...decided to remind people of the horrible outcome of their feud by raising statues of their kids and putting them together. Unbeknownst to both the clans, Romeo and Juliet (heirs of the opposing families) fell in love at the infamous Capulet party. Unlike their parents, the star-crossed lovers looked past their families’...
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...Romeo vs. Friar Romeo is looking for love and wants Juliet to love him. Juliet has friar against it because he thinks Romeo is jumping into love to quickly. Romeo thinks that Juliet wants just love right away. Friar wants Romeo and Juliet to be married but Paris wants Juliet to marry him because he thinks he’s better then Romeo. Paris believes that Juliet can do better then Romeo. Romeo is wise, kind, and loving. Romeo has a sense of humor but he acts like he knows what he wants when others know what he needs. Romeo I think try’s to hard to be others personalities. Romeo thinks he’s better then everyone and everything. Paris thinks he is better then one. Paris wants Juliet more then Romeo, at least that’s what he thinks any way. Paris is...
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...As Tybalt walks away after killing Mercutio, Romeo has a decision to make. Should he let the Prince kill Tybalt for his actions or should he do the killing himself? After thinking long and hard about, Romeo decides to talk to Benvolio about what just happened so together they can make a plan on what to do next. After talking for 30+ minutes about what Tybalt’s consequence should be, they finally figured out a solution. They will let the Prince do the sacrificing of Tybalt. Romeo asks, “We agree? The Prince will kill Tybalt for his actions?” and Benvolio responds, ¨Yes, my friend. Wait! I can hear something coming in the woods.” Romeo’s confused look leads to a slow response. “What do you mean, you hear something?” Romeo asked. Before Benvolio could clarify someone pops out of the woods. “Tybalt?” Benvolio and Romeo ask at the same time....
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...Have you ever read Romeo and Juliet? In my English class we read the story of Romeo and Juliet. The book is fiction and is a romantic/tragedy story. I enjoyed the story a lot because it kept surprising me, which kept it interesting. I feel Romeo and Juliet is a significant book because every character moved the story along, the point of view showed how everyone felt and the theme is a classic by William Shakespeare. First of all the characters affected the story in big ways. In every act there was new characters and old characters were even different because new things were happening and it changed how they felt. Romeo is a kind, loving boy who likes to be alone, such as “But he, his own affections’ counselor, is to himself-I will not say...
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...blamed someone else for something you did? Well in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare after killing another character, young Romeo Montague says, “O! I am fortune’s fool!” (act 3, scene 1), and by saying this, he is blaming “fate”, and saying this murder was destined to occur. The character who was killed also happens to be the cousin of Juliet, who Romeo is secretly married to. By Romeo stating “O I am fortune’s fool”, he is not taking responsibility for what he did, as Romeo thinks fate is against him because he had just gotten married to the woman he loves, but he may be put to death for killing her cousin. Although he should take partial blame for what happened to Tybalt, I do believe that Romeo and Juliet were doomed by fate from the start, and there are many examples of that throughout this tragedy....
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...“‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo’” (II.ii.32) he is dead. Well, he will be with some others. If Benvolio had never tried to get Romeo over Roseline then Romeo and Juliet would never have meet, therefore, never would fall in love, married, and killed themselves. When you try to get someone over a love with a new love you need to think about it because love should never be forced to change. Benvolio influenced Romeo to go to the Capulet’s party and that is where Romeo and Juliet met. “‘Tut, you saw her fair, none else being by,/ Herself poised with herself in either eye/ But in that crystal scales let there be weighed/ Your lady’s love against some other maid/ That I will show you shining at this feast,/ And she shall scant show...
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...The Development of Juliet's Character Throughout William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Juliet is first introduced to us in Act 1 Scene 3, where we learn about Juliet’s character. We know she is a polite, obedient girl. We can see this in the line where she says: “Madam, I am here. What is your will?” (Act 1 Scene 3 L78). This shows that Juliet is a well-mannered girl because she addresses her mother as Madam. This quotation also shows Juliet as obedient and always willing to help her mother because she says: “What is your will?” This scene also tells us that Juliet is thirteen and has never considered marriage, something which would have been common for girls her age at that time. She is still pure and innocent. “It is an honour I dream not of.” (Act 1 Scene 3 L66). From this scene we can observe that Juliet has a closer relationship with the nurse rather than with her own mother. “Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.” This example shows how well the nurse knows Juliet. Shakespeare shows us that Juliet is still of the age where she does what her mother asks of her, without question. In the same scene again she says “Well, think of marriage now.” Which also shows us that Juliet does what her mother says. In Act 1 Scene 5 the first conversation between Romeo and Juliet is in the form of a sonnet (poem of sixteen lines). Romeo and Juliet take it in turns to speak; which shows how perfect they are for each other. A good example: If I profane with...
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...The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play directed by “fate”, according to the characters. Although the events of the play are definitely conducted by the characters influencing them, one being Juliet. Juliet’s defiance to her parents, reliance on other people, and her terrible plan to reunite with Romeo set the stage for the calamity to occur. The main dilemma in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is that Romeo and Juliet are “secretly” married. It is “secret” because Juliet’s brilliant mind believes it’s a good idea to tell her parents they’re married about half way through the play. “I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo…” (Shakespeare, Act III, Scene V). The point of having a secret marriage is to keep it a secret, but this does not translate to Juliet. This did not directly kill anyone, but it was still a idiotic decision since it raised the tension for Juliet to marry Paris....
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...In Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, briskly fall in love with one another and struggle to cope with a multitude of issues that plague their ideal life. It is evident that there are many problems with their love and death seemed to evidently be approaching them throughout the whole entire play. Nevertheless, there are numerous incidences in which Romeo and Juliet could have prevented their own deaths, so, therefore, they could have continued to live their lives together. The first major stride towards the death of Romeo and Juliet was when Romeo murdered Tybalt due to him allowing his rage to take over, rather than contemplating the repercussions of his actions. After Romeo kills Tybalt, he is exiled to Mantua, which he despises...
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...of the deaths in the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare? To narrow it down to just one person, you would have to look at the big picture. Who brought Romeo and Juliet together and united them? Friar Lawrence is the culprit. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for their deaths, because he married the two star crossed lovers. He kept their union a secret, and tried to cover up his mistake by giving Juliet a sleeping potion . Friar Lawrence was “mixing oil and water” when he married Romeo and Juliet. The two teen lovers came from families that had been feuding with each other for generations and generations. Friar Lawrence knew that these families had grudges towards each other, therefore he was aware that he was potentially creating problems by marrying the two star crossed lovers. The Friar's original plan was to bring the two feuding families together. Yet he did not let the families in on the union. By not telling either family, he just kept Romeo and Juliet's love a secret. The Friar should have told the two young lovers to get consent from their parents or refuse to marry them at all....
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...Friar Lawrence directs the desperate lovers to their demise by permitting his desires to overcome his logic. Romeo consults with the Friar and informs him of the affair from the night before confessing his love for Juliet, and persuades the Friar to marry them. The Friar denies him at first because of Romeo’s recent heartache, and because he falls in love too easily. Nonetheless, he soon he realizes binding the two families under marriage will force them to end their feud, which has injured the people of Verona for the past decades. The Friar finally grants Romeo’s wish when he says, “But come, young waverer, come, go with me. In one respect I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (2.3.89-92) When Romeo is banished, Juliet experiences the need to take her own life....
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...The play Romeo and Juliet has been around for a long time. Some think it shouldn’t be read in schools because the play loses its relevance and that our generation has moved on. In the beginning of the play the reader forms a connect with the two teen lovers. Juliet is a young girl who is about to marry a man twice her age but her heart is set on a beautiful teen boy and to top that off their families are in an ongoing feud. In the end the teens just want love. The play shows love and you can actually feel like you are in the time period. The text of Romeo and Juliet is hard for anyone in this day and age to understand fully but the play brings up many controversial topics that need to be talked about. Most times these topics are shoved under...
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...Prince Escalus encounters a fight breaking out on the streets of Verona between the Capulets and the Montagues. He angrily approaches the Capulets and stresses that they are disturbing Verona's citizens and would need to stop the nonsense. Prince Escalus is irate with the Capulets provoking brawls on his streets of Verona as it is the third time they had a fight with the Montagues. He warns the Capulets if a fight happens another time, then he will kill all of them. This scene demonstrates Prince Escalus feels he is the voice of law. For example, Prince Escalus senses he has the right to kill people. He strongly declares his decision to kill the Capulets as he cautioned, "Once more, on pain of death, all men depart." (Shakespeare 13) This...
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...The Montagues asks Benvolio where Romeo is, and he tells them that the boy has been in a strange mood lately. The Montagues ask Benvolio to determine the cause of his depression. When Benvolio asks Romeo about the source of his sadness, Romeo explains that he is wants a woman named Rosaline. Paris asks Lord Capulet for permission to marry Juliet, but Capulet insists that Paris should be patient, since Juliet is only thirteen. Capulet suggests to Paris that he should try to impress Juliet at a masked ball that the Capulets are hosting that evening. Capulet then hands his servant Peter a list of names and orders the man to invite everyone on the list to the party. Out on the streets, Peter runs into Romeo and Benvolio, who are talking about Rosaline. Peter cannot read, so he asks them to help him interpret the list. Romeo and Benvolio comply, and upon reading the list, they discover that Rosaline will be at the Capulets' party. They decide to attend - even though it is a Capulet party, they will be able to disguise their identities by wearing masks. Lady Capulet tells Juliet about Paris’s intention to marry her. The mother describes Paris as...
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...I believe that Romeo and Juliet were not in love, and throughout the play it was merely lust. There love was doomed from the start. Not only did they rush their feelings, but their families hated each other. Juliet was set to marry another man that her father gave approve of, Paris and with the secretivity of Romeo and Juliet's marriage there's not many ways it could have lasted. Juliet wasn't the only one that was preoccupied with plans for the future, Romeo was madly in love with Roselin. “Out of her favor, where I am in love.” (Romeo I. II. 158) Juliet didn’t want much to do with Paris, while Romeo wanted everything to do with Roselin, mostly to bed her. Also, Juliet was extremely skeptical about marriage and the thought of having to...
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