Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet Essay

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    does love and tragedy have in common? In the historic Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare interprets Romeo’s emotions which ultimately results in his death. William Shakespeare is able to express Romeo’s personality by implementing a cast of supporting characters. Paris is the secret lover of Juliet that Romeo isn’t aware of. Tybalt Capulet despises Romeo and believes he should be compromised due to his intrusion at the Capulet party. Friar Lawrence is loyal to Romeo…

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    accurate in the case of Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and again in Ovid’s, “Pyramus and Thisbe.” Both of these stories are told with ideas that destiny caused the tragic outcomes. People are set to believe that no matter what they tried, the kids were destined to die. However, you can not ignore the fact that the poor outcomes were direct results of poor decisions; through poor communication and bad ideas, from both Romeo and Juliet, along with Pyramus and Thisbe. The…

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    This connects to the play, Romeo and Juliet mainly because both lovers do some crazy things because they love each other too much. With Romeo fighting and killing ultimately two people in total, it was all for the love that the two shared. Staging her own death just so she wouldn't have to marry another man really hurt a lot of people, especially Romeo. Ultimately, the love that they shared was both strong and a little crazy. The genre of the play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and the author of…

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    regarding who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers from feuding families meet and risk all for each other. This leads to their downfall, and they eventually decide to kill themselves rather than live without each other. Many characters contributed to their deaths, but one that could have prevented the tragedy from the start was Lord Capulet. Lord Capulet was impatient and wanted Juliet to marry Paris(whom she…

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    Love tragedy in different perspectives Romeo and Juliet is one of the best original love stories. it was written by the famous author, William Shakespeare. In 1968 Franco Zeffirelli directed his own version of Romeo and Juliet. Then in 1997 Baz Luhrmann directed another version of the play. The two films have a lot in common, but at the same time they both have many differences. Like the costumes, props, scenes and setting. In the 1997 film directed by Luhrmann, it shows the way people…

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    There has been many tragedies in this world, from presidential assassinations, to terrorist attacks like those in Paris and 9/11. Do you wonder how these tragedies came to be? How these terrible stories were built up with every passing year. Another example of a tragedy is that of which occurs in the story of Romeo and Juliet, two star crossed lovers. The story foretold in this famous poem is about two families who at war with each other. Thier hate growing and growing with every passing…

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    Until one dies and the other fallows in the same path. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the most responsible for this tragedy because he decided to go to the party, he killed Tybalt in the square, and he chooses to end his own life and leave the pain the easy way. First at the beginning of the play Romeo is lost in his love for Rosaline. In act 1 scene 5 Romeo chooses to go to the Capulet’s party, at the party romeo meets Juliet. Also Romeo is caught by Tybalt, and he was mad that when he told…

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    impulsivity leading to tragedy is Romeo. Romeo becomes more hasty as his love for Juliet grows. His servant Balthasar comes back and tells him that Juliet is dead and Romeo acts abruptly, “Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars!...and hire post horses. I will hence tonight” (Shakespeare 5.1.24 & 26). As soon as Romeo finds out that Juliet is dead he immediately decides to leave for Verona that night to see her. Balthasar knows what Romeo is thinking; he wants to hurt himself. Romeo believes…

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    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. Juliet…

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    Romeo and Juliet There were a lot of characters that contributed to the tragedy. There were only three that contributed to it the most. Those characters were Romeo, Juliet, and The Friar. The character that contributed the most was Romeo. Romeo and Juliet was madly in love and they wanted to get married secretly. They made up a plan and Romeo didn’t get the note that had the plan in it. When he was on his way to see Juliet, Tybalt killed his best friend, so Romeo kills Tybalt and then kills…

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