Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare take place in the fourteenth century in Verona, Italy. Most of the play will take place in Capulet’s house. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at a party. The problem with this is that their families have an ongoing feud that has lasted centuries. They are both aware that their families would not approve of them being together, let alone getting married, so they get married in secret with the help of Friar Laurence and Nurse. All was going well until Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, in order to get revenge for Tybalt killing someone in his family. He is banished by Prince.Juliet’s parents then tell her she is to marry Paris. At first, Juliet refuses, but then later agrees to marry Paris because of Friar …show more content…
Romeo exhibits this, by the way, his words and actions throughout the play. “She hath Dian's wit, and, in strong proof of chastity well armed. From love's weak childish bow she lives uncharmed.” (1.1.204-207) Romeo thinks he is in love with Rosaline but gets mad at Rosaline because she will not sleep with him. Rosaline has no interest in sleeping with Romeo and that makes Romeo feel that he loves her even more until he invited himself to go to the Capulet’s house party where he meets Juliet. “By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel and I let him eyes” (2.2.80-81) Romeo views love with his eyes instead of his heart and mind. He rushes into things. His eyes like what they see, so he automatically jumps to the conclusion that he is in love. The Friar also tell Romeo that he rushing into things. “young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (2.3.67-68) Friar is trying to get Romeo to realize that he is being naive and to wait, but Romeo is too stubborn. Romeo views love as the same as liking someone. He lacks the ability to comprehend and know that there is a difference. Romeo’s prospect is that love is a form of madness. Romeo becomes obsessed with Juliet, does which led to their …show more content…
Juliet’s perspective is different from Romeo. “Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn by my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (2.2.34-36) Juliet views love as the most important thing in the world. She is ready to give up her family for a guy she just met. Juliet is willings to change her name in order to be with Romeo. Juliet lets Romeos smooth talk get the best of her. She is very close-minded on her choices. Once she has made her mind up on something, there is no changing it. Juliet continues to display all of this by killing herself. “This is thy sheath; [Stabs herself] their rust, and let me die. [Falls on ROMEO's body, and dies]” Juliet stabbed herself when she saw Romeo dead next to her. Love is so important to her that she was willing to die for the one that she believed she
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a love story based in Verona in the 1500s. Romeo and Juliet’s families have been in a feud for years, despite that they still fall in love. Romeo and Juliet hide their love from their families and this destroys them in the end. Romeo is protagonist and tragic hero in this play. He is an passionate and impulsive character that makes him perfect for his part.
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Romeo is a lover, one way we know this is because of how quickly he falls in and out of love. This can be seen in I.iv.19-22. “I am too sore enpierced with his shaft/ to soar with his light feathers, and so bound/ I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. / Under loves heavy burden do I sink.” In this passage Romeo is trying to convey how strung up he is on Rosaline denying his love. In the same night, he meets the beautiful Juliet. Upon seeing her for the first time in I.v.43-45 he says, “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-/ Beauty too rich for use, for earth to dear!" It is rational to assume that Romeo had no troubles getting over Rosaline after seeing Juliet, which leads us to conclude that he does indeed fall in and out of love easily.
Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona during the mid-1590s. There are two main houses, the Capulets, and the Montagues who have been rivals for many years. The two main characters, Romeo and Juliet fall in love at the Capulet masquerade ball. They are each from different houses and are forbidden to love one another. They risk everything for love. In the end, they wind up killing themselves due to confusion and miscommunication.
A Psychological Analysis of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet was obviously not written to fit the psychoanalytic model, as the theories of Freud were not developed for centuries after Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote about Renaissance England, a culture so heavily steeped in Christianity, that it would have blushed at the instinctual and sexual thrust of Freud’s theory. However, in order to keep literature alive and relevant, a culture must continually reinterpret the themes and ideas of past works. While contextual readings assure cultural precision, often these readings guarantee the death of a particular work. Homer’s Iliad, a monument among classical works, is currently not as renowned as Romeo and Juliet because it is so heavily dependent on its cultural context.
Romeo is the only son of Lord Montague, the head of a reputed and rich
William Shakespeare composed the tragedy Romeo and Juliet in the 16th century. This play vividly portrayed the banned love between the heirs of two families. Spoiler alert, Romeo and Juliet killed themselves in the end. Every person in Romeo and Juliet held responsibility for their death. Among all of the characters, Friar Lawrence and Capulet were major catalysts of the casualties. Let's not forget Romeo, the one that started it all.
The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet all began when Romeo ran into his cousin Benvolio and begins to confide with him about his troubles. The issue that Romeo faced was that he was in love with a girl named Rosaline, who did not return his affections. In order to forget his unrequited love, Benvolio and Romeo found a Capulet servant that had the invitations to the famous Capulet masquerade and decided that together they will crash the party.
Shakespeare is known for his remarkable play-writing ability, even though most of his plays he wrote as a way to earn money from people constantly paying to watch and re-watch his plays. He wrote many historical plays along with comedies and tragedies. A few tragedies that he wrote are, Romeo and Juliet, The Hamlet, and Macbeth. In Romeo and Juliet, he shows several messages to those who read or watch his play. The three major themes in the play, Romeo and Juliet are two feuding families, two kids that commit suicide for love, and politics.
There are many differences between the twenty-first century and the fifteenth century. In Romeo and Juliet during the fifteenth century in the European culture there were many strict rules, customs, and harsh consequences unlike our society today. Those are just a few of the major differences between the twenty-first century and the fifteenth century.
6. Paris is the mayor’s son and so has allot of money as well as power
Literary Analysis of Romeo and Juliet “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.
When people hear of Romeo and Juliet most think about a tragic love story of two young people who died because they could not bear being without one another, but how did that tragedy come about? Romeo and Juliet meet at a party one night and immediately fall in love. They soon find out they are from families that greatly despise one another and know that they should not be together but they are already too far fallen for one another. Romeo and Juliet's parents were bad influences on their kids because of their refusal to end a long lasting feud, teaching hate towards the opposing family and pushing their kids to do things against their will.