First off, they being over the age of twelve should be able to make safe decisions by themselves. Thoughts of dying or committing suicide at an adolescent age should not be present. Trying to marry someone that you are not completely familiar
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is considered to be the ultimate romantic tragedy. The story takes place in Verona, where a long standing feud between two of the ruling families, the Capulets and the Montagues, causes forbidden love to take place between two children. In an effort to keep their love alive, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet devised a plan to escape Verona together after an altercation between Romeo and Juliet’s cousin Tybalt caused some unforeseen consequences. However, in the end…
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between love and hate. It can make one be so deeply in love, they are willing to go through extreme measures just to be loved, or it can make one be filled with so much hatred, they are willing to face the consequences of their wrong doings. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy named Romeo and Juliet, the two star crossed lovers are faced with a conflict that includes the love between them, and the hate between their families. Because of this problem, they are face with decisions that the two make that…
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notorious story of Romeo and Juliet, the two fall in love and pay great consequences. The theme of the story is forbidden love and sacrifice. Romeo and Juliet is one of the best love stories of all time that was made in 1589. Also, created by the famous, William Shakespeare. The story takes place in Verona, Italy where the two feuding families live. It all starts when Romeo’s friend takes him to the Capulet's party. Eventually, Romeo sees Juliet and falls for her instantly. Romeo follows her and…
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Romeo and Juliet is a famous play written by William Shakespeare.This play is about two ancient families , the Montagues and the Capulets This feud caused several tragic consequences for these two noble families. In this play, there’s revenge, affection and even secret marriage. This famous play seems to be written in the 16th century. The genre of this film and text version is tragic drama, and romance. When Romeo sees his love Juliet. In Act 1, Scene 5, he compares her beauty to brightness, warmth…
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Despite their immense love for one another, Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is doomed to fail. It's not because of their lack of chemistry but more of their relationships incapability to function. Taking in their hasty decisions, their families hatred for each other, and the secrecy of their relationship, the relationship is bound to fall apart, with these type of problems Romeo and Juliet's relationship could never last long. Romeo and Juliet and not the type of people to think things out clearly…
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Friar Lawrence is a poor planner because he doesn't recognize the consequences that follow. When Friar married Romeo and Juliet he didn't think about the consequences. He knew that he shouldn't have married these two teens, due to how both families household were fighting with each other. Although he thought he was helping he only made things worse than before. Also Friars plan for Juliet faking her own death and not marrying Paris didn’t work as well as what was planed. What they thought was going…
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Several actions in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are caused by the characters having underdeveloped brains. The science behind teenagers’ actions is described is the article “The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction” published by The National Institute of Mental Health. Tennagers sometimes execute actions that seem dangerous and reckless to adults. But, this can be blamed on their brains. The article states, “The parts of the brain responsible for more ‘top-down’ control, controlling impulses…
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and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.” Being impulsive is doing something without forethought. Doing so often guides us to harsh consequences from poor personal self-decision making. Impulsive decisions are found in everyday life, and not only the decisions but the consequences as well. Some people may believe that making an impulsive decision is not amiss, but we should still believe impulsive decisions lead to certain consequences. Both Romeo and Juliet demonstrate the tragic flaw of being…
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outcome of Romeo and Juliet was controlled by fate or free will. In Romeo and Juliet, free will overpowers fate. Juliet's actions had consequences. Juliet inflicted her own wounds by choices she made. In romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare is proving life is controlled by free will, just like Juliet's actions lead to the death of 2 “star crossed lovers”. Free will over powers fate. Anyone can say everything can be controlled by fate, but because of free will. Juliet decided marry Romeo, Juliet knew Romeo…
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story of Romeo and Juliet, a story about two star-crossed lovers ,who in the end, took their own life. Two feuding families’ children fall in love at a party, they marry after only meeting each other for two days. Juliet drinks a potion, Romeo kills himself thinking she is dead. Then Juliet wakes up finding Romeo dead then kills herself etc. etc. A classic story everyone knows, but looking back in the story gets one thinking who is mainly responsible for the deaths in Romeo and Juliet? There are…
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