Ethical Decisions In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Introduction: Imagine this. A long time ago, in a beautiful city far away, lived a young girl named Juliet. Juliet was a fair-haired girl with hazel eyes who never saw her parents. They stayed away from her often and Juliet was left the care of a nurse. She eventually came to see this nurse as a mother figure because she never saw her own. Because of her parents’ absence, Juliet made many questionable decisions. One of these decisions was Romeo, a forbidden Montague with whom Juliet fell in love with. Romeo was a rule-breaker, a hopeless romantic, and a dense person to Juliet’s parents. To Juliet though, he was the greatest, most loving and caring person she had ever

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