Romeo And Juliet Versus West Side Story
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this is spoken, in West Side Story, this is written as music shared between
Maria and Tony.
Another major difference between these two stories is that in Romeo
and Juliet, Juliet sees Romeo dead and decides to kill herself. While, in West
Side Story, Tony (the Romeo of the play) does die - shot by Chino- Maria is not
so stricken and overshelmed that she decides to kill herself. This is very
important because in Romeo and Juliet, neither Romeo or Juliet is allowed to
move on with their lives. In West Side Story, however, I'm sure Maria, although
not shown in the film, moves on and gets over Tony.
My theory .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Forbidden Love Leads To Death
.... her name was but he didn't know.
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
As rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forsweare it, sight,
For I ne'er saw true beauty til .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene V
.... in order to have their desire for one another
fulfilled. Both Romeo and Juliet enjoy each other's company on their first
morning together following their marriage and they do not want to part.
Juliet's first visible transformation to adulthood is revealed here. In
Romeo's desire to be with Juliet, he is willing to risk capture, and most
probably death, in being found within the Capulet walls. Romeo, although
maturing in his feelings of love and intimacy is still young and reckless in his
behavior. In contrast, upon rationalizing the circumstance of daylight and
their being found, Juliet eventually pleads for Romeo to leav .....
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Franco Zeffili's Film Version Of Romeo And Juliet
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Time And Fate In Romeo And Juliet
.... love till now? Forswear it,
sight!/ For ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (I, v, l 52-53) Since
Romeo declares his love for Juliet, she feels the attraction also. They
believe that they are in love and must marry. However, it is a genuine
coincidence that Romeo and Juliet were at the same place, at the same time.
Some days after the ball, Benvolio and Mercutio are conversing, in
regard to the quarrelsome weather. Benvolio declares, "The day is hot, the
Capulets abroad,/ And if we meet we shall not ‘scape a brawl,/ For now these
got days is the mad blood stirring." (III, i, l 2-4) At this point, Tybalt,
who has cha .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Shakespeare's Metaphor Of Comparing Man To Plants
.... where Dr. Jekyll is innately pure and kind but because he tries to
hide the malicious side of his being, it eventually overcomes him completely.
Shakespeare wishes to address the idea that evil can destroy a person and
overtake them if it is let in and uses his lines of Friar Laurence as an
aphorism and a warning to mankind.
The following lines from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet fully portray
the author's view of a split of innocence and corruption in man, and the thought
that evil is likely and able to destroy man from the inside out.
Within the infant rind of this small flower
Poison hath residence and medicine power .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Overview
.... of all
the things that could have happened differently, the events that transpired just
didn't flow in their direction. A few of the malignant fate situations were the
servant asking Romeo to read the invitation list and inviting them to the party
where the star-crossed lovers meet and fall in love, they are discovered by
Tybalt and he is furious, he consults Lord Capulet, but he says let them stay.
Later, Tybalt decides to take matters into his own hands and picks a fight with
Romeo, but Romeo backs down and Mercutio steps up to fight Tybalt. They fight
and Tybalt kills Mercutio, this results in Romeo losing his temper. Aveng .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Fate
.... dead." (Act III, Scene 1, Pg. 430) Destiny determines the strong
bond between Romeo and Juliet yet their death is the consequence of their
powerful love. Tybalt's death is also a consequence of ill determined fate. As
fate grows throughout the characters lives, it eventually takes over and leads
to death.
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Romeo And Juliet: Love And Hate
.... the started fight cause of one the family
made a joke about the other family and it started a huge fight between the two
families. Even the servant help the fight that must have been a fight. If the
servants even fought them, the family must have been in hate. If the servant
would fight for their master then the two families really must have some
historic hate between the families. The fact is that their kinsmen wanted to see
each other dead. The hate of each other was not more powerful then the love
between them. The two love birds can actually love in this society of Verona.
The lovers would even died for each other, they tho .....
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Banning Of The Book/Play Romeo And Juliet
.... that Juliet is dead because he didn't knew that Juliet is only
apparently dead because of the potion. Romeo buys a poison, comes back to Verona
and enters Juliet tomb. He kisses her, and suicide. A little after, Juliet wake
up, find her Romeo dead, and use Romeo's dagger to suicide. Romeo and Capulet
arrive at the tomb, and decide to stop the fighting between the families.
2. Why was the book Banned.
I think the book was banned because Romeo and Juliet suicide, (Romeo
drinks poison and Juliet stabs herself). Juliet actually "angry" with Romeo
after he suicide because he didn't left her even a drop of poison ("Drunk all .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Love Or Infatuation.
.... knew each other two days before they were married. when they first met
they had to ask around and find out the others name. On the balcony Juliet
barely knows his name and already she was talking about her “love” for Romeo.
Romeo got away from his friends just to see Juliet again and he heard her
talking about him.
Therefore, from the scenes mentioned in this essay it's plain to
see that Romeo and Juliet were infatuated instead of in love.
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King Lear: Sequences Which Display The Varying Perceptions Of Different Characters
.... daughter who doesn't love him. It is Lear's
rashness which prevents him from seeing that she is speaking the truth. It is
the same rashness which leads him to believe that Goneril and Regan are being
truthful. Kent believes that Lear is wrong and openly tells him so. He says in
a straightforward manner that he is both mad and an old man . Kent believes
that Lear's decision was a "hideous rashness." He continues to speak, even as
Lear asks him to stop. He tells Lear to see better as he is banned. It is in
Kent's nature to speak what he feels, without hiding things. He did not
understand Lear's condition and his rashnes .....
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