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How does the language of the first two acts reveal character differences between Romeo and Juliet?
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Shakespeare Coursework: How does the language of the first two acts reveal character differences between Romeo and Juliet? Romeo and Juliet is one of the unsurpassed most eminent love plays ever written. One of Shakespeare's incomparable, written between 1589 and 1595, was written bearing in mind the social constraints at the time: women were totally obedient to their fathers until they were to be married to their arranged husbands. Both Romeo and Juliet would be insubordinate to their families, not only because of the Capulet/Montague family rivalry but because Juliet would come across a rebel and appear disobedient to her father who she should stay attached to and subservient to until she is to marry to the man of her fathers choice. Shakespeare makes the two deal with this by making them aware of their 'dying' love for each other. It is clear that Shakespeare has portrayed the both of them determined to...
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