...what Romeo and Juliet did. Romeo and Juliet are victims of their own actions because of their young age. Every action they take is too rash and too unexpected. In the beginning, Romeo chooses to go to a Capulet party even though he is not invited to attend the celebration. Next, he chooses to marry Juliet, even though he only knew her for six hours. Lastly, Romeo chooses to die to be with Juliet forever. To begin, Romeo chooses to attend the Capulet party, which he is not invited to attend. His friends talk him into attending since he is suffering from a broken heart. “ I’ll go along, no such...
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...The Mortal Instruments and Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tale of forbidden love, disapproving families, and a coming of age, The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones series uses the base of these components from Romeo & Juliet, and creates a new way to interpret the story with added fantasy and adventure. The Mortal Instruments can be compared to Romeo & Juliet because of the similar topics, but they are very different in many ways. Two of the main characters, Clary Fray and Jace Lightwood are two characters that resemble Romeo and Juliet characteristically, but also have gone through similar struggles. Although Romeo & Juliet and Jace and Clary have a fair share of family problems, they are still very different. Romeo & Juliet had to deal with being from two...
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...Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is one such text that uses the play form to address the impact of emotions overruling people’s thoughts and decisions. Shakespeare, demonstrating how their love is destroyed by the irrational hatred created by society, explores the impetuous and romantic love of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare examines the complexity of love and the inevitability of fate through the ingenious use of literary and dramatic techniques. Love is a convoluted emotion that sparks intense feelings of passion. The understanding of the emotion, its causes and consequences is timelessly relevant. The obsessive nature of love is...
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...Romeo and Juliet was William Shakespeare’s last play, and quite possibly one of his most popular. There are many hidden themes and metaphors, one of which is fate. This play is about 2 teenages from feuding families that fall into a forbidden love, and the plot of this play describes the issues they run into and the hoops they jump through in order to be together. In this story, Shakespeare uses the age and timeline of the story to show the theme of fate through misdelivery of Friar Lawrence’s letter, the resolution between the Montagues and the Capulets, and the love between Romeo and Juliet that lead to suicide. One event that was prudent to the future of Romeo and Juliet was the delivery of Friar Lawrence’s letter, which was quite unforgiving when it came...
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...Love comes with plenty obstacles, however this plays love led to death. William Shakespeare authorized the play, “Romeo and Juliet.” Romeo and Juliet are the two main who were deeply in love with each other. This play is about how the deaths of Romeo and Juliet came to be. These two characters had to go through a lot to be together, because of the rivalry the two families had. The Capulets are the ones to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they stressed Juliet to get married, Tybalt started a brawl with the Montagues, and they expected Juliet to live up to societal expectations. To begin with, Juliet’s parents stressed her to get married at the age of 13. Lady Capulet told Juliet to get married to Paris, but that wasn’t what Juliet wanted. Lord Capulet threatened Juliet is she didn’t get married to Paris. Document D stated, “Get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never look me in the face.” If lord Capulet would’ve never threatened Juliet to get married, she would’ve never gotten so angry and left to get a potion from Friar Lawrence. If lady and lord Capulet never stressed Juliet to get married on Thursday, a lot could’ve been prevented. Juliet only wanted more time to get married, but they wouldn’t even give that to her....
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...Romeo And Juliet : Not Acceptable for Ninth Grade Curriculum. Romance could be tragic but it's how lovers cooperate with it. Romeo and Juliet showed that love is tragic especially when situations are being rushed. In the novel of Romeo And Juliet it clearly had showed based on the situations that was being occurred that those couples were a bad example of romance. Since they showed a bad example of being a role model it shouldn't be teacher in a ninth grade curriculum. In this essay i will be covering three different reasons to why Romeo And Juliet shouldn't be taught in a ninth grade curriculum, due to the fact of immatureness students are still which connects to them idolizing actions and taking it as a lesson. First of all, income students in high school are still not matured enough to understand serious situations that's happening in the story. Based and according to my experience in watching the movie i clearly saw the situation that was being occurred that those situations of action are just a silly part of those student’s part of life . As in reality i have actually seen how my other classmates could be so immature when we were watching the movie about Romeo And Juliet. Further on yet there are still students who doesnt consider maturity yet in their age....
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...William Shakespeare: Love and Tragedy The Elizabethan era (1500-1600) was a great age fro poets, artists, and writers to become illustrious around the country and be fortunate enough to entertain Queen Elizabeth. A man from a family of farmers and glove makers didn’t know that his entertain plays for Elizabeth I would one day become a masterpiece in English literature. It was in the 1500 when the Renaissance was in its initiation. The entire world was going through this moment where the rebirth of cultural ideas such as the study of literature and ancient values brought interest to the people living in this era. William Shakespeare became one of the most respected playwrights for his famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth among other respected and famous works. (www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9376718, www.britannica.com/shakespeare) Born the 23rd of April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Shakespeare has captivated reader’s hearts by his romantic, humerous, and historic plays. During the 1500s, the Renaissance was a massive curiosity for everyone. Renaissance era was a period where everyone was interested in the affairs of the Greek and Roman cultures and when William Shakespeare was born. Being the middle brother of the Shakespeare’s, William son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden was interested in writing since he was a child. Baptized in the Holy Trinity Church, William was raised in a family of seven children in the town of...
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...Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet has survived throughout the ages; it has historical, social and cultural contexts. No matter the difference in version or perspective they still have the same underlining meaning to the play. There are many similarities and differences referring to the views of the original play written in the 1500’s by “Williams Shakespeare”, ‘Romeo + Juliet’ in 1996 directed by Baz Luhrmann and ‘Gnomeo and Juliet’ in 2011 directed by Kelly Asburgis. All of which became indulged and in love with the breathe taking romantic love story. The original play written in the 1500’s in Verona (cities in Northern Italy) and was based upon an Italian tale translated inverse as “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet” by...
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...Literature Explore the Different Attitudes to Love Are Presented by the Characters in Romeo and Juliet and the Speakers in the Sonnets You Have Studied In: English and Literature Explore the Different Attitudes to Love Are Presented by the Characters in Romeo and Juliet and the Speakers in the Sonnets You Have Studied Explore the different attitudes to love are presented by the characters in Romeo and Juliet and the speakers in the sonnets you have studied. Love is presented through the use of characters, themes, linguistic, structural and contextual references. That pieces are ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare, ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare again, ‘Sonnet 43’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘Sonnet 130’ by Shakespeare and also ‘Sonnet 18’ again by Shakespeare. They were all written in the time that was considered the Elizabethan Era. A religious theme is set in both Romeo and Juliet and sonnet 43 to convey the attitudes to love. In Romeo and Juliet the theme of religion is used to express their love between each other and suggesting it is similar to religion can impose that it is a life-long commitment and will always be there even if they lose faith. At that time their attitude towards religion was very strong and it was their integral, which links to the love between Romeo and Juliet that now they have found it fully they will be part of each other’s’ lives for eternity. In Act 2, scene 2 Romeo states that Juliet’s eyes were “Two of the fairest...
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...for his way with words, but his sugarcoating cannot cover the truth that Shakespeare's version of, Romeo and Juliet, was inaccurate in many key ideas of society. Particularly in the idea of women's roles in society, William Shakespeare, incorrectly portrays the female roles in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In the story of Romeo and Juliet to young people, fall deeply in love at first sight, only to later find out they are from enemy families. Knowing their families would never accept them, they secretly get married, but a triggering event pulls this love story off course when Romeo is banished after a fight in the street for revenge of a friend close to Romeo’s heart was killed in a dual. The event leads to tears shed, death thoughts, and ultimately the...
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...In William Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” Romeo and Juliet risked so much to be together. The two go through a journey we’re very decision they made had a huge impact on not just themselves but those around them. The pair truly loved each other, from sneaking around to see each other, to risky marriage, and being committed and loyal. Even tho, they did have a lot of trouble. The two will lay together in death. One reason that the pair was truly in love is that their sneaking around to see each other. From Romeo risking his life to see Juliet and Juliet willing to change who she has been known as. In Act ll, scene ll,Romeo went to go see Juliet at her balcony of her room to see Juliet, “With love’s light...
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...“Love is the root of death.” This saying, once preached by the famous singer Oscar Wilde, is seen constantly throughout Shakespeare’s plays. Love is a powerful emotion in the world, changing lives for good when practiced properly. However, when used poorly, it is a poison, resulting in the disaster of the user and others involved as portrayed in Romeo and Juliet. The two lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, were immature in both life and love, driven by desire and excitement as well as inexperience, causing them to fail at distinguishing true love from infatuation, which lead them to a fatal path. Even though he had experience in the area of love, Romeo was an immature lover in the way he approached it. Romeo talked of his deep love for Rosaline by saying she is “too fair, too wise” (I, i, 224), but when he saw the more beautiful Juliet at the party, Rosaline was completely forgotten. “Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, Alike bewitched by the charm of looks” (II, i, 5-6). This prologue stated how Romeo’s immaturity influenced his ways as a lover because he only loved according to the feelings of physical attraction. Likewise, Romeo’s first words to Juliet were that of wanting to kiss her: “My lips two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (I, v, 95-96). These instances within the play showed the fickle personality of Romeo that created a basis for the star-crossed lovers’ ultimate end. Juliet also lacked the wisdom to make right...
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...16 May 2014 The Utter Infatuation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Over time, writing has become exceedingly prominent, and throughout generations it has tremendously improved, leaving behind some of the best literature pieces in history. Since writing began, many great authors, playwrights, and poets have emerged, contributing to the literary society and producing countless works of literature, some that are still read today. A few notable composers that left behind numerous classics include Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, and William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time due to his many great plays and his vast contribution to the English language. Some of his works include Hamlet, Othello, and the infamous Romeo and Juliet. Wrote in 1597, the tragic comedy tells the story of young Romeo and Juliet, who find themselves “in love at first sight”. Unfortunately for them, their love story goes awry when they learn their parents are mortal conflict between their parents, which ultimately caused their demise. Woven throughout the plot, many examples become present that show that the star-crossed lovers are not in love. It becomes clear Romeo and Juliet are merely infatuated with each other. The ill-fated couple focus only on each other’s physical appearances and are severely impulsive throughout the tragic story. “The play then impresses upon us the intensity of youthful love, at once joyful and desperate, while at the same time...
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...You might have never read “Romeo 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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...Play: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Have you heard of Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Do you ever wonder how it has lasted through the ages? There are certain elements that have allowed it to accomplish this. The elements that make Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet a lasting and influential play are the romantic love, the contrast of the Capulets and the Montagues, and the poetic language. The romantic love is the essence of the play. “Parting is such sweet sorrow/ that I shall say good night till it be morrow,” II. ii. 185-186. This line really conveys the love and affection that Romeo and Juliet have for each other. The quote means Juliet does not want Romeo to leave, so she would rather repeat “good night” until it became morning. It says a lot about Juliet’s love for Romeo. This quote also says a lot about their love as well. “O, that I were a glove upon that hand, / that I might touch that cheek!” II. ii. 24-25. Romeo is saying here that he wishes he were a glove on Juliet’s hand, just so he could touch her cheek. This line proves Romeo loves Juliet as well. That means their love is true, and not another example of unrequited love in the play. It is true romantic love. The contrast of the Capulets and Montagues really contributes to the play. Tybalt’s line “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,” I. v. 63 adds tension to the play. It accentuates the contrast between the families. This makes Romeo and Juliet’s love more dangerous and exciting...
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