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    experience true love. Old and young people all over experience true love. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet get married too soon and have issues being with each other. They do not tell their parents and Juliet comes up with a crazy plan that does not work. The two lovers end up killing themselves in the end do to the failing plan. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a couple of themes pop up throughout the story. The two themes are people who are in love often do foolish things and teenagers can experience true love. These themes are very common in the story, and Romeo and Juliet fit themes extremely…

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    “Tragedy is the difference between what is and what might have been”-Prime Minister of Israel. This is a quote for contemplation and meditation, something quick to be grasped yet difficult to let go. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the same. After the last page is read (mournfully) and that classic piece of literature closes, we contemplate what might have been for Juliet and her Romeo. November 19, 2015 marks the day that another tragedy occurred. One hundred thirty…

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    "Romeo and Juliet are only children thus to blame for the events that unfolded. Discuss who or what was to blame for the tragedy in the play." Romeo and Juliet is a story of love, loss and tragedy. The actions of some of the characters, not just Romeo and Juliet, both directly and indirectly caused the tragedy in the story to occur. If we were to look at the play from Shakespeare 's time. One of the main reasons for the tragedy in the play would have been Romeo and Juliet both going against…

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    Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare in 1594. I found a copy of this play on line and was able to read it. The web address to view the play is http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=romeojuliet. This play is about two families that are feuding, kids falling in love, and death. As fate would have it, two people meet and fall in love only to find out that they have a forbidden love. The Genre of Romeo and Juliet is a…

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is to be one of the most famous tragic love stories ever written. We all may know how it ends, but who really caused this tragedy besides themselves? Of course all the characters mentioned in the play encouraged one conflict or another, but briefly mentioned was sweet Rosaline. She breaks Romeo’s heart ever so much, causing him to beg for her forgiveness. To do so, while reading a party guest list for a wandering servant, Romeo comes…

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The death of Romeo and Juliet is a terrible tragedy. The star-crossed lovers tried their hardest to avoid fate, but they were doomed to fail. Romeo killed himself believing Juliet was dead, Juliet killed herself after seeing Romeo dead. The cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death is mainly due to the family fued between the Montagues and the Capulets, Tybalt wanting to fight Romeo, and Friar Lawrence’s bad decision making. Romeo and Juliet’s hasty marriage and eventual…

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    Romeo and Juliet as a Tragedy A romantically fatal twist and a huge feud, this is one heck of a journey for a couple star crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet is a special play written by none other than William Shakespeare. This is only just one of William Shakespeares many plays he has written over the course of his life. This play was definitely one of his more popular plays, if not his most popular play. William, in total has written 37 plays in his lifetime. Romeo and Juliet takes place in…

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    In the famous play of love and death written by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence says that “young men’s love” doesn’t come from the “heart”, but but originates in their “eyes”(II.iii.67-68). Romeo is not very heedful and when that is combined with Juliet’s inexperience, the play results in tragedy. In the drama “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare utilizes Romeo’s immaturity to demonstrate young passionate love leads to selfish behaviors. Romeo is to blame for not only his…

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    Who says true love can’t end with a tragedy? Two people, regardless of their differences fall in love changing the way people see them. A tall man with a short lady, an obese women with a skinny man; the possibilities are endless. Individuals from two feuding families may fall in love with each other like in the tragedy of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. A Capulet girl and a Montague boy instantly fall in love after seeing each other for the first time twisting the relationship between…

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    Tragedy, by the theatrical terms, can be defined as a concept or instance where characters are brought to ruin by personal flaws or weaknesses. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet underscores this definition eloquently, provided the tragedy behind the eponymous characters’ romance arouses the controversy of whether or not it was their fault. To a degree, Romeo and Juliet are in fact responsible for their own dreadful ends purely on account of their impetuosity in romance – their tragic flaws.…

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