Essays On Books

Romeo and Juliet is a play depicting the struggles between two “star crossed lovers” who just want to be together although their families purely disagree. The plot of the play is set due to the prologue written as a sonnet in the beginning which implicates that it is a love story as two people fall […]

In Romeo and Juliet there are two families; the Montagues and the Capulets. These two families have a rivalry against each other. There are a lot of ways that Shakespeare expresses these rivalries and conflicts. I aim to discuss these points by looking at a number of scenes in detail. The play begins with a […]

Love, hatred, and lies are prevalent emotions in Romeo and Juliet, The Hero, and The Soldier. This analysis explores the presentation of emotions by writers and their relation to the context of their works. Love, a commonly portrayed negative emotion in texts, is depicted as causing pain and negative feelings among characters by the writers […]

The essence of Romeo and Juliet involves the lovers’ struggle against the social structures which prohibit their union. This essay will examine these structures, which range from the concrete to the abstract, their families’ enmity and the social importance placed on masculine honour. These obstacles spring from the families’ ‘ancient grudge’ and I will analyse […]

Franco Zeffirelli was born in 1923. He was Educated at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, and Florence University (architecture). It was during his time at the university where he found about his love for the world of opera and theater. Zeffirelli’s name is still most closely associated with his next film, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ […]

There have been various different adaptations of Romeo and Juliet made but in this essay I will be comparing two film versions, made with nearly thirty years in between them. The first was made was made in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli and was set in a traditional, Shakespearean town named Verona, this place though is […]

In this coursework I will be analyzing then opening scenes of two films of Rome and Juliet. One is written by Franco Zeffirelli, a 1968 production and the other is written by Baz Luhrmann, a 1996 production.In the beginning of Luhrmann’s film a TV newsreader says the Romeo and Juliet prologue. Whilst she speaks the […]

In his drama. Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare uses assorted illustrations of nonliteral linguistic communication. He does this through the usage of allusions. metaphors and boding in order to develop character and secret plan. Shakespeare uses one specific type of nonliteral to give you secret plan. and that type is boding. Through out the drama […]

Although it is commonly believed that Romeo and Juliet were victims of destiny, they were actually two lovers who made poor choices. As a child, I admired the love between a boy and a girl, often compared to Romeo and Juliet. However, as I matured, my perception of their story shifted. It became clear that […]

Romeo and Juliet, often hailed as William Shakespeare’s greatest work, is a renowned tragedy that revolves around a tale of both love and hatred. The play explores the blossoming romance between its main protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, while showcasing the animosity between their two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The reason Romeo and […]

In this assignment, I have divided a scene from Romeo and Juliet into thirteen sections. These sections encompass the music and sound effects, lighting, and even the characters I will portray. In section one, there is a medium shot at eye level to capture Benvolio and Mercutio’s conversation and to showcase their facial expressions. The […]

Romeo And Juliet TragicIt is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies main characters die in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo and Juliet are a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes these events happen. The person(s) […]

Romeo & Juliet vs. West Side Story What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die? What if Romeo was killed by Paris instead of the other way around? What if the story took place in 1950s New York City, with young actors playing tough street kids who dance and sing passionately? Well, just look at West […]

Romeo and Juliet a tragic love story. The story of the star crossed lovers. Nevertheless, from reading the text it becomes evident that there were more factors associated with the play than just tragedy. Firstly, the setting of the play is in Verona, Italy. Were all political decisions are made by one person. Also there […]

‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written by William Shakespeare in 1596. Like many of Shakespeare’s plays, it was not an original idea. His inspiration came from a well-known poem of the times called, ‘The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet’ which was written in 1562 by Arthur Brooke. In the poem, the events took place over […]

The relationship between Juliet and the nurse is a better example of the mother-daughter relationship than that of Juliet and Lady Capulet. Discuss with close reference to act 2 scene 5 and act 3 scene 5 in particular. How would you direct an actress playing Juliet during her confrontation of Capulet in the latter stage […]

I come before you all, perhaps at fault, perhaps condemnable, but in mourning of this portentous matter, just as you, nonetheless. Such a lamentable day as this has never yet existed, and on no account will another as tragic befall Verona in such pernicious splendor. Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague, brought to Death by blind […]

West Side Story transfers Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to present-day New York. The love story of Romeo and Juliet becomes that of Maria and Tony. The feud between the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues is re-created in one involving two teen-age gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. The famous balcony scene of the […]

This essay argues that the true meaning of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare is not ‘that young people should obey their parents’. Rather, this essay argues that ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a complex love story and to say that the true meaning of the play is that young people should obey their parents […]

The character of Tybalt is that he doesn’t like peace, the way he talks makes it seem as though he always wants to have trouble or fight. Mercutio, who hates Tybalt, gives him the “catty” nickname the “Prince of Cats” , but when his uncle Capulet prevents him from beating up Romeo for crashing the […]

Romeo and Juliet is a play created by Shakespeare a very long time ago, but this play has been adopted into many other movies, plays, songs, and even phrases. In class we watched Romeo and Juliet, West side story, and Princess Bride. These are all renditions of the original and are unique in their own […]

The story of Romeo and Juliet is a timeless narrative about the love between two individuals who are fated to experience relationship failure because of an age-old feud between their families. This discord has endured even before the birth of the lovers and has served as inspiration for numerous contemporary tales, such as the renowned […]