switch from Rosalind to Juliet,

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story

    Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story

    Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story We have recently been studying two different stories in our class. We read the first act of Romeo and Juliet and watched the movie West Side Story. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed both. Our assignment is to write a compare/contrast paper on what we have read so far in Romeo and Juliet and what we saw in the move West Side Story. I found that

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Violence and Conflict Are Central to ‘romeo and Juliet'.Discuss This Theme with Reference to Act 3, Scene 1 and one Other Scene.

    Violence and Conflict Are Central to ‘romeo and Juliet'.Discuss This Theme with Reference to Act 3, Scene 1 and one Other Scene.

    Violence and Conflict are central to ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Discuss this theme with reference to Act 3, Scene 1 and one other scene. The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1594 and 1596. It is set in the Italian city of Verona and tells the tale of the tragic demise of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, attributable to the bitter blood feud between their families, the Capulets and the Montagues.

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • A Dose of Immaturity in Romeo and Juliet

    A Dose of Immaturity in Romeo and Juliet

    A Dose of Immaturity in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet are tragic heroes with tragic flaws. They both share the same tragic flaw, which is immaturity. This is illustrated when they “fall in love” before even getting to know each other. Also, their immaturity is shown when they fail to think their situation through before getting married without their parents’ consent. Romeo’s immaturity is what caused

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Tasha

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