Comparing Time In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The time of the action of the play Romeo and Juliet lasts only for five days. It is a time of a strife that can burst at any moment due to the slightest provocation .The heat of men’s mind is similar to the heat of the atmosphere .The mad blood is stirring in these days .At any moment the lightning may blast and the crashing of the thunder be heard.(62)

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet discusses the many challenges the ‘star crossed lovers’ face. It is their own deceptive actions that ultimately lead them to their untimely end. However Romeo and Juliet are forced to be deceptive due to their fate and misfortune, the ongoing feud in Verona, and the misleading guidance they receive from others; which also contribute to their deaths. Romeo and Juliet focuses on the theme of love and hate, this theme is interweaved throughout the play.

Romeo, and Juliet put their hearts in the hands of time, but the debt of patience, the two couldn't pay, so their hearts remained within the hands of death: “A sleeping potion, which so took effect as I intended, for it wrought on her the form of death. Meantime I writ to Romeo that he should hither come as this dire night to help to take her from her borrowed gave, being the time the potion's force should cesce. But her which bore my letter Friar John was stay'd by accident, and yesternight return'd my letter back. Then all alone at the prefixed hour of her walking came I to take her from her kindred's vault, meaning to keep her closely to my cell till I could conveniently send to Romeo. But when I came, some minute ere the time of her awakening, here untimely lay the noble Paris and true Romeo dead. She wakes, and I entreated her come forth and bear this work of heaven with patience. But then a noise did scare me from the tomb, and she, too desperate, would not go with me but; as it seems, did violence on herself.” (3.5.253-273) They took the hands of death, and let time go. Now time is stopped for the newly wed. They went from having no time, to having all the time in the world. Juliet and Romeo had a bond that was so strong that not even the world’s strongest force could hold them apart for long. They came together in life, and

Romeo and Juliet are notorious for their impetuousness. They rush into love extremely quickly, and do not think their relationship through. We see this in their

Lord Capulet was a rash and quick-tempered man, which can cause more damage than an individual would think. In a tension filled situation, Lady Capulet confesses to Lord Capulet that Juliet does not want to get married. Lord Capulet, furious, storms, “...Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom?” (III.v.162 - 163). This is one of the more significant examples in the play of Lord Capulet provoking Juliet to do something drastic. As a result of Lord Capulet’s behavior, Juliet frantically goes to see Friar Laurence about the marriage. This then leads into Juliet recieving and drinking the ‘sleep potion.’ Another example of Lord Capulet’s ill-considered behavior is when he antagonizes an already escalating situation. In only the very beginning of the play, a fight has already broken out between the two families in the public square. Instead of calming the outbreak, he foolishly demands Lady Capulet, “...Give me my long sword, ho!” (I.i.79 - 80) This situation is just another representation as to how Lord Capulet’s demeanor causes unfortunate events. Due to Lord Capulet’s irriation of the quarrel, it gives the Montagues more of a reason to continue the feud. From the introduction of the drama, Lord Capulet continues to aggravate the grudge, making it even harder for Romeo and Juliet to be together. These two situations of Lord Capulet’s

The audience sees this in Act I, Scene I when Gregory and Sampson pick a fight with the Montague servants, Abram and Balthasar, which eventually turns into a nasty brawl with Benvolio, Tybalt, and the citizens of Verona. The absolute insanity of the feud is shown when both old men join the fray and Capulet asks for his sword. Lady Capulet says, “A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?” This means that even though Lord Capulet is old, his everlasting hatred for the Montagues is still burning

A man whose writings still enchant the world some four hundred years after they were originally written, William Shakespeare, wrote Romeo and Juliet one of his thirty seven plays from 1591 to 1595. Romeo from the house of Montague and Juliet from the house of Capulet are the pivotal characters of this play, both coming from strong families who have a mutual disdain for each other. When this disdain is coupled with youthful inexperience and reckless decisions, the consequences are dire for this young couple. Shakespeare shows us repeatedly throughout the play and with many different characters that decisions made in haste end badly.

“Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off. When presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease.” ( ,). This did not go as planned Romeo never got the letter explaining what was going on as far as he knew Juliet was dead. Romeo had went to get some poison opposed from not having Juliet in his life he had rather die with her so that they could be together at peace finally. Seconds before Juliet had awaken the poison was already upon his lips,he had began to take his last breath.Spending their last moments alive together Juliet had decided to take her life as well. If it weren’t for the feud Romeo and Juliet would be able to live together happily instead their life had to end so that they could be together. Their forbidden love because of the feud caused the death of the two lovers. They wanted to be together but the two families morals got in the way of that. Romeo and Juliet came from two different families who things from very different perspectives Romeo could do things that Juliet’s parents had

The Story of Romeo, Juliet, & Time One of the most important things in our life is timing. Timing can be the difference between life and death; or between love and hate. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, timing is critical. All throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are constantly in a battle with timing. All they want is to be together and live a happy life, but timing has different plans for them.

Timing is critical in life. Being filled with haste can bring success or downfall. For example, making an important decision, like who people marry can end up causing hurt in the long run by regretting decisions or not wanting what their choice was. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet briefly meet at a Capulet party, quickly fall madly in love, and then promptly learn of each other’s identities; however, they also grasp that they are enemies. Romeo and Juliet experience surprisingly quick events that might not be conceivable in a short amount of time; they get married after only knowing each other for a few days, and then, without thinking carefully, they commit suicide for each other. Their careless love for each other is detrimental to many other important people in their lives, like Lord and Lady Montague and Capulet, including themselves. The accelerated time scheme leads to death because R&J make the hasty decision to get married, Tybalt and Mercutio die after a reckless fight, and Lady Montague and Paris suffer a needless death as a result of the deaths of the two lovers. The two are enemies and the marriage could quite possibly end in disaster. When Romeo and Juliet decide to get married, it is very contentious because the Capulets and Montagues bitterly hate each other and have been fighting for a very long time. When on her balcony, Juliet is vowing her love for Romeo, but doesn’t know that Romeo is listening. She is talking about

The world moves so fast, but the haste in people’s decisions lead to dreadful consequences. These haste decisions have become the downfall of the world. This is shown in the play “Romeo & Juliet”, where two star-crossed lovers are forced to keep their love a secret from their families. Also forcing them to get married in secret then to never live together. Shakespeare shows the audience how making hasty decisions may lead to dire consequences through Juliet’s decision to marry Romeo, Juliet’s choice to drink the potion given to her by Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s decision to kill herself with Romeo’s dagger.

Note the lexical set of words related to time, 'every day in the hour For in a minute there are many days ………………………………..in years' These words reinforce the feeling that time will drag and the separation will be almost unbearable. Line 51 - A question which highlights Juliet's concern that she might never see Romeo again.

The Capulets and Montagues have continued to fight since an old conflict. While reprimanding the Capulets and Montagues, the prince says, “[Your fighting] made Verona’s ancient citizens…to wield old partisans in hand as old,” (1.1 94-96). The prince thinks that the conflict is outdated, and the fighting is past its time. The Capulet’s and Montague’s fighting is vicious. The prince reprimands them by saying, “Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel...

In Sonnets 1-126, Shakespeare is obsessed with finding a way to conquer time and preserve the youth’s beauty. He starts by discussing the idea that the youth should find a wife and have children, giving his beauty to his children. This idea is morphed into Shakespeare hoping that he can write the youth’s beauty into his sonnets, giving him eternal youth. Shakespeare has seen the effects of time within himself and wants to keep the youth from experiencing time’s consequences. Even though he is aware that he does not have control over time, he still tries to conquer it. In the later sonnets of this sequence, Shakespeare starts to unwillingly accept the idea that the progression of time is unstoppable. These sonnets seem to be his way of surrendering

In the new Romeo and Juliet there was more emotion, and connection. Romeo expressed his love with deeper thoughts. It seems as if he does not do this in the old version as well as he does in the new. For example, at the balcony scene in the old version he is very emotionless. When he is expressing his feelings to Juliet he says everything with a very plain voice. In the new Romeo and Juliet he does the exact opposite. Instead, he says everything with a very powerful voice. This draws the viewers in because of how real the love connection between the two is.