Romeo and Juliet In my opinion‚ the superior film was the older version of Romeo and Juliet. I think the older version was better than the newer one because it fit the setting of the book more. It was more realistic and actually looked like Verona‚ Italy. The newer version of the film was very unrealistic because they were speaking the lines from the book (which took place a long time ago when people spoke differently) even though the setting of the movie was very modern. I did not
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female sexual abstention. In Romeo and Juliet‚ women have minor roles in the society. They are expected to be obedient and follow their men and their families. For example‚ Lady Capulet and Lady Montague can do nothing to stop their husbands’ anger to their enemies. Lady Montague doesn’t care much about the feud between two families as she doesn’t want Romeo involved in the fighting. If she would have tried to convince her Capulet to put a stop to the feud‚ Romeo and Juliet could of lived in peace and
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most popular romantic tragedies in history. The story talks about “TWO STAR CROSSED” lovers hence Romeo & Juliet both come from 2 families‚ in a ancient grudge more like enemies. Romeo is from the Montague family and Juliet is a Capulet. They saw each other at a party the Capulets had held; they fell in love and got married. However‚ it’s like something was stopping them from being happy; it was somehow leading both of them in a completely different
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Romeo becomes embroiled in the brutal conflict between the families searing heat‚ flaring tempers‚ and sudden violence of this scene contrast sharply with the romantic‚ peaceful previous night. This foreshadows the death of tybalt which this is the main turning point in the play One of the ways Shakespeare presents conflict and violence in act 3:1 is dramatic irony to represent conflict and violence as we know Romeo is married to Juliet while no one else does. This would lead to violence if
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Romeo + Juliet: a comparison of articles. James Berardinelli [from here on he will be referred to as “JB”] JB awards the movie‚ “Romeo + Juliet” with three out of four stars. In the article he makes his opinion clear‚ and he mentions that you can’t really compare this edition of Romeo and Juliet with the romantic classic made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968. Additionally‚ JB adds that Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes do not properly portray the iconic love between Romeo and his Juliet. ‘’While
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The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ took place in the 1500’s. The play is about two feuding families‚ the Capulets and Montagues‚ daughter and son who fall in love at first sight. In the end‚ Romeo and Juliet take their lives because their love was destroyed by their families hatred towards each other. In this story‚ Shakespeare uses a proliferate amount of irony to show that love is a strong bond that can bring peace and defeat enemy feuding. Shakespeare’s play is full
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How does William Shakespeare present violence and conflict in Romeo and Juliet and what does the audience learn from the consequences of the characters action? In Romeo and Juliet the themes of conflict and violence are very important. The prologue‚ which acts as an overview of the play‚ highlights this. The lines “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny” and “where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” let us know that there is going to be violence and conflict throughout the play. The fact that
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ROMEO AND JULIET The force of "overwhelming love" seemed to purify and mature Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. They both try to seem as mature as possible to keep their wonderful love. Goals and grieves are two major things to purify and mature somebody. Unfortunately their love consists of short-term goals and long-term grieves because of their impatience. A person is mature when his/her intelligence is able to rule his/her feelings. They tried to seem mature‚ but they could not overrule
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In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the way different relationships are presented in Act 1 Scene 5 (in particular‚ the sonnet in that scene) and in two other Shakespearean sonnets‚ sonnet 18 and sonnet 130. William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets‚ they were themed poems normally based on love and time. Sonnets were very popular with audiences in Elizabethan times so they knew what they meant and how there were used. All Sonnets have the same structure‚ each one has 14 lines with three
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The soliloquy is performed in Act III‚ scene i. It has historically been considered as the most renowned of all quotes in Shakespearean literature‚ perhaps in all literature. That being said‚ much of the soliloquy signifies paradox. Hamlet is questioning life and death‚ being alive and not being alive. For Hamlet‚ it seems that each occurs upon its own principle and crosses over at the same instance. When living‚ one is nearing closer to demise with time. It is only in passing when one halts having
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