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Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of love vs. infatuation to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?

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Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of love vs. infatuation to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?

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Introductory Paragraph: From movies to television shows, from poetry to music, one thing is for certain--love is almost always in the air.  Yet, love is a concept that should not be oversimplified.  No--there are several aspects to what love is and to what love is not.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of love vs. infatuation is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that love has the power to blind anyone, especially emotional adolescents.  This idea is significant because it emphasizes the point that when people allow themselves to be swept away by passion, they run the risk of ignoring all of the warning signs along the way.

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Friar Lawrence, I believe, was influential in tying these two passages together. Despite the warning signals, Friar Lawrence proceeded to assist Juliet and Romeo in order for them to be together as they could be. On the other hand, I believe Friar Lawrence hinted at certain warning signals, which Juliet and Romeo disregarded, resulting in poor results. Their decisions to be together took a vastly different path as a result of their love for each other. They were so sure of their love for each other that they didn't think something could go wrong or get in the way.

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These two passages are connected in a way where Juliet expresses her undying love for Romeo. From the day they first met to the moment she went unconscious to marry Romeo. Juliet undoubtedly managed to find a way to be with Romeo through their families' rivalry, and to avoid marrying the boy her father is encouraging her to marry because she really wants to marry Romeo. You can see that she didn't feel that way about anybody else except Romeo, demonstrating that she would go to whatever length to be with him without any resistance.

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By looking at the way Romeo speaks to Juliet, believing she is dead, and his subsequent acts, this passage simply demonstrates how love has the potential to blind anyone. This highlights how, despite warning signs, Juliet proceeded to ignore them, causing the plan to go a completely different direction.

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This passage demonstrates how love has the power to blind someone when it depicts how Romeo and Juliet will go to whatever extent for their love. She emphasizes her admirable identity as Romeo's wife and her sweet love like a ray of sunshine in the darkness of horror. She expresses her undying desire for Romeo by saying she would do anything to be with him.

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Romeo questions how people say there is lightness before death but how can he call this lightness? Death has taken the soul from her body but has not yet ruined her beauty. Romeo thinks that it's unreal that Juliet, his love and wife, still looks as if she's alive without knowing that it's because she actually is alive.

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Juliet has no hesitation with taking the potion Friar Lawrence offers her. She wants to live a perfect wife to her true love Romeo. She notes that all of the things she used to find frightening are now harmless in comparison to the uncertainty of having to marry Paris other than Romeo.

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Paris approaches Juliet's tomb, and Romeo threatens him because they are both there for Juliet. When Romeo and Paris fight, Romeo is dominant because he kills Paris. Romeo then proceeds to visit and talk to Juliet after setting down Paris in the tomb.

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Juliet tries everything she can to avoid marrying Paris, even threatening to kill herself if Friar Lawrence does not find a way to stop her from marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence promises her a potion that will render her temperately dead on the day of their wedding, and only awaken her when Romeo returns to claim her.

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"Oh, how may I Call this a light'ning? ---O my love, my wife, Death, that hath sucked honey if thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty"  (5.3.91-93)

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"And I will do it without fear or doubt, To live an unstained wife to my sweet love." (4.1.89-90).

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By expressing how Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight despite discovering each other's backgrounds, this passage connects into how love has the potential to blind anyone. They continued to figure out some way around thinking that they weren't meant to be together as soon as they discovered their families were rivals.

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Juliet's one true love was the one she was destined to hate. She stared at Romeo for far too long before she realized who he was, and now she disdains him. She found who he is just too late. She has fallen in love with Romeo, but she is dissatisfied with the fact that he is a Montague. Juliet's greatest passion was the one she was fated to loathe.

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As soon as Juliet catches Romeo's attention during the dance, Romeo inquires about her with Tybalt. He talks about how he had never seen beauty before he met her that night. When he encountered her and both fell in love, they discovered their families were rivals.

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"My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unkown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy" (1.5.151-155)

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Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on his use of antithesis to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?

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There is an old saying that opposites attract--that for every yin there is a yang.  Yet, there also exists the popular notion that extreme feelings often lead to extreme endings.  Throughout Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s repeated use of antithesis helps foreshadow the idea that things will not work out well for the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet.  This idea is significant because it teaches the audience that loving in moderation is often safer than being swept away by passion.

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Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of fate to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?

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In popular cinema, the idea of tempting fate or even escaping fate is a prevalent notion.  Movies like Final Destination and Slumdog Millionaire are two relatively well-known examples; plays often explore these same concepts, too.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of fate is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that no matter how hard people try, if they tempt fate or try to defy their destiny, they will likely lose.  This idea is significant because even though people like to think they are in control, sometimes there are greater forces at play.

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Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of love vs. infatuation to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?

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From movies to television shows, from poetry to music, one thing is for certain--love is almost always in the air.  Yet, love is a concept that should not be oversimplified.  No--there are several aspects to what love is and to what love is not.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of love vs. infatuation is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that love has the power to blind anyone, especially emotional adolescents.  This idea is significant because it emphasizes the point that when people allow themselves to be swept away by passion, they run the risk of ignoring all of the warning signs along the way.