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Romeo And Juliet And 1984 Comparison

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A conflict is always started by an intruding force. It could be hate, love, jealousy or bad decisions. In both Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and 1984 by George Orwell, a conflict arose that needed to be dealt with. Every conflict, must have a peacemaker, someone who does whatever it takes to keep the peace and disperse a crowd. First of all, in Romeo and Juliet the conflict that Prince Escalus had to step in to stop was first started by Sampson’s hate for all Montagues. This caused him to bite his thumb at the other servant. Biting a thumb was an extremely rude gesture similar to today's middle finger. Likewise, in 1984 Winston's hate for the Party had caused him to write rebellious things about the Party. Throughout the book Winston joined a rebellion to overthrow the Party, and has also …show more content…

In Romeo and Juliet, Prince Escalus came in and stopped the brawl with his monologue. This monologue included a threat of death if they did not stop fighting. By doing this he is trying to change the families for the better. He doesn't only stop the fight, but he also tries to make them improve at being nicer towards each other. In a like manner, one of the Party’s biggest members stepped in to stop a conflict. His name is O'Brien. O'Brien had been watching Winston for some time and found it a proper time to stop him from doing anything worse. First he caught Winston and Julia saying that they were the shadows, signifying that they were rebelling. This made Winston paralyzed with fear. Next O'Brien wanted to “fix” Winston. He tortured Winston until Winston had believed everything he wanted him to believe, and he continued until Winston loved Big Brother. In both novels the peacemakers, O'Brien, and Prince Escalus, maintained order. In order to prevent the conflict from recurring, they tried to change the citizens that had caused the conflict in the first

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Have you ever wondered how life was like when schools were only for the privilege and Kings still ruled over cities. Well Romeo and Juliet tells of just that. In the story a man and a woman meet and instantly fall in love, but both of their families are in a fued which causes plenty of bloodshed and ultimately the death of the two lovers, now the question is who is to blame for the blood loss and tears shed for them? The first thing that came to mind was the feud between the two families.

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The play Romeo and Juliet has a lot of bullying in it, much of which could have been avoided if the feuding families owned up to their mistakes and became

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Winston on the other hand is older and much more mature, and he wishes to effect change for all. Winston does not want to slap Big Brother but rather wants to see him dead. Due to his old age he has experienced what it was like before Big Brother and wants it to go back to how it used to

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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet violence plays a major role and causes the deaths of many characters. At the beginning of the play the chorus states "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. " This meaning that there has been a feud or grudge going on. There are many instances of this theme including the fight in the piazza, Tybalt killing Mercutio then Romeo killing Tybalt, and the fighting at the sepulcher.

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At the beginning of the novel, Winston made it prominent that he dissented Big Brother and his party’s idea. He wrote in his diary, in Book 1 Chapter 1, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER…” (Orwell 18). This shows that Winston dissented his country’s government and was willing to rebel for he knew deep inside that

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Winston is defiant and rebels against Big Brother and the Party through various illegal actions. After purchasing an empty diary, he continuously wrote “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” when the telescreens were out of view (Orwell 21). This simple thought is considered to be a severe crime where Winston lives because it is direct disapproval towards the Party. Winston feels as if Big Brother is controlling every aspect of his life, so this rebellious action allows for him to vent his frustration.

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Romeo and Juliet is a classic play by William Shakespeare, In 1968 it was adapted in a full movie, and later on in 1996 was again adapted into the big screen, both movies have so many similarities and so many differences, in the 1968 movie it is a more realistic, more true to the script, but the 1996 movie takes place in verona beach in the US, in modern times, the sword fights are actually guns, both use shakespearean english, but the most important part of any Romeo and Juliet performance, is to show their love was never meant to be, both movies do an excellent job in portraying this concept, in this essay I will explore that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is starcrossed is portrayed by the 1968 and 1996 version through the first time they meet in the party, the balcony scene, and the scene where they are in bed. The first time Romeo and Juliet meet is at the Capulet party, this is portrayed in both movies differently, in the 1996 version Romeo is walking by an aquarium, looking at the fish, when he sees juliet, their eyes meet and follow each other, but just as they were going to come face to face, Juliet’s nurse grabs her, and takes her away to dance with Paris her future husband. In the 1968 version Romeo is far away from Juliet, and he hides behind a column, she is dancing with some people, but she is too far away, and has lots of people between Romeo and Juliet.

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As it is throughout Romeo and Juliet, violence truly begets more violence when past rivalries and dangerous love are included in any given scenario. More often than not, when an unresolved and violent feud becomes present once again, the only result is more violence. For example, in the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, two kinsmen of the Capulets, Gregory and Sampson, are strolling through town, until they see two enemy kinsmen, Abram and his servingman. Then the Capulet kinsmen, Gregory, says: “Draw thy tool. Here comes the house of the Montagues” (I.i.32-33).

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