Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy play written by William Shakespeare in the year 1591. The plot is mainly based on an Italian tale which narrates about a pair of young star cross’d lovers whose feuding families are the main obstacle to their marriage, to which their death leads to the end of their parents strife to one another. Although it is very ancient and historical, the masterpiece has withstood the considerable test of time and still remains popular today. Romeo and Juliet has been studied and taught worldwide in schools, universities, and other famous educational institutions. The play has also been reproduced thousands of times on television, film, and live theatre. It has endured large groups of audiences and the reason being is most …show more content…
R&J fits this criteria because there are multiple conflicts to each other which have connections with one another and makes the story interesting and more exciting. For example, the love game where Romeo loves Rosaline, but Rosaline loves Paris, but Paris loves Juliet, and finally the cat and mouse game ends with Juliet loving Romeo and Romeo turns from Rosaline to love Juliet. Another example of an interesting conflict is the ‘unknown love’ at the party when Romeo meets Juliet. At the party, Juliet sees Romeo and Romeo sees Juliet, and loving each other ‘at first sight’. Only until Juliet finds out that Romeo is a Montague and things get complicated from this point. Another excellent example of a double conflict that makes it more exciting is a fight where Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt in retaliation and he runs away from the city before the Prince comes and tells that he is banished from the city. Dracula satisfied my criteria because the piece has a very exciting and unusual conflict, which makes the story more interesting in a way and by incorporating an exciting mysterious ‘setting’ to the conflict of the story that makes the readers feel that even though location in the story has changed, but it still feels like all of the good characters are all on the run from Dracula and Dracula will turn the protagonist's friends and families, one by one, into vampires like him and makes the conflict more intense and interesting to read. A great example of this is that Jonathan Harker, the main protagonist of the story realizes that Dracula is not human but suffers from a vampire-induced fever so he can’t go back to England to warn everybody In time. It is a double conflict - Harker can’t go anywhere as he is too sick from the fever, and he knows that there is a danger approaching England but he can’t do anything about it. Even though Dracula’s genre and R&J’s genre are different, they
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two young lovers whose lives end in great tragedy. What makes their story so tragic is that despite their love for one another, their families are mortal enemies. Conflict is a central ingredient in Romeo and Juliet's sad fate. Although their love for each other is strong, it cannot overcome the deluge of conflict that surrounds them. Ultimately they are defeated by the conflicts of person vs person, person vs self, and person vs society.
Romeo and Juliet is conflict and love. Conflict and love are both shown through characterization in all of the characters. In the beginning, we see Juliet 's character as a little young child who obeys her family duties. When she meets, Romeo, her character is taken on a rollercoaster of emotions. Juliet 's character is the source of conflict and we see this through her developing actions. Romeo creates Juliet into this powerful young women. Romeo is so important to Juliet that she does not want to loose him. Conflict begins to arise when things actually take off. Once they are together on the balcony, is when they both realize that they are meant for each other. That true love is true and that they are destined for the stars. True love is
Romeo and Juliet is a story based on conflict. The conflict in the story is Capulet against Montague. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean (1.Prologue.1-4).” The grudge between the two families has led to fighting and even death.
Romeo and Juliet is a classic play composed by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s. This tale is about two star-crossed lovers whose love was forbidden by their feuding families. Through the story, Shakespeare educates us on his opinion about the society of Verona, Italy and the societal expectations, beliefs, values and gender standards, behaviors for both men and women.
Throughout Romeo and Juliet the theme of conflict is conveyed in many forms, mostly through physical violence; reflected in the era of the Renaissance where there was political turmoil and many European nations were at war. Shakespeare presents the theme in other forms as well; family versus family, sacred versus profane, parent versus child and language versus inner conflict. Conflict is a key in the structure of the play; it is highlighted in the beginning, middle and end. As an audience we are constantly being reminded of conflict which is reflected within the era the play was written in. The Renaissance was the 'rebirth ' of classical learning and was also the time when Science challenged many traditional Christian beliefs which resulted in Catholics fighting Protestants; the Gunpowder plot and the Spanish Armada. Shakespeare chose to dramatise conflict as it was the context in which he was writing plays. It is therefore arguable that this period was characterised by irreconcilable opposites in politics, religion and art. Nothing in the world can exist without its opposite- just as love cannot exist without hate, violence cannot exist without peace.
Both Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, and Luhrmann’s film, Romeo + Juliet, explore the idea of conflict and how it inevitably leads to tragedy. Although situated in the contrasting social and historical contexts of Elizabethan England and the modern world of Verona Beach in Southern California, 1990s, the two texts both represent how conflict directly leads to tragedy by conveying that, the fight between the Montague and Capulets was depicted as long going and did not have meaning anymore yet the two Lords pride shields them from stopping it, the neglectfulness of the individuals from each house prolonged the battle unnecessarily, and that Juliet and Romeo's knowledge of the conflict between their families drove them to conceal their relationship.
Romeo and Juliet was a classic romance novel about passion, love and tragedy, written and first acted in 1595. According to Alan Durband, many versions of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet all relate to Shakespeare's understanding of early life in Verona. Romeo, a Montague, falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet, because he is romantically inclined. The Capulets and Montagues are feuding households His impulsivity caused a lot of people to die and experience emotional pain. Falling in love with Juliet was the event that started a chain reaction.
In this scene of the play, Juliet is met with the internal struggle of whether or not she will drink the vial Friar Laurence has given her as part of the plan. In the song the lyrics introduce with how “Some people watch, some people pray” “some people hope, some people pray.” I believe this is Juliet's internal conflict on how she is praying for a miracle for people to watch. The next line that the play reflects is where it says “Cause even heroes get the blues or any misery you choose we like to use and we were born to lose”. The plays reflects on how Juliet who is a main character or well Heroine of the story but despite that she stills feels sad and the misery she chooses is to fake
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet between 1594 1595, a play about love, courtship and marriage that ended in tragedy.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, was originally published in 1597. Until this day, the play is very well known worldwide. The classic love story is set in Verona and is about a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families. This feud causes the death of their beloved children, Romeo and Juliet, who are described as “star-crossed lovers.” It is a play of contrasts of love and hate, joy and sorrow, light and dark, youth and age, life and death. Some readers will blame the main characters, Romeo and Juliet for bringing about their tragic deaths, however some may argue that other characters are responsible for their deaths, with only little of the blame to be placed on Romeo and Juliet.
William Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet,” takes place in Verona- a city in Italy which is governed by a prince. There is also a Friar named Laurence, who is a religious figure that citizens go to for advice and to be married. In the City lives the Capulets and the Montagues who have been disputing for generations. Both families have children and one child from each family are the protagonists- Romeo is a member of the Montagues and Juliet is a member of the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet will end up falling for each other. However, they end up dying young because Friar Laurence married them in private, he gave Juliet a potion which knocked her out which lead to her and Romeo’s suicides, and he trusted Friar John to deliver the letter and
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare circa 1595. The play consists of two love-struck protagonists who become star-crossed due to belonging to two rival families who are constantly at each other’s throats. It begins with the prologue which states that the play will finish with a double suicide between Romeo and Juliet. This causes the whole play to be dramatically ironic as we, the readers, know the fate
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare conveys the theme of conflict in a myriad of forms. This theme of conflict is presented through the characters language and speech, as well as sporadically their actions. Notably, the conflict can be eternal, physical, mental and emotional which allows the audience to gain a deeper understanding of the characters. Furthermore, the idea of conflict is emphasized further when placed in juxtaposition with its antithesis theme love.
Romeo and Juliet is a play, written by William Shakespeare, it is a romantic tragedy. It was written in the 1600s and is still a well known play to read. Many people say Romeo and Juliet are victims of their own decisions, but really they are victims of fate in which they have no control over their future as shown by Romeo, Friar Laurence, and Juliet.
The effect the feud has on the play is that we can already see that