Loyalty In Romeo And Juliet

In the two stories The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisby they both were star-crossed lovers and made their own choices throughout the stories. For example they chose to love each other even though they knew it wouldn't end well. Personal choices affect the characters more than destiny because they decided to get married and they killed themselves.

Loyalty is a type of love that has to do with trust for a person or group. Shakespeare shows loyalty for the Capulets when he wrote,”Here comes two/ of the house of Montagues./ My naked weapon is out. Quarrel! I will back thee.”(1.1.30-32). This quote shows the loyalty the Capulets have for their household. This scene displays

In the poem, Juliet expresses three main traits: caution, passion, and loyalty. Juliet is extremely cautious when it comes to Romeus as she worries that his intentions are misguided. She demonstrates this when she proclaims, “But if by wanton love and by unlawful suit You think in ripest years to pluck my maidenhood's dainty fruit, You are beguiled.” (Lines 86-88). However, once Romeus assures her of his love for her, her loyalty can be clearly seen. Juliet vows that she will remain loyal by stating, “Both me and mine I will all whole to you betake, And following you whereso you go, my father's house forsake.” (Lines 84-85). Essentially, she would abandon her family to be with him. Finally, her passion ties in with her desires. The author notes that “of both that she rejoicéd more” and she says, “For you, mine own, once dead, what joy should I have here?” These quotes not only demonstrate her passion for Romeus, but it also proves that above all else, she desires to be

The theme of loyalty is present in the short story “After Twenty Years.” The two main characters are friends, but while one of the friends named Silky Bob is loyal to his friend Jimmy Wells, Jimmy was more loyal to his job. “I (Silky Bob) know Jimmy will meet me here if he’s alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world.” This quote took place when Silky Bob had hope

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

An example of loyalty can be directly taken from William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. However, Shakespeare’s play showed that loyalty can be taken to extremes and result in conflict and tragedy. The biggest case of this “extreme loyalty” was brought out in Romeo’s suicide after thinking that Juliet was dead. As Juliet was so loyal to Romeo, she faked her own death to get out of marrying Paris. Even though she was somewhat forced into that position, it was still an irrational act. Romeo makes it worse by committing suicide on seeing what he thought was Juliet’s dead body. His loyalty was so extreme that he wanted to join her in death. While pressure from both their families drove them to their final deadly decisions, it was their extreme, irrational loyalty to each other that caused the tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Although to the reader it might seem absolutely illogical to commit suicide to get out of a marriage in order to

When a person is loyal, they show allegiance to someone or an idea. An excellent example of a loyal character can be found in, “The King of Mazy May.” Walt Masters shows loyalty by protecting his neighbor’s land, even when it meant risking his own life. “Walt lay in the snow, thinking rapidly. He was only a boy, but in the face of the threatened injustice against old lame Loren Hall he felt that he must do something. He waited and watched, with his mind made up, till he saw the men began to square up new stakes. Then he crawled away till out of hearing, and broke into a run for the camp of the stampeders.” Walt shows his allegiance to his neighbor even in dangerous circumstances which is the definition of loyalty.

Loyalty is the quality of showing constant and complete support to one another. It is about the people who stay behind your back like family and friends you can trust. Similarly, the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare shows a great deal of loyalty by Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo. Loyalty and disloyalty is shown by Juliet whom betray loyalty to her parents by loving the son of their enemy, Friar Lawrence whom stays loyal to his friendship with Romeo by helping them hide the relationship and risking his life and Romeo posterior the death of Mercutio.

Loyalty is perhaps the most important characteristic a person can possess. Loyalty is defined by Google as “giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution.” In the books Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Stone , this definition is exploited both in a positive and negative way. In Romeo and Juliet loyalty is a characteristic that both characters acquire along their journey and it has an ennobling effect on them. While in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , Sir Gawain is displayed as being a loyal man, but then he becomes perfidious because of his selfish way and it cost him his respect and nobleness.

Sophecles's play Antigone shows that loyalty can be a horrible thing. Loyalty to one person does not always end up in a good way, Antigone's loyalty to her brother, Haimon's loyalty to Antigone, and the peoples' loyalty to Creon are all examples of how loyalty can go wrong. There is one thing to learn from Antigone, be careful who you are loyal

One example, is Dally is loyal to Johnny. Johnny was constantly abused at home and had nobody to love and care for him. However, Dally was the fatherly figure in Johnny's life and he always had his back. Also, when Ponyboy and Johnny came to Dally for help after he murdered Bob, Dally told them everything they needed to know and helped them throughout their journey. Along with that, during the fire at the church, Ponyboy and Johnny plunged into the flames to save the kids. They were all burning, thus Dally went into the fire, but he did not go for the kids, he went for Johnny. Dally needed Johnny. Most importantly, when Johnny dies, Dally is heartbroken and he decides to get himself shot. Dally did this because he could not live in a world without Johnny. They completed each other. Their loyalty was uncomparable and Dally got shot on purpose because he wanted to be with Johnny forever. Another example, is the loyalty between the relationship of Ponyboy and Sodapop. Soda was always loyal to Pony because Ponyboy went to Soda for everything. Such as, comfort and advice. That is a bond of loyalty between two brothers that will never be broken. GIVE

Throughout William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar and Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, loyalty is strongly presented as a major motif. In both texts, loyalty is highly valued as one of the most important traits to a person’s character. Not only do the loyal characters receive better fates, but those who are not loyal are punished for the actions, usually through revenge. In Julius Caesar, the characters that remained loyal to Caesar are the few who wind up alive at the end of the play, and in The Odyssey, those who remained loyal to Odysseus were rewarded by Odysseus, and those who weren’t were killed.

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

Loyalty is being faithful to commitments and obligations. On the other hand there are many ways to display loyalty. One can be loyal to a person, political party, country, religion, or cause. The list is seemingly endless. William Shakespeare’s play King Lear exhibits many forms of loyalty, but one that shines particularly is loyalty to ones selfish needs. However there is a limit to loyalty which most over look. The characters Cordelia, the emotional King Lear, and the vile Edmund all manifest their loyalty to their own self, and all meet their demise. The limit to loyalty is death.

someone’s back even though they might’ve stabbed you in yours. When you have loyalty, you don’t leave someone just because they said something mean about you or you heard something from someone else. They might have hurt you, or you might’ve gotten into an argument, but at the end of the day you will always be best friends. When you have loyalty is doesn’t matter what they said or what they did, you love them anyway. Similarly, how Romeo and Juliet get married behind their parents’ backs. Also, how when Romeo thought that Juliet was dead, he went and got a poison and killed himself. Another example is when Tybalt kept his loyalty to the Capulet family by killing Mercutio.