Coursework.Info - Inspiration in an Instant

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

Romeo & Juliet Many people consider a tragedy to be a play or story, which includes an element of death and disaster, the play Romeo and Juliet fits into this category. With their fate already mapped out, Shakespeare ends the secret love affair of Romeo and Juliet with their deaths. The tragedy has a didactic purpose; Shakespeare wants the audience to learn how to avoid making the same mistakes as the characters. Shakespeare cleverly begins the play with a prologue, which sets the scene for the rest of the play. The prologue tells us about an "ancient grudge" between two families and how only the deaths of "star-crossed lovers", one from each enemy, could end the feud. This brief revelation of the plot of the play allows the audience to concentrate on how and what led to the two lovers deaths instead of a surprise ending with death. The fact that...

To see the full version of this document, and 145,348 others