“This fight has a lot to do with hate but it has more to do with love” says Romeo Montague. Romeo understands the real motive of the feud when everyone around engages in the fight unaware of its stimuli- tribal alliance. In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare displays loyalty to one’s own people through multiple characters. They show blind loyalty which eventually leads to tragic events. Loyalty is shown throughout the play by family members, friends, and servants. A loyal person is one who will be honest with others and will respect them. In Romeo and Juliet, many characters show loyalty to their own people. For example, Tybalt, a close family member to the Capulets, show loyalty to them by defending their honor. Tybalt publicly
In the play Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare one of the themes is virtue turned to vice. Friar Lawrence's virtue of peace is turned to vice which assisted with the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo’s virtue of love is turned to vice and grows the feud.
The Opposing Themes of Love and Hate in the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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.
As I’ve said before, loyalty had both positive and negative outcomes. Romeo and Juliet might not have met if it weren’t for Romeo’s friends urging him to gatecrash the ball. As he was loyal he did not argue, however he probably had an ulterior motive: to catch a glimpse of Rosaline, who he thought he was in love with. If Juliet’s Nurse had not been devoted to Juliet, she would have told the Capulet’s which could have resulted in Romeo and Juliet’s end a lot sooner. On the other hand, you could argue that loyalty lead to both of their deaths, with the reasoning that had Romeo not been so attached to Mercutio he would not have killed Tybalt when Tybalt fatally injured Mercutio. If he had not slain Tybalt, he would not have been banned from Verona, and in turn they might have thought of a different plan than the one they eventually chose which was wrought with complications and took both of their lives. If Juliet had not trusted Friar Laurence so greatly, she might have thought of a more foolproof
Passion. Something that many think they have, when in reality do not. Best described as an incontrollable emotion, passion is often seen as taking a huge role in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Although characters show the qualities associated with being passionate, their true attitudes can be summed up by a different word: obsessive. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare develops the idea that trying to force passion can lead to obsession. In other words, when people deceive themselves into thinking they have passion, they can become obsessive. This is shown repeatedly in Romeo’s character. First through his immediate change of love from Rosaline to Juliet; secondly when he tries to kill
In order to be loyal to yourself, one may have to sacrifice relationships in the process. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Conveys the story of Young teens, Romeo and Juliet from rival families who fall in love with each other and suffer a hard decision whether to be loyal to their family or themselves. Shakespeare shows Romeo with his one-sided love for Rosaline, resulting in him heartbroken and depressed to being lovestruck about Juliet and Juliet being obedient and reserved to being flirtatious when meeting Romeo. The development of these characters and the love Romeo and Juliet have for each other refines the central idea that loyalty to yourself is more important than loyalty to family.
Within the play, Antigone makes a major decision whether to express her loyalty to her family or to the law under Creon ’s rule, in which she ultimately chooses her family. The first image that is under the family side of the poster is a picture of Antigone and her two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles. After the death of her father, Oedipus, Antigone had a sense of responsibility to return to Thebes to try and save her brothers from a fight that was most likely going to end in death. When she arrived, she was given news that they had both died, but only Eteocles had a proper burial.
Loyalty is something you have to earn, you can't just receive it from someone and is used in everyday life weather it's towards your family or your friends. There are many things you could be loyal to; the state, gods, family, friends, and many more but there were two important once clearly mentioned in both the article and Antigone. The people in Antigone and “Loyal dog ran away from home to find his dead master's grave - and has stayed by its side for six years.” didn't just receive it they did good deeds to friends and family. There are many things you could be loyal to; the state, gods, family, friends, and many more but there were only few important examples clearly mentioned in both the article and Antigone. In the article stated and Antigone, there are many similarities and differences regarding the types of loyalty and can relate and put these types of loyalty to use in my personal life.
According to Webster’s dictionary, loyalty means: “Giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution.” Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, there are multiple characters who display loyalty to one another, but three characters in particular stand out the most. Benvolio’s constant concern for Romeo’s well-being shows that his allegiance is to Romeo above all others. The Nurse’s mother-like care of Juliet is an exemplary character of her loyalty towards Juliet. Friar Lawrence’s deliberate planning shows his constant support for Romeo. In all of these instances of loyalty, the characters are showing where their allegiances lie despite great inner
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the central and most important line which contributes to understanding the play is “Deny thy father and refuse thy name” (Shakespeare II, ii, 34), because of how it shows the clear conflict of the two families, the impact this has on the levels of loyalty between Romeo and Juliet, and finally the greater outcome which this has on both families in the end regarding the ‘turning of backs’. Primarily, this quote demonstrates the clear conflict between the families, and also how this is the main reason that Romeo and Juliet may not be together. This line demonstrates that Romeo and Juliet’s love already comes from a rough place in life, and that it can only proceed to grow when both Romeo and
Ever since the 1500s, the use of teen rebellion has been used as a theme in many works of film and pieces of literature. The theme is usually portrayed in music as punk rock music, such as the band Twisted Sister, or as a romance in a film, such as Romeo and Juliet. However, the use of the theme is not clear to some people, usually forgotten about or lost amidst the film/novel. Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” is a prime illustration of a teen rebellion, for two star crossed lovers entangled in a family feud are destined to die. The film “Mulan” is also an adequate example of teen rebellion, having a close comparison with the character Juliet with an addition of differences. Raising the question of what is the cause of this
Normally when people think of the play Romeo and Juliet, they think of love as it’s central component; Star crossed lovers who meet a tragic end because of a family fude. Not only is this play an investigation into the nature of true or not so true love, it's so much more. Shakespeare plays around with the idea of loyalty. Different kinds of loyalty are pited against each other from friends and family to love and the state. Different characters have to decide where their loyalties lie, and what happens when people's loyalties are different or not strong enough, or perhaps even too strong.
Teen Defiance Do you know what the story of “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”? It is about two teenagers who fall in love but aren’t supposed to be together due to differences of Juliet’s family being montagues well Romeo’s family were capulets, but they disobeyed and got married not thinking about they’re families. There were only two people who knew about their marriage which was the priest who married them and the nurse who had raised Juliet. Teenage Rebellion is a common thing even back then.
Teenage rebellion is often used in movies, songs, and books. Many people believe teens rebelling is a good attention grabber, hence why it is used frequently. Romeo and Juliet is a well known example, it is a generic example, to the extent where many other stories obtain the same storyline, for instance Aladdin and Mulan. Teenage Rebellion grabs your attention and can be interesting because the teen’s actions can be surprising as well as their consequences.
Romeo struggles between his dedication to love and his dedication to honor throughout Romeo and Juliet as well as staying true to his family's side in the feud. Although in the beginning Romeo seemed to only "falls in love" with girls because of their looks, but, after being with Juliet, Romeo showed readers that with her it was more than just her beauty that he was in love with. Along with Romeo made sure to stick with Juliet all the way through until he found out that Juliet died and not fighting Tybalt because they were related after Romeo got married to Juliet until after he had good reason to fight. Romeo disregards the families feud after he finds out that Juliet is a capulet and even goes as far as trying to mend the families feud by