“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet).” This quote from Act II explains how Juliet feels about marrying someone for their status instead of who they really are. Names are a big deal to Juliet’s family because their family doesn’t get along with Romeo’s. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, marriage was significantly different than it is in the present day. Marriage choices, preparation, and ceremonies have all changed since the late 1500’s.
In our society, love can be portrayed in thousands of ways. With simple things such as giving someone a hug or something more elaborate such as marriage. These things show are affection and love towards others, but it does not just end there. In Romeo and Juliet, as well as our society, we portray many different styles of love. These styles of love that I thought were portrayed well in Romeo and Juliet were physical love, emotional love, and paternal love.
Is it a priest’s job to get involved in another person’s personal life? Whether the priest is Pope Francis or an ordinary priest at a church, he probably has the right to give advice to other people and help them if the help is wanted. Most priests give very helpful advice and make proper choices according to the situation. However, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s advisor, Friar Laurence, gives poor advice to Juliet. Friar Laurence is most to blame for Juliet’s death because he made many irresponsible choices and cared more about his life rather than Juliet’s.
For centuries, children have been trying to break free from their parents. There are many reasons why children get into fights with their parents, and even more reasons why they want to leave their rule and be free. Independence is one of the prominent ones. Children want to be treated like adults, and when they are under the care of their parents, they feel like they are being treated as children. There are many contributing factors to the youth trying to break free from the tyranny of the older generations. As demonstrated in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s relationship with her parents demonstrates ruthless rule, being forced into situations and having to deal with things that Juliet did not want to.
The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the nurse is Juliet’s lower-class nurse. She is a loquacious, insolent trusting but yet dishonest character in the play. The only character that Juliet trusts and usually is seen cracking dirty jokes
The famous Romeo and Juliet, thinking that it could be a tragic love story that existed in the past, yet the Tomba di Giulietta is not true. William Shakespeare’s play is famous, but famous to the point where people speculate Juliet’s tomb is an actual tomb of Juliet because Verona is an actual city. If the tomb of Juliet is an actual burial of Juliet, then why would it be accessible to the public. The tomb of Juliet doesn’t seem right because someone could be actually profiting off of the tourist attraction, yet the evidence of Juliet’s tomb is too vague.
In both literature and music men express their feelings through affection or enthusiastic response towards attractive women. “Michelle” is a song sung by Paul McCartney at the white house. In the song, a man is trying to win his love’s heart, even though he does not understand French causing him to not be able to express his feelings. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, shows a similar tone when Romeo is attracted to Juliet although it is forbidden for them to talk. Considering both of the sources the reader can agree that men express their feelings toward attractive women through their emotions and enthusiastic response. The narrator of “Michelle” shows this when he sings, “That you’ll understand, my Michelle (Doc.1).” This shows
In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet one of the major causes of the tragedy throughout the play is loyalty. If there had not been the extreme loyalty felt by friends and kinsmen alike than the star crossed lovers may have been able to live happily ever after. From Romeo honoring Mercutio, to Paris protecting his “wife”, loyalty led to the deaths of nearly every death in the play.
Betrayal is often the hidden consequence of loyalty. Within Romeo and Juliet many stronger relationships have formed on each side of the feuding families, which are put to the test throughout the play and the tragedies. Because Juliet is faithful to Romeo, she betrays and disobeys her parents. Similarly, the Nurse’s betrayal of Juliet was due to her loyalty to the Capulets. Romeo’s loyalty to Mercutio results in his betrayal of Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses Juliet, the Nurse, and Romeo to prove that a character’s loyalty to one can lead to the betrayal of another.
The tragedy Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare tells a story of Romeo and Juliet’s love. They are both children of the enemy families in Verona during the 1300s, the families are the Capulets and Montagues. The two lovers go through many obstacles throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses a tragic pattern of risk and quick decisions it is shown through actions and decisions.Specifically, Friar, Juliet, and Romeo make quick decisions that put both themselves and others at risk.
Juliet is to blame for putting herself in this predicament of choosing between holding loyalty to her parents or Romeo. Juliet possesses red flags in the beginning and by masking them, she finds herself in this dilemma. She then matures while losing her logic and innocence thus, also losing her father and Nurse. Juliet matures too fast, causing problems that she did not even think of. Comparatively, imagine being married a couple days after meeting an individual and giving all loyalty to them. Moral compasses are needed to guide individuals into the right situations. In the end, individuals are left in situations that they allow themselves into. When it comes down to it, it is really just them, deciding.
In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the author illustrates that love and hate can produce tragic results by puting it in between the families of Montague and Capulet using figurative language and dialogue. Therefore, the themes of love and hate are very important in the play as the plot is driven by these two themes. Shakespeare brings out the love between the two rivals through Romeo and Juliet and their relationships with the Friar and the Nurse. In this play, the themes of love and hate are closely linked (It’s kinda like tough love).Here, Romeo is thinking of love as Cupid, who though he is always blindfolded, still manages to make people fall in love. “Alas, that