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Romeo states several times, "I defy you stars!" What does this mean to you?

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Shakespeare manipulated it to look like Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight, but realistically the story of Romeo and Juliet was definitely not love at first sight. Romeo was in love with being in love. He may have thought Juliet was pretty, but he got that confused with being in love. And Juliet was dazed by an older handsome guy saying he loved her. She is only 13, and easily confused and awed. Romeo says, “I want you to exchange love’s faithful vows with me.” Mind you, this was a couple hours after seeing Juliet, after missing Rosaline for so long. (Act 2, Scene 2). -Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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Shakespeare manipulated it to look like Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight, but realistically the story of Romeo and Juliet was definitely not love at first sight. Romeo was in love with being in love. He may have thought Juliet was pretty, but he got that confused with being in love. And Juliet was dazed by an older handsome guy saying he loved her. She is only 13, and easily confused and awed. Romeo says, “I want you to exchange love’s faithful vows with me.” Mind you, this was a couple hours after seeing Juliet, after missing Rosaline for so long. (Act 2, Scene 2). -Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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In Shakespeare’s work, we think that the story of Romeo and Juliet is based from fate. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” From the very beginning, the death of Romeo and Juliet is foreshadowed. Their death seems to be set in stone, no matter the choices they make to try and make their relationship work.

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Romeo and Juliet’s love life was very secret scandal. Juliet hid the fact that they got married from her parents. “Come, come with me, and we will make short work; For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone. Til Holy Church incorporate two in one.” Now because the secret was hidden her dad was making her get married with Harris. The time of the wedding was another way it impacted the plot, it made them get confused and overall change the whole ending of the book.

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In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the two young lovers are victims of their own free will. The couple never thought of the consequences their actions would have, and as a result Romeo and Juliet both died. In a matter of hours from meeting each other they were married. "Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow." (Act 2 Scene 2) Romeo and Juliet keep the marriage as a secret from their parents, and as a result the plot spins out of control with results that could be prevented

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Free Will

In the novel Romeo and Juliet, there love is not fate but free will because all their decisions in total led up to there consequences. Like Romeo found a new love in less than a day of losing his love for Rosaline. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear is, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Act 1, Scene 5). The fact that Juliet is also willing to sleep with him in less than 2 days of knowing him shows she is stuck in his lust.

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The play Romeo and Juliet, is a story of free will. All of their decisions had consequences that nobody took responsibility for. For example, Romeo could have avoided being banished just by controlling his anger and not going after Tybalt, after Tybalt killed Mercercio on accident. Then the snowball effect to the consequences of Romeo’s banishing eventually led to the death of both Romeo and Juliet and the end of their love story. Romeo says, “this fight will decide that”, Romeo said this right before he killed Tybalt thinking that there would be no consequences for his mindless actions. (Act 3, Scene 1)- Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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The play Romeo and Juliet, is a story of free will. All of their decisions had consequences that nobody took responsibility for. For example, Romeo could have avoided being banished just by controlling his anger and not going after Tybalt, after Tybalt killed Mercercio on accident. Then the snowball effect to the consequences of Romeo’s banishing eventually led to the death of both Romeo and Juliet and the end of their love story. Romeo says, “this fight will decide that”, Romeo said this right before he killed Tybalt thinking that there would be no consequences for his mindless actions. (Act 3, Scene 1)- Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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Shakespeare shows us that with the times kids were not very close to their parents, for Juliet is almost scared to talk to her mother. The story also shows that family doesn’t have to be related by blood, for Juliet and the Nurse are closer than even her parents. “Madam. I am here. What do you want?”

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In the novel Romeo and Juliet, the secrets help develop the plot and gave the novel a more dramatic effect. Through out the 5 day event, the secrets just kept piling up. Wether that be when Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet or Romeo and Juliet not telling their parents about their love. “Come, come with me, and we will make short work; For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till Holy Church incorporate two in one.” (Act 2, Scene 6)

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In “Romeo and Juliet”, by Shakespeare, it seems as though instead of love at first sight between Romeo and Juliet, it is “lust” at first sight. They fall in love with the way each other looks, and think they have found true love within a very short amount of time. “She doth teach the torches to burn bright!”Says Romeo, as he refers to the way Juliet looks. Romeo also falls in love very quickly, which might just be because of young love, and that neither of them know what to do.

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In Shakespeare's work of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows us that families can be related by blood, but that doesn't mean they are close. Both Romeo and Juliet keep the secret of their marriage from their parents which shows a distrust between the children and the adults. The true relationship between the couple and their parents is shown when both kids go to two different adults (Friar Lawrence and the nurse) for a parents guidance. Juliet and her mother act as if they are co workers and not as if they are mother and daughter. "Madam I am here. What is your will?" Juliet asks in Act 1, Scene 3.

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Shakespeare hints a lot about how a family’s “parent figures” aren’t parent figures. For example Juliet called her mom, madam, a couple times, which is not normal for a mother-daughter relationship. Juliet barely sees her mom, and she feels like she can’t do daughter things or tell her mom anything. Instead the “nurse” that Juliet’s parents hired acts as Juliet’s mom. And she asks her advice and tells the nurse all her problems. And it appears that the nurse loves Juliet more than Lady Capulet ever could. Lady Capulet says to Juliet “ How are you, Juliet?”, which then Juliet responds “Madam, I am not well”. Which is not a normal response from a daughter, it’s more of a professional response. Act 3, Scene 5.  - Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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Shakespeare hints a lot about how a family’s “parent figures” aren’t parent figures. For example Juliet called her mom, madam, a couple times, which is not normal for a mother-daughter relationship. Juliet barely sees her mom, and she feels like she can’t do daughter things or tell her mom anything. Instead the “nurse” that Juliet’s parents hired acts as Juliet’s mom. And she asks her advice and tells the nurse all her problems. And it appears that the nurse loves Juliet more than Lady Capulet ever could. Lady Capulet says to Juliet “ How are you, Juliet?”, which then Juliet responds “Madam, I am not well”. Which is not a normal response from a daughter, it’s more of a professional response. Act 3, Scene 5.  - Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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I think it was lust, not love. They fell in love the first time they saw each other. Meaning not for their personalities, but for their looks. Romeo was just in love with Rosaline, saying he could never love another girl. As soon as he saw Juliet, somehow, he wasn’t in love with Rosaline anymore. “I am too sore enpierced with his shaft. To soar with his light feathers, and so bound. I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.” Romeo is saying he’s too in love with Rosaline and could not possibly be in love with anyone else. The same night he goes to the party and falls in love with Juliet by looking at her. Juliet is a young girl, and has not experienced any other love before. She thinks because a young, good looking man is in lust for her, that she loves him. Once again, they are only in lust, for they don’t have time to think through their actions and tell if they actually like each other.

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In the novel Romeo and Juliet, they act like true love is everything but in reality their love foolish and fast paced. The second Romeo saw Juliet dancing he forgot about Rosaline and started making comments about how Juliet was everything. Then in a matter of two days they got married without letting anyone know. “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night, As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear.” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet have a young love. The two teenagers are impulsive with their decisions regarding their relationship. Within hours of meeting each other Romeo comes to Juliet's balcony. "With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kinsman are no stop to me." (Act 2, Scene 2) Romeo and Juliet are so naive that the next day they are married without the knowledge of their parents.

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In Shakespeare’s work, “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare shows you the differences in families. In Juliets family, she is loyal to them but only to an extent. Once she falls in love with Romeo she decides to go against them more. On the other hand, Shakespeare shows the loyalty to family, and friends. When Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo steps up and challenges Tybalt to a duel. “For Mercutio’s soul” says Romeo. Saying that, shows his devotion to his friends who really felt like family to him. Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge Mercutio’s death. Shakespeare shows you how friendships can feel like family.

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In the novel Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare gives us an idea that family is ever thing in life when he makes a new rule that there shale be no fighting in public places. This however does not flow through the story all the character end up fighting or disobeying there own family. They also don’t tell there family anything they just keep it to themselves like the marriage or the sleeping together. “Not proud you have; but thankful that you have. Proud can I never be of what I hate.” (Act 3, Scene 5)

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Shakespeare definitely used secrets to his advantage in the short love story of Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo and Juliet would have just stood up to their parents and told them how they feel about each other. But they didn’t and by trying to reunite in secret, it ended in their unavoidable deaths. Also Juliet acts like she cares about her family, but in reality she lies and tries to escape her family, and risked her life for a boy that she planned on marrying that she has only known for 3 days. It’s not just Romeo and Juliet keeping all the secrets, Friar Lawrence knew all the kids secrets and thought it was a good idea to keep on with the secrets. Even though each secret ended in a bad consequence every single time. Romeo and Juliet knew what they were doing, but Friar Lawrence was behind the scenes secretly pulling some crucial strings in the story. Friar Lawrence says “If rather than marrying Count Paris, you have the strength of will to kill yourself, then you’d probably be willing to risk something like death to avoid this shame.” This was Friar Lawrence’s solution to Juliet avoiding her marriage with Paris, he comes up with mindless, wreck less ideas, and he acts like a complete child. When he knows his actions could end with very bad consequences, but he continues on and the action of giving Juliet sleeping potion, ended with the death of Romeo. Which had to snowball effect of Juliet’s death. And it was all Friar Lawrence’s fault, and he runs away and hides like a coward when he sees what he has done and he doesn’t take responsibility. (Act 4, Scene 1)- Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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Shakespeare definitely used secrets to his advantage in the short love story of Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo and Juliet would have just stood up to their parents and told them how they feel about each other. But they didn’t and by trying to reunite in secret, it ended in their unavoidable deaths. Also Juliet acts like she cares about her family, but in reality she lies and tries to escape her family, and risked her life for a boy that she planned on marrying that she has only known for 3 days. It’s not just Romeo and Juliet keeping all the secrets, Friar Lawrence knew all the kids secrets and thought it was a good idea to keep on with the secrets. Even though each secret ended in a bad consequence every single time. Romeo and Juliet knew what they were doing, but Friar Lawrence was behind the scenes secretly pulling some crucial strings in the story. Friar Lawrence says “If rather than marrying Count Paris, you have the strength of will to kill yourself, then you’d probably be willing to risk something like death to avoid this shame.” This was Friar Lawrence’s solution to Juliet avoiding her marriage with Paris, he comes up with mindless, wreck less ideas, and he acts like a complete child. When he knows his actions could end with very bad consequences, but he continues on and the action of giving Juliet sleeping potion, ended with the death of Romeo. Which had to snowball effect of Juliet’s death. And it was all Friar Lawrence’s fault, and he runs away and hides like a coward when he sees what he has done and he doesn’t take responsibility. (Act 4, Scene 1)- Jacy, Kyler, Luke, and Tori

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In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, secrets are what advance the tragedy's plot line. From the secret of their marriage a bunch of bad decisions were made. These decisions could have been easily avoided if the couple would have just told their parents. Ultimately the two young lovers died because of the secrets they kept. It wasn't just the two teenagers either. The adults in the play kept their fair share of secrets too, including Friar Lawrence. At the end of the book he shares all the secrets he kept and relieves how Romeo and Juliet died. "Romeo, there dead, was husbanded to that Juliet; and she, there dead, that Romeo's faithful wife. I married them; and there stole'n marriage-day." (Act 5, Scene 3)

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In “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare, the secrets of the story cause major conflicts in many situations. Friar Lawrence seems to be in the middle of all of the secrets between Romeo and Juliet. He knows about Romeo’s past love for Rosaline, and how he moved on to Juliet very quickly. He keeps the secret of their marriage, and he also helps Juliet fake her death to get back to Romeo. Maybe if Friar Lawrence would have shared the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, they might have never died. Romeo and Juliet tried to keep their love a secret because they both knew it was forbidden. "I have night's cloak to hide me from their eyes” Says Romeo, when he is talking about how he can see Juliet at night and now one will know.