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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, has fate as the overlying theme since the audience already knows the lovers, Romeo and Juliet, will die. Their fate was given to the audience right from the Prologue, but what Shakespeare intended was for people to understand how the lovers ended up fulfilling this fate. In the early acts, Romeo meets Juliet and their love seems unbreakable, but fate continues to place obstacles in their path making it so that they fulfill…

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    Is the love of Romeo and Juliet so strong it would give you the erg to kill people to stay with the love of your life? They just met and they are really young, do they really know what love is? Romeo is too petty and only thinks of himself and what would benefit him. Was killing three people really the right thing to do? The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a cheesy funny play, but who was really at fault of the tragedy? Romeo found the love of his life, but there was one issue she was a Capulet.…

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    Adolescents and Inexperience cause an Untimely Death Romeo and Juliet are children when they fall in love, and too young when they decide to take their own life. The story of Romeo and Juliet and their “untimely death” is caused by their inexperience, their eagerness, their curiosity and mainly their youth. Every action they undergo they are just too young to for. It is understandable though, they are teenagers and teenagers are very spontaneous, but their age is not the only thing to blame.…

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    Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet many decisions made by the characters result in the death of two young lovers. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence make some questionable decisions throughout the play. Juliet decides to get married too quickly, Romeo kills Tybalt, and Friar plans Juliet’s death too suddenly. If even just one choice was different than the play would have ended differently and more characters could have survived. The hasty decisions from Romeo and Juliet result in their…

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    Everyone has heard of the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, but do we really even know who was at fault of that? In the play, Romeo and Juliet were star crossed lovers that Friar Laurence married off and were happy together. They got separated when Romeo got banished from Verona and it took them both very harshly. They both told their sad stories to Friar Laurence and poured their hearts out to him. Was Friar Laurence really helpful to them when they desperately needed…

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    “Violence is never the answer” is an expression every child is continuously told from childhood through adulthood to avoid conflict, and the same holds true in Shakespeare’s work in Romeo and Juliet. The drama between the forbidden pair is known by most, and it never fails to remain a classic tale of love despite the time period. The young star-crossed lovers are hindered by the bitter feud between their two households, forbidding them from pursuing a public and successful relationship. In Romeo…

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    At first glance, Juliet takes seems at fault in Romeo and Juliet. However fully analyzed, Rosaline bears more blame than Juliet. Unlike Juliet’s calm rational choices and consistent actions, Rosaline’s inconsistencies and poor choices ultimately cause the deaths in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Rosaline is inconsistent in her actions, leading Romeo on and inadvertently causing his and others deaths.Her uncle invites her to a party presumably aware of her impending decision to become a…

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    Juliet” portrays many scenarios where Romeo has a love for Rosaline an unseen character in the play.Even though Rosaline is a character who is never seen throughout the duration of the Play she sets the stage for the rest of the actions caused by the Love for one another. Shakespeare’s use of personification, Allusion and Imagery play a role in the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. “Romeo & Juliet” portrays Romeo’s love for Rosaline which is an example of what a fickle character Romeo…

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    In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is in love with Rosaline in the beginning. When Romeo reads the list for a party at the Capulet and sees that Rosaline’s name is on it and he wants to go. Romeo gets the party and he then sees Juliet and he is amazed at how beautiful she is. At that time he doesn’t know that her name is Juliet and that she is a Capulet. The two over a period of time fall in love with each other. It was very hard for them to see each other often because of their…

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    In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Rosaline, Romeo’s prior love interest, is probably wise to reject him as he displays several character traits that might not make the most stable husband. The play begins with a example of the feud of two houses, Capulet and Montague, who are are having a brawl in the market square. Romeo Montague has been recently rejected by a woman named Rosaline and is extremely distraught. His friend brings him along to a party at the Capulet’s house. There he meets…

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