Characters in Romeo and Juliet

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    They are called the star-crossed lovers that took their own lives for love. Romeo and Juliet are the main character in William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. These two lovers at the end of the story both decide to take their own lives out of love. Many people wonder who is to blame for their death. At the end the Prince of Verona says that all are responsible for their death, but that doesn’t seem right. Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own fate because they never tried to be honest…

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    Romeo and Juliet Intro and Act 1 Study Guide Prologue 1. What is a chorus? 2. Who is the "ancient grudge" between? 3. How does it say this fight will be ended? 4. What is the setting of the play? Act 1, scene 1 1. Identify the characters on the left by describing the relationship of each to either Capulet or Montague, the heads of the two feuding houses in Verona. The first one is done for you. Capulet Montague Sampson ________ servant ________…

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    When many people think of the play Romeo and Juliet, they will immediately think of the tragic love story that ended in the untimely deaths of the two title characters. However, many people forget about the long-term feud between the families of Romeo and Juliet. Although the Capulets and Montagues were peaceful and friendly to each other once the feud concluded, there was a great deal of violence that led to the peace. The violence that led to the peace overrides it greatly. William Shakespeare…

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    This type of love is unconditional and lasts forever as Romeo and Juliet would rather die than be without each other. Ironically Romeo and Juliet 's love is everlasting as they have not had enough time to find faults with each other or to start to dislike one another 's qualities in any…

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    Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The tragic play follows the story of two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues, and how their children Juliet and Romeo fell in love. These star crossed lovers married after not even knowing each other for a day. After a situation in which Romeo ended up killing Juliet's cousin he was banished from the city of Verona; Juliet was left grief-stricken and decided to fake her death in order to escape her family and run away to be with Romeo. Unfortunately,…

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    Romeo And Juliet's Flaws

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    Romeo Montague loved recklessly and passionately rather than logically or responsibly. This ultimately led to both his and Juliet’s death. He constantly neglected to analyze a situation and the consequences before jumping right into them. Romeo and Juliet represented the archetype of the star-crossed lovers and in the end this was their tragic flaw. He decided that he would rather be dead than live without his true love for the rest of his life in banishment. The themes of love, life, and death…

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    Juliet wakes from her sleep and finds Romeo dead beside her. She grabs Romeo’s knife and sheaths it in her abdomen. Spoiler Alert. The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet was written by the 17th century poet, William Shakespeare. We all know that they died tragically at the end of the story, but there is a lot more behind it than just that. Romeo and Juliet are two teenage lovers who came from two rival families in City of Verona. After meeting each other for the first time at a party, they…

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    My first difference I noticed between the movie and the play was the choice of weapons. In the play the characters fought with swords but in the movie they had guns. This is important because since there was a difference in time period from the movie to the play they had to switch the swords for guns.also the important e of switching the weapons of choice was because swords are more dangerous, when you had a sword you had to be t close range to kill r even fight somebody whereas the guns you…

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    We all want love, but not everyone can achieve it. William Shakespeare’s tragic play “Romeo and Juliet” provides insights into the lives of two lovers. Ultimately, the star-crossed lovers tried strive through numerous conflicts, but it only led them further down the wrong path. From all challenges and obstacles the lovers goes through, their final decisions sealed their fate for a tragic outcome. Despite the Nurse’s contribution in the lovers’ downfall, Friar Lawrence’s personal choices decided…

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    play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare,Two star-crossed lovers are prevented from dating but they are personally to blame for their untimely deaths. Romeo had to have known what the consequences of the marriage and their love.Romeo and the Friar are talking about banishment after Romeo had killed Tybalt.Romeo becomes angsty and very angry when he is about to kick out of Verona.The Tries to tell Romeo that banishment is many times better than to be put to death,to which Romeo cries…

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