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…made of velvet, wherwith they cover all their faces, having holes made in them against their eyes, whereout they look."[11] Face-masks or visors were not worn only at the balls in Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado. In Othello, IV.ii.9, Othello asks Emilia about…

…that Romeo and Juliet is the story of how Oxford (Romeo) abandoned the Queen (Rosaline) in favor of Anne Cecil (Juliet), or maybe Anne Vavasour, or Elizabeth Trentham. (Hamlet, however, is still posited as the story of Oxford's life -- even though Stratfordians…

…what he ultimately becomes or what goals he accomplishes; he wants people to judge him on how he lives his life. American Beauty is a lot like a performance of Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. Most people have seen these productions and know what happens…

…tragedy about a black army general and his troubles with his love, A Midsummer Nights Dream, the wonderful comedy about an impoverished community as if in a fairy tale, and Romeo and Juliet, perhaps the most famous of his plays about two lovers who are willing…

…to the frustrations of Romeo and Juliet, at the barriers that keep them apart: ‘O hell-to choose love by another’s eyes’ (Act I.1, line 140) Furthermore, similarly to Romeo and Juliet, is the poetic lament found in the novel but not the film, adding further…

…persisted through the ages, probably due to repeated references to “great love stories” such as that of Aeneas and Dido, Romeo and Juliet, and Cleopatra and Antony. What scholars are forgetting in their classification of these relationships is that they do…

…. In Shakespearean literature, Shakespeare tends to use people to develop certain characters throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is the person with the most influence on Romeo. This influence allows him to develop as a character and also helps develop…

…and was an attempt to do to Hamlet what Baz Luhrman did to Romeo and Juliet. This a brief synopsis of the play; Hamlet is the son of King Hamlet who died before the play begins. King Hamlets brother, Claudius takes the throne and marries his wife. The story largely…

…to Shakespeare?s Romeo and Juliet continues to attribute divinity. ?On the white wonder of dead Juliet?s hand, may size/ And steal immortal blessing from her lips.? Comparison to Juliet further implies the notion of her resemblance to a goddess possessing immortality…

…back to 7th century B.C. when Shamash-shum-ukin, a crown prince of Babylon, burned himself to death. In the play Romeo and Juliet, suicide was the tragedy that brought the two lovers together in the end; this play dates back to 1594. Suicide has…