Grey Areas In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet effectively appropriates the Shakespearean 16th century love tragedy. So why has Luhrmann decided to appropriate Romeo and Juliet? By changing the context, Luhrmann effectively makes the play relevant, discussing his contextual concerns of the 1990’s. This is done through the use of themes in the film, love, family disputes and hate which have remained similar to the original play, although the way they have been presented are different, in particular the form and characters. The form has had an obvious change as the original play has been adapted into a film. Characters in the film have also been appropriated to correspond with Luhrmann's contextual concerns. Hence, Luhrmann successfully appropriates the original Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet by maintaining similar themes, but altering the form and characterisation to fit his contextual concerns.

The human condition is a topic that William Shakespeare used widely. Almost every work of his explores the depths of the human mind like no other. This term refers to the darkest parts of the human psyche; we are full of dark morals and flaws, no matter how enlightened one may seem. One of his most notable plays, Romeo and Juliet, includes star-crossed lovers, murder, grief, and hatred. Every character Shakespeare wrote in had a specific role in shaping and accelerating the story with their flaws and motivations.

“Romeo and Juliet” is a fictional book about the love of two star-crossed lovers who come to a brutal end due to their family fued. This book has been recreated in many different ways, whether it is the whole book or just a scene. It has been made into books, movies, musicals, posters, and plays. The author William Shakespeare published this book in 1597, yet still to this day, it is being recreated. Romeo and Juliet from Stratford Festival, Mercury Theatre, and the book itself are three examples of amazing recreations.

When Juliet hears that the wedding has been moved up to the next day, she drinks the

“I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes; And but thou love me, let me find me here. My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.” (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, line 14-17) Romeo and Juliet first saw each other at a ball and fell in love right then and there, but they couldn’t be together because their family hated each other. This scene shows a mood of romance because they couldn’t see each other but they found ways to still be able to see each other.

Two kids, madly in love, both kill themselves. A destined love turned dark, with murder and suicide. Not every story has an ideal, happy ending. This is the case for William Shakespeare's famous play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Both main characters wed in private, despite being in enemy households. Romeo then kills his wife’s kinsman and is exiled from the city of Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s being arranged to marry another, and fakes her death as an escape goat. After of lack of communication, Romeo decides he should die with his star crossed lover, not realizing she is actually just asleep, and minutes away from awaking. However, when Juliet rises to find her lover dead, she ends

Many plays and other types of literary works use dramatic foil to portray the different extremes of emotional and personality spectrums through characters. In the play, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare used many of his characters to portray dramatic foil in his scenes. While Shakespeare did use dramatic foil, he used more than one type, he used his characters to create dramatic foils that would draw in the audience and develop the characters being used by having the two extremes make each other stand out.

Summary of verse 14. Significantly, the names of Christ in this letter reveal his divinity. Previously the title ὁ Ἀμήν was a title reserved only for God the Father in the Old Testament. This name clearly indicates that Christ is indeed the son of the living God, the second person of the Trinity. Therefore Christ as the being the truth, signifies that He is the certainty of the fulfillment of God’s promises (2 Cor. 1:20) “For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.” This name of Christ also indicates that the truth of His word is guaranteed by his character and attributes. Christ as the Amen, is indeed the absolute truth personified.

Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses different literary devices to represent the love between the two star-crossed lovers. He tries to present love in many ways throughout the play, mainly through friendship and betrayal.Shakespeare uses Imagery to convey love through different perspectives as well as different types of imagery as Romeo is described as an individual who tries to express his love through poetry and religion, as Romeo is fickle, tends to fall in love quicky.

In a society where our everyday lives are surrounded by an atmosphere of haste, it is vital to look back and reflect on the effect our rushed actions have on ourselves and the ones around us. An example of a piece of literature that comments on the impacts of our actions is the piece “Romeo and Juliet”. Throughout the play, the author Shakespeare enunciates the drastic repercussions produced by impetuous decision making in personal relationships. This is clearly exemplified by the following passages. The first example of this behaviour is when Juliet swears her vows to her beloved Romeo on a whim during their first meeting, creating strain and discord within her family. A second example occurs when, Tybalt goes against the word of his Lord, acting rashly on his emotions, holding a grudge towards Romeo, seeking him out and inciting his death. And ultimately, the example of Romeo’s decision to take his life after hearing of Juliet’s “death”, which results in the iconic double suicide that concludes the play.

Romeo and Juliet's love burned like a never ending fire. Romeo and Juliet is a woe story about how two people loved each other that sacrificed themselves. There could be many reasons that lead to their deaths but the main one is Friar Laurence. It is Friar’s fault because when they told him he could have said no to marrying them, Friar could have not gave Juliet the potion and, Friar could have left right after he gave the potion to Juliet to go and tell Romeo the plan.

Death means the ending of life. Death could also be a beautiful or tragic scene of the ending of life. The after life can be a tragic or a beautiful place. These views on death can be expressed with written literature including poems. “Cremation of Sam Mcgee” by Robert Service, Prologue to Romeo and Juliet, by William shakespeare, and “Annabelle Lee” By Edgar Allen Poe all have something in commo:death can be either beautiful or tragic. “The Cremation of Sam Mcgee’ can show readers that death can be very tragic. Much like the first poem Prologue to Romeo and Juliet shows that death can also be very tragic. Contradicting these poems “Annabel Lee’ shoes that death can be a very beautiful event. The three poems can show the reader that death can leave a hole in your heart or can can make your heart even bigger and happier.

William Shakespeare, the well known playwright and poet, likes to add unique attributes into every major character of his plays such as, possibly, the most known play, Romeo and Juliet. One character that has shown rash, impetuous and impulsive behaviour in the play Romeo and Juliet, is Romeo Montague. Throughout the entire play, Romeo, makes rash decisions that cause significant consequences. These consequences affect many characters and some consequences result in death. Rash and impetuous characters can change the plot of the play and the final outcome of it. An early example of Romeo, acting impetuous is when he goes to Capulet’s orchard to meet Juliet. This shows his rash thinking because Romeo, acknowledges the consequences of him being found in Capulet territory, which is death. Romeo states this in the following quote; “ I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes/And but thou love me, let them find me here/My life were better ended by their hate/Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (II, ii, 75-78). This quote shows Romeo, willing to risk his life, ignoring the potential consequences, showing his stubborn behaviour. Romeo also shows his rash behaviour in the orchard when he and Juliet, impulsively decide they should marry each other the next day, proven in this quote; “We met, we woo’d, and made exchange of vow/ I’ll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray/ That thou consent to marry us to-day” (II, iii, 62-64). This shows his rash behaviour since he knows that he is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet and they are family enemies, but wants Friar Laurence to marry them today (Monday in the book) even though he just saw her for the first time yesterday. Because of this decision, dramatic irony stirs since the Capulets and the Montagues are unaware of this, other than the Nurse and Friar Laurence. Another time when Romeo acted impulsively in the play was when Romeo slays Tybalt, who is Lady Capulet’s nephew. He displays the reasoning behind his anger in this quote; “ Alive in triumph! And Mercutio slain!/ Away to heaven, respective lenity/ And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!” (III, i, 121-123). Romeo acts impulsively in this part of the play because he let his

3. Fate is defeated; destiny is duped! Romeo and Juliet have somehow survived. Write a short narrative or descriptive essay exploring their lives 5 years hence.

In 1959, only four percent of people said it was okay to marry outside of their race. Although Romeo and Juliet did not differ in color, the Capulets and Montagues had an ancient grudge that stemmed from something much different than race. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two characters fall in love. But, there is one main problem, Romeo’s and Juliet’s families are supposed to despise each other. The hate and dislike that the Montague and Capulets share for each other dates back to generations as far as their ancestors. Therefore Romeo being a Montague, and Juliet being a Capulet, means their families would not accept their desires of getting married. In varying situations, keeping a family name can be taken too far if problems like tragedies began to appear, families ignore the wishes of their children, and death starts to occur.