Examples Of Plagiarism In Romeo And Juliet

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Over many courses of history, plans play a major role, from ruling the entire world to an organized protest. These things only have two possible outcomes: success or failure. When a plan backfires, it’s considered to be a failure. In an everyday life situation, a student may have tried to complete an English essay in the form of plagiarism, thinking that he or she won’t be caught. However, when the teacher realizes that the paper is plagiarized, the student’s plan backfires and ends up failing English. In terms of history, there have been conspiracies that have failed such as assassination attempts, wars, and even taking over a country. The same can be said in Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, as well as real life, people can misunderstand the plan which causes everything to be backfired. As one small thing such as Friar Lawrence giving the potion to Juliet, it really changes the course of the two lovers’ lives forever! In Act 4, Scene 1, the small spark started in the hands and mouth of Friar Lawrence. As Juliet is sickened with worrying about her marriage with Count Paris, the Friar strikes a plan that he thinks is plausible: a potion to make Juliet look dead: Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone. Let not the Nurse lie …show more content…

In other words, Romeo doesn’t think twice about his own decisions and the certain consequences that will come after it. In addition, he didn’t go to Friar Lawrence to know about his entire plan for them to reunite in Mantua, which would have been a life changing situation for both Romeo and Juliet. As a result, Juliet wakes up from her potion, finds Romeo dead, and kills herself in the end. With small decisions such as the potion from Friar Lawrence and the misinterpretation of Juliet’s death by Romeo, they have indeed led to changing the course of the lives of Romeo and

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