Analysis Of William 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

In William Shakespeare’s famous play, “Romeo and Juliet,” the supporting characters play enormous roles in the plot of the performance by helping Romeo and Juliet be together. The Nurse and Friar Laurence both cause dramatic changes to the play through the course of their actions, both with their own goals and reasons for their behavior. The Nurse is caring and pure, wishing simply for Juliet to be happy and safe, caring for her as she would for her own daughter. The Friar is less specific in his wishes, agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet only to hopefully smooth over the relationship between the feuding families of the Capulets and the

In a society where our everyday lives are surrounded by an atmosphere of haste, it is vital to look back and reflect on the effect our rushed actions have on ourselves and the ones around us. An example of a piece of literature that comments on the impacts of our actions is the piece “Romeo and Juliet”. Throughout the play, the author Shakespeare enunciates the drastic repercussions produced by impetuous decision making in personal relationships. This is clearly exemplified by the following passages. The first example of this behaviour is when Juliet swears her vows to her beloved Romeo on a whim during their first meeting, creating strain and discord within her family. A second example occurs when, Tybalt goes against the word of his Lord, acting rashly on his emotions, holding a grudge towards Romeo, seeking him out and inciting his death. And ultimately, the example of Romeo’s decision to take his life after hearing of Juliet’s “death”, which results in the iconic double suicide that concludes the play.

Death means the ending of life. Death could also be a beautiful or tragic scene of the ending of life. The after life can be a tragic or a beautiful place. These views on death can be expressed with written literature including poems. “Cremation of Sam Mcgee” by Robert Service, Prologue to Romeo and Juliet, by William shakespeare, and “Annabelle Lee” By Edgar Allen Poe all have something in commo:death can be either beautiful or tragic. “The Cremation of Sam Mcgee’ can show readers that death can be very tragic. Much like the first poem Prologue to Romeo and Juliet shows that death can also be very tragic. Contradicting these poems “Annabel Lee’ shoes that death can be a very beautiful event. The three poems can show the reader that death can leave a hole in your heart or can can make your heart even bigger and happier.

Literature in the Middle Age is very good yet, difficult to interpret and can tell true meanings and lessons. Romeo and Juliet is one of those great pieces of literature that was written in the 1590’s by William Shakespeare. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare shows true love and a short-term admiration between Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Rosaline, and Paris and Juliet. Therefore, this play shows true compassionate love versus a short-term affection.

Romeo goes from being happy to panicked in a matter of seconds in this scene. Romeo, my character is meeting the potential love of his life. This is all going smoothly; until he finds some startling information about her.

Juliet asks “why art thou Romeo” in the balcony scene. Leaning out of her upstairs window, unaware that Romeo is below in the orchard, she asks why Romeo must be Romeo, why he must be a Montague, the son of her family’s greatest enemy. Juliet’s love for Romeo overrides her family’s hatred for the Montague name. She says that if Romeo were not called “Romeo” or “Montague,” he would still be the person she loves.

In this essay, I will present a variation of ways in which Shakespeare presents Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting a classic case of ‘love at first sight’. In the play so far, Romeo has attended the Capulet’s party in search of Rosaline- Romeo’s previous ’love’. Instead he finds himself falling for Capulet’s daughter, Juliet. In turn Juliet discovers Romeo and they have their first encounter. In the extract given, it shows the first conversation between the soon-to-be star- crossed lovers.

The play, “Romeo and Juliet”, describes two feuding families, by the names of Montague and Capulet. This play is also about two people that are so in love that they will do anything to be together. Both of these families have children of about the same age: Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is from the house of Montague, while Juliet is from the house of Capulet. The play explores the many character traits of Romeo and Juliet, some good and some bad. Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet's’ impatience and determination will eventually lead to their unfortunate and untimely death. The negative actions and character traits of Romeo and Juliet eventually cause many characters to die, including themselves.

The play Romeo and Juliet is a tale about two young “star-crossed lovers” whose relationship is threatened by their feuding families. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (Prologue, ln 5-6). This story takes place in 15th century Verona, Italy, and was written by the legendary playwright, William Shakespeare. In the end, their devastation from being separated leads to the demise of many of their friends and family, as well as both of their suicides. Shakespeare illustrates a theme of fate and predestination through the time and place of Romeo and Juliet’s meeting, their quick decision to wed, and their intense dedication and devotion to one another.

In everyday life individuals are constantly put in situations where they are faced with pressures from society. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare continuously places Juliet in situations where she is faced with pressure from her family, friends and society. However, throughout these conflicts and meeting Romeo, Juliet’s character becomes stronger, more confident and mature, resulting in the development of her character throughout the play. The audience is able to recognize her growth and maturity through her innocence at the beginning, her sudden marriage to Romeo and a shift in behaviour towards her parents and others.

Who killed Romeo and Juliet? Throughout Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, many tragic events take place. These include Mercutio’s death, heartbrokenness, Tybalt’s death, Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, and many more. But why did such an unusual amount of disasters take place? Who is to blame for the tragedy? The answer is that none of the detestable things would have taken place if it had not been for the ancestors of the Montagues and Capulets. In addition, the characters named in the play continued the feud and went along with it. Romeo and Juliet themselves played a large role in their own deaths. Every character had a role to play to make this Romeo and Juliet a tragedy.

The play of Romeo and Juliet is a heartfelt and impassioned lover’s tragedy written by the world renowned William Shakespeare during the peak of his life. The play is a masterpiece portraying two fate bounded lovers who, through their truest feelings of love go against all of society and overcome all odds. The original play, first published in 1597, featured a young boy Romeo who falls deeply in love with the young and innocent Juliet, who returns the love, during a chance encounter. This begins a passionate and emotion driven relationship between two lovers from feuding families that have a deep hatred for each other. Over the many years since the play was first published, countless people have tried to project their own interpretations of Romeo and Juliet through multiple movie adaptations, drawings, and paintings. One of these such interpretations was released in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann, who put his own ‘unique’ twist on the famous tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In spite of his attempt to maintain the original dialogue of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Baz Luhrmann’s version fails to preserve the important dramatic significance of the play because the modernized setting drastically changes the context of the play in such a way that the original thematic ideas are lost.

Romeo and Juliet is a play written by the famous English writer, William Shakespeare who wrote several brilliantly crafted pieces of literature during the Elizabethan era. Although Shakespeare’s works fall into numerous genres, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and Shakespearean tragedies are produced through the inclusion of elements of fate, character flaws, and great sorrow. Romeo and Juliet is clearly a tragedy as is evidenced within the text the prevalent elements of fate, character flaws and great sorrow which contribute to form a Shakespearean tragedy.