The Theme of love in Romeo and Juliet

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    be with someone they love. In, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare’s, the theme shows that people will do unthinkable things for someone that they love. In the drama, Friar Lawrence affects the theme and outcome of the play, which is of Romeo and Juliet’s death. Such as when he gives Juliet a sleeping potion, also when he sends Friar John to give a letter to Romeo, which he does not receive.Friar Lawrence contributes to the theme and outcome of the play by giving Juliet a potion for her to…

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare 's most popular plays during his lifetime. It was written with five acts in 1595. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses many literary devices such as pun, dramatic irony, and personification to create his themes of fate, love, and gender…

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    Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew both have a dominant theme of love. In Romeo and Juliet, the play emphasizes romantic love, precisely the penetrating passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. The Taming of the Shrew stresses the economic aspects of marriage, specifically, how financial views determine who marries whom. In Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, the theme of love can be compared and contrasted through many different aspects…

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    another one Romeo and Juliet. While doing research on these two wonderful plays it showed there is quite a difference in the plot structure, theme, and symbolism of the plays.Looking at the evidence supporting that Romeo and Juliet is written with a better plot structure, theme, and better symbolism than Twelfth Night. The research showed that Romeo and Juliet does have a much better plot structure then Twelfth Night; the way the events happened shows and proves that Romeo and Juliet is better.…

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    His plays are expressed through various themes including love, betrayal and tragedy in which he repetitively challenges the protagonists. Romeo and Juliet is a play that combines a beautiful love with a great tragedy, developing it into one of Shakespeare 's most recognized masterpieces. These well-known themes enable modern day audiences to understand the emotions as well as the feelings of the characters. Specifically, Act 3 Scene 5 accentuates the theme of tragedy, where two star-crossed…

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    and ends with a fatal conclusion. In the play and movie, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, this specific type of tragedy was portrayed clearly throughout the story. Although, the story leads up to create one major tragedy, there are also several tragedies which lead up to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Even though the play was created in the 16th century, there are many concepts that contributed to the tragedy such as love and hate, occur in today’s society where groups of people…

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    In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare attempts to show the truth and nature of love Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romaine stretching back to antiquity. The basic story is a boy (Romeo) and girl (Juliet) fall in love but they came from families which hate each other and know they will not allowed to marry. They were so much in love and they got married in Secret instead. However, before their wedding night Romeo kills Juliet’s Cousin in a duel and in the morning he is forced to…

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    Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Taylor Swift’s Love Story by the use of literary devices and their vastly different structures to express the theme of love. In Romeo and Juliet, imagery was used far more to convey the love that the protagonists felt for each other while in Taylor Swift’s Love Story, repetition was more commonly employed. “It’s a love story, baby just say ‘YES’” (Swift; 16, 30, 34, 48) was used four times throughout the song to stress the fact that the pair were truly in…

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    Shakespeare. His work has been widely known across the globe by his astonishing style of creating his own words, metaphors, and eloquent phrases. In fact, a notable piece of work William Shakespeare is best known for is the romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. It is about two star-crossed lovers who are driven to their death due to their feuding families. As the play prospers, it portrays a high degree of literary elements which benefit the reader to further understand the hidden significations.…

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    Is love really that strong? Nobody seems to have a problem saying I hate some, but do they really take the time to think do I really hate them? Most people don’t, the same way with love. Think about Romeo and Juliet, they fell in love and were married in three days. If you really love someone, you will know it. That doesn’t mean, just because you really like someone doesn’t mean you love them. Love is a strong word, but so is hate. In the movie Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is a 13 year old girl…

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