Analysis of Romeo and Juliet's Exchange in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare explains 3 types of love, Courtly, arranged and
spontaneous and even more. Love is one of the powerful emotions known
by the human being. The most renown play Romeo + Juliet and has found
it's place in history. Shakespeare packs a great deal of meaning into
each line. You can read Romeo + Juliet to find out about Elizabethan
life, but in them you will also see reflected back at you the
unchanging aspects of humanity. It seems as if Shakespeare looked for
things that wouldn't change like love, power, honour, friendship and
loyalty. We see love: at first sight, which is one-sided and between
young lovers. We also see love in old ages between members of one
family and lost and found again. The modern reader will face certain
difficulties in Romeo and Juliet. These difficulties consist not so
much in the strength of the words or the structure of the sentence.
The names Romeo and Juliet have come to epitomize passionate young
love; so successful was Shakespeare in creating these characters
through the power of poetry. Romeo and Juliet's love caused
complications, both Romeo and Juliet should have married someone their
father approved of. If they married someone who had money they would
gain a lot of power. But they broke the rules of their upper class,
Romeo had changed and had a different attitude and behaviour and was
out of character. Romeo and Juliet followed their hearts and not their
heads and by following their hearts it lead to death. Romeo is down in
the dumps and he has only come to the ball to see Roséline. Juliet is
waiting for Paris a...
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world has been turned upside down. If Romeo was not a Montague he
would be welcome. They both are young but engaged in the thrill in it.
Romeo here, he exalts the power of love. "My life is my foes debt"
says Romeo. Juliet's response - "Too early seen unknown, and known too
late." She has forgotten all about Paris and that she has passed her
heart to Romeo. Romeo is a grave danger, he is unprotected alone and
he is seen as an intruder on Capulet property. Romeo ignores this
danger. Nightfalls and a traditional time for love, the moon and stars
shine bright. At night dreams take place. The young couple are willing
to take matters further. Romeo sees Juliet. "What light through yonder
window breaks?" The use of hyperboles indicates the totality of his
enrapture. Romeo compares to shiny celestial bodies.
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
Then Prince Escalus banishes Romeo from the city. Juliet who hears the news from the nurse is naturally heart broken. The nurse promises to bring Romeo to Juliet so she sets off for Friar. Laurence's cell where Romeo is hiding. Upon arrival she sees a broken down by Romeo.
grave. Here are a few lines from the play that show that they do not know that Juliet will
In Act IV, scene III of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is forced to make a decision; take a sleeping potion gifted to her by Friar Laurence and risk possibly being stuck in the Capulet family tomb, or marry Paris. To her, marrying Paris is not an option and so she drinks the vile. Although, before consuming the Friar’s remedy, Juliet expresses her worries in her soliloquy. To do this, Shakespeare manipulates imagery and the rhetorical device of questioning to reveal his main character’s deepest and darkest fears.
1968 was a time when many people were 'hippies' and there was a lot of
In act one scene two it says, "Benvolio urges Romeo to go to the party to see how Rosaline compares with other women." In scene five it says, "Romeo suddenly sees Juliet and falls in love at first sight." Romeo sees Juliet and immediately forgets about Rosaline. Romeo changed from loving Rosaline that broke his heart to Juliet that will eventually love him later in the story.
In act one scene three of Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet states “…She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” This means that Juliet is not quite fourteen years old and her father is not sure if she is ready to become a wife and mother. There are many differences between how people marry today, and how they married in the time of Romeo and Juliet. Some of the differences are when the people marry, why people marry, and also the level of maturity people marry at.
The Love Between Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Play Romeo and Juliet was written between 1594 and 1596 by William Shakespeare. The. The play is set in medieval times in the town of Verona. There is a possibility that this play was written for Queen Elizabeth. as she experienced many of the difficulties of forced marriage and managed to avoid it, he said.
has heard of Juliet's death and is so heartbroken that he goes to an apothecary
that Juliet is in there and he is going in there to kill himself to be
Rosalyn who is going to become a nun. Romeo is upset by this and his
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east, and Juliet is the sun/ Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon/ Who is already sick and pale with grief/ That thou her maid art far more fair than she/ Be not her maid since she is envious/ Her vestal livery is but sick and green/ And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off!/ It is my lady. Oh, it is my love/ Oh, that she knew she were!” (Shakespeare II ii 2-11).
We than see him at the Capulet ball and he sees Romeo and wants to
is uneasy at the fact of not seeing Romeo again scares her so she goes
“Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.117-118). There are many factors that put pressure on Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship throughout Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The young couple is effected in many ways by every instance that creates stress which Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship is being forced to carry. The biggest factors that impact them are, their families ongoing feud, the broken relationships they both have in their families, and all the instances of miscommunication. Through the story of the couple who meet one another at a dance, sneak around at night to see one another, and fight for eachother, they face challenges many challenges, that add stress to their relationship.