Have you ever loved someone as much as Romeo loves Juliet? If the answer is yes, you presumably aren’t alive right now. The illustrious play, “Romeo and Juliet”, written by the well-known William Shakespeare is regarding a pair of star-crossed lovers, whose families have been feuding since anyone can recall. Bittersweetly, they loved eachother so much, they both took their own lives, all because of miscommunication and a colossal misunderstanding. But as it is, when passion overrules reason, tragedy often follows.
A striking example of this is in Act 3, Scene 1 (3.1), when Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, is foolishly trying to pick a fight with Romeo and his companion, Mercutio. In line 40 of this act, Romeo says to Tybalt, “ But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love.” This line is significantly important, because Romeo is subtly hinting to Tybalt that he is in love with Juliet. Shakespeare included this line to emphasize that Romeo loves Juliet, and is trying to
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In line 76 of this act, Romeo says to Juliet, “And but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate Than death poroguéd, wanting of thy love.” This is significantly important to the play because Shakespeare was foreshadowing that Romeo’s life is going to be ended. Basically, Romeo is saying that he would rather be killed than be without Juliet’s love. From this, we can infer that Romeo loves Juliet than he loves himself.
In Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers’ passion did come before their reasoning, and as you saw, it did infact end in tragedy. Romeo and Juliet both died by their own hands, as a result of the both of them not wanting to be without one another. From death of family members, to death of friends, to taking their own lives, both Romeo and Juliet have lead sorrowful lives, due to their extreme
In every fairy tale, movie, story, and play there is always a ‘happily ever after’ but in not in this case. The star struck lovers, Romeo and Juliet, both from families who loathe each other, end up taking their lives because they rather die than live without one another. The play “Romeo and Juliet” written by, William Shakespeare, mainly focuses on how selfishness can lead to tragedy. The selfish personalities of the characters caused conflict, betrayal, and death.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. The two lovers go against their families and against their hate to be together but they don’t think about the consequences, which in the end are devastating.
Every action we take, decision we make, and person we fall in love with always leads us to our inevitable destiny. Some people are meant to live happily ever after while others may not be so lucky. Romeo and Juliet ended up being one of those not so lucky couples. Born as enemies, their love ended up pulling them closer to their destiny which was proven to be death. The main people that can be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet are Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Romeo.
Shakespeare uses Juliet to portray his message by having her marry Romeo. In scene two of the second act or more
Romeo and Juliet is a play that is a very well known love story of two star-crossed lovers that come from feuding families. The play Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy and is a story of two desperate lovers that come together and fall in love with each other despite their feuding families. Throughout the story there are many events that lead to the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. The true question is not how they died but rather who is to blame for their death. There are three things at fault for their death which are fate, the Capulet family, and Friar Lawrence who is most responsible for this tragedy.
However, each time that they seem to make any sort of advancement toward their goal of being together, another problematic force is introduced and poses a threat to the survival of their relationship. This is the result of many complicated factors which cause Romeo and Juliet to make several rash decisions throughout the play. How Romeo and Juliet respond to these factors within their actions and decision making as they are desperate to be with one another illustrates the impulsive and dangerous characteristics of love, which can lead to unpredictable outcomes. Although impulsivity caused by love can be dangerous, sometimes drastic actions caused by love can produce a beneficial outcome out of a bad one, such as the mending that occurs between the two feuding Capulet and Montague households as they come together over Romeo and Juliet’s deaths at the end of the play. For Romeo and Juliet, love instigated them into taking dangerous risks in the name of love that they eventually faced the repercussions of, costing them their lives. However, since their bloody tragedy led to peace in Verona with the ceasing of conflict between their two raging families, Romeo and Juliet’s rocky journey through love’s mountainous terrain portrays that because of loves unpredictability, it also contains
Nearly every scene of the text has love conveyed in some way in them. From the pain Romeo suffered from the rejection of Rosalyn, to the first scene where the two meet. The only scene in the whole story where love isn’t conveyed is the very first scene where we see the first conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues. That just shows how much of an impact love has in Shakespeare’s story about two star-crossed lovers.
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers lost their lives when hate and love collided. From the Montagues came Romeo and from the Capulets came Juliet. The two families were feuding and Romeo and Juliet could not stand being without each other. They both killed themselves because they thought life was not worth living without the other. Though there are many who can be blamed for this tragic ending, there are three that are the most responsible.
Juliet’s only love would be Romeo, and her only hate would be the Montagues and the feud that exists between his family and her family. Because of this, there is stigma in Juliet associating herself with Romeo. It is a misfortune, as expressed in the paradox, that Juliet is in love with someone who she is expected to hate.
Romeo's inclination to fall in love easily was first shown in his love for Rosaline. It was illustrated perfectly when he first met Juliet. "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight. For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night". (Lines 50-51, Scene 5, Act 1) He say this but he seemed to have forgotten Rosaline like old news, even though he speaks of Juliet as he spoke of Rosaline only a few short hours before. "One fairer than my love! The all-seeing sun ne'er saw her match, since first the world begun" (Lines 94-95, Scene 2, Act 1). Romeo immaturity was further shown by the way he handled Tybalt's slaying of Mercutio.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story about a pair of star-crossed lovers whose demises were unexpected to most. However, their deaths were a result of their impulsiveness. It caused their problematic marriage, Romeo’s preventable death, as well as Juliet’s preventable death.
“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.
Romeo and Juliet both died, and these deaths were preventable deaths. If these children's families had not hated each other so much, these children would not have died. These children died because of the love they shared, the true love they shared that blinded them of all that was going o around them. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless play written by William Shakespeare that will forever be remembered and preformed because of the sad ending and romantic touch.
Have you ever been in love before? Many would say that love is hard to come by, and even harder to maintain, while some would say the opposite. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, he explores similar concepts related to love and infatuation. Although the reader never directly hears from Shakespeare, one could infer that his own thoughts are similarly mirrored in his characters, with the play serving as a warning tale of sorts, and the various roles echoing different dangers when it comes to love, which there are many. More specifically, Romeo Montague and his actions in the play are very intentional, as they help explain Shakespeare’s intentions and his own personal thoughts on the topic of love and its hazards, as well as its ups, too, which there are many.
of Tybalt's death. He felt that he fell into one of fate's many cruel games