Romeo and Juliet

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Discuss two ways in which a text you have studied effectively presented its ideas.

In the text ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare, two ways he has used to effectively present his ideas are through the characters and setting. The characters Romeo and Juliet clearly illustrate the theme of romantic love through their actions and speech towards one another. The hot Italian city setting of Verona establishes the idea of hatred. The hot setting results in conflict, violence and death.

The play focuses on the romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties and emotions. The young lovers are driven to defy their entire social world. In the case of families, Juliet says, “Deny thy father and refuse thy name”, “Or if thou wilt not, be but s...