Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
"Violent delights have violent ends"
Romeo and Juliet, two young people from Verona, come from two families
in conflict. They meet at a ball and fall in love and only to find out
their roots and families. They realise their stubborn families would
not approve and plan on how they can be together.
As we see in the play the friars words "violent delights have violent
ends", has a very significant meaning to the story where things that
are started violently have often have violent ends. At the beginning
of the play the scene opens with the Montages and the Capulets
fighting in the market place of Verona. Already from the first scene
we know that there will be more violence and possibly a tragic end.
Here the friar's premonition is already coming true before he has even
said it. The prince suddenly appears and says, "thrice has my city
been disturbed by your fighting". He vows that if they disturb again
the culprits would be put to death. The climate in Verona is very hot
and dry this often sparks fights and people's tempers become fiery.
The main characters in the play are Romeo and Juliet who are in love
and the play is centred on them. Mercutio is a Montague; he is a
lighthearted man and a joker. Benvolio is also a Montague; he is a ver
peaceful and sensible man. Tybalt is very aggressive and passionate.
Romeo and Juliet meet at a masked ball hosted by the Capulet family.
Romeo goes because he thinks that Roselyn the girl he admires will be
there. When Romeo arrives there he puts his mask on so they do not
recognise him, as he is the Capulets enemy. Romeo begins to dance and
he spots Juliet she also spots him. They gaze at each other's eyes and
begin to dance. It could be said that fate is already at work here.
Juliet's nurse calls for her and here is where they both find out each
there's identity. They are both devastated.
each-other and wished they could kill the other but by the end of the story, they no longer hated
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star- crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows, Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.”
...hat with spiteful drama that tries to tear the duo apart but fails in the end. ( Pheoby )
One of the most celebrated plays in history, “Romeo and Juliet”, was written by William Shakespeare in the late 16th century. It is a story about two lovers that have to meet in secret because of an ongoing family feud. Tragically, because of their forbidden love Romeo and Juliet take their lives so they can be together. In 1997, a movie was adapted from the play “Romeo and Juliet”, directed by Baz Lurhmann. However, as alike as the movie and the play are, they are also relatively different.
In the fair city of Verona, two rival families, the Montagues and Capulets were involved in a nasty family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Even the townspeople were involved in the dispute, because the families were always fighting in the streets and causing disturbances. They disrupted the streets of Verona and even Prince Escalus tried to break up the fighting. They were given a warning, by him that another public fight would result in death. While this was occurring, Romeo, (a Montague) the main character, was getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household had just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, whom her parents wished her to marry. Yet she did not love him. Romeo goes to a party in an effort to forget about Rosaline. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agreed to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) a good friend of Romeo ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, which caused Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona. At the same time, the Capulet's were planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet didn't want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that would make everyone think that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promised to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo was currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo didn't receive the message on time and upon hearing of her "death" went to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes to find her lover's dead corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and with their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.
Fate or choice? Choice or fate? How does one separate these ideals? Can one? Shakespeare could not. Nor can we. Fate and choice are so intertwined that our choices determine our fate, and our fate determines our choices. William Shakespeare trusts the audience to scrutinize whether it is fate or choice that rules our human life. Shakespeare aptly conveys this oxymoron (with which people have been dealing for ages) through the evidence and structure of his play, Romeo and Juliet.
“He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who falls from a
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet `Romeo and Juliet` is one of the best love stories of all time but although Shakespeare wrote the play, the story wasn't original. It all started hundreds of years before Shakespeare was born, in Italy when myths and folktales travelled about two young lovers from enemy families. After that, a poem was written called `The tragical history of Romeus and Juliet` by Arthur Brooke in 1562. So although Shakespeare's ideas weren't original, he has developed the basic ideas so well that now the whole world are familiar with the deeply touching love story of `Romeo and Juliet`.
Acts 3 scene 1 of the play is a turning point. How important are the
Throughout the entirety of Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare is hinting at the “star crossed” deadly fate of the lovers spoken of by the chorus in the prologue. Romeo and Juliet are also constantly mentioning their uneasy feelings and how they can sense that something bad will happen, which confirm the aforementioned conclusion. This foreshadowing not only tells us this tragedy planned, but there must be pawns of fate that have to drive Romeo and Juliet together, while at the same time leading them to their death. In Romeo and Juliet, their deadly destiny was written by the universe and characters along the way, such as Capulet, Montague, Nurse, Friar Lawrence, Friar John, and Mercutio.
love, is shown by an elderly couple involved in a bad accident. Both of them
‘ Two households, both alike in dignity’. From ancient grudge to new mutiny’. And then in the middle of it all there is a pair of lovers. both from different families and backgrounds. The way in which the conflict and the brawl, which makes the violence.
Based on the classic Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Roman, Julie, and Friends displays a new theme on becoming friends with children of all genders, even if it is not expected or allowed by their friends. There were many changes made to create a story that resembled Romeo and Juliet but also changed the meaning to a more positive and age appropriate moral. For example some of the original characters are resembled in the remediation, while others were completely new for the purpose of the new plot. The classic play was changed to a children’s book to provide a positive message to children by using pictures and designs that would suit a child’s liking. The design of the book was happy and cheerful, with basic pictures that resemble the words but are similar to the other pictures in the book. The book also uses ethos, logos, and pathos to sell the moral of the story. Ethos is mainly used by the creditability of Shakespeare. While pathos is the ability for the reader to connect with the characters personalities and stories. Logos is used by providing the child realize that friends can be any gender or personalities, but if given the chance a friend can be found in anyone. The target audience is for children around the reading level of 3, with the purpose being the idea that children can become friends with children of any gender.
will come into it as they will both be falling in love with the enemy