Romeo And Juliet Character Analysis

As the play starts to end Friar says “A thing like death to, chide away this shame, that cop’st with death himself to scape from it; and if thou darest, I’ll give there remedy.” (Act 4 scene 1 page 65). As friar said this, he was basically telling Juliet he has a way out of this marriage with Paris, but they are too hasty with death, they could've thought of another idea like running away and not having a big trouble at the end. As Romeo sees Juliet in the ending act he does “Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! Here’s to my love [Drinks] O true apothec’ry, Thy drugs are quick. [kisses her] Thus with a kiss I die. [Dies]” (Act 5 scene 3 Page 80). This reveals that Romeo found Juliet dead and kills himself her his love for her, it also shows that Romeo made a decision way too fast and put no thought in it. But as the play ended Romeo and Juliet kill themselves for each other and ends up to be a really bad

This director’s choice shows that both directors cherished and respected Shakespeare's written text. In Zeffirelli’s film, the dialogue fits in with the other aspects of the film, such as the costumes and set. since everything is traditional, but what is interesting is that the actors manage to sound very natural and comfortable with the dialogue. They managed to convey strong emotion with help of the text and entirely transformed into the characters. Since, Zefferelli's version both includes the traditional sets, costumes, and language it makes it easy for the audience to understand the original play, the film is straightforward and does not contradict the original play, making the film a credible resort for those who want to have a better understanding of the story. Unlike Zeffirelli’s version, Luhrmann’s costumes and set do not suit the dialogue, making the Shakespearean dialogue in his version both strange to watch and hear, another odd aspect is that at times the characters did not precisely mean what they were saying, for instance, when a character was talking about their sword, they were actually talking about their guns named sword, consequently, this made the dialogue confusing to follow at times. Nevertheless, the actors in both films managed to execute an admirable performance and did Shakespeare's text

In the very last scene of the play, Romeo goes back to Verona to go lay with his “dead” wife – who is actually under the influence of a death-like drug – after hearing from his servant about her death. He travels with his trustworthy servant all the way to the tomb, but when they reach the tomb, Romeo asks for his servant to leave. Romeo, in his obsession-driven self, threatens to tear his servant limb from limb and scatter his remains across the graveyard if he doesn’t leave Romeo. This shows that Romeo is losing himself. He isn’t just a man who likes the idea of love, he’s a man who drives himself insane with the idea of love. Even though his love for Juliet can be summed down to beauty, his mind amplifies his feelings for her. Towards the end of Act 5, Scene 3, Romeo drinks poison to “join” Juliet in her death. Romeo even goes as far as to call the poison a cordial because he believes that it will heal him – heal his pain of not being with Juliet. This shows that, Romeo’s obsessive nature made his irrational decision seem rational. A relationship to heal him from his pain of Rosaline turned into a relationship that ended with death. His mind created his feelings towards Juliet, yet he continued to let himself be deceived. His made-up passion-driven obsession with Juliet ultimately led to his

Paris Ferrari page was on scene and able to comment “I was their, Paris was planting flowers on the Capulet tomb when the vile Romeo came to desecrate the tomb. Paris’s love for Juliet made him stand up to Romeo and a fight ensued, that is when I went to call the watchman.” The Prince was able to comment and said “This is a very sad time for both families, and a very tragic event for our city. They were all very young and had bright futures ahead of them. From the friars story we believe that the friar gave Juliet a potion to make her seem dead so that she wouldn't have to marry Paris. He told us that he secretly married Romeo and Juliet and that they loved each other. He sent a letter to Mantua where romeo was exiled to unfortunately the letter was never received by Romeo and because of that he came here to kill himself and that was when the fight between Paris and romeo happened and then romeo committed suicide beside his wife Juliet before she woke up and then killed herself with a dagger. Romeo also brought a letter with him to send to his

When Romeo went to Juliet's grave to see her Paris would not let him go. The reasoning for this is Paris thought Romeo came to cause trouble. " And here is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies." and " O, I am slain!" Act five, scene three, and pages 224 and 225.

Paris spent a considerable amount of time requesting Juliet’s hand to her stubborn father. Paris is not family of the Capulets, but he was to marry their daughter, he would stand in their defense. When Romeo visits Juliet’s tomb, Paris is sad and wants Juliet to be respected. Having Romeo there was an offense to him, since he thought Juliet died of grief because Romeo killed her cousin. Therefore, it would make sense he would enter into a fight with Romeo.

One of the scenes that was omitted from the play was when Juliet drinks the potion on the nurse comes in. In the play she drinks the potion and the nurse and lady Capulet come in and it shows their reaction and response to the situation and then she is taken to the vault which is where dead family members rest. In the Romeo and Juliet Film by Baz Luhrmann, soon as Juliet drinks the potion a quick flash back plays and then Juliet is rushed to hospital. Skipping the reaction scene entirely. Baz Luhrmann did this because this scene wasn’t very interesting for younger viewers and is not an important scene for the storyline.

Romeo is very rash and seeks revenge too easily. For example, he killed Tybalt. He did not need to kill Tybalt to defend his own life, and once the Prince found out that Tybalt killed Mercutio, Tybalt would have been executed and Romeo wouldn’t have been banished. Romeo also believed in fate and did nothing to fight his doomed ending. He had the ability to prevent his death and to make other more sensible decisions, but he chose not to because of fate. Romeo’s negativity because he believes in fate is very frustrating because he didn’t try to do anything to help himself or Juliet. In addition, Juliet is too innocent and doesn’t have enough experience with the power of love. This makes her not fully understand her decisions. She has never experienced the addiction of love before, and it is overpowering for her. Romeo and Juliet’s passionate love is another character flaw. Their passion for each other along with their teenage brains could be a positive trait; however, Romeo and Juliet are too extreme with their decision. Ronald Dahl, M.D. explains in his article Beyond Raging Hormones, “the emergence of religious zeal in adolescents can fuel positive humanistic efforts to feed the poor and care for the sick.” Romeo uses his zeal to kill Tybalt and Paris, which is the opposite of “positive humanistic efforts.” The two lovers channel their energy in the wrong way, and they should be punished for

Friar sends Friar John to deliver the note, but Friar John comes back with the note in hand. He claims that he was not allowed into the village and he could not find Romeo. Meanwhile, Romeo goes to an apothecary to get a potion to kill himself at Juliet’s tomb. Romeo then goes to the tomb to talk to Juliet and pay his respects. When he gets there, he is met by Paris. He is also there to pay his respects to Juliet. The two have an argument and they start to fight. This is another tragic scene because Romeo kills Paris. Romeo then says a long speech to Juliet and then he drinks the potion thinking Juliet will not wake up. The life of Romeo is no

Romeo is very lucky that he is allowed to live, but then quickly throws his happy life away because he couldn’t slow down for 2 minutes. Romeo doesn’t accept that he was so lucky not to die because the other group would gladly see him dead. Plus this group of people believe that Romeo is completely innocent. He isn’t innocent, and that’s the problem. Romeo knew that killing Tybalt would have disastrous results but he continued through the act anyways.

But little did he know Paris, Juliet's almost husband is there to do the same thing. But then goes there and picks a fight with Romeo because he thinks he is vandalizing the grave. Romeo then wins the fight by killing Paris thinking that it will make him less mad but then makes him sad. Romeo then went and put paris in the tomb. Paris probably thought that fight and maybe killing Romeo would have made him feel better about Juliet's death and maybe solve the problem of Tybalt dieing. This death is just a pointless death that could have been avoided if they realized an eye for an eye is not going to solve your

Romeo wouldn't fight and wanted to have peace with Tybalt and the families after Romeo

“For never was a story of more woe, Than this is Juliet and her Romeo.” This quote describes the storyline of the classic Romeo and Juliet extremely well. This play tells the story of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families falling into instantaneous love and doing what it took to be together. Along the way, the couple marries in secrecy and in the end, a total of six characters die, including themselves. Nowadays, people can see the many different versions and depictions of William Shakespeare’s play, such as Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 movie. Differences range from little details to an entire fighting scene being excluded from the movie.

One may ask oneself how many parts of a story can be changed until the story itself is different. One can then look at Romeo and Juliet for an answer. The text of Romeo and Juliet may have variations with the passionate 1968 film adaptation “Romeo and Juliet” and the colorful cinematic explosion of “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,” but the central idea seems to remain the same. The movies added new methods of characterization to the ones that were present in the original text. The settings of the movies varied.