Margery was sitting alone in her deck chair overlooking the pebbled beaches of Westward Ho! Where she moved after her and her husband retired. She was reading Romeo and Juliet to herself for comfort, and she thought back to the time she read the book to the love of her life. She reminisced about her time in the RAF hospital during World War two. It all started on a cold, dark and gloomy night, where all you could see in the sky was planes being blown up over the Northfork coastline . Margery was looking up at the sky imagining everything that was going on. She suddenly heard a siren going off, and instantly knew what it meant, a plane had gone down and there was men who needed help. Margery rushed to the front to help out in anyway possible, she was there and that was when she saw him lying there on a stretcher being rushed into surgery, he was screaming in agony because the pain was too much for him to bear. Margery knew that the screaming was a good thing because it meant that his burns were not that deep and he could be saved. Margery rushed into the infirmary to help care for the rest of the men that were taken down in the bombings by the Luftwaffe, a swarm of the Messerschmitt 109 after their bombing raid over London. She knew it was going to be a …show more content…
This was when she decided that she would go and sit by his bedside every night until he woke up and got better, even if it took months, she knew she couldn't be without him. So every night after her shift ended she would go to her room and get her favorite book, Romeo and Juliet and read it to him act by act and telling him what she thought about it and how she felt it should have happened. It had been months of Margery sitting by Harold's bedside and she had read Romeo and Juliet to him about 3 times now and her opinion had changed everytime she read it so it never got
‘Tomorrow When the War Began’ is a young adult novel written by John Marsden. This adventure/Action starts off with the main characters, Ellie (narrator), Lee, Robyn, Homer, Fi, Corrie and Kevin heading off into the bush for a camping trip, there are some signs of the coming conflict but they don’t pay much attention to them. After returning home from their trip they find the whole town taken hostage at the Showground. After a finding out as much information as possible their priorities rapidly change to staying alive. This essay is an in-depth analysis of how the main characters grow and change, how the setting impacts the story, symbols and their meaning, the main message of this novel and how the structure
Does love really conquer all or is it destiny who determines the lover’s fate? Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Play, is a story about two “star-crossed lovers” (Shakespeare Prologue.6) whose love is fatal because of their opposing families and misfortunate events lead the couple to their death. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses the motif of destiny to suggest that destiny is inevitable because everyone has their own fate for a reason which cannot be altered no matter the great lengths taken.
When Juliet finds out that Tybalt has been killed and Romeo is in exile, for killing Tybalt, Juliet feels both passionate about Romeo and disappointed in both Romeo and herself, which reveal her inner struggle. In Act 3, Juliet’s Nurse comes back with this news that Tybalt is dead and that Romeo is such an awful person for killing him. Juliet fights back at the Nurse, and herself, for speaking bad about Romeo. She claims, ““Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name, When I, thy three hours' wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.” (3.2.99-101). This shows that Juliet is passionate about Romeo, because first of all, she says that she was wrong to say bad things about her husband.
In this essay I will be looking at how Shakespeare presents love in Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet from lines 18 through to 127. After reading the majority of act 2 scene 2 we are now able to understand and interpret Shakespeare’s language and language devices further. Act 2 Scene two is set in the shadow beneath Juliet’s bedroom window, with Romeo hiding in the darkness. Romeo listens on as Juliet speaks of her love for Romeo to what she thought was the darkness however as we as the audience know Romeo is able to hear everything she is saying. Once Romeo has revealed he is below Juliet in the garden the two begin to exchange expressions of devotion for one another, this is what we will be unravelling in this essay to understand and
In Romeo and Juliet we learn how Shakespeare uses vivid language to build character and depth in their roles. Shakespeare was a poet, playwright and an actor with a great love for language. Shakespeare was of great importance when it came down to the moulding and developing of the English language. Shakespeare had such an immense love for language that he created neologisms that we use in everyday life. Some of these neologisms he created include words such as puke, lonely, bedroom, democracy etc. in the play he developed numerous characters that played incredibly believable roles. An example of how Shakespeare made his characters believable was Tybalt, who spoke only forty lines in the entire play. Though he
When analysing Romeo and Juliet it becomes apparent that while the two main characters’ lives were said to be predetermined by fate, it is Romeo's deep love for Juliet that acts as the catalyst that sets his fate into motion. Romeo was bound to love juliet but it was Romeo’s deep love for juliet that gets Romeo in to trouble. Additionally, Romeo gets to caught up in the one and only love of his life and when all the sudden it was gone he decided to kill himself. Although Romeo stated, “with love's light wings did I o’erperch these walls”( 2.2.73-75). This would prove that know matter what happens romeo will always go after Juliet/love Juliet. Ultimately, it is Romeo who is to romantic therefor creating the fate for himself and Juliet.
In 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare portrays different aspects and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fateful love between Romeo and Juliet although the play also displays platonic love, maternal love and aspects of adolescent love.
A disaster is an abrupt or hasty event, such as a catastrophe or accident, that causes great damage or loss of lives. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the star-crossed lovers fall victim to a disaster that consequently makes them lose their lives. The main fault for the disaster lies with Rosaline, Lord Capulet, and Friar Lawrence.
Can teenagers really handle marriage? In the beautiful city of Verona, where our story takes place, a long-standing hatred between two families erupts into new violence, and citizens stain their hands with the blood of their fellow citizens. Two unlucky children of these two families become lovers and commit suicide. Their unfortunate deaths put an end and commit suicide. Their unfortunate deaths put an end to their parents’ feud. (Prologue 1-7) When heartbroken Romeo sees Juliet they fall in love; furthermore he gets over Rosaline another girl he had loved before and found out that she didn’t love him. This is love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their deaths. But also both of their parents for not ending the feud before hand.
In Act II, scene v, Juliet’s caretaker, the nurse, goes to Romeo for details regarding his upcoming marriage with Juliet. When she returns, she teases Juliet by purposefully not telling her Romeo’s message, and they engaging in a friendly banter. Many exchanges later, the nurse finally tells Juliet the news, and the nurse helps prepare Juliet for the important things that are to come. Juliet’s dialogue with the nurse and change of tone characterize their relationship. Juliet and the nurse share a loving, yet playful relationship.
During the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare manages to effectively depict the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. One way he achieves this is by creating sympathy for Romeo and Juliet, which consequently affects the reader and audience of the play. Three ways in which Shakespeare is able to create sympathy for them is through the general setting and plot structure, the language used, and also the characterisation of Romeo and Juliet.
Friar Laurence said, “For his alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancor.” (II i 99-100) One couple in love and full of strife. William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s life changed in one night. Their families had conflict full of immunity. They fall in love and get married, but they cannot be together. Romeo gets banished from Verona for slaying Tybalt. Romeo and Juliet end up killing both themselves. Friar Laurence and the Nurse are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, for persuading them to do bad stuff, for encouraging them to stay together, and for helping them out.
n Shakespeare's play Othello many issues are undertaken and explored. The three women play a vital role in this. Only one of the women in this play survives. All the women have no separate identity within the play; all three are married or associated with a male character. Bianca is the mistress of Cassio, Emilia is married to Iago and Desdemona is married with Othello. According to the time that the play was written in and the general hierarchy within Venetian society men hold all the power and women are considered to be of low intellect. Yet it is the women that speak the most sense throughout the play and it is also the women that are able to trust other characters in the play. Each woman represents a different social level, Desdemona
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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' Erich Fromm. Romeo and Juliet is based on immature love, and is not a true love story. Love is a great source of passion throughout the world. Though love is considered a good emotion, it can also be one of the biggest flaws a person can have. When one is in love, they will basically do anything to be with the one they love. They don’t care about the number of rules they break, or how much they change themselves, as long as they can be with the one they truly love. They may take drastic measures from defying their parents and friends to committing suicide. Shakespeare shows the power of love and the