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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare employs several dramatic techniques that have garnered praise from critics, most notably the abrupt shifts from comedy to tragedy (an example is the punning exchange between Benvolio and Mercutio just before Tybalt arrives).
The topic of this article is Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. With the exception of The Tempest, Shakespeare's plays are based on earlier texts - poems or plays; however, when saying in this article "Romeo & Juliet" or "the play" or similar wording, then the topic is Shakespeare's play, not any other version, either before or after.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a popular adage from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are.
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three times. This triple curse, directed at the Montague and Capulet houses, almost literally comes true. Due to an unfortunate coincidence – a plague quarantine imposed by the city guards – Friar John is unable to deliver a letter informing the exiled Romeo that Juliet is not dead but asleep. As a result, both Romeo and Juliet perish.
"Comment - Romeo and Juliet, tragedy of Fortune - Destiny and free will in the medieval age - Romeo and Juliet is still in large parts a medieval drama, anchored in the argument profane: a lot of these works, told also in short stories, spoke of the rise of kings, lords and emperors and of their fall as being fated.
The plot of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes place over four days while Brooke's narrative takes place over many months. Little is known about Arthur Brooke. He was admitted as a member of Inner Temple on 18 December 1561 under the sponsorship of Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton. [2]
There is a move discussion going on at Talk:Juliet at present which is running in favour of treating her as the primary meaning, and if she is then there is the serious possibility of moving her to plain "Juliet" as wsll, which I would support. PatGallacher 10:23, 9 April 2011 (UTC)