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    his loyal servants came to him, speaking the word that he seen Juliet. It was not the news Romeo wanted to hear about. The servant had told Romeo that his love has died and had been placed in a tomb. Romeo who does not want to believe that his love is dead, buys a poison and leaves to go see if Juliet is truly dead. Romeo arrives to find his love “dead” and takes a drink of the poison, which kills him instantly. Juliet awakes to find Romeo dead. She cannot take the pain of seeing her love gone…

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    Romeo and Juliet both loved each other a lot. Between Romeo and Juliet, I believe Juliet loved Romeo more. In act 1 Romeo was madly in love with another girl, Rosaline. But as soon as he saw Juliet he forgot about Rosaline. At the beginning of the story, Romeo was lovesick, but he knew he could not win Rosaline over. According to the play "Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit. With Cupid's arrow She hath Dian's wit. And, in strong proof of chastity well-armed from love's weak childish…

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    Prologue.1-6). The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, set in a town known as Verona, Italy, is mainly about two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet at the Capulet party where Romeo convinces Juliet to kiss him and they eventually fall in love. Romeo only goes to the party because he is rejected by Rosaline and he is heartbroken. When he heard that she is going to attend the party, he decides to go and then Juliet catches his eye.…

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    lives? In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet met and instantly fell in love. They were so in love that they decided to marry hours later. With Juliet being a Capulet and Romeo being a Montague, two families who hate each other, it was impossible for them to show their love for each other. The couple thought it would be best to keep everything a secret, not knowing that it would ruin everything. This feud caused the anger in Tybalt when Romeo was spotted at the Capulet…

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    people before knowing anything about them. This is and has been a huge issue in our world and in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The play is full of prejudice acts as Two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, fall in love, but soon realize they are on opposite sides of a feud between their families and need to find a way to be together. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, one important theme that is still relevant to readers today is prejudice only…

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    Romeo And Juliet Taught

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    In this essay i will be talking about how the story Romeo and Juliet should be taught in freshmen. I will be giving out evidence to show why this is a good idea of teaching in 9th grade, especially because most teens can relate to this movie and most teens start to have boyfriends and girlfriends in high school. Just like Romeo and Juliet their only teens, and their already planning on getting married and this showed how it affected their lives, this is a good example on what teenagers should…

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    death. A good example to use is the famous play: “ Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. In the play, Friar Laurence agrees to marry the two star-crossed lovers in the first place. It is also Sampson's fault, he should have already knew that Romeo is an enemy to the Capulets, and thus not inviting him to the masquerade party. The nurse also played an essential role in dooming the two lovers to death. She helped and encouraged Juliet to marry Romeo, with the help of Friar Laurence. Marrying…

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    “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”. The story of Romeo and Juliet at first glance is deceiving, It is thought to be a story about love even though it is obviously not. The story of Romeo and Juliet depicts a failing society through which an important, several universal messages are shown. These messages are not only very relevant now, as the text was made about 400 years ago. These ideas and the bad things about the play sadly relate to real life events.…

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    Romeo And Juliet Love

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    The complications of love, nevertheless, lead to tragedy. Almost all of William Shakespeare’s tragedies result with death, Romeo and Juliet specifically have many deaths that all begin because of two children that fall in love. It is a love at first sight moment for them, which lead to secret upon secret that conceals the truth. In the beginning, a feud is brought upon the audience between the Montagues and the Capulets that is simply a continuation of prior events that move on to this recent…

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    Within Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the juxtaposition of courtly love and true love is prominent throughout, especially through the scenes 1 and 5 of act 1. The first scene of act 1 is actually unnecessary to the plot, and only exists to emphasize the brilliance of true love through contrast to the utter sorrow shown through the character Romeo when he is a courtly lover. An example of the development of Romeo as a lover, from courtly to true, can be seen in his descriptions of women he…

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