Essay on A Modern Interpretation of Romeo and Juliet

First, together they decide to get married and they Friar Lawrence marry them. “And there she shall at Friar Lawrence’ cell/ Be shriv’d and married….” (2.4.165-166). Secondly, Romeo then kills Tybalt in an act of vengeance, which causes him to get banished from Verona and furthermore Juliet and cries out “Ha, banishment? be merciful, say ‘death’:” (3.3.12). Thirdly, Juliet decides to take a sleeping potion so she does not have to marry Paris. “O bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,/ From off the battlements of any tower,” (4.1.77-78). Finally, Romeo arrives at the tomb that causes him to kill Paris and find a “dead” Juliet. He then believes “That unsubstantial Death is amorous,” (5.3.103), and he takes the poison and kills himself. If Juliet had woken up a few minutes earlier he would not be dead along with Paris. However she does and stabs herself since one cannot live while the other is

Soon after the death of Tybalt, Paris - the man trying to marry Juliet - meets with Capulet to discuss marriage. Capulet allows Paris to marry Juliet. However, Juliet is already married to Romeo, so she asks the Friar for help. Friar Lawrence, doing the thing he thought was right, devised a plan to help Juliet get out of the tough situation. He comes up with a potion that will make appear dead, so that when she is in her family’s crypt, Romeo will retrieve her and they would live happily with Romeo, away from their feuding parents.

Aristotle proposed what is believed to be the first definition of a true tragedy. Specifically, he states that a tragedy triggers great pity and fear caused by the main characters’ actions alone. Likewise, a true tragedy lacks coincidence and fate plays little in the overall play. William Shakespeare writes the play of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in which the audience knows the destiny of these two tragic heroes from the very beginning. Although this play is tragic knowing that the lives of two lovers are lost, it is not a tragedy as Romeo and Juliet are not solely responsible for their own deaths. Destiny is determined through the hands of greater forces than that of Romeo and Juliet, making this play merely tragic and not a true

Romeo and Juliet deceive others due to the poor guidance they receive about their situation. They resort to deceit as a resolution for their desperate situations. Friar Laurence performs their secret marriage as he believes that this alliance could ‘…Turn [their] household’s rancour to pure love’. Juliet is later forced to marry Paris and asks the Nurse for assistance. The Nurse replies that Juliet is ‘…better in this second match’. The Nurse helped Juliet to marry Romeo but as the situation becomes tricky, she betrays Juliet and encourages her to marry Paris; she provides poor guidance in doing so. This poor advice convinces Juliet to consider a plan involving a ‘desperate… execution’. This desperate execution is provided to Juliet by Friar Laurence who provides Juliet with a potion that puts her in a sleep like death. The Friar

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about the dilemma of choosing love over loyalty for your family. In the story Romeo and Juliet come from separate families who hate each other, but still find love in each other. They get married without telling their families and eventually the two families get into a fight which ends in Romeo getting banished from the city where Juliet lives. They have a plan for him to get back into to the city to prevent Juliet from being forced to marry another man, but it fails and ends with the suicide death of both Juliet and Romeo. Shakespeare's major theme in the text is that Love plays a major role in our lives and can heavily affect our decisions.

William Shakespeare is widely known for all of his literary works; one of his most famous love tragedies being 'Romeo and Juliet'. A Shakespearean definition of tragedy exemplifies the sense that human beings are inevitably doomed through their own failures or errors, the ironic action of their virtues, or even through the nature of fate and destiny (Sayour, Susan, 2007). Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale based on two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Throughout the play, Shakespeare intentionally draws on text structures and language features in order to replicate the attitudes, values and beliefs of Elizabethan audiences and intertwine it into his

The United States is a battleground for the American people to fight for their freedoms. However, when the American people fight for their freedoms, they often inadvertently ruin their chances at gaining freedom. In fact, a person’s desire gain freedom will lead to his demise. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet fight for their freedom to be with each other and in the process, they

Love is spoken about a lot in all of these stories, one thing that these stories talk about is love can come with a cost. As you will see in these stories ( Romeo and Juliet, Pyramus and Thisbe, and Duty) there will be death due to love.

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet between 1594­ 1595, a play about love, courtship and marriage that ended in tragedy.

Written by the world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan era, Romeo and Juliet explores the tragic demise of an ill-fated couple. During the Elizabethan era, patriarchy was dominant in the Elizabethan society and it was common for fathers to arrange marriages for their children. Shakespeare references the consequences of families forcing young women to marry men for status rather than love with Juliet’s cautionary tale.

Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is secretive throughout the story and it takes a turn for the worse when Tybalt and his friends confronts Benvolio romeo’s cousin and Mercutio Romeo’s friend whom are both Montagues. They get into an argument when Romeo joins his friends. Tybalt then tries to fight Romeo but Romeo does not want to because he is now his relative although Tybalt does not know this. This result in a sword duel between Mercutio and Tybalt resulting in the death of Mercutio. Romeo is enraged by this and kills Tybalt. Prince Escalus the prince of Verona is informed of this by Benvolio who tries to communicate it was Tybalt’s fault but Lady Capulet who is Tybalt’s aunt says he is lying to protect the Montagues. Just like that Romeo is banished from Verona which is where Juliet lives and if he is spotted their he will be killed. Romeo is devastated by the news and wants to kill himself but Friar Lawrence advises him to go live in Montua until things settle down and that he and Juliet will meet in secret. Another problem arises with Juliet. A wedding is planned for her and Paris.“Take thou Vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquid drink thou off”(4.1.93-94). Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan for Juliet to drink a potion that puts her to sleep for a few days and makes the impression that she is dead. She will be put in a tomb and when she wakes up Romeo will get her and they

Romeo does not see Romeo after the night they stayed with her. Juliet’s father forces Juliet to marry Paris, but she doesn't love him. She’s so desperate that she heads to Friar Lawrence for help, Friar Laurence hatches plan to give Juliet a fake death potion so she can escape with Romeo. He sends a note of the plan to Romeo. Romeo the drinks poison.

One of the final people to make their mark on Romeo and Juliet is Paris. Paris is seeking Juliet’s hand in marriage and, from the start, is turned down as Capulet tells him, (quote). Capulet explains to Paris that he still believes Juliet to be too young to marry and that the offer is okay by him but that it must be accepted by Juliet as well. As Capulet goes on, he continues to encourage Paris to look for other suitors and even invites Paris to the party so that he may find other women there. As more events come into place and Juliet becomes distraught from Romeo’s banishment, Paris again comes into play. This time, however, he creates devastating results. Capulet, seeing his daughter’s anguish, decides to help her regain joy by marrying her off to Paris. This seemingly harmless act sets off the entire plan, to which Juliet drinks poison to fake her death and get out of the marriage. The rest of the plan is that Friar Lawrence should send a letter to Romeo in Manchua, and then he would arrive to take Juliet away when she awakes. Here, an unexpected change occurs, a change for the worse. Romeo fails to receive the letter and is informed of Juliet’s death, not

After Romeo kills Tybalt, he goes to Friar Laurence’s cell to learn his punishment. Friar Laurence is his most trusted Holy advisor. Friar Laurence informs Romeo that he is exiled from Verona, the city in which they live. This devastates Romeo because Juliet lives in Verona, and he will not legally see her again. Holding a dagger to his chest, Romeo says, “O, tell me, friar, tell me, / In what vile part of this anatomy / Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack / The hateful mansion” (3.3.105-08). In this, Romeo offers to cut the part out of his body in which he lives, killing himself. Romeo is devastated to the point that he considers suicide, not realizing the positivity left in his life. Romeo is aware that according to the law, his action of killing Tybalt is punishable by death. Even though he knows this, Romeo believes that exile is far worse than death. Romeo’s impulsiveness is demonstrated through his quickness to offer to kill himself when he could have already received a death sentence. Another example of Romeo’s impulsiveness through his suicidal tendencies is when he first learns about Juliet’s death. His servant and friend, Balthasar, informs Romeo that Juliet is dead and she lies for the rest of eternity in Capulet’s monument. Immediately after Romeo learns this, he orders Balthasar to leave him alone, and Romeo plans his suicide. He says to

William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, which is about the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are forbidden to see one another, due to their families’ feud. The Capulets, Juliet, and Montagues, Romeo, are the enemies in this feud. The question is, were the parents against them? Or were they just trying to protect and make them happy? Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. When he was eighteen years old, he married Anne Hathaway and has three children, Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.