Explore the different attitudes to love are presented by the characters in Romeo and Juliet and the speakers in the sonnets you have studied. Love is presented through the use of characters, themes, linguistic, structural and contextual references. That pieces are ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare, ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare again, ‘Sonnet 43’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘Sonnet 130’ by Shakespeare and also ‘Sonnet 18’ again by Shakespeare. They were all written in the
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the death of Romeo and Juliet. When Lord Capulet tells his daughter about his plans for her, she refuses. Lord capulet then tells her, “Hang thee,young baggage,disobedient wretch! I tell thee what! Get thee to church o’ Thursday or never after look me in the face”(V.V.160-162). Juliet’s father arranged for Juliet to get married to a kind man named Paris who was nothing alike to Juliet. Juliet did not want to marry anyone because she was in love and married to Romeo. Therefore Juliet is desperate
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for love or family? In Act II of the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's love for Rosaline dies and is revived with Juliet. However, Juliet is a daughter of the Capulet family, and Romeo is the son from the Montague family. These two families are in the middle of a family feud. Romeo and Juliet met at a masquerade and fell in love with each other at first sight. The two try to meet up again. Romeo sneaks into the Capulet's garden after the party to talk to Juliet about exchanging vows. Loyalty to one's
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delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. What Shakespeare was saying in this quote was that romeo and juliet are like powder and fire when they combine they make an amazing flash and butterfly colors but they soon die out and are cold and black. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare focus on two teenage lovers from rival families that can't live without each other so they end up committing
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Romeo & Juliet (My naked weapon is out: quarrel, I will back thee” (Shakespeare Act I Scene i 32). In “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare it is how Romeo and Juliet fell in love and how they died for each other. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Benvolio and Friar Lawrence should be pardoned and Lord Capulet should be punished. Benvolio should be pardoned because he is peaceful. He is peaceful when the families get in a fight in the town and he tries to stop the fight. Benvolio says
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proclaim love in secret? Friar Laurence is like a father to Romeo. He has always been there for Romeo and has helped him through challenges in life. Friar Laurence helps many people, but only if they are truthful and have good outcomes. Now he is challenged with some of the most difficult decisions to make. Whether he will help his friends no matter the outcomes. The Montagues and the Capulets have been in a feud for many generations. Romeo (a Montague) states that he is in love with a Capulet and
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for a female. The song “Michelle” is by Sir Paul McCartney. The song is about two lovers but the woman speaks French and the man says to her the only words he knows in French. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare and is about two lovers set in the 1300. Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 is about how Romeo is so amazed at how this one woman is more beautiful than everyone else at the dance. Taking into consideration of what both of these sources say about how males show their emotions
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At the start of Act 4, Paris is at Friar Laurence’s cell trying to make final arrangements for his wedding with Juliet which has been moved to Thursday. Friar Laurence tells Paris to leave so Juliet can make her confession and once Paris leaves, Juliet immediately threatens to kill herself with a dagger if Friar Laurence cannot stop the wedding between her and Paris. He tells her that if she is willing to kill herself then maybe she would be desperate and brave enough to go through a plan which would
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time. This also happens in Romeo and Juliet which causes the deaths of Mercutio, Paris as well as both Romeo and Juliet . Which makes the overall theme of Romeo and Juliet is that when people rush they make mistakes. Starting with the death of Mercutio. Right after Romeo secretly marries Juliet and when he runs into Tybalt he says how he loved him because he recently became his cousin in law due to a recent marriage with Juliet. Tybalt rushes to the conclusion that Romeo is taunting him
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the story, Friar Laurence plays a dominate role in the eventual death of Romeo and Juliet. Even though Romeo and Juliet’s families are at war.There are three major parts to the tragedy: the marriage ,the plan, and the deaths which Friar Laurence plays a vital role in. Friar Laurence is to blame because he is the one who is married Romeo and Juliet. Also he is to blame because his plan didn’t go as planned. Romeo and Juliet fall in love as soon as they meet. They decide to marry and keep it a secret
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