Danger In Romeo And Juliet

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"I'll tell thee what: get thee to church o'Thursday, or never after look me in the face". How people react to a threat is on a spectrum with many betweens. Williams Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has characters within many threatening situations, and are constant in their retort making them good examples of a few way we respond to threats. Individuals respond to threatening forces can be modeled by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet's characters because some people try to evade the threat by "sneaking out the back door", some stay very level headed are are able to figure out a way to be relived of the threat, and others use brute strength to pound down any threat presented to

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