“For never was a story of more woe, than that of Juliet and her Romeo”. Good morning/afternoon [teacher] and class. Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet conveys human experience effectively, as the use of tragic and comic genre conventions engages the audience as well as stays accurate to the current time period. 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 …show more content…
The nurse returns, sensing Juliet’s earnestness, and purposely messes with her, telling Juliet “How [her] bones ache” and “what a jaunt [she] has”. Later in the scene, Romeo and Juliet marry, despite only knowing each other for 2 days at the time, leading to the idea that they may just be in lust rather than in true love. Shakespeare used comedy early on in the play to build personality around the main characters and to keep viewers intrigued in the story. We grow to enjoy Mercutio’s screen time as he brings humour to each scene, which makes his eventual death all the more impactful and devastating, converting the play into a tragedy. Shakespeare also designs this poem to be didactic, as he has the hidden warning not to be lustful as Romeo is, as it leads to a series of misfortune eventually leading to his demise. It does convey human experience well, however, as Shakespeare seems to build the “star-crossed” theme off the heavy belief in astrology in 16th Century England, branching off from the opinions of Roman philosopher Boethius. Act III, Scene I is seen to be the ‘turning point’ from comedy to tragedy in the play. Tragedy is used furthermore to expand on true human experience as Shakespeare uses family rivalry and warfare as well as fate and fortune to contribute to the effect. Act III, Scene I sees Mercutio slain by Tybalt, ending the life of the main character bringing humour into the play, all just for a petty family rivalry.
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers, will do anything to show their deep affection for each other. Since they are from two different families, who happen to be enemies, they can be punished for expressing their love for one another. Unfortunately, their passion sparks many outrages. Due to Father Capulet’s feud with the Montague family, Romeo and Juliet's love life results in death.
The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair
In the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare presents the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet, the two protagonists as one of the main themes. This is clearly shown at the end of Act 3 Scene 2 when Juliet receives the news that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt has been killed. Juliet is distraught at the conflict of her loyalties. Should she express love for her family or should she express love for Romeo? By using many different language features, such as oxymorons, paradox, antithesis and dramatic irony, Shakespeare effectively displays Juliet's conflicting emotions. Later in the play, Shakespeare uses the betrayal by adults to again show the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet.
Love has already overcome him and controls all of his thoughts and actions. This love prevents Mercutio from saving Romeo and keeping peace between the families. In Act 3, scene 1, Mercutio fights Tybalt on behalf of Romeo and his relationship with Romeo. Romeo attempts to break up the fight, but Tybalt stabs Mercutio. As he is dying, Mercutio says, "A plague o' both your houses!
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 is a play that was written by William Shakespeare between the years of 1594 and 1596. Shakespeare based the plot of the play off of a poem called The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, which was written in 1592 by Arthur Brooke. Arthur Brooke based his poem off of a translated tale written by an Italian poet called Matteo Bandello (Britannica 2017). At the end of the play, Romeo commits suicide as he thinks that Juliet is dead. When Juliet finds out that Romeo has committed suicide, she also commits suicide. There were many people and events that led to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. The three main contributing factors were the feud between the Capulets and
The nurse has a love for Juliet as if she was her own and you can tell this by the way she knows things her mother does not. For example her age.
major conflict of this play that ends in tragedy. During Act I, the play progresses more in
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that involves young lovers, their “untimely death,” and a feud between their two families. The Capulets and the Montagues war against each other. The feud continues to escalate and provides the background for the story of these “two star-crossed lovers.” This literary masterpiece is still relevant today since it involves parental ambition, family fighting, and young love.
that is why is was acceptable for Juliet to marry at only 13. It was
At the beginning of Act III, weather became hot and “the made blood stirring” (III, I, 4). And Shakespeare starts to plant the seeds of tragedy. Romeo fears about his dream of finding Juliet and a sense of foreboding comes out:
Juliet knew my plight, you shall never understand what we had. The bond we shared transcended all boundaries, it was unstoppable, not even by the death of Tybalt.
and show fate by the amount of bad luck in this scene, he also wants
Act III Scene V - This is a very important scene. Select and comment on
tone of the play has changed, with the tragedy of Act 3, Scene 1 fresh