...The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about two star-crossed lovers that come from rival families, yet fate brings them together and despite the grudge that each family holds for each other. In life, people change, in good drama just like the characters in Romeo and Juliet. It can be explored through the characters: Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo Montague. Lord Capulet started off being very moderate but towards the end he becomes immoderate, with the rushing of the wedding of Juliet and Paris. Friar Lawrence changes from trying to help everyone else into being selfish and helping himself. Lastly, Romeo Montague changes from being a silly, lustful young boy into a mature man. At the beginning of the play, Lord Capulet is a moderate and genial man . A significant quote about Lord Capulet from the opening section of the play is: “ What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!”This quote suggests that Lord Capulet was eager to fight despite his age and authority. A major turning point for Lord Capulet is when he forces Juliet into marrying Paris and threatens her that if she does not marry Paris, then she had better not look upon him ever again. and calls her a “disobedient wretch” By the end of the play, Lord Capulet displays the following qualities: Impatient, tyrant and nastiness. An important quote supporting this is: “An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend......” This illustrates that Lord Capulet has made a decision that Paris should be Juliet’s...
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...‘Romeo and Juliet/Catrin/Follower’ Controlled Assessment: Examining Shakespeare’s ideologies on parental influence and the impact on modern/Elizabethan audiences: Examine the way Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and her parents. By Tiffanie Gould, 10x1 The iconic tragedy written by the world’s most honoured writer William Shakespeare, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a title the world is familiar with. Its impact on modern society is impeccable, whether related to love, tragedy or both moral and academic education, the modern media adopts its philosophy. Shakespeare is trying to educate, and the ever-pending battle is the matter of character vs. society; relationships differ even today between parent and child, and the way it may be interpreted is affected by women’s role in society in Elizabethan England and how the audience’s perspective of prejudice and patriarchy. Shakespeare explores emotions and allows adjustments in the relationship in an attempt to drop the audience’s jaws open in eras of both old and new. In this assessment, I will examine just how the way Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and Lord/Lady Capulet with supported evidence. Lord Capulet: the very wealthy patriarch of the Capulet family and empire, probably just as important, the husband of Lady Capulet, the uncle of Tybalt, potential father-in-law of Count Paris, legitimate (but unknowingly) the father-in-law of Romeo Montague… and the father of Juliet Capulet-Montague. Very...
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...start off with a little action: a duel between the servants of two enemy families of Verona: the Montagues and the Capulets. Exciting! After the swords are sheathed, Verona's Prince shows up to say that the next person who fights is going to get killed, and he means it this time. Along comes Romeo Montague, mooning over some chick named Rosaline. Meanwhile, Juliet Capulet, age thirteen, has just heard that Verona's most eligible bachelor Paris has his eye on her. They're going to check each other out that night at a masquerade ball at the Capulets' house. (At least it's parentally sanctioned child abuse.) Romeo and his friends have decided to crash the Capulet ball—in costume—because Rosaline is on the guest list. Things take a turn when Romeo meets Juliet. They fall instantly in love, obviously, but then—gasp!—find out they're from rival families. It's all very dire, but, being two crazy kids in love, they have a secret meeting and decide to get married. Vegas road trip, wooooooo! Oh wait. No Vegas. Instead, Romeo meets with Friar Laurence to arrange the marriage, and Juliet gets her nurse to be a go-between. The Nurse meets Romeo and his friend Mercutio (who thinks the whole situation is hilarious), and they arrange to get Juliet to Friar Laurence. Get ready for some more names: Benvolio, another member of the Montague posse, runs into Tybalt Capulet, who is angry about the Montagues crashing his family party the other night. Romeo, freshly married, strolls into the...
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...‘Romeo and Juliet/Catrin/Follower’ Controlled Assessment: Examining Shakespeare’s ideologies on parental influence and the impact on modern/Elizabethan audiences: Examine the way Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and her parents. By Tiffanie Gould, 10x1 The iconic tragedy written by the world’s most honoured writer William Shakespeare, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a title the world is familiar with. Its impact on modern society is impeccable, whether related to love, tragedy or both moral and academic education, the modern media adopts its philosophy. Shakespeare is trying to educate, and the ever-pending battle is the matter of character vs. society; relationships differ even today between parent and child, and the way it may be interpreted is affected by women’s role in society in Elizabethan England and how the audience’s perspective of prejudice and patriarchy. Shakespeare explores emotions and allows adjustments in the relationship in an attempt to drop the audience’s jaws open in eras of both old and new. In this assessment, I will examine just how the way Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and Lord/Lady Capulet with supported evidence. Lord Capulet: the very wealthy patriarch of the Capulet family and empire, probably just as important, the husband of Lady Capulet, the uncle of Tybalt, potential father-in-law of Count Paris, legitimate (but unknowingly) the father-in-law of Romeo Montague… and the father of Juliet Capulet-Montague. Very...
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...ROMEO AND JULIET SUMMARY We start off with a little action: a duel between the servants of two enemy families of Verona: the Montagues and the Capulets. Exciting! After the swords are sheathed, Verona's Prince shows up to say that the next person who fights is going to get killed, and he means it this time.Along comes Romeo Montague, mooning over some chick named Rosaline. Meanwhile, Juliet Capulet, age thirteen, has just heard that Verona's most eligible bachelor Paris has his eye on her. They're going to check each other out that night at a masquerade ball at the Capulets' house. (At least it's parentally sanctioned child abuse.) Romeo and his friends have decided to crash the Capulet ball—in costume—because Rosaline is on the guest list.Things take a turn when Romeo meets Juliet. They fall instantly in love, obviously, but then—gasp!—find out they're from rival families. It's all very dire, but, being two crazy kids in love, they have a secret meeting and decide to get married. Vegas road trip, wooooooo!Oh wait. No Vegas. Instead, Romeo meets with Friar Laurence to arrange the marriage, and Juliet gets her nurse to be a go-between. The Nurse meets Romeo and his friend Mercutio (who thinks the whole situation is hilarious), and they arrange to get Juliet to Friar Laurence. | Get ready for some more names: Benvolio, another member of the Montague posse, runs into Tybalt Capulet, who is angry about the Montagues crashing his family party the other night. Romeo, freshly married...
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...Who Is To Blame For Death? Do you think Romeo & Juliet could be held responsible for all of the deaths throughout the play? Romeo and Juliet are to blame for all deaths that occurred during the play. During the play there are 6 characters that die, 2 of them being Romeo and Juliet. Even though I believe Romeo and Juliet are responsible, it could be argued that it is Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague who are to blame. If Romeo had acted with more maturity during the course of actions death could have been prevented. During the beginning of the play Romeo is heartbroken over a girl, to cheer up he decided to attend the Capulet party. That was not a mature choice to crash a party he was not invited to. At the party he did meet the “love of his life” but little does he know she is also the thing that will kill him. When Tybalt murdered Mercutio during a street fight Romeo felt the need to exact his revenge by killing Tybalt. This was immature because if Romeo had just let justice come to Tybalt Romeo would not have been banished and possibly preventing his death. At the end of the play Romeo is lying next to Juliet in the Capulet tomb, Romeo has been told she is dead. Romeo is so devastated over a girl...
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...audience’s understanding of Juliet’s character and her predicament in Act 3 Scene 5? At the start of III v when Juliet is talking to Romeo, Shakespeare shows their relationship with the use of natural imagery. For example he makes references to birds such as “Lark” and “Nightingale”. Shakespeare also uses natural locations such as “pomegranate tree” and “misty mountain tops”. The use of natural images is a metaphor for Romeo and Juliet’s love as it their love is natural and it was love at first sight. He also says in the prologue that they were “Star-crossed lovers” which means that their love was fate and that is was nature that dictated their love. .Shakespeare also uses the structure of the script to show the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: How is’t, my soul? Let’s talk, it is not day Juliet: It is, it is, hie hence, be gone, away! (III v 25, 26) This symbolises how much Romeo and Juliet understand each other and how well they connect (They speak together and their conversations shows a structure). Shakespeare makes their relationship apparent through these techniques and it helps show how hard Romeo’s exile from Verona is going to be for Juliet after he leaves in the morning. As Romeo’s leaving Juliet says: “The window, let day in, and life out” (III v 41) In this line Juliet is saying farewell to Romeo and she’s saying now that day has come and Romeo has to leave or he’ll die if...
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...Romeo and Juliet, the deaths of the two title characters are both tragic and regrettable. Much could have been done to prevent their suicides, but these “star-crossed lovers’ ultimately are not able to avoid their destiny. A series of unfortunate circumstances result in disaster, and although many people could be to blame for their deaths Friar lawrence plays a particularly integral role. Friar Lawrence is the most to blame because he married Romeo and Juliet. If he had not married Romeo and Juliet, there wouldn’t be so many problems. Befor he married Romeo and Juliet he should have went to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet and talked to them about Romeo and Juliet wanting to marry. Another reason Friar Lawrence is at fault is...
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...Juliet is presented as reserved and obedient, however, she possesses an inner strength that enables her to possess maturity beyond her years. Juliet is a young girl who loves her parents and does her best to please them. She “[looks] to like, if looking liking move; / But no more deep will [she] endart [her] eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” (1.3.98-100). Juliet’s mother pushes Juliet towards Paris, and asks her to see if he would interest her. Even though Juliet has not ever been interested in Paris, she agrees to dance with him see if he would appeal to her. Juliet is compliant with her mother’s wishes, as she does not want to disobey her. When Juliet falls in love with Romeo, she lies and ignores her parent’s wishes....
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...and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet have matured in many ways during the play. They both make a transition from an impulsive child to a resolute adult. This all happens fast since the play was only about three days. Rome matures by getting over someone he really did not love to be getting with someone he deeply, truly cared about. Juliet matures by listening to other people and getting her point across. She also turns into a well respectful woman. We all know Romeo. Romeo was “madly in love” with Rosaline, but then out of nowhere has a first-sight love moment to a girl named Juliet. When we first met Romeo, he was a young child that thought he was in love with Rosaline, but really does not know what real love is. In Act 2, scene 3, when Romeo informs Friar Lawrence that he has "forgot" the name of Rosaline and is now in love with Juliet, the Friar replies, "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst...”. He forgot all about Rosaline and started thinking about Juliet. He finally got to this point of where he finally found his real true love....
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...We all know that Romeo and Juliet has countless remakes, but why? Because Romeo and Juliet is considered a classic. Many people of all ages love this play because they can relate to some of the themes, or make connections to the story line. Between the years 1591 and 1596, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, along with many other plays. Directors have been writing and directing plays and movies that are all based off of Romeo and Juliet, including Twilight and Titanic. West Side Story is a musical that is more modern example of a Romeo and Juliet, because it has the forbidden love, the feud between both sides, and the most of the main characters sacrifice themselves. Evidently, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo comes off as a smart, passionate,...
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...How does Fate play a role in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Change Slide: What is fate? Fate is the idea that the future is already planned even if people do not know what is going to happen to them. I’m going to talk about Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare's, one of the greatest love stories of all time. This story has been known to be timeless even though it was written around 1595. This play is a story of forbidden love that is resolved in two tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet, who come from feuding families. Their ignorance of defy and falling in love is not accepted by their families. For the five short days they share love, many events take place. All of the events surround characters from both the Montague and Capulet families. The powers and affects of love and hate are also very evident between the two families throughout the play. In the end, Romeo and Juliet's love finds a tragic way to overcome the hate between their families. The story mainly revolves around Juliet while she grows up and falls in love, only to have fate keep her from complete happiness. Change Slide: Juliet is the beautiful, courageous young daughter of Capulet, a rich man in Verona. Shakespeare made her character a mere thirteen years old, but she acts very mature compared to her age. She appears to be practical, honest, and loyal to herself and her family. The play is about how she discovers and loses love. She appears to have thought very little about love and marriage...
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...Essay- Evolution of Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s well-known play, Romeo and Juliet addresses the ill-fated love of two young children from feuding households set in Verona. Even though they are both children and Juliet is younger than Romeo, they both mature at different rates and ways. In addition, they are very different characters. Romeo is withdrawn, whereas Juliet is bold and brave. The differences go on and are made more obvious as the play progresses. This essay will highlight these differences and how they evolve as characters through the course of this play. Both the characters strike us as very different when we meet them for the first time. Romeo is recovering from his unrequited love. He is shown to be pining with love for a woman called Rosaline. He seems very immature in the beginning as he loses track of time and he stays in a dark room throughout the day due to his love-sickness. The play's emphasis on characters' eyes and the act of looking accords with Romeo's role as a blind lover who doesn't believe that there could be another lady more fair than his Rosaline. Romeo denies that he could be deluded by love, the "religion" of his eye. This zeal, combined with his rejection of Benvolio's advice to find another love to replace Rosaline, highlights Romeo's immaturity as a lover. We immediately feel as though his feelings are not real love, it is more of a infatuation. Romeo is in love with the concept of being in love. Juliet on the other hand is more in...
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...ROMEO & JULIET Prologue (ACT 1) As a prologue to the play, the Chorus enters. In a fourteen-line sonnet, the Chorus describes two noble households (called “houses”) in the city of Verona. The houses hold an “ancient grudge” (Prologue.2) against each other that remains a source of violent and bloody conflict. The Chorus states that from these two houses, two “star-crossed” (Prologue.6) lovers will appear. These lovers will mend the quarrel between their families by dying. The story of these two lovers, and of the terrible strife between their families, will be the topic of this play. ANALYSIS This opening speech by the Chorus serves as an introduction to Romeo and Juliet. We are provided with information about where the play takes place, and given some background information about its principal characters. The obvious function of the Prologue as introduction to the Verona of Romeo and Juliet can obscure its deeper, more important function. The Prologue does not merely set the scene of Romeo and Juliet, it tells the audience exactly what is going to happen in the play. The Prologue refers to an ill-fated couple with its use of the word “star-crossed,” which means, literally, against the stars. Stars were thought to control people’s destinies. But the Prologue itself creates this sense of fate by providing the audience with the knowledge that Romeo and Juliet will die even before the play has begun. The audience therefore watches the play with the expectation that it must...
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...the play and is seen when Capulet abuses Juliet when she refuses the marriage and the fact that Lady Montague only has two lines in the whole play as her husband is the higher status. Male dominance in the Elizabethan Era was common in society but Shakespeare has produced a play about women breaking the status que and leading her own life against the wills of society in a time where women couldn’t even perform on stage and the female roles were performed by men. Throughout the play women as whole are portrayed as “the weaker vessels” and are objectified by men. Mercutio in particular talks about women in a purely sexual way suggesting that they serve no other purpose other than sex “An open-arse and thou a Poperin pear”. However Juliet is not portrayed in this way and there are many references to suggest that she has a higher status in society than Romeo. A suggestion of this is in 2.2 Juliet stands on the balcony whilst Romeo is admiring her from below. The proxemics of Juliet higher up on stage suggests that Juliet is of higher status in their relationship. At the beginning of the scene Romeo uses the motif of Juliet as the sun “Arise fair sun” showing Juliet as something wonderful; during Romeo’s soliloquy the audience haven’t found out weather Juliet loves Romeo yet but Romeo has shown all of his feeling for Juliet. Juliet has much more stage time than Romeo and Romeo doesn’t feature in the whole of Act four and the focus of the action is on Juliet, therefore highlighting...
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