Friday, May 1, 2015

I need help getting started on my essay for Romeo and Juliet...I have 2 topics (I only need to write about one). I need to discuss Shakespeare's...

Of the three mentioned, the topic of comic relief is
certainly a more cheerful one; and, as pointing to its usage is not difficult, you may
wish to explain how it is used and what it accomplishes.  The secon topic, that of fate
and coincidence is interesting as so much of everyone's life has been affected by mere
coincidence: "being in the right place at the right time," or "being in the wrong place
at the wrong time" has often had monumental effects in people's
lives.


From beginning to end, Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet
has coincidential occurrences.  Here are some
ideas: 


  • Is it coincidence that the party for
    Juliet comes at a time that he has just suffered unrequited
    love?

  • Is it coincidence that Tybalt sees Romeo
    there?

  • Is it coincidence that Paris wants to marry Juliet
    before she is even fourteen, and at the same time that she falls in love with
    Romeo?

  • Is it coincidence that Mercutio is in a bad temper
    when he sees Tybalt in the streets of Verona?

  • Is it
    coincidence when Romeo appears?

  • Is it coincidence when
    Romeo is banished and a plague strikes Mantua?

  • Is it
    coincidence when Friar John gets to Mantua after
    Balthasar?

  • Is it coincidence that Paris is at the tomb of
    Juliet at the same time as Romeo?

  • Is it coincidence that
    the guards come just as Friar Laurence tries to tell Juliet to
    leave?

  • Is it coincidence that there are so many
    coincidences? Or are some of these coincidences fate for the "star-crossed
    lovers"? 

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