Juliet: The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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 William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations in Romeo and Juliet through various language techniques and structure. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers. Both Romeo and Juliet were from feuding families that would not approve of their marriage. In the play they are presented with many difficult circumstances. The play was set in the Elizabethan era; there was a significant change in religion, family and politics. Attitudes and key scenes highlight the theme of love in difficult circumstances and prepare the audience for Romeo and Juliet’s suicides at the end of the play. In this essay I will be exploring the ways Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is the question we hear so many times as children. Yet, growing up does not necessarily mean becoming an adult. Rather, growing up is the change within one’s self that is illustrated by a heightened awareness, the ability to think reasonably, and the proficiency to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner. In adolescence, we turn to the adults in our lives to aid us in understanding our choices as we become increasingly responsible for our own actions. During this time in our lives, adults with worldly experience direct us down the path of good judgment in order that we may learn how to make good decisions. They near essential to us, even though not everyone has this advantage. William Shakespeare’s famous and celebrated tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, depicts several instances in which the title characters, though still naïve, behave more responsibly and maturely than the misguided adult figures in their lives–those of the Houses of Capulet and Montague, especially Juliet’s parents, and the culpable Friar Laurence.

‘’For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo’’ – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers and their lives are cut short by death. Are family wishes hazardous, or is it deadly to have flaws? Is the victim at fault here? In the play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare provides several of actions and influences that caused Juliet’s tragedy. The death of Juliet can be blamed on multiple factors. It is clear that she is partially to blame because of her personality flaw but also external forces such as family expectations played a role in her death.

As a freshman at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, I took the writing class WTNG 102 Section 31, taught by Professor Ramey. All undergraduate students must receive at least a 70 as a final grade in the class prior to being enrolled in Critical Writing, WTNG 200 or 220. Entering college, I was most worried about taking Expository Writing because writing has never been one of my strengths. I have always struggled with writing transitions, and have made endless grammatical mistakes, including comma splices and tense changes. I hoped that Expository Writing would help me with these writing mistakes. Another thing that I hoped that WTNG 102 would do for my writing is that it would… Over the semester, I wrote a total of four papers with three different learning objectives and specific understandings. The first paper, “The Real Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” shows my understanding of rhetorical knowledge. The second paper, “What is a Discourse Community?” shows my understanding of discourse community knowledge. The third paper, “Genre Analysis” shows my understanding of genre knowledge. Through these three papers, I have achieved the learning outcomes in rhetorical knowledge, discourse community knowledge, and genre knowledge.

What if The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, wasn't a tragedy. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's classic plays and a timeless piece. As popular as it is for it's ending, we can't help but wonder if suicide was the answer to stop the family feud. I believe that this play wouldn't have been a tragedy if it wasn't for two lords, Tybalt, and Friar Luarence.

The tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet are not the fault of just one person; it is the fault of many. In fact, the blame could be placed on each character – if anyone acted in a different way, there could have been a different ending. Some had a greater impact on their deaths than others however, namely the families and the feud, the Friar Lawrence, Mercutio, Balthasar and Romeo & Juliet themselves. Some may argue for other characters, but the actions of these five ultimately had a more prominent effect on their suicide. One of the factors most to blame is the families’ feud and the restrictions it placed upon the young lovers.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet, which are houses that loathe each other in Verona, Italy. Romeo and Juliet believe they have fallen in love in a few hours and they are married by Friar Lawrence. Soon after, Romeo is in a fight and slays Tybalt, and is banished to Mantua. Juliet’s parents don’t know about her wedding so they plan she will marry Paris, but to fix the situation, she begs for a potion from Friar Lawrence which makes her seem dead, so she is taken into a tomb. Romeo believes she is dead, and he kills Paris and then himself, but Juliet wakes up and she sees Romeo is dead, so she kills herself. Friar Lawrence caused all of the trouble in Romeo and Juliet because he married them without

Romeo and Juliet: A True Tragedy An Aristotelian tragedy consists of several different aspects. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the main characters contain a tragic flaw, or hamartia, that contributes to their fall from esteem or regal status. Additionally, the audience experiences pity and fear evoked by Shakespeare for the duration of the play. Furthermore, the two star-crossed lovers undergo a catastrophe at the end of the tragedy, where the characters meet a tragic and horrendous death. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a true Aristotelian tragedy because both Romeo and Juliet possess a tragic flaw, a catastrophe takes place in which both characters meet a tragic death, and the audience is aroused with pity and fear.

Romeo and Juliet: The Greatest Love Story Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Lancelot and Guinevere, and Paris and Helena are some of the best and most know love stories of all time. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare stands far above all of these, and is definitely the greatest love story ever written. This play is renowned for its passion and is one of the most viewed plays ever, being republished twice in Shakespeare's lifetime. This story also contains several different kinds of love.

Romeo & Juliet Critique The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare was in the 18th century in a place called Verona, Italy. Shakespeare illustrates about how sometimes that life can be unfair or not, but it’s not worth dying for when something bad happens to them or not. There were two young people that are Romeo and Juliet, they fall in love when they first saw each other and later on, they get married because it was unfair when both families hated each other when they don’t want them to fall in love. Then, when Mercutio fought Tybalt and Romeo fight Tybalt, both Mercutio and Tybalt died during the fighting. Lastly, when Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves because when life was unfair to them.

“For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”(RandJ. 5.3.320-321) The tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet has long torn at the heartstrings of people everywhere. But who was most responsible for it?? The tragedy Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare

A Doomed Relationship Between two Lovers Star-crossed lovers defined as lovers whose relationship was doomed from the beginning and was said to end in tragedy, by that of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare describes Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers” because their fate and destiny was said to be set in the stars from the day they met, till the day they died. Although not set in the stars commendable, set in the stars to be doomed for their fate. Romeo and Juliet were apart of two different families feuding with each, obviously their fate wasn’t going to work out, although a friar in the play was trying to conclude the feuding between the families.

The ideology that everything in the universe has a specific place and rank in order of their hierarchy importance created by God is known as the concept of The Great Chain of Being. The order of this concept consisted levels according to highest rank to the lowest accordingly: God, angels, humanity, animals, vegetation life, leading all the way down to crud. Within each category, more specific classification existed, placing these subcategories in a specific order. This concept was believed to be a way to keep the universe in order. As this was believed during Elizabethan times, William Shakespeare also believed in the Great Chain of Being, as many of his plays are prominently based on this concept. Some of his plays include characters that accept their place on the Chain, but others are not so complacent. By examining three different characters from Shakespeare’s tragedies, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and The Tragedy of King Lear, it is obvious to readers who is content with their place on the Chain and which characters have a difficult time accepting their place. Romeo and Juliet do not obey their parents’ orders, therefore suffer harsh consequences towards the end of the play. Macbeth is another Shakespearean character that violates the Chain, due to the committing of several murders, in order to gain the throne. In stark contrast, Cordelia, is content with her place on the Chain as she does not want anything greater in life, unlike her

1 In an attempt to remake “Keith” so it is more like the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet, I will give Keith Romeo-like characteristics at the beginning and have him die in the end to add more tragic elements to the short story. This also strengthens Barbara’s love for Keith, and perhaps she will kill herself like Juliet does if I really want to make the short story resemble Romeo and Juliet. These two changes make “Keith” more like Romeo and Juliet because by making the characters from “Keith” act more like the characters from Romeo and Juliet, I set up the base for a tragic downfall. Keith also has an open ending about whether Keith lives or not, which I will use to my advantage. Having Keith die and Barbara soon after would certainly be akin to the famous play.