Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Language techniques Switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten the tension Example: When Romeo gets banished by Prince Escalus and can’t go back to Verona, this increases the tension of the story. The audiences will feel that Romeo and Juliet will not stay together and they will be apart forever. However, there is a hope of getting them back together when Friar Laurence offers Juliet a plan to reunite her with Romeo. A happy ending will be expected by…
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The outstanding story Romeo And Juliet demonstrates the sense of unconditional love between two “enemies”. Romeo known as a Montague is no longer going to let his family title get in the way. There has been a violent background between the Montagues and the Capulets. With this so called “Unconditional love”, there will be disguise to fit in, and the most important, there comes irrational hatred. How has irrational hatred interfere with the love between Romeo and Juliet. These star crossed lovers…
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Romeo and Juliet Essay Rough DraftFalling in love is inevitable. You don’t get to choose who you’re going to end up fallingfor, even if you hate that person. Stopping yourself from loving someone is almost impossible.Through Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” we see two teenagers who shouldn’t have evenknown about each other slowly fall in love, despite the hatred their families have for each other.This happens before either of them know who they are, but once they find out, the names theyhave couldn’t…
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The play of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare demonstrates the tragedy that the deaths of Romeo and Juliet had brought upon. A quote, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” is crucial to this play as the influence of good-natured intentions had led to the tragic fate of both Romeo and Juliet. The passage “some shall be pardon'd and some punished” discusses the indirect roles of Romeo and Juliet's parents, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse for the impact of the tragedy. Though a lead-up…
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for Romeo and Juliet's tragic love story? A lot of people have different opinions about who is to blame for how the story ended. Some people will argue that it is juliet's other will say it's Romeo or others will argue that it was their parents fault. Their parents hatred for each other drove Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide. The moment they met and fell in love they it was destined that something horribly wrong would happen. I do think that every had the fault to what happened to romeo and…
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Romeo and Juliet: Lovers Until Death do Us Part Capulet, the Nurse, and Tybalt are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Capulet, Juliet’s father, indirectly causes their demise by forcing Juliet into marrying Paris and not respecting what she desires. Capulet does not allow Juliet to deny the marriage proposal between Paris and herself when her father tells her: “Thursday is near. Lay hand on heart. Advise./ And you be mine I’ll give you to my friend;/ And you be not, hang! Beg! Starve…
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Romeo and Juliet and their fate Fate is the supposed power that predetermines events. Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers in William Shakespeare' s Romeo and Juliet, ended up becoming a large part of what could be called "fate". Fate seemed to control their lives and force them together, becoming a large part of their love, and the ending of their parent's hatred. Fate became the ultimate control power in this play, and plays a large part in modern everyday life, even if we don't recognize it…
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most popular and widely read plays of all time. There are many opinions throughout the world about what was responsible for the two lover's deaths. Several studies show that brains aren’t fully matured until one is in their early 20s. Romeo and Juliet were both extremely young. So the real cause of their deaths was themselves, their own youth. Romeo and Juliet were both very immature and made irrational decisions without thinking about the consequences…
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to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet? In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers fall in love despite their feuding families. Their love meets many obstacles, deaths, banishment, their parents and friends on their journey to the end. The Capulet and Montague families and their mutual hatred and their consequent actions, have a hand in the way the tragedy unfolds. However, the Montague and Capulet families action do not cause Romeo and Juliet’s death, rather…
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Literature 20 August 2012 Everyone has heard of the widely known love story of Romeo and Juliet. Two people who fall madly in love, but are forbidden to see each other because of the intense hatred between thier families. Despite the conflict, Romeo and Juliet continue there romance. Eventually, it leads to the death of the parents beloved children. One selfish act between one another causes such a heartache and consequence that both families will have to live with for the rest of thier lives. In…
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