“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.” -George Eliot Romeo and Juliet is a play about young love, loss, and the bond between friends and family. Throughout the course of the tragedy, each of the characters influence both Romeo and Juliet in one way or another. Although many of those characters have some kind of hold on the naive Juliet, they have a stronger hold on the somewhat credulous Romeo. This sway that they have over Romeo causes him to make several decisions that are rash and impulsive. However, it can also cause him to stop and think depending on the character that is influencing him. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo is influenced by many characters including Mercutio, Benviloi, and Juliet through their joking manner, peaceful composition, and loving attitude, respectively. Through his jokes and quips, Mercutio often persuades Romeo to act before thinking and become confident in himself. When they are speaking of the party that is being held by the Capulets, Romeo tells Mercutio that he is not able to dance because his unrequited love for Rosaline has turned his feet to lead. Mercutio responds by saying that he is a lover, that he should “borrow cupids wings and soar with them above a common ground” (Shakespeare 821). Romeo replies by stating that he hurts too much to do so, and Mercutio says that hi takes the burden of love too seriously and that he has lost all of his spirit. Mercutio’s reference and joke about cupid aids Romeo to make the decision of attending the party. Later that night, after the party at the Capulet’s where Romeo first meets Juliet, he rushes off to see her again. Mercutio and Benvolio attempt to search for him in the streets of V... ... middle of paper ... ...where she was buried. He makes the decision to kill himself, saying that he will remain in the tomb with Juliet, “with worms that are [her] chambermaids. O’ [there] will [he] set up [his] everlasting rest” (Shakespeare 923). Juliet’s love for Romeo and his love for her causes him to change many things in his life and eventually end it. During Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is under the influence of Mercutio with his joking air, Benvilo with his peaceful manner, and Juliet with her loving attitude. Mercutio often raises his spirits and give Romeo more confidence in himself. Benvolio helps to keep Romeo calm and reasonable throughout each of his ordeals. Finally, Juliet provides him with hope through her undying love for him. Romeo is often swayed by many characters, but he is swayed by those whom he keeps closest to him and he loves the most.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the characters influence romeo and juliet in a play about young love, loss, and the bond between friends and family.
- Analyzes how mercutio persuades romeo to act before thinking and become confident in himself.
- Analyzes how benvolio influences romeo during his depression, his brawl with tybalt, and his exile by prince escalus through his calm demeanor.
- Analyzes how romeo is influenced by juliet through her ability to recover from his depression over rosaline, marry her behind both their fathers' backs, and ultimately kill himself.
- Analyzes how romeo is influenced by mercutio, benvilo and juliet in shakespeare's play, "romeo" and "juliet."
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the mystery of young love reincarnates itself through shakespeare's romeo and juliet.
- Analyzes how benvolio played a major role in the tragic end of romeo and juliet's relationship because of the feud between the families.
- Analyzes how romeo played a major role in his own death. he was influenced by his hormones and his love was directed by lust rather than true love.
- Analyzes how friar lawrence had a key role in the ending of romeo and juliet. he believed that by marrying the two, the long-standing feud would end.
- Analyzes how william shakespeare's romeo and juliet has a unique portrayal of young love.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare's romeo and juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers from opposite families that are victims to tragic circumstances.
- Analyzes how mercutio's mockery of romeo as a lover diminishes his compassion towards his wooing for juliet.
- Analyzes how mercutio's ridicule of romeo as a wooer decreases the sympathy towards him.
- Analyzes how mercutio's mockery of romeo as a lover reduces his love for juliet and the balcony scene.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare uses dramatic irony throughout the play and builds up the tension until act 3 scene 1 where death starts to play a role.
- Analyzes how mercutio's humour is replaced by seriousness when he dies. he is not a montague or capulet and can choose not to be involved in there feud.
- Analyzes how shakespeare created mercutio to increase tension and humour in the play. he taunts tybalt, draws the sword, and blames the montagues and capulet's for his death.
- Analyzes how mercutio's witty use of language goes with him being a comic character. his inappropriateness toward women is funny to romeo and his friends although his physical attraction towards women shows he does not believe in romance.
- Opines that mercutio is a good character but is one of the characters to blame for the tragic events because of his negative characteristics such as being ill-tempered and being provocative.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how a group of citizens in verona sought to change the world of two star-crossed lovers.
- Analyzes how benvolio and mercutii are romeo's good friends, who have been with him when he was at his best and worst. they learn of a party from an illiterate servant, peter, that will be held by the capulets.
- Narrates how benvolio and romeo are not invited to a party, but they attend anyway. they are convinced by their friends to attend.
- Analyzes how friar laurence's plan to end the feud between the capulets and montagues led to tragic results.
- Analyzes how paris wanted to marry juliet, but romeo's banishment was the cause of her miserable behaviour.
- Analyzes how balthasar's intentions were to be a good friend to romeo. he traveled to mantua without informing anyone he was going.
- Analyzes how in romeo and juliet, readers learn how much people affect each other. the characters were driven by good intentions, but their actions when joined together lead to tragedy.
- Opines that margaret mead is correct that even a group of five citizens can change the world for so many people.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare in the tragedy of romeo and juliet depicts the conflict between fate and free will through his characters’ actions and beliefs. fate is the main driving force between the demise of the two main protagonists.
- Analyzes how the main protagonists of the play are victims of fate's cruelty, and how friar john played an indirect role in their deaths.
- Analyzes how fate interacts with the main protagonists through warnings in the form of dreams and feelings. romeo confesses his feelings about what the night might bring.
- Analyzes how romeo and juliet are constantly warned of what's in store for them, but they make no moves to try to prevent it.
- Analyzes how fate's most memorable role in the play is where it comes into play with the lovers' actual deaths.
- Analyzes how shakespeare utilizes his characters beliefs and superstitions in fate to add a cautioning and foreboding tone to the story.
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- Analyzes how shakespeare uses mercutio's character cleverly as the kind of character that stays in the background, but influences the rest of the cast. his light and occasionally sardonic humor relieves the play from being a complete tragedy.
- Analyzes how mercutio acts as a flat character in the play unlike the other characters who end up developing through experience.
- Analyzes how mercutio's death is a catalyst for the tragedy of romeo and juliet.
- Analyzes how mercutio is a static character and catalyst for the disasters in romeo and juliet.
- Analyzes how mercutio is a static character and catalyst in the play. he keeps romeo on his feet and prevents him from making poor decisions.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the character of mercutio in shakespeare's play romeo and juliet, who is of neither montague nor capulet.
- Analyzes how mercutio's greatest aspect is his sense of humor, which he doesn't fail to display even in the most inappropriate moments.
- Analyzes how irrationality leads to grave situations, such as when romeo refuses to fight tybalt and fights the perpetrator to resolve his friend's jeopardized honor.
- Analyzes how mercutio resembles the qualities of being a humorous yet impulsive character in romeo and juliet.
697 wordsRead More - Fate, Traits, And Choices in Shakespeare's Romeo and Julietanalytical essayRomeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how romeo and juliet, written by william shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers who belong to feuding families.
- Analyzes how romeo is in love with rosaline at the very beginning of the story. lord capulet has given county paris juliet's hand in marriage if he can wait until she is sixteen.
- Analyzes how romeo realizes that fate is tossing them around after he kills tybalt, juliet's cousin, in a brawl.
- Analyzes how romeo and juliet's traits cause them to go along with their fate and contribute to their downfall.
- Analyzes how romeo sees rosaline and rushes into things with juliet. they confess their love and decide to get married and plan their wedding.
- Analyzes how the two are stubborn and selfish, wanting what they can not have and wanting everything to go their own way. they love each other enough to do anything for one another but will not give the other one up for the greater good.
- Analyzes how romeo and juliet's personal choices are what makes their deaths so tragic. they choose to get married anyway and hide everything from their parents.
- Analyzes how romeo is acting through rage, but he can stop himself from killing a man, especially his own cousin. after act three, scene 1, things speed up.
- Narrates how juliet refuses to marry county paris because she already has a husband. she goes to friar lawrence, who has made all the arrangements, and tells him of her woes.
- Analyzes how juliet rushes home to tell her dad that she will marry paris so he moves the wedding to wednesday. the friar that was supposed to get the message to romeo was quarantined and didn't get it.
- Analyzes how juliet wakes in the vault and sees romeo dead and slays herself. she chooses to take her life with these last words, "yea noise?
- Analyzes how fate and character traits contribute to the deaths of romeo and juliet, but their personal choices take their lives in the end.
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- Analyzes how baz luhrman's interpretation of romeo and juliet illuminates the love and caring manner of mercutio.
394 wordsRead More - The Destruction Of Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo And Julietanalytical essayIn the the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare the character Romeo is used to help the readers understand an important message of the destruction that is caused when passion overrides reason. Shakespeare uses Romeo to highlight an important message is shown several times throughout the course of the play. Shakespeare uses the character Romeo to help readers understand this important message when Romeo sneaks into the Capulet's’ garden to see Juliet in act 2, scene 2. He is also used to show an important message in act 3, scene 5 when Romeo kills himself once finding out about Juliet’s apparent death.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how romeo is used by shakespeare to convey the destruction caused when passion overrides logic in act 2, scene 2.
- Analyzes how shakespeare uses romeo to show the destruction caused when passion overrides logic when he kills himself while thinking juliet is dead.
- Concludes that in shakespeare's "romeo and juliet", the character romeo is used several times throughout the play to help readers understand the important message of the destruction caused when passion overrides reason.
- Analyzes how shakespeare uses romeo to highlight an important message of destruction caused by passion overrides reason.
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