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Love is powerful, bringing both joy and harm. Romeo and Juliet are two unlucky lovers that had to see the dangerous side of love. Two children from opposing families fall madly and irrationally in love. They run away, but Juliet is supposed to marry Paris. The plot is to escape by pretending Juliet is dead by using a potion, reviving her, and running away but the plan doesn't work and they kill themselves because they can't live without one another. In this play the setting plays an important role

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Romeo and Juliet are most to blame for their own deaths because of their miscommunication and ignorance. The two of them from the very start of this play have shown how their ignorance and miscommunication get into the way of their logical decision making process. Toward the near beginning of this play, in Act 2 Scene 2, Romeo shows up at Juliet’s window and starts talking to her. Romeo ignored Juliet’s reason for how dangerous it is for him to be there. When he ignores her and says how he flew over

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on sensitive topics. These enlightened words from Stevenson can easily relate to the love story of Romeo and Juliet, a story that tells the tale of two young teenagers who become lovestruck over one another the minute they lay their eyes upon one another. The young couple desperately wants to get married, but their feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are in their way. Romeo and Juliet tragically decided to make extreme decisions in order to have a chance to be together

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Ideas of love and hate are explored in the film Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare and re-enacted into a modern context by the director Baz Luhrmann. Set in urban Verona beach, where a pair of star-cross’d lovers’ fall in love in a world of hate, and where their two families ‘ancient grudge leads to new mutiny’. In this film, Luhrmann uses motifs such as fire, water, and religious icons to explore the ideas of violence, spirituality, love, danger, and hypocrisy. Luhrmann uses

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consequence in literature. To support this, the popular play Romeo and Juliet can be compared with mainstream dystopian works Hunger Games and Divergent. Romeo and Juliet begins with the old feud between two families in Italy: the Capulets and the Montagues (Shakespeare and Durband). For years, the families have scorned each other with pure hatred, keeping themselves away from each other and fighting when they unite. As a result, Romeo Montague and

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are involved? And if so, who is to blame for the aftermath? This scenario is the backdrop of the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, where two star-crossed lovers who come from rival families pursue love through secret meetings and haphazard plans. Unfortunately, plans go wrong and the fallout is countless deaths in Verona’s streets. These deaths could’ve been easily avoided if Romeo was less impulsive and delusional, and if he hadn’t murdered Tybalt in cold blood. In fact, his impetuous

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Misattribution of the Romeo and Juliet EffectTuong Vi VuUniversity of OttawaThe topic that was explored was the misattribution theory of arousal; specifically, whether or not parental interference in an intimate relationship led to intensification of feelings of love between the couple. Walster (1971) argued that high arousal would produce passionate love “as long as one attributes is agitated state to passion”, resulting in the effect of misattribution. There have been some studies

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“Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare’s play written in 1594, was produced again at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London and directed by Dominic Dromgoogle. The play written about two star-crossed young lovers, whose families are enemies, ends predictably in tragedy. Shakespeare’s Globe Theater was the perfect venue for this production. Romeo, played by Adetomiwa Edun did a wonderful job portraying the new lover who is smitten with a woman, while Juliet, played by Ellie Kendrick, certainly looked the

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The Exciting Ways Patients vs. Haste Impacts our Lives, and Romeo and Juliet“Having patience gives you what you deserve.” - Fatma Alfalsi. Romeo and Juliet; the famous love story of two teenagers, explains deep importance of patience, and the downfall of hastefull decisions. The impacts of making bad decisions are exaggerated, as well as the positive outcomes of patience. The author of the play also shows a clear message how, “having patience gives you what you deserve.” This message is so powerful

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Romeo and Juliet is a book that everyone reads in their school career. It is a tragic play of two lovers whose families are split over a feud. Their families only stop the fighting when both of their children die because of it. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is one of his most popular, loved and performed plays. Within the tragedy of the two star-crossed lovers we meet plenty of intriguing characters. Romeo, Juliet, their families: The Capulets and the Montagues. As well as a few

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