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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare
"Romeo and Juliet" is a story of love that is wrecked by a feud
between the two lovers' families. Romeo, a Montague is madly in love
with Juliet, a Capulet. They are both young and fall madly in love.
Juliet is in her early teens, around thirteen, and Romeo is in his
late teens about nineteen.
This story is definitely a tragedy. A tragedy is where something bad
happens. In this play, the love between them is a tragedy as both of
the main characters end up dead in each other's arms. In a way, their
love is a "perfect love". From the minute they meet each other, they
fall madly in love and end up dedicated and devoted to each other. But
the audience knows that the love between the youngsters does not stand
a chance as the family feud denies them the chance.
The feud between the two families is an integral part in the story and
is definitely a main factor in the outcome of this tragedy. The story
revolves around the two families and more importantly the feud. The
feud is between the Montagues and the Capulets. Both families are very
rich and therefore that already creates a tension between the two
families.
We are not told too much about the family feud, although we do know
that it is long standing. In the Prologue, the sentence: -
"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny."
We know that the feud has been going on a long time. This tells us
that it is long standing and had cooled down but the words: -
"Break to new mutiny."
We know that the grudge as flared up again, although we are not told
why.
We know that the older members of the families are still fe...
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...g' role to Juliet. She also
enjoys the power of 'matchmaking' she plays when arranging the
marriage of Romeo and Juliet. But she soon changes sides when Juliet
has to face the wrath of Old Capulet. This showed us how weak she
really is as a person, and as a friend to Juliet.
The families' quarrel was a major factor in the love of Romeo and
Juliet. The two of them were forbidden to date the most hated rivals.
But the two of them were both immature and see each other as their
only loves. This also adds to the downfall of the couple.
At the end of the play we are left with the feeli9ng of sadness as the
lovers' end up dead in each other's arms. We wonder if there is a
purpose to all this unhappiness? We are on the side of the two lovers
at the end of the play. They are seen as the victims as they both end
up dead.
play. We know that this play is going to be a tragic play right from
in the play. The sudden and fatal violence in Act 3, Scene 1, as well
The conclusion of the play ends in Scene Nine, when the woman discovers the man attempting to steal away in the dark. She confronts him with their obvious desire for and need of each other, but the man persists in leaving. The woman hangs herself as soon as he is gone. Her death thwarts the man's love for her forever, ensuring that she herself will never have to surrender to a man only to be deserted by him. She is dead and does not see that the man does return to her, his love for her stronger than his fear of love.
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.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy mainly because of the downfall of the main characters through weakness or misfortune, which lead to their deaths but these flaws are not the only reasons for this tragedy, it is possible that their fate was “written in the stars” as there are many references made about these stars. Fate (the fact that life is already planned out and is out of human control) must be one of the key factors in causing the tragedy of the “star-crossed lovers” Romeo and Juliet. It is possible that there was “some consequence yet hanging in the stars”(I iv) that already had their lives scripted down and no matter how much Romeo wanted to defy them “I defy you stars”(I, vi) he could not. This must mean that Romeo’s life was already planned out. But fate was not only interpreted in the stars, somehow it seemed that some of the characters foreshadowed their own fate, like Friar Lawrence foreshadowed “love so gentle in [Romeo’s] view, should be so tyrannous in proof”(I, I), this meaning that Romeo may see the love he has now, as wonderful, but as it continues it causes trouble.
such a love can arise out of hatred and then triumph over it in death,
two families. It was unjust of him to send Romeo away from Verona as a
His love for Rosaline is great but yet she can not say the same and
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when the characters begin to declare the value of their lives in a time and place in which those
In the beginning of the play, after caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris,
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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.
mourn her passing. Everyone is going to move on: as the play ends, Steve is already dealing a
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