Characters in Romeo and Juliet

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    Free Will Leading to Romeo and Juliet’s Death Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love tragedies ever written. The story unfortunately has a fatal ending. I believe that free will is the cause of both Romeo and Juliet's death. I also believe that they had died over the love they had for each other, strong enough that their lives could end so suddenly if something horrible had come between them, and that was exactly how it happened. This tragedy occurred within five days of the two meeting,…

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    Romeo: The Boy Who Thought He Could Love Romeo is kneeling in the stale, musty burial vault of who is assumed to be his most abhorred enemy, the Capulets, but he is next to Juliet. He is next to the one whom he cherishes the most, the one that life is not worth living without. With a kiss, Romeo drinks from the shimmering vial of poison as he waits for the venom to course through his veins and make him the first martyr of his kind.Romeo Montague is a character from William Shakespeare's…

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    Romeo and Juliet is a play full of decisions too quickly made and poor choices that reflected throughout the play. As a matter of fact, Shakespeare wanted to give the reader the lesson that when you urge yourself to do things, bad consequences may replace the good outcomes your decisions could have given you. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death also were rash outcomes of decisions too quickly made and feelings not well controlled. It requires great capacities to imagine how the many bad choices…

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    of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a wonderful story of two enemies who fall in love with each other. and have to overcome the obstacles that their love takes them on. With fighting families, their love is hard to keep together, but in the end the lovers can love each other in a world of peace. The families eventually accept each other even though it took someone they all loved to die. From the moment the Nurse stepped into the story we all fell in love with her whimsical character,…

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    meaning of Romeo and Juliet? in the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are two young lovers named Romeo and Juliet. They are not allowed in a relationship because they are from two different families, but they fall in love and get married. But there is a deeper message that Shakespeare was trying to deliver to us. The kids were told NO but they want to be in love no matter what and they end up killing themselves. There had to be more than that to the story. Romeo and…

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    have courage. In many stories, characters face a struggle. The play Romeo and Juliet is written by William Shakespeare. This is about two teenagers that fall in love and die. The tragic hero Romeo has the flaws born a noble birth, suffers more than he deserves, and downfall arouses pity or fear. The first characteristic of Romeo is that he was born a noble birth. “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (84) This is when Juliet asks why Romeo has to be Romeo. This is important to the work…

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    most prominent themes in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, Lord Capulet’s “reward” for Juliet, and Balthasar’s and Romeo’s response to Juliet’s “death” are some of the most prominent scenes that back up the theme. Romeo and Juliet love each other so much and so quickly, that Friar Lawrence is reluctant to marry the two together, stating the theme, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. “Lord Capulet’s decision to speed up the wedding process leads to Juliet consulting the…

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    acts and poems, his writings have shown deep, exquisite emotions through his characters in the plays and the themes depicted throughout the written arts. In the act, “Romeo and Juliet”, the author, William Shakespeare, utilizes various counts of metaphoric phrases and excessive hyperboles to characterize Juliet’s father, Capulet as an impulsive and short-tempered character in the act. Capulet’s prudent care for Juliet is ironically shown by his impulsive acts. Instead of thoughtfully thinking…

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    There are many similarities between Chino in West Side Story and Paris in Romeo and Juliet. Paris has the approval from Montague to be with Juliet when Capulet says to Paris, “Inherit at my house. Which, on one more view of many, mine, being one. Come, go with me” (I, ii, 30). Capulet gives consent for Paris to marry Juliet. Though Juliet is not so fond of the idea. Similar to Paris, Chino also has the approval to be with Maria from Bernardo. Bernardo wants Chino to be with Maria because he is…

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    The play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a harrowing story, one many people believe is created by destiny. That the characters possess no control over their untimely ends is a common misconception. The tragedy of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet is one that although may begin with fate, is ultimately caused by the choices, good or bad, of the two lovers. When Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio are on their way to the Capulet party, Romeo expresses his concerns about attending.…

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