Expectations In Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers take their lives after their family feud reignites . A variety of decisions along with circumstance no one person could account for set the story of Romeo and Juliet up to be a tragedy. Many of the decisions in the play are made quickly and while emotions are running high, so frequently they result in bad outcomes. So, the rash and impulsive decisions made by men in Romeo and Juliet create the problems within the play.

Secondly, the ‘ancient grudge’ between the two household is an aspect of fate that can be deemed responsible for the lovers’ deaths. Shakespeare describes the feud between the Montagues and Capulets as ancient, meaning it has been going on for a very long time. Consequently, there were ongoing brawls occurring in the streets of Verona and as a result of this feud many characters are driven to extreme behaviours, including Tybalt and Mercutio. If this ancient grudge had not existed then there would be no reason for them to have a duel, however, as it did exist they had no other choice. Tybalt is furious that Romeo, a Montague, had come into the Capulet household and wanted to take action. He decided to duel with Romeo but as he didn’t want to Mercutio accepted the offer. This specific duel between Tybalt and Mercutio was the undoing of the lovers’ lives. After Tybalt had killed Mercutio, Romeo felt pity and sought revenge and ended up killing Tybalt

Moments before, Romeo thinks that he could never harm Tybalt, as he has married Juliet, Tybalt now his kin. Romeo states that he “love[s] [Tybalt] better than [Tybalt] canst devise” (3.1.70). But by the death of his dear friend, instead of his love for Tybalt, his heart now despises him. His anger is shown when “for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above [their] heads,” as his hate is born towards Tybalt, whom he had just moments before loved, stating that “[his] name [he] tender as dearly” as his own (3.1.72-73,131-132). His hate turns murderous as he tells Tybalt that Mercutio is “staying for thine to keep him company” (3.1.133). As Romeo states that “thou or I, or both, must go with him” (3.1.134), the duel breaks out, leaving Tybalt slain, his kinsmen now his foe. The hate and revenge that Romeo felt caused love to turn to zeal for Tybalt's blood. His belief that he must not hurt his kinsmen but love him, the reminder that fights were not allowed by the prince, ended with the spilled blood of Mercutio. The death of his friend turned love to hate, the hate that killed

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy play written by Shakespeare. It is set in Verona, Italy during the 13th century, two noble families are feuding and two young lovers, one from each family fall in love. Romeo and Juliet have to keep their love a secret due to the ongoing war between their families. This suggests that their relationship with their parents is not one of trust. Relationships between children and parents then and now are very different because today parents are much closer to their children emotionally however in the time the play was set in the parents and children were distant from each other, this may be because nowadays parents are the prime carers but then people would

Secondly Tybalt sends a decree for a fight and he kills Mercutio. This is shown by “I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I”. This reveals that Mercutio wants to have a fight with Tybalt. Tybalt wants to have a fight with Romeo the most but Mercutio gets in the way. Mercutio feels that he must stand by the Montague’s. He feels he needs to be a true Montague and fight. Romeo retaliates and kills Tybalt in anger and revenge for his friend. This is apparent in the line “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. This conveys that Romeo felt he had to get revenge for Mercutio but he really didn’t mean to kill Tybalt and couldn’t believe that he’d actually done it.

In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, social expectations about gender significantly contribute to the tragic ending of the play. That daughters always should obey their parents in the case of marriage and that men have ‘to keep their honour’ even if it comes to violence are just some mere examples of these backward expectations. They strip both males and females of the liberty to make common, taken-for-granted decisions, and come with no profit; only causing the untimely death of the play’s main characters.

Romeo and Juliet shows how the story of true love can break the ancient grudge between two families. The conflict in the story is Capulets against Montagues. 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 led to fighting and even death.

When Romeo and Juliet first meet, they are unaware they are the children of the feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets; they build a relationship unaware of any consequences that rises.

The two family heads have held onto their feelings of hate and it has not done them any good, if anything it has got them into worse situations. Romeo and Juliet's parents might have even approved of their marriage if they had forgiven the other family. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Montague's wife says to Lord Capulet “Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.”(Rom.1.1.78) If they had let go of the hate and resentment sooner, then perhaps the events that took place in the play would have taken a better turn. The ill feelings between the families caused these rapid events in “Romeo and Juliet”, and if they had resolved their problem earlier they could have easily avoided a

Tybalt surprisingly stabbed Mercutio under Romeo's arm and it, unfortunately, killed him. ¨Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall faint. A plague o´ both your houses! They have made worms´ meat of me. I have it, And soundly too. Your houses!¨ (3.1.104-107). These were Mercutio's final words before he died. This was his way of cursing both the Capulet and Montague families because of what had happened. If there was no feud between the two families from the start there would have been piece for Verona, for the families. They all would've gotten along and there wouldn't have been so much hate coming from Tybalt to cause him to kill Mercutio.

Romeo doesn’t care that they are at feud, he just cares about Juliet, which he is madly in love with. Tybalt doesn’t want to be associated with Romeo or even see him. He feels that he is a villain to people. Romeo doesn’t mean to be a villain, he just wants to have a conversation with Tybalt, but Tybalt thinks he wants to fight. Since Romeo and Tybalt had a little misunderstanding, Mercutio was killed on accident when he was trying to separate them. Since Mercutio was killed, Romeo felt like he needed to get revenge and kill Tybalt. After he killed Tybalt and was banished from Verona he has realized what he has done and now feels bad about it. Romeo didn’t mean to fall in love with Juliet, but because he did most of this

In one scene of this romantic tragedy, there is a fight between multiple characters, resulting in two deaths. Tybalt on the side of the Capulets, and Mercutio on the side of the Montagues. The feud was the sole reason this happened. Tybalt was raised to absolutely despise Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio, and vice versa. If the feud had not existed, the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio would have been prevented, as well as Romeo’s banishment, which eventually lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

In the play Romeo and Juliet, the parents expect hatred between both families. Growing up, the Montagues were always taught to hate the Capulets and the Capulets were always taught to hate the Montagues. The kids were always told that the other family is a bad family and that they would never