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    decisions affect the outcome of your life. In the Shakespearian play “Romeo and Juliet”, two star crossed lovers from feuding families fall in love. Due to the actions they both take to pursue their love, they both end up dead along with many other people. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were not caused by fate, but their own poor decisions. A poor decision that Romeo made was to go to sneak into the Capulet's party with his friends. Romeo went to the Capulets party to find new women to make him…

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    which they go through for their loves, then ultimately killing themselves for their loves. Both characters have obstacles they had to go through for their love. One obstacle the two characters have in common is family. Right away in the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, the hatred amongst the two families is announced by the Chorus: Two households, both alike in dignity, / In fair Verona,…

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    The Use of Metaphors in Romeo and Juliet In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare employs metaphors to help the audience or reader with what is going on in the plot. The way Shakespeare puts metaphors to use, shows that he wants the audience to be intrigued the whole duration of the play. Shakespeare’s metaphors can help relieve a scene with comic relief or to aid in the deep emotion of the scene. He writes his metaphors to deepen his plot and to emphasize certain things in his writing.…

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    Romeo and Juliet: Synthesis Essay Nothing in our world today is more pleasurable than the feelings of romantic love. It is no doubt that the amount of happiness and morale it will give to someone is immense. However, many characteristics that come with this “trance” can have dire consequences on the person that is essentially swamped with affectionate desire. According to many thinkers, including William Shakespeare, the art of romantic love clouds people’s judgement, plagues them with regret,…

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    Romeo and Juliet-Genuine or Imaginary Have you ever read the story of Romeo and Juliet or watched the movie and wondered if Shakespeare based his story on true events? Well, wonder no farther. The story of Romeo and Juliet is not based on actual events. There is no proof that they were ever in existence other than in the pages of Shakespeare. Though there are two houses in Verona, Italy called the Montague and Capulet house, they are just a tourist trap, and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is…

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    Romeo like Juliet and the Friar has many strengths and weaknesses that he shows throughout the play. First of all it is obvious that Romeo is in love and all he wants is love. However Romeo being in love can be a bad thing because the woman he is in love with is supposed to be an adversary. “Oh me! What a fray was here? Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love” (Shakespeare 776). From this quote it is obvious Romeo is in love even though the play…

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    Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous playwrights and characters. Everyone knows the story of the two-star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Many see the love between Romeo & Juliet to be heartfelt and sweet; however, people fail to realize that they both have major flaws that cause their deaths. Romeo’s impetuousness is what caused him to make many hasty decisions that lead to Juliet and his death. The hasty decisions that Romeo makes, and his consequences for each decision gives…

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    Unfortunately, sometimes love can not escape societal pressures. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the main characters are members of feuding families. In the end, their love for one another can not survive the strain that the feud puts on the couple. Love can be life altering, especially in high tension situations. Shakespeare uses both character development and plot conflicts to show how love drives the attitudes and behavior of his characters. As the plot develops, Shakespeare…

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    a relationship like no other. Romeo and Juliet have a strong relationship, but nothing close to George and Lennie. The book “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare, takes place in a town named Verona. Where a feud between the Montagues and Capulets takes place that has been going on for centuries. The families despise each other. Conflict occurs when Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love at first sight at Capulet's party. The love leads to a suicide where Romeo and Juliet kill themselves to…

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    Shakespeare’s plays we see how the fathers want what’s best for their daughters but they want to be the ones to tell them what’s best for them. There are two plays that will be compared in this essay the first is The taming of the Shrew and the other is Romeo and Juliet. Both of these pieces of literature show how the fathers attempt to control the actions…

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