...see conflicts in soaps such as Coronation Street or Emmerdale but in Shakespeare's time they had plays and saw the conflicts in plays such as Macbeth. It is good to have conflicts in dramas as it keeps the audience captivated and makes the audience want to know what is going to happen next. In the play Romeo and Juliet, conflict is the foundation of the play as there is conflict between the two families the whole way through and there is fighting because of it. There is verbal and physical conflict. In the prologue it mentions that there will be conflict in the play to come so it pricks our interest. A prologue is an introduction to the play explaining the basis of what is going to happen. It occurs at the beginning of the play and it is like the blurb on the back of a book. The mention of conflict in the lay is about a family feud between the Montague and Capulet families. The idea of conflicts in a play adds a sense of excitement. We are supposed to learn that you shouldn't make people hate each other and that a lot of pain and suffering could have been resolved if they had made up or just let Romeo and Juliet get on with their lives without interfering and trying to separate them and control them. The prologue is supposed to captivate the audience in a trance so they don't lose track of the play. The way the sonnet was written as well is good for the rhythm of the prologue. Also the prologue is good to make them want to know what is going to happen throughout the play...
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...Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame? What started as one of the greatest love stories, turned into a tragic struggle, in Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet realize that being together wont be auk with their feuding families, but they are selfish with their love and have no idea the consequences that will unfold. Romeo and Juliet had help with their tragic demise. Tybalt, Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence also played a part in their lives. Juliet;s haughty cousin Tybalt is largely to blame for the lover’s untimely parting. Tybalt is always trying to start fights with Romeo or anybody who shares the last name Montague, and at last one of these fights goes to far and he ends up killing Mercutio. Also Tybalt hates Romeo, and would to anything to have him be gone, and while this doesn’t have immediate effect on Romeo and Juliet, in the end Tybalt dies by Romeo’s hand which in turn gets Romeo banished. Tybalt shows his hate for Romeo when at the ball he says, “I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall/Now seeming sweet, convert to bitter gall” (I.v.100-101). What Tybalt means by this is that he wont kill Romeo then, at the ball, but he will in the end kill him. Tybalt plays a major part in why Romeo and Juliet kill themselves in the end, he unintentionally, but would have liked it, separated them with his death. Lord Capulet also indirectly caused Romeo and his daughters pain, and eventual death. Lord Capulet tries to marry juliet to Paris when she is already married...
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...Romeo and Juliet Argumentative Essay Have you ever been in love? In William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet a pair of star crossed lovers chose their fate. Romeo and Juliet could have changed their outcome of life. They could have changed their path by making at least three different choices. These choices are one Romeo could have spoken to Juliet's father, Two Romeo didn't need to kill Tybalt, Three Romeo shouldn't have gone to the Capulet's party in the first place. One choice Romeo could have made differently is, Romeo could have spoken to Juliet's father and asked for his blessing to marry Juliet. If Romeo had made this choice it could have changed the outcome of their fate. The reason it could have changed the outcome...
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...Laurence uses motives that have good intentions. These good intended motives caused problems in the approaching events. In William Shakespeare’s drama, The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence uses character motive to help two lovers, but his motives cause problematic scenes. Friar Laurence’s motive of marrying Romeo and Juliet was done in hope to bring their two families together. This is shown when the friar says, “In one respect I'll thy assistant be for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love”, in act two, scene three. This excerpt is showing friar Laurence’s motive to marry Romeo and Juliet together. This Holy Figure’s actions were intended to be good, but caused problems because of the friar not telling Juliet's father, Lord Capulet. After Juliet and Romeo were married, Lord Capulet came to Friar Laurence and asked him to marry Juliet and Paris. This created a problem because the Friar could...
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...Timing can sometimes be a good thing or a bad thing in life. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, there are two feuding families. One of the families is The Capulet’s, with their daughter Juliet, and the other family is Montague's, their son being Romeo. Juliet and Romeo fall deeply in love, get married, and end up dying all in the course of five days. Fate, accident, and free will influence the outcome of the play, and maybe the course of the play could have been changed it if wasn’t for these things. Timing was a key part in the Romeo and Juliet play. Without timing, Romeo and Juliet would not have been dead at the end. Romeo fed from Verona on Tuesday, after with sleeping with Juliet that night. Juliet lets her father, Lord Capulet knows that she...
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...As similar to Lord Capulet Lady Macbeth asks a lot of questions and doesn’t try to understand his views but just wants to change his mind. Lady Macbeth asks questions like “Hath it slept since” and “As thou art in desire” but she isn’t understanding of Macbeth’s decision and is trying to change for her own personal gain.+ ses different tactics to get Macbeth to murder the King for example asking him questions to try and see if what he is doing is worth waiting a longer period of time before he can be King. But the tactic that she uses that she knows will work is insulting him and insulting his manhood to peer pressure him to do it and to prove how manly he is. Lady Macbeth insults Macbeth by using words such as “coward” and she says “then you were a man!” She is saying that when you agreed to do it you were a real man. She also declares that she would rather kill her own baby than break a promise like this as Macbeth has done. Lady Macbeth used emotional blackmail and insulting Macbeth’s manhood to get him to murder the King and she doesn’t only exceed in doing this Macbeth is almost as enthusiastic as Lady Macbeth. Macbeth says towards the end of the scene “I am settled” which means he is willing to murder the King. There are also differences between the relationships in both of Shakespeare’s plays which have an effect on the outcome of both of them. One of these differences is the way Juliet and Macbeth handle the situation of being insulted, bullied, threatened and...
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...ROMEO AND JULIET Submitted by: John Hansenn M.Ravara II-Humility Submitted to: Mrs.Abiol William Shakespeare The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. National Portrait Gallery, London. | Born | Baptised 26 April 1564 (birth date unknown) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,England | Died | 23 April 1616 (aged 52) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,England | Occupation | Playwright, poet, actor | Nationality | English | Spouse(s) | Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616) | Children | * Susanna Hall * Hamnet Shakespeare * Judith Quiney | Relative(s) | * John Shakespeare (father) * Mary Shakespeare (mother) | SUMMARY: We meet our hero, Romeo, after a duel between the servants of two enemy families of Verona: the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo Montague is pining away for Rosaline, a girl we never see. Juliet Capulet, age thirteen, has just heard that Paris, Verona's attractive young bachelor, would like to marry her. The two will meet that night at a masquerade ball at the Capulets' house. Romeo and his friends have decided to crash the Capulet ball – in costume – because Rosaline is on the guest list. Romeo meets Juliet there instead, and they fall madly in love. Afterwards, they discover they are members of rival families, but they are still in love. Romeo stays after the party under Juliet's balcony, and the two use this romantic meeting to plan their marriage. Hasty, but genuine. Juliet hears from the Nurse that...
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...Friar Laurence. In William Shakespeare’s drama “Romeo and Juliet,” Romeo and Juliet met at the Capulet’s party and fall deeply in love with each other. Friar Laurence marries them and not only Friar knows about the marriage, the Nurse knows also. Neither Romeo nor Juliet can reveal their marriage because it may or may not cause more fighting with the Capulet and Montague’s. I ultimately think that the Nurse and Friar Laurence are a big part of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Friar has a part in their deaths because he came up with a lot of ideas and put them into Juliet’s head. People might think fate and character flaws are to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s...
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...Romeo and Juliet; the Story of Two Despondent Lovers Does love attract those who are similar to each other, or those who are disparate? People tend to look for those that are similar to them, but try to find differences that make them “special” from other people. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, an old family feud between two households keeps two lovers apart. Romeo and Juliet love each other so much, that they try to do everything they can think of to keep their family names from not letting them get together; this eventually leads to more conflicts and their demise. Both characters have significant roles in the play, and share many qualities, but also have compelling differences when viewed from the aspects of persistency, dramatic emotions,...
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...In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Romeo ostensibly are to blame for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. All three come into this context more than other character’s because they started everything from the beginning. Without Romeo and Juliet falling in love so quickly and then wanting to get married so early, none of the conflict would have happened. The Friar, on the other half, was middling with this idea and did not think to put an end to it. Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo all are selfish and caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Juliet had ended up trying everything just because she did not want to leave her lavish lifestyle, Friar Lawrence had only married the two in order to reconcile the...
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...Focus on Shakespeare 1. Romeo and Juliet is definitely one of the best and tragic films I have ever seen. Shortly I can say that it is an eternal love story where Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) secretly fall in love with each other and go to confession. But their love is forbidden and the story goes over from being a romance to become a tragedy. DiCaprio needs a little time to get into the role, but soon he becomes a mind blowing and charming hero who is willing to sacrifice his life for Juliet. Claire Danes also, has a beautiful and conspicuous dramatic talent. What I liked most about the story was the setting. The director (Luhrmann) takes Shakespeare's history and puts it into a modern society and a modern film form, and he does so in a confident and smart way. The language and dialogue from Shakespeare are retained, while the costumes are an elegant blend of past and present. Luhrmann has in addition replaced the horses and swords with stylish vehicles and firearms. I also really liked the romantic feel throughout the film. One can spot several sequences showing the strong love between the couple. For example their secret marriage at the church. They do not take the bother of what others think, only their burning love counts. In contrast to traditional film style, where first and foremost acting and soundtrack is partially used to create different moods, Luhrmann has effectively implemented several stylistic devices. Editing, cinematography and...
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...intricate relationships between a parent and their child. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ portray similar relationships between a parent and child. The structure of each text highlights the conflict and aggression, as the tension progresses. The scenes intensify when the powerful, controlling father figure feels his authority has been challenged by a child in the family. Firstly, in 'Romeo and Juliet' Lord Capulet expresses his forceful, vicious side when Juliet commits an act of disobedience. She decides to not follow her father's ‘decree’ to marry Paris, stimulating her father to act violently. Similarly, in 'An Inspector Calls', Priestly presents Mr Birling as a pompous man initially. However, as the tension increases, the atmosphere begins to change, and he becomes agitated as Sheila begins to answer back, revealing all of their crimes. There is a sense of hostility towards his children, as he feels they are to blame for the monstrosities that had occurred that night, potentially putting him at a disadvantage. Shakespeare and Priestly use a variety of techniques to present the relationships and theme of parental control and authority. Act 1: Scene 2 In this scene, Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet as a man who cares deeply for his pride and reputation, but above all his daughter. However, Lord Capulet seems to have a deceptive nature, when speaking about his daughter, and Paris’s marriage proposal. Firstly, Lord Capulet's attitudes towards Paris’s marriage proposal...
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...A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSIC EDITION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET By ARTHEA J.S. REED, PH.D. S E R I E S W. GEIGER ELLIS, ED.D., E D I T O R S : UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, EMERITUS and ARTHEA J. S. REED, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 2 INTRODUCTION William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is an excellent introduction to Shakespearean drama; teenagers can relate to its plot, characters, and themes. The play’s action is easily understood, the character’s motives are clear, and many of the themes are as current today as they were in Shakespeare’s time. Therefore, it can be read on a variety of levels, allowing all students to enjoy it. Less able readers can experience the swash-buckling action and investigate the themes of parent-child conflict, sexuality, friendship, and suicide. Because of the play’s accessibility to teenagers, able readers can view the play from a more literary perspective, examining the themes of hostility ad its effect on the innocent, the use of deception and its consequences, and the effects of faulty decision making. They can study how the characters function within the drama and how Shakespeare uses language to develop plot, characters, and themes. The most able students can develop skills involved in literary criticism by delving into the play’s comic and tragic elements and its classically...
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...Shakespeare: The Non-Feminist Author William Shakespeare, born roughly around 1550, was a well-known author of the Renaissance era. While some were more popular than others one thing remained the same, his view on women. In three of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello, he portrays women as weak, desperate, and pretentious, revealing similar views to the rest of society: negative. During the Renaissance era women were the housewives. As said in the Introduction to The Woman’s Part, ...women were said to be weaker than men in reason and physical strength, prone to fears, and subject to the vagaries of their imaginations. The second account of the creation of Genesis even...
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...hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts. Hamlet is extremely philosophical and contemplative. He is particularly drawn to difficult questions or questions that cannot be answered with any certainty. Faced with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, evidence that any other character in a play would believe, Hamlet becomes obsessed with proving his uncle’s guilt before trying to act. Claudius - The King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle, and the play’s antagonist. The villain of the play, Claudius is a calculating, ambitious politician, driven by his sexual appetites and his lust for power, but he occasionally shows signs of guilt and human feeling—his love for Gertrude, for instance, seems sincere. Gertrude - The Queen of Denmark, Hamlet’s mother, recently married to Claudius. Gertrude loves Hamlet deeply, but she is a shallow, weak woman who seeks affection and status more urgently than moral rectitude or truth. Polonius - The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court, a pompous, conniving old man. Polonius is the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Ophelia - Polonius’s daughter, a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love. Ophelia is a sweet and innocent young girl, who obeys her father and her brother, Laertes. Dependent on men to tell her how to behave, she gives in to Polonius’s schemes to spy on Hamlet....
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