Part one of term paper
For a love story, Romeo and Juliet has more violence and bloodshed than most TV mini-series. The Play begins with a riot, ends with a double suicide,and in between has three murders. And all this takes place in the span of four short days. Of course, when your're dealing with love and passion, your're operating on an elemental level. The ...

Part two of term paper
... oxymorones. "O brawling love, O loving hate," Romeo cries in the play's first scene, using a figure of speech and setting up a theme that will be played out the next five acts. Like the poles of an electrical circuit between which runs the high voltage of emotions, love, and hate create a dialogue and dialectic, a dynamic tension which powers the action and generates heat. When I noticed that the two plays this season had settings is Verona, I decided to find out a thing or two about the place. ...