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Introduction I am writing an essay of how Shakespeare explores different types of love in Romeo and Juliet and then how they are similar to liturgy heritage poems. I also look at a poem by Elizabeth Benet browning that is a poem that has the same structure as Shakespeare sonnets. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare portrays many different types of love, as it is the most important theme in the play, and appears in many contrasting forms. Love is depicted in different ways by different characters, figurative language and imagery. In the beginning of the play Romeo's love for Rosaline is unrequited which means it isn't returned and is build on lust and infatuation and is therefore unrequited. Mercutio and Tybalt have a very strong filial love which is love for their families and their fighting reputation is driven by this hatred. The true love between Romeo and Juliet shows that lovers are not interchangeable and that love transcends appearance. The love between Capulet and lady Capulet is forced love and is over possession and money. The nurse is constantly making bawdy comments and see's love a sexual and marriage. First type of love we see is Romeo's unrequited love for Rosaline. At the start of the play in act one; Romeo is in love with a woman called Rosaline. He is acting in a peculiar way; his cousin Benvolio discovers why, incurable lovesickness. He is upset because the
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ROMEO AND JULIET ESSAY EXPLORE HOW THE SCENE HAS BEEN CREATED FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT ON THE AUDIENCE (ACT III, SCENE 5) Romeo and Juliet is a play published and written by William Shakespeare in the year 1594. It is a story of two young lovers destined to die, knowing in fact they come from different families that despise each other. Shakespeare has made act five, scene three dramatic and exciting for the audience with a lot of tension, stressed emotion, curiosity, heartbreaking emotion and much more builds up as this play moves towards the end. At the outset, Romeo is informed by Balthasar about Juliet's death, and upon hearing this Romeo makes preparation to go back to Verona. However, before this Romeo transpires, reacts with unconstrained emotion. He passionately and rowdily defies fate, swearing to be united with Juliet at any cost. After sending Balthasar to hire horses, Romeo goes to an apothecary. Romeo offers the apothecary forty gold coins in exchange for strong poison. The apothecary reminds him that sale of such poison is prohibited and strictly forbidden by law, but Romeo appeals to the apothecary's poverty. Romeo argues with him for a bit and then the apothecary at last agrees. Romeo remarks that gold is "worse poison to men's souls" than the drug he has just purchased. Romeo plans to drink the poison at Juliet's tomb. Paris has come to the tomb to honor
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Brave New World Aldous Huxley Chapter 1 - Quotes "A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories" pg.1 This is the opening line of the novel and it paints a picture of what the city is like. It is grey meaning there is no life and individuality, it is quite dull and that the building being "only" thirty-four stories high indicates that it is a smaller building compared to those that surround it and that this world is dissimilar to what we have at present. "Community, Identity, Stability" pg.1 This is the motto of this brave new world. Community through one another working hand in hand and applying themselves fully at whatever job they have been assigned to undergo. Identity of each human being known as either an Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Deltas or Epsilon. And finally, stability within the brave new world through each type of human knowing their role within the process and that there will be no unhappiness within the humans. "Cold for all the summers beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself" pg.1 Here we see the artificial nature of the brave new world. There is no heat emitted throughout highlighting the fact that the humans in the world are somewhat artificial too. The rooms are not heated through a natural process although it is all done through machinery and if not even summer would be a cold season. "Hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured
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Analyse the prologue and Act 1 Scene 1of Baz Luhrmanns production of Romeo and Juliet. How does he make the opening effective? In this re-make of the classic drama, Romeo and Juliet, Baz Luhrmann has just modernised it. He has done this by editing and cutting the script and also, he has changed the setting, clothes of characters, age of characters and the gender of some of the actors. An effective opening is one that will make the audience want to watch the rest of the film. The opening should give the effect that the film is going to be a thrilling film and that the audience should definitely enjoy. The music in this film varies throughout the film. At the start it is classical drama type. This music comes in on the end line of the chorus which is, "Take their life." Tybalt, who I think is seen as the leader, is introduced with old western movie music which makes him look calm and in control of the situation straight away. The scene is set in a petrol station; I think this is because it is like the families, only needing a spark to start the fire. This also creates more danger in the scene because the Capulets are all smoking and that could be the spark to start the fire. The maturity of the two families is visible straight away because when the nuns are in the car park the Capulets are using more manly jokes when the Montague boys are doing actions like a teenager.
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Explore and evaluate the key factors which contribute to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most dramatic and influential love stories of all time. The play, written by William Shakespeare in the late sixteenth century tells a tale of 'star-crossed lovers' taking their lives to be together to death. This tragic end has many possible causes. One cause was the character Friar Lawrence, or was it the lengthy feud that caused them to die, or could Tybalts anger be another cause? Could it have even been too much speed and haste throughout the play that caused the death of Romeo and Juliet? Although Capulet wanted the best for Juliet, he didn't give a thought on how she felt and had forced her to marry Paris which had caused problems that led to the tragic end. She didn't want to marry someone who she did not love and wanted to escape this marriage. Her method of escape was death. In Act 3 Scene 4, Capulet demonstrates his power and control over his daughter, by arranging her wedding with Paris without her consent. He says to Paris in lines 13-14, "Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." Capulet is stating he knows Juliet will definitely like Paris and so reveals Paris and Juliet will be married on Thursday. He made these decisions without even asking Juliet's opinion. In Act 3
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Romeo & Juliet This essay will be discussing how Juliet's character changes from the beginning of the play till in Act 3 Scene 2. In the beginning of the play Juliet is like any other young, naïve, girl in the Elizabethan times, who were not given much freedom, independence and were not treated with much respect. In the Elizabethan times Young middle class girls were married of at the age of fourteen and they were expected to be obedient and shy by the society, back then status, honour, and pride meant a lot to rich families such as the Capulets and Montagues, and marrying a mortal enemy was completely disgraceful even if it was for your child's happiness. Parents were more concerned about their pride and honour rather than the happiness of their children. Wealthy families such as the Capulets and Montagues had to worry a lot about what the society thought of them and had to keep a good reputation for the eyes of the society. Honour was the most important thing to them. In the play Juliet is of an age that stands on the border between immaturity and maturity. At the beginning of the play Shakespeare portraits her character to be merely an obedient, insecure, sheltered, naïve child who would leave all her life decisions up to her parents. ''I'll look to like, if looking liking move (...) than your consent gives strength to make it fly'' Here Juliet says she will not even
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Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays it is thought to have been written in 1595 but later published in 1597. Even though the play contrasts elements of romance, it is a tragedy. The plot of Romeo and Juliet is based on an Italian tale that was translated into verse in 1562 by Arthur Brooke, and then retold in prose in 1582 by William Painter. Arthur Brook and William Painter were Shakespeare's main inspiration for Romeo and Juliet. The play is about two rival families: the Montagues and the Capulets, who have been feuding for many years. This is complicated when Romeo a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet fall in love but are forced to keep it a secret which then leads to their death alongside many others. A soliloquy is a speech given by a character that no other character can hear and it reveals what the character is really thinking as well as showing their true feelings. Soliloquies are a frequent occurrence in 'Romeo and Juliet' and are delivered by Romeo, Juliet, and the Friar. A soliloquy can have many uses in a play as they may increase dramatic effectiveness, build dramatic irony, foreword plots, and increase tension within the audience. The Friar's soliloquy's occurs in Act 2, Scene 3, straight after Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. Consequently it follows a very happy point in the play. The Friar in this scene is in his garden
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COURSEWORK I felt cold. The lump in my throat seemed to grow bigger after every second in this hellhole. Fear consumed me and I could feel it's icy cold fingers run down my spine. The view of decimated men was becoming a familiar site. I watched people, friends that had carried each other through the tough times slip into their trap. The Germans were reckless, they were a death machine. They spilt blood as if it were water. Flames engulfed the world, it was their fault and now I'm here to fight for justice, fight for everything I hold true. "All groups take cover!" The general's voice echoed across the trenches. The German machine guns began firing again, I lodged myself in between 2 men at the far end of the trench. The adrenaline pumped through my veins wildly, as if a predator was chasing it. I watched as a group of men were ushered over the trenches and into no man's land. I couldn't bear to look, I closed my eyes and hid away in my own world. I was far away from the battle and my mind wandered into the past. I thought about how things were, when there were now wars. How I took my life for granted, all the little things that now I have come to miss so much. But there was no going back now, this is it. As I sat there trembling in the arms of terror, I knew that my time was coming close. Soon enough I would join the bodies that now littered the terrain. I began panting
Romeo And Juliet Essay
Analysis Essay; Romeo and Juliet This film is about a pair of lovers called Romeo and Juliet; they are destined for each other but their rival families stand in their way. The director, Lurhmann, has created a modernised film version of the play; this essay will analyse the opening of the film. Firstly, in the opening very spiritual and dramatic music in the opening immediately engages the audience, making them want to no more and watch on. This music could also imply that the families are both very religious. However the more modern, fast paced, hip-hop music that is played during the introduction of the Montague boys reflects them very well as it shows that they are much more like modern young men. Also this could tell us that they are the less serious of the families and they will be the more comical of the families. On the other hand, when the Capulet boys are introduced the music is a western style; this shows us that they are much more serious than the Montague's. Also we can deduce that they take religion and their Italian culture a lot more seriously due to the seriousness of the music. During the gun fight, Lurhmann uses a very westernised music; this could be to symbolise the fight as those of the western times. Also this music could be played as it shows that the Capulet's are dominating the gun fight. Lurhamann uses a slow zoom into the news reader on
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Romeo and Juliet essay How do the emotions of Juliet and the audience change throughout Act 3 Scene 5? Romeo and Juliet was written in 1595 by William Shakespeare. The play was set around 100 years before it was written. It was based on a story, which Shakespeare has read which was called 'The Tragically History of Romeo and Juliet', by Arthur Brooke, which was published in 1562. The play was set in Verona, a city in Italy and the story had such an effect on Shakespeare that he adapted it to suit his own ideas and turned it into a play. It could be seen that he had written the play to underline the status of fathers and daughters at that time since at the same sort of time, he wrote 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' which also involves a daughter wanting to marry someone against her father's will. This play, unlike Romeo and Juliet, is a comedy production. The audience are already prepared to feel sympathy for Juliet because the long chain of events started as soon as she said her first line in Act 1 Scene 3. When lady Capulet asked Juliet "How stands your disposition to be married?" she asks Juliet whether she wants to get married to Paris. From Juliet's answer we see that she was a very young, protected from life and innocent girl- "It is an honour that I dream not of". We also see in that scene that Juliet doesn't have a good relationship with her mother-Lady Capulet which
