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Rebellion In Romeo And Juliet

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Throughout history, rebellion has remained prevalent in everyday life. From mundane things like “forgetting” to do chores, sneaking out at night, and skipping class, a streak of rebellion can be found in anyone. In light of this, the realization that rebellion can come to take form in the idea of romance was introduced, especially in british literature. It isn’t until the Elizabethan Era that this idea was encapsulated into the term “Star-Crossed Lovers” by famous playwright William Shakespeare (Shakespeare and Durband 15). Starting from Shakespeare’s era, the concepte of star-crossed lovers has developed over time into a mark of freedom, rebellion and consequence in literature. To support this, the popular play Romeo and Juliet can be compared with mainstream dystopian works Hunger Games and Divergent. Romeo and Juliet begins with the old feud between two families in Italy: the Capulets and the Montagues (Shakespeare and Durband). For years, the families have scorned each other with pure hatred, keeping themselves away from each other and fighting when they unite. As a result, Romeo Montague and …show more content…

Although their rebellion isn’t about romance, it plays a big part in their goal. In order to win the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta played up the “star-crossed lovers” concept as they attempted to find more sponsors (Day et al. 179) While the games went on, their relationship was made important by the many viewers and later developed into a mark of rebellion. A big example of this star-crossed rebellion is when Katniss and Peeta pretend to eat poisonous berries in order to stop the games because they don’t want to kill each other. (Day et al. 178). Tris and Tobias also rebel during their fight for freedom in Divergent as they try to prove that they should be treated the same as everyone else. Tris justifies her actions by saying “I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent (Day et al.

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