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…a palace to see his beautiful monument that would remind him of the love that he could never have as she was buried alive by his father. Many such famous stories define love and how deep people love each other. Romeo and Juliet are another example of how love…

…Scriptures—Proverbs, Galatians The Characters with Flaws Macbeth-Ambition/ undiscerning Lady Macbeth-Ambition Romeo and Juliet-Love/Rebellion Othello-Jealousy Brutus-Stupidity Cassius-traitor If they would have known the Lord or heeded advice…

…William Shakespeare was a well-known playwright of the Elizabethan Era. Actually, he is just as well-known now. People who haven't heard of Shakespeare, probably heard of one of his famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. While…

…audiences. Contemporary versions of Shakespeare's plays have often changed the settings, but kept the characters, plots, and language more or less intact. The updated "Hamlet," or "Romeo and Juliet," for example, appealed to young, pop culture audiences…

…?! E. Lit is far from boring. Believe it or not, reading literature books is like watching a movie! Take Shakespeare as an example: From Romeo's wonderfully romantic accolade to Juliet's beauty- "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks…

…and all of us in a monstrous way. Where would the level of literature be without Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, War and Peace, or Pride and Prejudice? Almost every book read in the high school English class had its beginnings from The Poetics…

…West Side Story The drama/musical, which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet, takes place in a city of New York, probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs, which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader…

…In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a play about two lovers who are from opposing families, Lord Capulet wishes to appear as a man of peace and much virtue, but when he is away from the prying eyes of the public, he is a man many times worse than…

…alliteration, repetition, archaic word, imagery, metaphor, and simile, enrich Shakespeare's style and his plays. In his remarkably renowned play, Romeo and Juliet, the line, "parting is such sweet sorrow," gives Juliet's words a memorable twist with its…

…cases. From Romeo and Juliet he writes, "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." From Sonnet 49 he likens the subject's eyes to the sun, "And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye." In The Rape…