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Loyalty In Romeo And Juliet

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Normally when people think of the play Romeo and Juliet, they think of love as it’s central component; Star crossed lovers who meet a tragic end because of a family fude. Not only is this play an investigation into the nature of true or not so true love, it's so much more. Shakespeare plays around with the idea of loyalty. Different kinds of loyalty are pited against each other from friends and family to love and the state. Different characters have to decide where their loyalties lie, and what happens when people's loyalties are different or not strong enough, or perhaps even too strong. Shakespeare also loved to experiment with time. Keep track of how many days the story plays out in. Everything is high speed and high stakes, and the characters

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