Analysis of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Analysis of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The classic play script, Romeo and Juliet is written by Shakespeare.

His intentions were to show the conflict between families. The members

of he Capulet’s and Montague’s do not know each other, yet they hate

each other. Why? Because of a person’s last name and this provokes

hatred. It also shows how the main characters, Romeo and Juliet were

willing to sacrifice their relationship with their families in order

to be together. The feuding of the families results in the tragic

death of these “star-crossed lovers”. As Romeo and Juliet meet by fate

their lives are also taken by fate. This plays as a major theme

throughout the play, shown in this further discussion.

The time period of which Shakespeare wrote this play, religion played

a big role in peoples lives. And throughout the play the characters

refer to religion which is clearly shown in Act 1 Scene 5, where Romeo

and Juliet first meet in a sonnet. The previous scenes build tension

creating an atmosphere to prepare the audience for this intense

meeting of the ‘to be’ couple.

The play starts off with a prologue. The reason being is that it tells

the audience background on the play so they can have a clearer

understanding of it. The prologue is a sonnet and tells the audience

what happens to these loves. “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their

life,” analysing this quote it touches on the theme faith. It shows

that the meeting of the lovers was influenced by the stars and they

were meant ‘to be’ together as previously stated. By giving...

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...udience to expect troubles from

this.

Overall the prologue and the four scenes before this is what built up

to Act1 Scene5. Even though the dramatic irony was there and the

audience knew what was going to happen it made it in a way more of an

impact to know this. The previous scenes help to create and build the

tension by setting a background for this scene. We were able to find

out the main characters and their attitudes and personalities. This is

what put together out expectations of scene5, but as we didn’t know

the full facts it made us want to know more and again we created the

tension for ourselves. Now that we know how everything happened up to

scene5 we are left with the thought of what will happen next. Will

Romeo and Juliet get to be together? So now Act1 Scene5 will set you

up for the rest of the play.