From the very beginning of the play, we know this story is a tragedy, not only because it was written by Shakespeare but also the narrator gave a summary at the beginning of what to expect. Why was it a tragedy though? It seemed like such a normal story: boy meets girl, they marry and live happily ever after. So what was it that made this story so different from its contemporaries? One thing could be how dramatic everyone was, how that caused the six deaths at the end of the play. Another might by the adults- one in particular that set the scenes in motion. It doesn’t take much analysis to see that both Romeo and Juliet are impulsive and like to take things to the extreme. Both of them threatened to kill themselves and happened to have succeeded at the end of the play. Romeo himself falls quickly in and out of love. First with Rosaline who he writes poetry about and says he’ll never love another like her, and then with Juliet only minutes after seeing her at a party. He sneaks into the Capulet garden to see Juliet knowing fully well he could get killed there, but doesn’t mind since ...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the narrator gave a summary of what to expect at the beginning of the play, which made it different from its contemporaries.
- Analyzes how romeo and juliet are impulsive and like to take things to the extreme. both threatened to kill themselves and succeeded at the end of the play.
- Analyzes how juliet, who knew romeo for less than 24 hours, married him and threatened to kill herself with the dagger in her purse.
- Opines that the deaths of the two star-crossed lovers could have been avoided if the montagues and capulets had worked out whatever feud they had between them.
- Analyzes how friar lawrence started the tragedy of romeo and juliet by telling everyone about moderation, being the peacekeeper between the two families, and not getting too wound up.
- Opines that romeo and juliet could've had a cinderella-like ending if everyone had just quit being so dramatic about everything. due to impulsive actions from every one of the characters featured in this play, the audience was left with
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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."
872 wordsRead More - Romeo and Julietargumentative essayRomeo and Juliet is one of the most famous plays written today and William Shakespeare is the second most quoted writers in the English language. Gnomeo and Juliet, Warm Bodies, Westside Story, and many other movies were made to portray the basic themes and story of the original Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. One of the most general ones is Gnomeo and Juliet. In this movie, there are many things that are the same and many things that are different at the same time. The three main elements that are different from the movie and the play is the dialogue, the things that have been changed or omitted, and the themes.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that romeo and juliet is one of the most famous plays written today, and william shakespeare is the second most quoted writer in the english language.
- Opines that when other directors'remake' a different story of romeo and juliet, many things are changed and maybe even taken out completely so that it makes more sense to the modern day reader.
- Compares romeo and juliet's dialogue with the movie gnomeo. the movie uses modern-day english dialogue, which is easier to understand than the original play.
- Compares the themes of gnomeo and juliet and the play, stating that love is both a creative and destructive force.
- Analyzes how the movie gnomeo and juliet, and the play romeo, have the same basic structure and storyline, but there are many differences between the two.
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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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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how romeo and juliet is a play about two lovers who fought to be together, but became separated due to others fights; leading to their deaths.
- Analyzes how mercutio and tybalt cross paths on a verona street, and dueling, putting yet another tension between romeo nad juliet.
- Analyzes how the coincidental events leading to romeo and juliet's deaths are related to the fact that her parents picking who she should marry contributes to their deaths.
- Analyzes how coincidental events lead to the deaths of romeo and juliet.
- Explains that there were a lot of things that led up to romeo and juliets deaths. they cited quotes that related to their reasons and explained why they felt that way.
829 wordsRead More - Romeo and Julietanalytical essayIn the play, Romeo and Juliet, directed by William Shakespeare, two young, star-crossed lovers cannot be together because their families, the Capulets and the Montagues, have an ancient feud. Their children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall in love and are married, while keep it a secret from their parents. Through a chaotic series of events, Mercutio, a kinsman of the Prince, is killed by Tybalt. Angered by the death of his friend, Romeo murders Tybalt and is banished to Mantua, a nearby and isolated town. Juliet, grieved by this news, goes to the Friar to seek help and they formulate a plan to bring Romeo back to Verona, Juliet will drink a potion that will make her appear dead and Romeo will meet her in the Capulet vault. Due to miscommunication, Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead, so he drinks poison he purchased from an apothecary when he meets her, and Juliet stabs herself when she awakens and finds Romeo’s dead body. By utilizing the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare portrays the differences between appearances and reality by using the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech, and hidden meanings .
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare portrays the differences between appearances and reality by using the marriage between romeo and juliet and mercutio's queen mab speech.
- Analyzes how shakespeare employs the marriage between romeo and juliet to identify the differences between appearances and reality from the contrast of friar lawrence's intentions and the results.
- Analyzes how mercutio's speech about queen mab shows the difference between fantasies and reality of young love.
- Analyzes how shakespeare uses mercutio's speech about queen mab to compare fantasies to reality.
- Analyzes how shakespeare employs speech to portray the difference between the face value of words versus the hidden meanings that are concealed within words.
- Analyzes how shakespeare shows the distinguishing between appearances and reality through the marriage between 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.
845 wordsRead More - Romeo and Julietanalytical essayLove is often perceived as something perfect and flawless in today’s society. However, Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, portrays love as a form of passionate and violent force that comes with both rewards and consequences.The tragedy focuses on two young lovers called Romeo and Juliet, whose families are intertwined in an ancient feud that disrupts the peace in Verona, Italy. For love, the two teenagers are driven to overcome obstacles they will never imagine doing, and as a result, they along other family members are forced to pay the price of their lives. Through the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare exhibits the reality of young love through the portrayal of the Queen Mab Speech, the impulsive actions taken by both lovers, and the results caused by the powerful nature of their love.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare's romeo and juliet portrays love as a passionate and violent force that comes with both rewards and consequences.
- Analyzes how mercutio's portrayal of queen mab depicts the reality of romeo and juliet’s delusional love.
- Analyzes how shakespeare depicts the nature of young love as intense and overpowering through romeo and juliet's encounter with friar lawrence.
- Analyzes how shakespeare depicts the compelling force of infatuated love through the deaths of romeo and juliet and the tranquillity established by the montagues and capulets.
- Analyzes how shakespeare portrays the reality of love's intoxication through the queen mab speech, romeo and juliet’s encounter with friar, and the climatic end of the lover’
1172 wordsRead More - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Julietopinion essayWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet YOU should be at home looking after the children, tidying the house, cooking, and sewing. YOU should be at work all day, providing for your family and keeping bread on the table….and YOU are just downright ugly you should lock yourself in your house and never leave That's what the public in Shakespeare's time was like. They had very strict opinions about how people should live their life, what role they should play in society…and even whom they should marry.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that they would set the scene in a school on parents.
- Opines that they would direct this scene as such, as they feel it would appeal to a viewer.
- Opines that love as deep as i give to thee, the more i have, for both are
- Opines that scene is vital in romeo & juliet, as it is the whole creation of the play.
1051 wordsRead More - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Julietanalytical essayWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo, a Montague and Juliet, a Capulet are from two different households that are sworn enemies. They often have petty feuds so there is a law that prevents them from fighting. However this law is broken and leads to a lot of deaths. This shows the fragile society in which the two lovers meet. Romeo, who is madly in love with Roselyn a Capulet, has gate crashed a ball at the Capulet's house hoping to see her.
In this essay, the author
- Narrates how he risked his life to go to verona to see for himself.
- Narrates how the woman is so upset she doesn't want to live and stabs him.
- Narrates how he goes to juliet's shrine and says 'to smooth'.
- Analyzes how juliet amends for it with a kiss, and then says '†have my lips the sin'.
- Analyzes how he says 'give me my sin again' and kisses her for the second time.
- Analyzes how the man is desperate and how he has brought with him.
- Opines that even though she is dead, crimson is in thy lip and cheeks.
- Opines that the kiss will end with a kiss.
- Explains that there is love on one hand and hate and death on the other and the gap.
- Opines that life is their foe's dept' meaning their love, which they would give their life for, is in their enemies hands.
1239 wordsRead More - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Julietopinion essayWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Why does Shakespeare bother with the Rosaline ‘romance’? He does this to show the audience what Romeo is like, a guy who isn’t sure of anything, that he just thinks he is in love but really he isn’t. It prepares us for what is to come because when he talks about Rosaline, you know he isn’t really in love; therefore you can’t wait to see whom he will really fall in love with. When you first listen to Romeo talk about Rosaline, you basically know that he is not really in love with her because of the way he talks about her. You don’t get that much involved in the romance between him and Rosaline because you basically know it’s not a real one so you don’t get that involved.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that because you know that this one is the big one, the real romance of the movie is in the romance.
- Opines that the scenes are the pieces, so if only one of them is missing, then there is a problem.
- Analyzes how this scene set the pace for the whole play.
- Opines that all he is is a hot tempered man who just wants to fight and you.
- Analyzes how romeo claims he is in love with a girl in act 1 scene 1.
- Opines that if a man were really in love, he would only talk about the one they love.
- Opines that gold can't be won with so much gold that it would seduce a saint.
- Opines that the man will never love anyone plus he thinks of her a castle that has to be
- Opines that romeo hath forsworn to love, and in that vow do i live dead.
- Explains that she is a snow white dove among the crows and how she's so bright.
- Opines that the words used also play a part of convincing you that he is the saint.
- Analyzes the poetic style of the way he speaks.
- Opines that juliet on the other wanted him or her to love them back.
- Describes the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an ethiop’s ear.
- Describes b. as a rich jewel in an ethiop's ear — beauty too rich for use.
- Explains that because he isn't speaking out of love or grief, it's not.
- Analyzes how he compares to a fort and isn't in love.
- Analyzes the language of a sad man, who isn't sure whether he's really in.
- Opines that if rosaline starts to talk to him, he would make a statement.
- Opines that he has really fallen for her, and wishes to be a better man.
- Narrates how they would let a burst of red laser light go off.
- Opines that if you want your audience to stay, you got to make them stay.
- Analyzes how the servants are all talk and no action in act 1 scene 2.
- Analyzes how romeo isn't really in love because of the way he talks about love. he thinks it's due to his lack of knowledge about it.
- Opines that the way he talks to her and says how beautiful she is, and also his way of expressing his love for her, makes him in love with her.
- Explains that if they were to stage the two scenes, they would show romeo as a man not sure of what he is doing or saying.
- Opines that when a man sees her and starts talking about her to himself, he will be full of excitement and surprise that there is beauty in the world.
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