...What would you do for love? Would you sacrifice your life for the people you love? “Romeo and Juliet” is a thrilling play that demonstrates both love and hate. Love and hate both come at a cost, whether you lose something you love or something happens that you hate. As Mohandas Gandhi said “Hatred always kills, love never dies.” The play Romeo and Juliet demonstrates and expresses 3 main points relating to this quote. Those main points are love, hate, and marriage. Romeo and Juliet is portrayed as a “love” story but Shakespeare sets it up as a pain and death story. Romeo is in love with a woman named Rosaline at the beginning of the play. Juliet has never thought about getting married before her mother brings up the idea of marrying Paris. Shakespeare has to set their tale as ill-fated at the beginning (as “two star-crossed lovers” ) not only because their families hate each other, but because they do not know anything about what true love really is or even what life is like in the real adult world. When Romeo first lays his eyes upon Juliet, he is overwhelmed by how beautiful she is. He immediately forgets about Rosaline and wants to meet Juliet. Romeo saw Juliet at a ball he never intended on going to. For a few days he kept to himself and was thinking about how much he loves Rosaline. Eventually, Romeos cousin Benvolio convinces him to go. Romeo thinks that there is no point to go but Benvolio tells him “At this same ancient feast of the Capulet's sups the fair Rosaline...
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... It will be based on the famous William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Hate is a strong thing that would make people do just about anything. In the play of Romeo and Juliet it shows what hatred can really do. The three things that hate caused were the death of Tybalt, Juliet being rebellious, and the death of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet was a rebellious teenager like most of us right. Her parents wanted her to marry someone that she didn’t want to so she didn’t. Instead of marry someone else she had fallen in love with a Montague which her parents hated. Instead of accepting the fact that their daughter had fallen in love with someone as an individual they judge...
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...HATRED AND VIOLENCE BREED ONLY TRAGGEDY Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare. “Hatred and violence breed only tragedy”, is a major theme in this play. The Montague and Capulet are two rival families. They were involved in a family feud that goes back years before anyone can remember. However, the grudge still continues, due to the fact that both families are not ready to forgive and forget the past. The families’ ongoing quarrels and feud, lead to the deaths of several characters including the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. The characters who died first in Romeo and Juliet are Mercutio and Tybalt. They were associated in each other’s deaths. Tybalt, hot-tempered cousin of Juliet, vowed to get revenge on Romeo for sneaking in to the Capulet Ball without an invitation. The day Tybalt came seeking for Romeo, is the day he was wedded to young Juliet. Romeo wants to keep peace between him and his new relative but Tybalt keeps tantalizing him with rude insults and remarks. Romeo, not wanting to pick a fight, retrieves and soon Mercutio jumps in because he wants to defend his best friend. Tybalt and Mercutio challenge each other to a sword fight. Romeo tries to stop them because he does not want his best friend or his relative to get hurt so he intervenes. At that moment, Tybalt stabbed Mercutio “under Romeo’s arm”. In anger and guilt, Romeo retaliates and catches Tybalt, and because of his impulsiveness, Romeo kills Tybalt. Mercutio's death...
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...than Romeo and Juliet. Mohandas Gandhi once said “Hatred always kills, love never dies”. This quote accurately demonstrates itself within the story of Romeo and Juliet, because between the hatred of the Montague’s and the Capulet’s Romeo’s and Juliet’s love dose not sever. This is best shown when Romeo finds out that Juliet is a Capulet but does not lose his love for her. This love has also been seen in this story when Romeo and Juliet get married. Lastly this love is demonstrated when Romeo and Juliet commit suicide. When Romeo finds out that Juliet is a Capulet at the Capulet ball he becomes torn between his obligations to his family and his love for Juliet. “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.117). Romeo says this to the Nurse after she tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet. This quote shows that Romeo loves Juliet even though she is his family’s enemy. When Juliet says, “My only love sprung from my only hate too early seen unknown and known too late prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a loathed enemy” (1.5.137-140) it shows that she feels the same way about him. But not every Capulet at the ball was in love with Romeo, “This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honour of my kin, To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.” (1.5.53-58) Tybalt mutters to himself when he sees Romeo at the...
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...The play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, illustrates the struggle of two young lovers in Verona, Italy. Set in the Elizabethan era, Romeo and Juliet are the son and daughter of separate feuding families. Due to their love being a taboo of the Montague and Capulet families, they marry in secret. A series of events follows afterward, such as the banishment of Romeo and fake death of Juliet. In the end, lack of communication and several impetuous actions leads to the disaster where Romeo and Juliet commit suicide for one another. The story of Romeo and Juliet did not need to be a tragedy, but nonetheless is because of the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets. From start to end, Shakespeare repeatedly emphasizes to readers the existence...
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...Both love and hate emotions has been contributed throughout the play of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; however, it is clearly shown that throughout the tragedy, it’s emphasised more on hate than love. The play portrays that not a single scene transpires in the play without a level of antagonism performing in the backdrop, constantly posing a caution on the characters and one that is present in the interactions of the characters. But that doesn’t mean love doesn’t play a big role in the novel. Either way, It is the hatred between the two families that makes them have to hide their love it's the hatred that makes Friar Laurence have to devise his crazy plan that leads up to Romeo and Juliet killed. Also, death not only get caught with...
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...dislike towards someone is essentially hatred, a feeling of loathe, detest, and despise. And death is the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism, one word to describe it all is the end. Romeo and Juliet met and fell madly in love, some people would state it all true love first sight. At the end of the book both characters kill themselves because they couldn’t be together. The three characters who are most responsible for the tragic ending...
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...play, Romeo & Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the love for two people can pull anyone together, even if it means death. The two star-crossed lovers’ gruesome families have had an ancient mutiny between each other which has caused the death of their children and many others. Though the two families have strong hatred towards each other, in the end both of families finally understand the true meaning of love and reunite with each other. Finally, love is stronger than hate because Romeo only killed Tybalt because of his strong love for Mercutio and Romeo shows a great amount of passionate love towards Juliet no matter what happens to him. Firstly, love is stronger than hate because Romeo killed Tybalt only for the sake of his dying friend Mercutio who he loved...
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...120). The Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, was written about two star-crossed lovers whose unfortunate deaths end the feud between their families. In the play, Romeo finds Juliet, and after only having a few meaningful conversations, Romeo has fallen in love. Despite their feuding families, the couple is determined to make their relationship work. Romeo, ready to proclaim his love for Juliet, stands under her balcony and recites the famous speech: “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” (II, ii, ln. 2). Romeo goes through emotional changes throughout the story, similar to the character Ralph from the novel Lord of the Flies. Romeo and Juliet includes strong messages that can be related...
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...life Text Analysis: Romeo and Juliet Film Response In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann decided to adapt Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into his own style as a modern film. Romeo and Juliet is a story of how they met and fell in love with each other, but both tragically ended their lives due to their feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. In the prologue, it starts off with a newsreader on a TV, acting as Shakespeare’s narrator. The prologue and opening scene were significant because it showed the audience, right from the beginning, how deep the hatred was between the Montagues and Capulets, which focuses on the themes family feud and hubris. Luhrmann uses a wide shot of skyscrapers, one belonging to the Montagues on one side of the street and the Capulets on the other side. This gives the audience a hint of what might be rivalry, hatred, and battle, which highlights the theme family feud. The opening scene involves boys from the Montagues and Capulets at a petrol station. Baz Luhrmann uses costumes to portray the opposing families, the Montagues and Capulets. For example, the Montagues were wearing beach clothing which gives proposes to the audience that they are carefree. On the other hand Tybalt, who represented the Capulets, wore a black suit suggesting that he was much more intelligent. Tybalt was introduced with an extreme close up and his face was filled with disgust and hatred which was directed towards the Montagues. This hatred comes from all his...
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...Exploring ways in which relationships are shown in “Romeo and Juliet” and in Wuthering Heights”? In this essay I am going to compare the relationships in Romeo and Juliet and wuthering heights by discussing their similarities and how love is portrayed in them. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and wuthering heights by Emily Bronte are considered to be two of the most famous love stories ever written in the English language. Both explore love from many different perspectives such as domestic, maternal, social,romantic,religious and transcendent. The main characters in these two novels are Romeo and Juliet and Cathy and Heathcliffe.Cathy and Juliet’s lives are similar by how their lives rely around their lovers. Both of which also have their own personal obstacles to overcome, for example Juliet does not want to jeopardise her reputation and Heathcliff has to put aside the hatred he has towards them. Both stories display forbidden love by how Romeo and Juliet’s families are involved in a family feud and they are betraying them by falling love with one another, how Cathy is married to Edgar and sneaks around to visit Heathcliff behind Edgar's back is also portraying this idea of forbidden love and secrecy. Cathy describes her love for Heathcliff like the “sea” and that her love for Edgar is like a “horse trough” this suggests her love for Heathcliff is ever going and dangerous/unpredictable whereas her love for Edgar is confined and motionless unless prompted. It is...
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...Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare’s most notable works in history, depicts an infamous love story that ended in tragedy - specifically, with both of them committing suicide. When their bodies were discovered, several questions arose. Who was to blame for this tragedy? Or, was there really anyone to blame? The Prince, appalled by what had happened, had this to say: “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished” (Romeo and Juliet. 5.3.322). Although it is not directly said who he is referring to, the events throughout the play paint a clear picture of whom he holds accountable and why. This includes the Capulet’s and Montague’s endless feud, the Friar’s plan, and his own hesitation to act. Although there are several people that were responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, two that stand out were the Capulets and the Montagues -notably, their hatred towards one another. Their feud, one that lasted throughout...
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...Themes Although Romeo and Juliet is classified as a tragedy, it more closely resembles Shakespeare's comedies than his other tragedies. The lovers and their battle with authority is reminiscent of As You Like It and The Winter's Tale. "Characteristically, those comedies concern themselves with the inborn, unargued stupidity of older people and the life-affirming gaiety and resourcefulness of young ones. The lovers thread their way through obstacles set up by middle aged vanity and impercipience. Parents are stupid and do not know what it best for their children or themselves . . . [Romeo and Juliet] begins with the materials for a comedy - the stupid parental generation, the instant attraction of the young lovers, the quick surface life of street fights, masked balls and comic servants" (Wain, p. 107). Indeed, one could view Romeo and Juliet as a transitional play in which Shakespeare merges the comedic elements perfected in his earlier work with tragic elements he would later perfect in the great tragedies -- Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. This mixture of styles ultimately hurts Romeo and Juliet, exposing the immaturity of the playwright. The heroes of the play must contend with external forces that impede their relationship, but, unlike the great tragic heroes, they are devoid of the inner struggle that makes for great tragedy. The influential Shakespearean scholar, A.C. Bradley, went so far as to neglect the play entirely in his well-known collection of lectures...
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...consulting you. This decision is a decision you could not be unhappier with. What do you do? In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet finds herself in the same situation, and decides to go against her father’s decision. Little did she know that her loving and caring father was the complete opposite of what he seemed: a false friend. Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, was a friend to his daughter as long as she obeyed him. The second Juliet didn’t do as her father pleased, Lord Capulet became her mortal enemy. In the end of the play, Juliet and her lover Romeo try to escape from Lord Capulet and his wicked plans, seeking help from a close friend; Friar Laurence. The Friar makes a plan to help Romeo and Juliet escape from Verona and give them a happy life in a city by the name of Mantua. The plan is to give Juliet a potion which makes her appear to be dead. Once Juliet is placed in a casket and left in memorial grounds, Romeo is to come in the night steal her away to Mantua. The plan is not properly executed, and Romeo is not properly informed about the specifics of the plan. Because of this confusion, Romeo and Juliet end up taking their own lives. Though this was an act of suicide, Lord Capulet is entirely responsible for the deaths of the two lovers. Romeo and Juliet’s pitiful and tragic end was a product of Lord Capulet’s actions such as forcing Juliet to marry Paris, throwing a party, and his ongoing feud with the Montagues....
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...Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet 1 Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction from the beginning because of the hatred between the two families, Montagues and Capulets. Therefore, the themes of love and hate are very important in the play as the plot is driven by these two themes. Shakespeare brings out the love between the two rivals through Romeo and Juliet and their relationships with the Friar and the Nurse. I want to argue that in the play, the themes of love and hate are closely linked. To show this, I have selected some of the most important scenes in the play, which illustrate the idea that love and hate are closely bound together. The first example is the chorus, which is found at the beginning of the play, in the prologue. It is a short summary of what the play is about. The chorus is in the form of a sonnet and sonnets were often associated with love in the time of Shakespeare. However, the words of the chorus seem to emphasize the idea of hate although there are some words about love. “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” (Prologue, 3-4) These two lines are about the feud between the families. It shows that it is a feud, which has been brewing for many years. By repeating the words civil, Shakespeare is stressing the fact that they are all civilians...
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