Alquin - Romeo en Juilet uit Alquin

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Compare romeo's opening speech in the balcony scen with sonnet 130. WHat image which is made fun of in the sonnet, is used seriously in the speech?

The image of shining eyes: Romeo compares Juilet's eyes with the lanets, and says that her eyes are brighter whereas sonnet 130 says my misstress eyes are nothing like the sun

Juilet's 'whats in a name' speech is universally famous. Summerise what she says from o remeo o romeo to take all myself

It is merely romeo's family name that is my enemy: it is the man that i love, not his name. The name montague means nothing a thing is as it is regardless of what you call it, and the same goes for a man. And if romeo hand another name, there wouldbenothing to keep us apart. If only romeo would give up his name he could have me in exchange

Suggest one or two more modern situations in which love between people form contrastin backgrounds is made difficult by external circumstances

In Bosnia two lovers were killed in 1993. One was a musli the other a derb. They tried to leave Sarajevo tohether and were promised a dafe paddage, but were shot dead by snipers. In the media, thr couple were campared to tomeo and juilet. Teh story of a berlin couple a jewish woman and a palestinian man, has also been wel publicised. They had to go through all kinds of troubles before they could be together
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Consider the following contrasting interpretations of romeo's character, then say which you agree with moren and why try to spport your answer with references to the passage reproduced above

It is perhaps appropiate to qualify ant interpretation by pounting out that the couple are toghether only briefly so it is bery hard to say whether thei love would have endured or not

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