Comparing Romeo And Juliet

Only hours after Romeo and Juliet’s wedding, her kinsman, Tybalt, was slain by Romeo. Tybalt had just slipped a sword through Romeo’s good friend, Mercutio, which began Romeo’s reckless behavior. In rage, Romeo provoked Tybalt into a duel because he was so bound by anger that he could not control his emotions, and this duel turned out to be the last of Tybalt. Through with the blood feud, the Prince ordered, “And for that offense/ Immediately we do exile him hence.” (3.1.179-180) In this quote, the Prince decides to exile Romeo from the city of Verona for slaying Tybalt. This time around, Romeo’s impulsiveness in seeking revenge not only resulted in the death of a Capulet kinsman, but his own banishment as well. Because Romeo allowed his emotions to guide his actions, he essentially ended the life of his cousin-in-law. Another consequence that resulted from Romeo’s imprudent actions was the death of his own mother; “Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight!/ Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” (5.3.210-211) Because news of her son’s banishment for murder was too unbearable, Lady Montague’s life, too, had ended. Not only did Romeo’s irrational and ill-driven duel with Tybalt add to their families’ complications, it ended the lives of members from both

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

Secondly, Romeos and Juliets downfall is a result of their own poor decisions, or character flaws because they caused fights. Many fights could have been avoided if they did the things that they were supposed to do. Because Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo was looking for him so that they can fight. Romeo says, “This shall determine that”(Shakespeare 59, line 133). Their fight will determine who dies.

Romeo and Juliet made some incredibly irrational decisions which obviously contributed to their so called love-fuelled death. For example, after taking a first glance at Juliet at the Capulet’s ball, Romeo asked himself if “[His]

The honoured and remarkable play of Romeo and Juliet and its updated version as a movie that is modernized have some similarities and differences between both. Firstly, the most obvious similarity is the language used in both, as the movie uses the script from the play word by word. Secondly, a difference that is changed in the screenplay due to the difference between the weaponry of both time frames, the swords used in Romeo and Juliet's play are replaced by guns in the screenplay. Thirdly, despite the ignorance of some scenes , the plot remains the same, including Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet to escape the marriage from Count Paris. Lastly, the Prince of Verona from the play is replaced by a Chief of Police, as due to the difference in

“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” Love, almost everyone can agree that love is wonderful, but is it worth everything? Should one sacrifice their all for love, and when they do who is to blame? At the age of 13 without having the experience of a previous relationship where there was both emotional and physical intimacy, can a girl know that she has found the right one and, that she should marry him? Romeo and Juliet are foolish. No you should not die for love. Juliet was a fool, rushing into a marriage and dying for Romeo, a teenager she had barely met for a week. Romeo, equally as foolish as Juliet made the same mistake rushing into a relationship without enough experience and, deep contemplation of the

In the final scene, Romeo’s thoughts and actions are very rash when he decides to kill himself. When Romeo is told that Juliet has died, he immediately decides to kill himself. Romeo does not think of the pain and suffering that will come to his family and friends if he kills himself. Again, Romeo acts without thinking of the consequences of his actions. He has done without thought a sin that is not necessary and that could be avoided. Once again Romeo’s rashness brings causes problems and brings sadness to people that he loves.

What is love? Scientifically, love is just a chemical reaction in our brains; nonetheless, love means more to us than that, love is something special. In this day and age, love is something that is usually mutually decided on by both parties. However, in times before ours, it wasn’t uncommon to have the parents of one or both parties decide who married whom. This seems like it would turn marriage and dating into something that is not about love, but instead about being a servant to one’s parents.

In the play Romeo, Juliet, the Friar, and the nurse all act courageously out of love to change fate. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet were very courageous. In the last scene when Romeo saw that Juliet was “dead”, he drinks the poison to be with her and says, “Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.120). Romeo could have just moved on to another woman, but he was truly in love and was brave enough to die for Juliet so they could be together in heaven.

Did you know that, “every 78 seconds, a teen attempts suicide and every 90 seconds, they succeed?” (National Center for Health Statistics) This determines what Juliet felt like at the end of the play. She knew the only way she could be with her love was in death. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is a dramatic girl who takes the role of a constantly changing character.

In the “Romeo and Juliet” play and the Romeo + Juliet movie, there are a multitude of similarities and differences. “Romeo and Juliet” starts with the two star-crossed lovers meeting at a party. Their new obsession with each other leads them to get married. Romeo is exiled subsequent to killing his best friend’s murderer, Tybalt, who also happens to be Juliet’s cousin. Friar Lawrence conceives a plan to prevent Juliet from marrying Paris and reunite her with Romeo.

I’m starting at where Romeo killed Tybalt, and switching it. A friend of Romeo is angry and kills Tybalt. The Prince is disgusted in how this senseless feud and fighting has become. Then it switches to Juliet, sitting in her room after hearing the news. She cries at first, but cannot cry anymore for Tybalt. Her mother comes in and they talk. Juliet tells her mother that she will willingly marry Paris, but only if they let her wait for a week and mourn for her cousin. Her mother, happy, runs to tell her husband the news. He’s just as happy that she’s being “reasonable”. Juliet, however, has different plans. She plans to run away. She just doesn’t know how though. Three days pass, and juliet still mourns for her cousin, but her mind is on Romeo. A girl

Romeo is wandering aimlessly around the Capulet backyard when guess who appears on the balcony. "What light through yonder window breaks?" he asks. He then answers his own question. It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!

Romeo only knew Juliet in such a short time, but during that time he decided to take his own life to be with the one he loved. Since Romeo is so young, he made a reckless decision about buying the poison and killing himself. This demonstrates Romeo’s tragic

Adaptations are a prospect that is universally debatable on what makes a good contemporary reworking of a text. This notion is especially true for that of Shakespearean plays. Over the years, many of his works have been adapted and modernized throughout film and other various media outlets; Romeo and Juliet being one of the Shakespearean plays with the most adaptations, especially in film. Three of those films being Romeo + Juliet by Baz Luhrmann, West Side Story by Robert Wise, and Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet. Though adapting the same story, the way these films modernize and update the original story of Romeo & Juliet are heavily influenced by the audience and society of their time. However, the one aspect that always stays the same in