Analysis Of Shakespeare's 'Romeo And Juliet'

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet effectively appropriates the Shakespearean 16th century love tragedy. So why has Luhrmann decided to appropriate Romeo and Juliet? By changing the context, Luhrmann effectively makes the play relevant, discussing his contextual concerns of the 1990’s. This is done through the use of themes in the film, love, family disputes and hate which have remained similar to the original play, although the way they have been presented are different, in particular the form and characters. The form has had an obvious change as the original play has been adapted into a film. Characters in the film have also been appropriated to correspond with Luhrmann's contextual concerns. Hence, Luhrmann successfully appropriates the original Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet by maintaining similar themes, but altering the form and characterisation to fit his contextual concerns.

When Juliet hears that the wedding has been moved up to the next day, she drinks the

Emotion is a wild card in life. It almost always influences people to make bad decisions in their life, and causes harm to not only the host, but to many other people around them. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the characters Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt are all very emotional characters which conclusively lead to all of their deaths, as well as to the deaths of many other people around them. Because of these characters newly drawn emotion, they made decisions that would have been previously considered ludicrous and idiotic. Throughout the exceptional play of Romeo and Juliet, it is ultimately proven that emotion is the enemy when it comes to decision making.

I am heartbroken over the deaths of my master and friend, Romeo, Juliet, who brought Romeo great happiness, and county Paris, who I knew to be a very honorable man. I hope that this court session will bring justice for Romeo, Juliet, and Paris. To help bring this justice, I will truthfully tell you all that I know.

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Some may say Capulet wouldn’t have been the only one to protest Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, but he had the final say in Juliet’s life. Lord Capulet, “Send for the county.; Go tell him of this. I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.”(IV. ii. 21-22) If Lord Capulet never moved up the wedding, there would have been more time for the news to travel to Romeo. Many people argue that he was doing it for right reasons, that his decision was for the better of the family and he did it unintentionally, but it was still his fault for forcing this marriage so suddenly on Juliet. It is Lord Capulets fault because he is too protective over Juliet. Some people may say Juliet could have just stood up to her father and tell him straight forward how she wanted to marry Romeo and not Paris, however, he was just so overbearing and possessive, she was too nervous to come forward and say it. Lord Capulet. “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee to a church Thursday or never after look at me in the face.” (III. v. 180-183) By Lord Capulet being so strict with Juliet, moving up the wedding, and being too protective, Juliet was forced to make up an incredibly dangerous plan, leading to the young couple committing suicide.

When analysing Romeo and Juliet it becomes apparent that while the two main characters’ lives were said to be predetermined by fate, it is Romeo's deep love for Juliet that acts as the catalyst that sets his fate into motion. Romeo was bound to love juliet but it was Romeo’s deep love for juliet that gets Romeo in to trouble. Additionally, Romeo gets to caught up in the one and only love of his life and when all the sudden it was gone he decided to kill himself. Although Romeo stated, “with love's light wings did I o’erperch these walls”( 2.2.73-75). This would prove that know matter what happens romeo will always go after Juliet/love Juliet. Ultimately, it is Romeo who is to romantic therefor creating the fate for himself and Juliet.

Lady Capulet, (Juliet’s mother) tries to keep Juliet out of trouble and tabs on her. Capulet (Juliet’s father) would do the same. He did do the same. For Juliet keeping from her parents that her and Romeo are together, she could get killed. Her parents could have killed her. Her father and mother would have the right to do that because she lied to them and it’s like a disgrace to the family. But don’t get me wrong, the Capulets loved Juliet very much and care about her a lot too. A part in the play where it shows how much they care for her is Scene 5, act 3. Lady Capulet comforts Juliet after she found out about Tybalt’s death. She says, “Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death? What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? An if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live. Therefore have done. Some grief shows still and some want of wilt.” Juliet responded with, “Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.” Lady Capulet said, “So shall you feel the loss, but not the friend which you weep for.” To me Lady Capulet was comforting Juliet by saying it’s okay to cry a little to show love, but not a lot, that shows a lack of good sense. A place where Capulet says something to Juliet about caring is Scene 2, act 1. Capulet says, “But saying o’er what I have said before; my child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen the change of fourteen; let two more summers with her in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” Even though it’s about her wedding, (like everything her father says is) he says he wants her to mature before she gets married and that’s a good thing. He cares and wants her to understand even though she doesn’t. But her parents, they care about her and love her. Yes, she is rebellious in the modern sense because she sneaks around to see Romeo and marries him without her parents approval or their

Unknowingly, the minor characters in the play have a significant effect on the lives of Romeo and Juliet and are all responsible for their deaths in some way. These characters include Friar Laurence, Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague, Tybalt and Mercutio. The feud between the Capulets and Montagues meant that Romeo and Juliet were forbidden to be together and it forced them to keep their love a secret. They had to turn to Friar Laurence and the Nurse as their parental figures as their own were too consumed in themselves and their hatred for the other family to notice the struggles and hardship their children were going through. Lord and Lady Capulet believed that marrying Juliet to Paris would make her happier, but when they informed her of the wedding she refused. They then forced her into an arranged marriage against her will and the only way out of it was to fake her death. Mercutio and Tybalt’s continued brawling eventually resulted in Romeo’s exile, which split the two lovers apart and forced Friar Laurence’s risky plan to be carried out. Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet because he thought that it would heal the rift between the two families. However, his hope blindsided him to the fact that it was an impossible situation and would result in complications later on. He could have put more effort into preventing their deaths such as delivering the message of Juliet’s “death” to Romeo himself, instead of sending Friar John, to ensure that it arrived. Also, knowing that Romeo hadn’t received his letter, it would have been in his best interest to wait in Juliet’s tomb for her when she woke up and to inform Romeo of her true state. However, he cared too much about himself and being caught by the officials that not only did he

Juliet's parents are not understanding of their daughter; they have clear-cut plans for Juliet and come out as controlling. When Juliet pleads to not marry Paris, they show no signs of pity and cruelly threaten to disown her. Friar Lawrence has a great opportunity to reveal Romeo and Juliet's new marriage publically and potentially end the feud between the Capulets and Montagues; however, he continues to foolishly keep their relationship under secrecy. When his plans fail, they significantly worsen the ordeal. Nurse, who has a major influence on Juliet due to their close relationship, does not make things any better; she is not there for Juliet when she proclaims her love for Romeo. She calls Romeo a villain and takes the side of Juliet’s parents indefinitely without showing any compassion for Juliet’s dilemma. In a way, she abandons Juliet and goes astray from their friendship. When combining these three characters’ actions along with the rest of the community’s, we see an outside world that has a momentous impact on Romeo and

Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins, we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd, of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet's first meeting with her mother and the nurse, she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam, I am here, / What is your will?" (“Act 1, Scene 3). She is also clever as when her mother asks her what she thinks about marriage, she gives an ambiguous answer by saying what her mother wanted to hear really: “it is an honour I dream not of” (“Act 1, Scene 3). We learn that she is

Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, revolves around the tragic story of two lovers who commit suicide for one another. The two lovers were parts of opposing households, the Montagues and the Capulets. Immediately enamored with each other after meeting at a party, the lovers swiftly agree to get married. However, a series of events causes Romeo to be banished, and in order to escape an arranged marriage Juliet fakes her own death. News reaches Romeo, who then kills himself, and when Juliet awakes from her false death, she too takes her life to be with her beloved. Despite all this, Romeo and Juliet were not in love, on the simple grounds that they had known each other for a glaringly minuscule amount of

Romeo and Juliet, a classic play by William Shakespeare, is known to many as a tragedy. But what makes this play tragic? Audiences favor this story because of the emotions evoked from a tale of love that sees two young souls torn apart. However, Romeo and Juliet when under my own definition of tragedy, does not resemble a tragic play. While the death of Mercutio and the deaths of Romeo and Juliet seem tragic, the story does not show one failing when trying to reach their full potential, instead the audience sees a forbidden love and death as a result, which does not demonstrate tragedy. Instead, Romeo and Juliet face flaws from within their families and society, forcing them to stay apart due to conflict. While both Romeo and Juliet try to reach the goal of being together and fail, the flaws of others cause the conflict, not the flaws of themselves. My definition surrounds the idea that the flaws of oneself leads to his or her demise, meaning that the play misses a key characteristic of the definition of tragedy. Both characters seem to die a “tragic death,” however, their death can only be considered sad or upsetting, especially to the audience. This play instead consists of somber scenes that show aspects of a tragedy, but not enough to place this play in a tragic category in the classic definition or in my own definition because the flaws of the main characters do not cause the fall of the characters as they try to reach their full potential. If a character who fell as a

“Romeo And Juliet” is a magnificent tragedy written and composed by William Shakespeare, taking place in Verona, Italy. Romeo Montague, the protagonist, is first introduced to the readers at the beginning of the play weeping over a lady he barely knew, but wished to have before falling helplessly in love with her, almost a complete stranger. After many days of agony, Romeo's friends and family decide it is enough, and they sneak him into the home of his enemy, the Capulets. Their hope is to find him a new love. Little did he know that love would be Juliet Capulet, the daughter of his only enemy. Romeo and Juliet's poor judgment, impulse control , and immaturity play a big role leading to the tragic ending of the play.

Star crossed lovers are lovers that the stars are working against in the relationship. In the highly acknowledged play Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, star crossed lovers were exactly what Romeo and Juliet were. However they fought for their love until the end. During this essay I will explain to you how Romeo and Juliet's true love was worth fighting for. I will show this threw the literary term courtly love and soliloquy.