Comparing Ovid's The Tragic History Of Romeo And Juliet

The suicide committed by both Juliet and Romeo demonstrates their blinding love and how they would rather love each other or not live at all. For example Romeo says,”Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe. That unsubstantial death is amorous, And that the lean abhorrèd monster keep. Thee here in dark to be his paramour? For fear of that, I still will stay with thee.” Romeo says that we would rather die with Juliet than live without her. This is a very powerful moment in the play, because it resembles that love is a poison that can kill. In reality, it is very unlikely to be able declare your love for someone only after three days. Truthfully, I believe that Romeo and Juliet didn’t love each other but fell in the love with the idea of each other, making both of them make ignorant decisions. Romeo and Juliet die because their young foolish love possessed them to do rash unintelligent things. In addition, this is another scene that demonstrates love's

Love, in 'Romeo and Juliet' has its own importance in the theme of inner struggle between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is torn between staying loyal to her family and therefore obeying her parents to marry Paris or staying married to an enemy, Romeo, “My husband lives, that Tybalt has slain; / And Tybalt's dad, that would have slain my husband: / All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?” (3:2). On the other hand, Romeo has his struggles too. He juggles between the idea of banishment from Verona and not being able to see his beloved Juliet again and that of death, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say 'death'.” (3:3). The secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet is also one of the outcomes due to love. It is because of love that Juliet risked her parents' disapproval to not marry Paris and Romeo risked the danger of being killed by Capulet's kinsmen to go to see her. Yet again, this shows the inner struggle of Romeo and Juliet.

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.

In Luhrmann’s film, Romeo’s love for Mercutio becomes prominent when Tybalt slays Mercutio at the abandoned theatre. Romeo’s compassion for his friend draws his fury; rage leading him to challenge Tybalt to a duel to the death. Romeo kills Tybalt at the monument in the streets of Verona Beach to avenge Mercutio. This exhibits his love towards his fallen friend. To add on, Romeo’s overwhelming love for Juliet allows him to fight his way through the police and the chaotic atmosphere to reach Capel's monument. This shows Romeo’s love to meet Juliet again is beyond his willingness to face death straight on. Additionally, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet’s mansion to speak of his love for Juliet. He states, “And but thou love me, let them find me here. / My life were better ended by their hate / Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (II.ii.75-77). He expresses that if Juliet’s love was not returned, he would rather die than live without Juliet’s love, thus showing love connects to the tragedy of death. In conclusion, Romeo’s compassion for Mercutio and his love for Juliet show that love guides people to make decisions that inevitably result in the outcome of

Romeo and Juliet explores the tragic outcome of ‘true love’. In Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters (Romeo and Juliet) die because of their love for each other. What happens in Romeo and Juliet is that Juliet is meant to marry Paris but she doesn’t want to so she drinks a poison that is meant to show all of the signs of death for a certain amount of time and then she would

Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the most popular love stories ever written. However, the play is not about love, but about death. William Shakespeare wrote this play to warn readers about the danger of hatred and impulsive actions. Romeo’s love for Juliet and his impulsive nature contributed to the deaths of Tybalt, Mercutio, Juliet, Paris, Lady Montague , and Romeo himself.

Romeo and Juliet is a play that shows how intense relationships between two young people can be, this is shown in the love that Romeo and Juliet have for each other. Then how Reckless Romeo and Juliet are stating they would kill each other if anything were to happen to the other. Finally the grief they have when they learn that the other is dead causes them to kill themselves shows the final intensity of their love. Shakespeare is trying to caution quick love or love that is created in an instant and has no thought or reason behind it.

Many themes are explored however the theme of love and death is far the most prominent throughout William Shakespeare’s best known play, Romeo and Juliet. The theme is explored through the language techniques Shakespeare used, for instance the oxymoron’s and motifs, and the characterisation, being the characters Paris and Capulet.

The lover’s deaths are encamped by talk and acts of love towards each other, laying emphasis on Shakespeare's admonition of the close relationship between acts of love and acts of brutality. Romeo’s still shows his love for Juliet while she is laying “lifeless” in the catacomb when he looks at Juliet’s face and says his goodbyes to Juliet, and his life “And, lips, O, you / The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss. / A dateless bargain to engrossing death... Thy drugs are quick.

“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” ( Shakespeare 2.6.9) is a line usually viewed as a line of love, but when looked into, there is a deeper meaning.{{try not to start with quotes}} Romeo and Juliet , by William Shakespeare is most commonly known for its love aspect with a tragic end. People have argued about whose fault the death of main characters, Romeo and Juliet, was and there have been many theories, but only one that makes perfect sense{{watch definite statements}}. Romeo and Juliet met their tragic end, by the hate between their two families because Romeo was brought up relying on fate. Juliet was raised too innocent with not enough experience with anything to lead a normal life, and they were

In Act V of Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare uses characterization to show the theme that letting emotion especially love control your actions will only lead to consequence and death. This theme is first shown in Act V by Romeo, Romeo just got the news that his love, Juliet is dead. This love for Juliet has caused him to be consumed in his emotions and all he wants is to die next to her in Juliet’s grave. “By heaven, I will tear thee Joint by joint and strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs” (V.3.35-36). Romeo is out of control because of love, this clouds his judgment and makes him eventually kill Paris because he is in the way of Romeo’s mission. Romeo doesn’t realize is that his actions will hurt not only him but the people who care for him and the people that care for Paris.

Shakespeare manifests the final scene of Romeo and Juliet to illustrate how love triumphs over the terror of death and depicts how the Capulet and Montague parents’ mutual love for their children dismisses the ancient feud. The protagonists, Romeo and Juliet’s preference of being killed rather than “death be prorogued, wanting thy love” (Page 91; Act 2, Scene 2), indicates they would rather die than death be delayed without the fulfilment of each other’s love. Romeo commits suicide as he is unaware that Juliet’s death is fiction, which results in Juliet finding his corpse when she awakens and stabs herself as they both do not wish to live with the absence of each other’s love. Again, Shakespeare portrays that love conquers the most feared prospect of life:

The word love defines as an intense feeling or deep affection. The narrative poem “Pyramus and Thisbe” was written by Ovid which takes place in the city of Babylon about two lovers who are forbidden to be married because of their parent’s rivalry and the only way they communicate is through a wall. William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Romeo and Juliet”. It takes place in Verona with two lovers who die because of their family’s rivalry. Shakespeare was inspired by Ovid’s poem which is why they sound so alike

“My only love sprung from my only hate.” Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has captivated audience’s attention throughout the world. For hundreds of year’s people have fallen in love in the way that Juliet and Romeo love for each other surpassed many obstacles. The plays’ ending is a tragedy that was caused by two young naïve teenagers. Their own decisions caused them to have such a catastrophic ending.

In the novel, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the major theme throughout the novel is that love kills. Shakespeare shows us that love kills through one specific character and the character is Romeo Montague. From the beginning of the book to the end of his life, Romeo, a character built from Shakespeare's imagination, love was shown as immature, impatient, and passionate. Shakespeare demonstrates the theme when Romeo falls in love with Juliet, then marrying Juliet, and finally dying for and with Juliet. Shakespeare explores the theme that love kills by showing Romeo love for Juliet, and by him falling in love, his death comes closer than he can imagine.