Pittet 1 Maddie Pittet Mr. Swanson English 1 February 11th, 2016 Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story about young love. In the end, their love proves dangerous and there are many theories as to who is at fault for their unfortunate deaths. Many characters throughout the story certainly contributed to the passing of Romeo and Juliet, but who’s really to blame? The truth is, it is not just one person that caused their deaths, but in fact many characters throughout the story. Lady
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love of my life, Romeo. We are married now. The very day of our marriage, he got into a fight with my cousin, and killed him ( man vs man) . I was so angry...and sad. However my love for Romeo prevailed (man vs self). My nurse took the family's side, telling me i shouldn't be with my husband. I know now that she never liked him, and you'll see other examples of this later. But anyways, as usual the prince had to come down and break up the fight . He banished Romeo and promised to
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Shakespeare leaves the reader in no doubt as to what his play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is about. His 14 lines sonnet details the theatrical route that the story takes from its beginning to its end. Our ‘star-cross’d lovers’, the principal characters of the play, fall foul of their self-woven spider web of deceits which ends tragically with their demise, along with a few others. A depressing and a very sad end to a whirl wind romance with just one glimmer of hope emerging in that the strife between the
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Lawrence took Romeo and Juliet’s affairs to the next level, and they are now suffering the consequences because of Father’s intentions. He wedded them because it was for the sake of peace, not for the belief that they have true love. The priest admits that there would be a tragedy, and still goes along with the plan to advance their relationship. Even when they are not ready. Romeo wrongly loves as Father thinks that Romeo loves for beauty. Friar Lawrence should have taught Romeo and Juliet the ways of
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Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, sets his play in the city of Verona, where two star-crossed lovers perish due to a series of intervening characters. One of which includes Lord Capulet, the Patriarch of the Capulet Family, who implicitly induces the five demises that occur throughout the play. Playing a leading role during Juliet’s life, Capulet alters many of Juliet’s intentions and thoughts, such as when Capulet proclaims that “[Juliet] should be married to this noble earl [Paris],” although Juliet declares
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Act five scene three of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare shows how Romeo finds Juliet under the sleeping potion and kills himself, after killing Paris. Soon Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead and also kills herself. Soon the Capulet’s and Montague’s find the bodies of their children and see the wrongs in their doing, and the long standing feud between the two families end. Interpretations In Romeo and Juliet (5.3.49-57) Paris meets Romeo in the graveyard, and soon starts a sword fight with him
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Romeo and Juliet argumentative essay Romeo and Juliet had many things that caused them to take their own lives. Romeo and Juliet is about a young couple that loves each other not because of money or power but for the shear feeling of love. Who is really at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? There are many things or people that people think could be at fault but the true cause of their death was Tybalt and Lord Capulet. The blame is all on Tybalt and Lord Capulet for the deaths of Romeo
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I believe that Romeo and Juliet were not in love, and throughout the play it was merely lust. There love was doomed from the start. Not only did they rush their feelings, but their families hated each other. Juliet was set to marry another man that her father gave approve of, Paris and with the secretivity of Romeo and Juliet's marriage there's not many ways it could have lasted. Juliet wasn't the only one that was preoccupied with plans for the future, Romeo was madly in love with Roselin. “Out
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Montagues asks Benvolio where Romeo is, and he tells them that the boy has been in a strange mood lately. The Montagues ask Benvolio to determine the cause of his depression. When Benvolio asks Romeo about the source of his sadness, Romeo explains that he is wants a woman named Rosaline. Paris asks Lord Capulet for permission to marry Juliet, but Capulet insists that Paris should be patient, since Juliet is only thirteen. Capulet suggests to Paris that he should try to impress Juliet at a masked ball that
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William Shakespeare wrote in 1954 Romeo and Juliet and The West Side Story was written by Arthur Laurents in 1961. Both stories are about two star crossed lovers from different groups who dispices each other. Romeo loves Juliet but she is from the Capulet family and he is from the Montage family. Tony loves Maria but she is Puerto Rican and he is white. Both couple define the common stereotypes and secretly meet each other. Eventually these meetings lead to Romeo, Juliet, and Tony dieing. Both stories
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