You can also use the word His emotions instead of impulses all the time. It was just as much his emotions as his impulses
You can also use the word His emotions instead of impulses all the time. It was just as much his emotions as his impulses
You can also use the word emotions instead of impulses because his emotions for mercutio made him kill tybalt
Age
It says right there in the play how old Juliet is. In Act One, Scene two, line 9, It says that, and I quote, "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years." Juliet is only a teenager, and that line proves it. That line by the way, was spoken by capulet. She is just under 14 years old
Last edited by Scheherazade; 03-08-2006 at 01:12 PM.
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Originally Posted by IWilKikU
Looks like a decent short essay. My only thought is are you sure Romeo is a Teenager? I don't think his age is specified anywhere in the text, and it was kind of a shock to the literary world when Franco Zeffarelli portrayed him as such in his 70s film adaptation. Since then, people have just assumed that R&J must be extremely young. In fact we know that Juliet is not as young as ol' Franco may have liked to think, the dirty old man!: 'Younger than her are happy mothers made'. So you may want to rephrase that line
yes, in act one the nurse says and mrs.capullet are talking about juliet being of fine age to marry, aka 14 in four days. the teeth quote was creepy.
and in the last part of the original play which most ppl dont read, friar says that two in such close comparsin yet both so younge die and you ppl still fued if it had not been for your silly war and blinding iltolerance you wouldnt have lost your children. blame not each other but yourselves. it also in the play says that she is 1yr older then him (in the middle somewhere)
we did romeo and juliet at shakespear camp in 05.
most of his plays have been changed, thru translation. few scripts are available of the original old elizabethian time are out there i had the privlage of handling one at camp and it is so diffrent. if you ever get a chance you will understand how stupid the play is now with so much cut to modernize it.
verry good essay by the way.
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