Literacy for Work and Community life Text Analysis: Romeo and Juliet Film Response In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann decided to adapt Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into his own style as a modern film. Romeo and Juliet is a story of how they met and fell in love with each other, but both tragically ended their lives due to their feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. In the prologue, it starts off with a newsreader on a TV, acting as Shakespeare’s narrator. The prologue and opening
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someone you least expect. Romeo and Juliet for example, a play by William Shakespear, tells us that multiple people are more responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death than others. That being said, the person that is responsible for their death is neither Romeo nor Juliet, but Friar Lawrence because he believed that two enemies who love each other had a chance and wouldn’t get hurt. The first reason I believe Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is he agreed to marry them
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Is Romeo and Juliet more about love or hate or something else entirely? As passionate romeo and juliet are about love, they play is mostly set in hatred. Hatred is more based on romeo and juliet as the hatred is what started this whole thing. Hatred is shown between romeo and juliet's families in verona montagues and capulets. William shakespeare uses his strong bold words to show the hate between them. In Act 3 scene 2 in the play you can see that hatred. In Act 3 scene 2 Juliet talks how the
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LOVE In Romeo and Juliet, love is definitely one of the dominant themes but it differs in its forms. There are various types of love throughout the play; such as in the beginning of the play where Romeo displays a more childish and superficial love for Rosaline. This changed very quickly as soon he became infatuated with this irrational love he felt for Juliet. The play is filled with intense passion and romantic gestures between the individuals and it focuses on the romantic love surrounding them
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This is the case in William Shakespeare’s drama The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are met with countless opposition, from feuding families to failed plans, and it seems they are doomed by fate. What began as an innocent romance between two young lovers slowly turns towards a bitter ending and both of their deaths’. Although Fate and Friar Lawrence are partially to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because the families cause the initial conflict, they deserve
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Discuss romantic love in Romeo and Juliet Romantic love is a recurring theme throughout the play. Shakespeare introduces Romeo at the beginning of the play when he is depressed about love. “Out of her favour, where I am in love” He’s been rejected by Rosaline despite his efforts to court her. However, this is not seen as romantic love, but just infatuation. Romeo is portrayed as innocent towards love and has not yet experience so-called “true love”. The idea of romantic love is shown all the play
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Santiago De La Torre P4 Romeo and Juliet “I find no peace, and all my war is done, I fear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice, I flee above the wind, yet can I not arise;” Edgar Allan Poe wrote in of his many great works of literature, depicting the opposing forces in nature, showing one cannot be without the other. An American writer, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most renowned writers in American history. His mastery of literary devices in his writing, such as oxymorons
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presentation of norms and values within Verona During this essay I will focus on how society at the time had an impact on Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. I will explore how the norms and values within institutions in Verona such as ‘the family’ and ‘the church’ played a role the couple’s fate. A theme throughout the play was love. All the violence and hatred was a result of Romeo and Juliet’s unexpected relationship. The prologue was a sonnet; Shakespeare used the sonnet to remind the audience of
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resolve a conflict. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence tells many secrets in the play to ensure the successful marriage of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet without the consent of Lord Montague or Lord Capulet. At the same time, Friar promises Lord Capulet that he will marry without telling him of his past actions. Although Friar is unable to marry Juliet and Paris, he continues the lies to keep his plan. Later, Friar doesn't tell anyone that Juliet isn’t dead. He tells
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every day. This was evident In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as two unlucky characters were killed at the fault of someone else. In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Friar Laurence and the Nurse have similar roles in the story, yet one of them has a great impact on the story. Friar Laurence and the Nurse both play a substantial part in the marriage. The Friar agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet to end the feud between their families. The friar says to Romeo, “For this alliance may so happy prove / To
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