Have you ever met that special someone in high school and fell in love with that person? In Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo and Juliet meet, you can tell by Romeo’s interaction with Juliet that he really loves Juliet. When Romeo meets Juliet, he kisses her hand and tries to impress her. Romeo then decides to visit Juliet at her house while knowing that it might cost him his life should her parents discover him there. They even decide to get married in secret a few days after they met. This shows that it is possible for teenagers to be in love.
When Romeo first meets Juliet, you can tell by his interactions with Juliet that Romeo loves Juliet. In Act 1 Scene 5 Lines 44-53, Romeo keeps talking about Juliet’s beauty and his love for her. In Act 1 Scene 5 Lines 93-111, Romeo is talking to Juliet and is attempting to impress her. If Romeo did not love Juliet, Romeo would not be talking about how
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In Act 2 Scene 6 Lines 9-20 Friar Lawrence says that “violent delights have violent ends”. However, despite what he said, in Act 2 Scene 3 Lines 90-92, Friar Lawrence also adds that there marriage might stop the Montagues and Capulets from fighting. In fact, the Chorus states that “Whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents strife” (Prologue, Lines 7-8). When Friar Lawrence states that violent delights have violent ends, he is saying that being quick to delights can end dramatically and destructively which can show how the immature marriage can be destructive. However, Friar Lawrence also says that the marriage might hopefully end the family feud that the Montagues and the Capulets had for a very long time. Without the marriage, the Montagues and the Capulets might still be fighting, or at least be fighting for a prolonged period of time. This is how the marriage is beneficial for stopping Romeo and Juliet’s families from
The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Was it just one person’s fault, or a mixture? In this essay, I will include many different reasons as to why Romeo and Juliet die. I will explain in detail each point and put forward my own opinions. I will use quotes to back up each point and explain why the historical context is relevant.
Friar Lawrence, when approached by Romeo, was skeptical about marrying him to Juliet. He pointed out that “Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon [is] foresaken” and that “much salt water [was] thrown away in waste” (). The Friar also risked hate from both the Capulet and Montague families, both of which held much prominence and power in Verona. However, Friar Lawrence did agree to wed the lovers because he believed “this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (). However, the Friar’s dreams of happily ever after were torn apart in the worst possible way: Juliet and Romeo both committed suicide. In marrying Romeo and Juliet, the Friar married two star-crossed lovers, which caused “a greater power than we can contradict” to end both Romeo and Juliet’s lives (). Friar Lawrence’s dream, one filled with good intent, lead to the deaths of two teenagers.
Love is dependent upon the slightest change, but it can cause the utmost drastic consequences. This is the truth of two lovers in William Shakespeare’s furthermost celebrated play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, love is inimical. Romeo comes from the family of Montague while Juliet comes from the family of Capulet. For reasons unknown, these two families are sworn enemies. However, Romeo and Juliet are not. In fact, they are in a secret relationship that only two others know about. The only two that Romeo and Juliet trust, the Nurse and the Friar. While the Nurse, Friar, and Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, all have good intentions, they are all responsible for the suicides of Romeo and Juliet in the
In his premarital speech he says that “These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness / And in the taste confounds the appetite”(2.6.9-13). Friar Laurence is describing how the coming together of Romeo and Juliet will end in conflict as they grow intimate and how their love may lead to confused emotions. After Friar Laurence confesses to the Prince, The Prince says, “Of a poor ‘pothecary, and therewithal / Came to this vault to die and lie with Juliet. / Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, See what scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love! / And I, for winking at your discords too, / Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished”(5.3.289-295). The Prince is angered at how the Montague and Capulet hate has led to unnecessary deaths in the families and trouble amongst the people. Friar Laurence marries the young lovers in an attempt to bring the families together, but this action causes unseen consequences.
Actions are caused by ones personal choices, thus actions indeed speak louder than words. In today's society, people make a variety of decisions throughout their everyday lives. These decisions often lead to different outcomes and sometimes, they may cause a person to suffer consequences from his/her choices. Some people believe that everything happens for a reason; that everything happens because of fate. Others beg to differ as they consider that their decisions drive what fate has for them in the future and so they think that they are in control of their own destiny. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers betrayed their own family in order to be with each other. Given that both Romeo and Juliet are both young, they made endless sacrifices and decisions just for them to be together without considering the consequences. All of their sacrifices resulted in vain as their tragic conclusion was their own death. Although fate played a significant role in the star-crossed lovers' downfall, Romeo and Juliet paid the consequences of their dreadful decisions due to their reckless rebellion which eventually led to their catastrophic ending.
Loyalty to another person can cause people to act without thinking. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is a dramatic play about two lovers and the quest for love. Many of the decisions that were made throughout the play were bad decisions and affected Mercutio and Juliet’s outcome greatly. While Mercutio and Juliet both make decisions out of lack of impulse control, Mercutio also makes decisions that are influenced by violence, and Juliet makes decisions that are influenced by suicidal actions.
Multiple characters are to blame for the tragedy of the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo displays his immaturity by liking girls solo based off their looks, Juliet falls for Romeo and his willingness and impatience. While Friar Lawrence know is is a sin, he has an idea to help them be together,
In Conclusion, Romeo and Juliet both took many risks throughout the play. They both caused 4 other deaths and their deaths as well. There were many times in the play were Romeo and Juliet’s deaths could have been prevented. Mercutions persuasion towards Romeo, Friars bad decision to lead the marriage, and lastly the murder of Tybalt. When Romeo and Juliet got married, they both thought they would be together for eternity. The only thing that was in between them being together for so long was both of their families because the two families were un liked by each other.
Even though nobody likes it, bad luck exists. There is no way to get rid of it, it is just a part of life. Not everything can go the way someone wants it to. If something random happens to someone and it favours them, like winning the lottery, then that is good luck for that person. Likewise, if something random happens to someone and it is unfavourable, like a rampaging rhinoceros escaping from a nearby zoo and brutally slaughtering them and 23 other people, that would be bad luck. Just like everybody else, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are victims of bad luck. The Capulets and Montagues hate each other, Juliet has an arranged marriage to Paris, and there is a plague in the city of the messenger. And so it is bad luck and fate that ultimately cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Despite what many people think, Romeo and Juliet is not a love story; rather a story of desperation and obsession. People have been reading Shakespeare for hundreds of years and several people have mistaken it for a love story, due to the fact that Romeo loves Juliet so much he is willing to kill himself when he finds her supposedly dead; she does the same when she wakes up to find him dead. But in fact, Romeo is more taken aback by her beauty than he is in love with her. Juliet is intrigued by the fact someone could love her because her parents are very unsupportive of her. When the two find each other, they immediately become obsessed, mistaking this for love at first sight.
Yet when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, he forgets all about Rosaline and instantly falls for Juliet. In Act 1.5, Romeo is the first to spot Juliet and immediately feels an attraction to her. In addition, Romeo thinks Juliet is very beautiful and convinces her to kiss him without knowing each other. Then in Act 2.1, Romeo pursues Juliet and goes to her balcony and begins to profess his love for her. When Romeo is swearing that he is in love with Juliet, she stops him and says everything is happening so quickly.
Love is ironic. It can take you anywhere in the world unexpectedly, and turn you into a person that you never were. However, love is also two-faced, having both a negative and positive view. It is what drives you to the point where you do not know who you are anymore. In Shakespeare's story, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare perceives love with the personalities and actions of the characters, Romeo and Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet are characterized as immature and irrational due to their "love." In addition, both characters fail to realize the reality of life and go towards the path of adolescence. Even though Romeo and Juliet are doomed at the end of the journey of "love," their demise was caused by their rash and silly decisions because their belief of everlasting love blinds them from reality and shapes their lives into an unstoppable time bomb.
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ”Margaret J. Wheatley. This quote says that not thinking about the consequences leads to consequences. In The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare shows how two young teenagers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, who are from opposite families that hate each other and fall in love when they first met. Not knowing what it could lead to, they secretly get married a couple days later; The two feuds start a fight on the street, leaving both a Montague and a Capulet lay dead on the ground.
The Tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the famous play written by the William Shakespeare, is professionally labeled as a tragedy. Shakespeare sets up this play for utter failure especially with the first setting. Romeo is a son of the Montague house and Juliet the daughter of Capulet. The houses are rival to each other and due to this they are forbidden to be with each other especially in relational affairs. The play progresses and they secretly meet as their relationship inclines.
In Act 2 Scene 3 Romeo turns to Friar Lawrence for advice and the Friar agrees to marry them stating, “For this alliance may so happy prove / to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” The Friar is saying that he will agree to marry them with the hopes of ending the Capulet/Montague feud. In reality the Friar’s good intentions cause the exact opposite. The hosti...