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"Romeo and Juliet" is about the human condition and how a developing and comprehensive view of love is important. We see this reality clearly in the personal relationships in this play. People are in love, yet parents, like in "Romeo and Juliet", don't allow them to get married. Parents try to have social control. In other words, there is no real individual freedom.

Tags:tragedy, romeo, juliet

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This paper analyzes Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" to the effect that Juliet is the central figure in the play. She is multi-faceted, a more complex character, while Romeo instead is ruled by his hasty emotions. It looks at various aspects of the play to end at this position, using sources from psychological journals as well as Shakespeare criticisms.

From the Paper
"Romeo and Juliet: Juliet as a Powerful Figure Romeo and Juliet is a play which surrounds itself upon the themes of boundless passion and true love--a love that triumphs over the grave. However, it is much more than a love story, but an illuminator of significant contrasts: love and hate, the feminine and the masculine, youth and age, life and death, light and dark, and joy and sorrow. It is a play which consistently illuminates new uses and shows paradoxes. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the character of Juliet has been recently shown to be a fully developed, multi-faced character, while Romeo is a more passionate character, heavily influenced by hasty emotion. The passions of Romeo and Juliet are what is most central in this play."

Tags:romeo, juliet, feminism

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This paper examines the nature of love in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet in terms of Greek philosopher Plato's definitions of love. This paper argues that Romeo and Juliet does indeed exemplify the types of ideal love that Plato talks about and gives examples including sexual desire, willingness to risk death, madness, divinity of the lover and other.

From the Paper
"The nature of love has been speculated upon by humans for thousands of years, perhaps since long before humans have been able to give it conscious thought. Some of the most wise and thought-provoking insights into the nature of love have passed down to us from the Greek writer and philosopher, Plato. Plato is responsible for our knowledge of the philosophies of Socrates, but he also wrote down many of his own thoughts and opinions, especially those on the nature of human conditions. Plato's ideal form of love is exemplified in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, as we will see. Plato describes various types of love through his dialogues including the Symposium and Phaedrus, which give some of the clearest vision of his ideals on the subject."

Tags:love, romeo, juliet

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This paper explains that first love is the love, which most people remember and cherish throughout their lives. The author points out that few people are willing to die for their first love yet Romeo and Juliet foolishly died without trying to solve all of their problems. The paper relates that Shakespeare movie and play "Romeo and Juliet" are similar in words, but quite different in setting.

From the Paper
"What is love? Did Romeo and Juliet's parents have the right to decide who they should marry? Love between Romeo and Juliet was forbidden and thus even more grandiose in the eyes of the two lovers. First love is one that most people remember and cherish throughout their lives. Few people are willing to die for their love, yet this couple foolishly died without trying to solve all of the problems. In the play, "Romeo and Juliet" and in the movie, Romeo and Juliet fall in love the first time they see each other and they pursue the forbidden love knowing their parents would never approve of it, which eventually leads them to commit suicide. The Shakespeare movie and play are similar in words, but quite different in setting."

Tags:romeo, juliet, love

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A paper on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello". The paper shows how between the tragedies and the doomed love these stories are very similar.

Tags:romeo, juliet, othello

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"Romeo and Juliet" was written about 1597. This was not originial work, but mostly written after a poem. Shakespeare changed the age of the teenagers from 16 to age 13 for probably more than one reason. The main point of the play is that the two teenagers acted on impulse and love.

Tags:romeo, juliet, shakespeare

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This paper looks at how the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare and the film "Shakespeare in Love", directed by John Madden, utilize disguise as the key to romance and intrigue. It looks at how "Shakespeare in Love" displays the theme of disguise as an equal response to the trickery and guise found in "Romeo and Juliet" and how in "Romeo and Juliet" the theme of disguise through the masquerade ball is important in Romeo realizing his love for Juliet.

Tags:shakespeare, romeo, love

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This essay discusses William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet". The essay particularly focuses on the characters of Romeo and Juliet and their fate. It argues that Romeo and Juliet suffer as victims of fate and not their own choices. It includes examples and quotes from the play to demonstrate this point.

From the Paper
"In most tragedies there is a villainous antagonist or supernatural agent that deliberately creates obstacles and difficult circumstances in an attempt to destroy or conquer the protagonist. Sometimes, as in Shakespeare's tragedies Macbeth and Hamlet, it is the protagonist's own tragic flaw that causes their demise. However, in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet there is no obvious villainous character or personal tragic flaw that leads to the untimely deaths of the two protagonists, rather fate is the opposing force in this tragedy."

Tags:fate, juliet, romeo, shakespeare, love

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This paper discusses the theme of disorderliness and its relationship to the desire for social order sanctioned by law as treated in Aeschylus's play, "Eumenides", the third play of the Orestia, and Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".

Tags:Romeo, and, Juliet, Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Eumenides, Greek, Drama, Elizabethan, Drama

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This paper analyzes Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet" and examines its central themes. The author looks at the themes of love and death with reference to determination, passion, madness and uncertainty that the characters experience.

From the Paper
"Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's most well know plays. The infamous love story between the two main characters is what draws most people to the play. Yet from such a brilliant author, one must look deeper to find greater issues hidden in the lines of this play. Although Shakespeare never specifically states his thoughts, one can find conclusive evidence to support the idea that love is equated with death in this play. Death is defined as destruction; lacking warmth, interest, or brightness; without feeling, motion, or power. On the other hand, love is defined as a strong affection or liking for someone; passionate affection. With such different definitions, it takes the genius of Shakespeare to draw these two phenomena's together."

Tags:juliet, romeo, shakespeare, love, passion, death, uncertainty, madness