Romeo And Juliet Courage Analysis

In the play “Romeo & Juliet” shakespeare portrayed all aspects of love throughout different characters. Each character carries its own meaning of love which is what makes this play unique. Romeo,Nurse, and Tybalt all represent divergent love.The word Love can come in all sorts of ways which is why it is such a diverse word. Love is a powerful term that can be portrayed as deep affection, devotion, and even heartbreak.

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.

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

Courageous; a characteristic that is valued more among most. Courage is a mentality, moral discipline which motivates one to act upon something that is possibly absurd. Strength; more of a physical idiosyncrasy rather than intellectual. Although courage and strength may come hand-in-hand, depending on the mindset of the individual. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s, Romeo’s, and Mercutio’s courage and/or strength is revealed through tough choices they have to make. Juliet’s courage is revealed when she chooses to take the potion from Friar Lawerence, her strength is revealed when she stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Romeo’s strength is revealed when he kills Tybalt out of anger and revenge for Mercutio, his strength is also revealed when he kills Paris out of self defense. Romeo’s courage is revealed when he attained the poison and is revealed, once again, upon him drinking the poison. Mercutio's strength and courage is revealed when he fights Tybalt for Romeo. Through these examples, one can see how courage and strength are similar, yet separate attributes.

While he is being forced out of Verona, Lady Capulet is arranging a marriage for Juliet and Paris.For example, In scene five Nurse says, Romeo is banished and he has wrecked everything for you. He must not dare to come back and claim you. I think it would be best if you married Paris. He is a fine man and would be gould for you and your family. I think you would be happy in this marriage, for it will be better than the first (215-225). The Nurse has changed her mind on who she thinks Juliet should marry. She went from helping Juliet elope to Romeo and then moved on to helping Lady Capulet convince Juliet that she should marry Paris. In addition to the theme of this essay, In scene 5, Juliet says, “Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain./ I’ll to the friar to know his remedy./ If all else fail, myself have power to die “(242-224). If Juliet can not be married to Romeo, she would rather be dead. She will not marry Paris or anyone that is not Romeo. She can not imagine a life without him. Juliet is so distraught by this arranged marriage that she would rather

The nurse betrayed her employers by encouraging and helping Romeo and Juliet without their consent. When she told Juliet that she thought she should betray Romeo and marry Paris, Juliet lost all confidence in her and went along with the Friar’s plan. Had the nurse stayed faithful Juliet may not have felt so desperate and might not have fled to the Friar.

In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” the younger generation, Romeo, Juliet, and Paris, and the older generation, Nurse, Capulets, and Friar, both had similarities and differences which had caused the end. They had a similar opinion on things going on and different opinions ones others. In the tragedy, the main characters died which was influenced by the older generations because they have similar and different opinions which all led the younger ones to death.

First of all, The Nurse supports Juliet throughout the majority of the play, but her unsound advice is a notable reason for the young lovers’ downfall. For instance, Juliet appreciates The Nurse’s help during the beginning of her and Romeo’s relationship, but what Juliet is blind to is the damage that The Nurse does as she unintentionally leads Juliet to her death when she says “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence’ cell;/ There stays a husband to make you a wife” (Shakespeare, II, v, 68-69). In essence, the wedding that The Nurse encourages Romeo and Juliet to have reflects her negative influence on their relationship as Juliet is left increasingly vulnerable to Romeo’s impulsivity, which is an extremely relevant cause of Juliet’s eventual demise. Additionally, both Romeo and Juliet are significantly affected by the immature behavior of their kin. Specifically, Juliet displays her eradicated ability to form rational decisions when she speaks of the pressure her family puts on her as she says “My only love sprung from my only hate!/ Too early seen unknown, and known too late!/ Prodigious birth of love it is to me/ That I must love a loathed enemy” (Shakespeare, I, v, 138-141). This internal conflict that arises when Juliet discovers that Romeo is a Montague is of significance

It was a shock to Juliet that she didn’t support as before. The nurse played as an important role to her, however it wasn’t how Juliet was expected it was going to happen. Juliet was left on her own to make some very important decisions at the age of 15. I believe that if the Nurse had been around to help Juliet things may have turned out differently. Strangely, she advised Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris, betraying Juliet’s trust by advocating a false marriage: “I think it best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman. Romeo’s a dish clout to him”(3.5.218). Juliet can’t believe that the Nurse offers such a course of action after the Nurse praised Romeo and helped bring the couple together. She could not have gone to Lady Capulet or Lord Capulet, because they would not have understood.

Secondly, the Nurse is also responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. When Juliet sends the Nurse to Romeo regarding the wedding date and place, she agrees to her and lets them get married. She does not even tell Juliet’s parents about what was happening knowing that Romeo was a Montague, the enemy of the Capulets. If the Nurse was more responsible and had informed Juliet’s parents, they would have stopped Juliet from making the decision of marrying Romeo in such haste. Later in the play, when Juliet is forced to marry Paris by her parents and she has no other support, even the Nurse abandons Juliet and tells her to marry Paris instead of Romeo. This is evident when the Nurse says, “I think it is best you married with the County./ O, he’s a lovely gentleman!/ Romeo is a dishclout to him.”(Shakespeare III.v.119-221). This quote demonstrates that the Nurse does not respect Juliet’s love and tells her to get over it and marry Paris, whom Juliet did not love. The absence of Nurse’s support almost causes her to commit suicide. This leads to Juliet taking Friar’s advice which failed and it leads to Romeo and Juliet’s death. If the Nurse had shown some support for Juliet when she was going through a hard time, maybe they could have thought of a better solution to the problem. Therefore, the Nurse is responsible Romeo and Juliet’s death because of her betraying Juliet and also because of her irresponsibility.

A: She tells Juliet to marry Paris because Romeo is gone and will probably never return.If he never comes back, no one will ever know that they were married. She also thinks that Paris will make a better husband for

Fate is defined as, ‘the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power’. In the time in which ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written, many people were strong believers of fate and it was a common belief in society. William Shakespeare was a famous poet who is recognised for his powerful writing and contribution to the English language. One of William Shakespeare’s highly recognised plays is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written in the late 1500’s. It is a play about two star-crossed lovers alongside fate who by their death end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Friar Laurence is not to blame for the tragic events which occurs in the play due to the fact that other

This proves that The Nurse does not have any pre judgmental thoughts about Romeo, that she believes in him, and is substantial because it solidifies that she is kind not only just to Juliet (Act 3, Scene 3, line 85-173). The Friar actually accompanies her in this scene, acting out the same behavior, attempting to keep Romeo from slipping into a deep depression at the thought of never seeing Juliet again. And When The Nurse is commanded by Lord Capulet to bring forth the news to Juliet that she must marry Paris, though reluctant as she is, she agrees that marrying Paris would be in her best interests, and The Nurse tells Juliet what she must do which is critical because it validates that The Nurse will do anything to keep Juliet from harm even if she does not like it. Although marrying Paris is not something Juliet wants to do, The Nurse knows that that is what is best for her, and Juliet lies and tells her that she will marry him (Act 3, Scene 5, Lines 176-246).

“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare has been read in schools around the world ever since schools have existed. One of the characters in the play is Friar Lawrence, who makes many influential decisions that affect the story. Friar Lawrence marrying Romeo and Juliet causes more problems than it solves. Also, Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet to fake her death is one of the worst decisions in the play that leads to terrible tragedy. Finally, Friar Lawrence had the chance to save Juliet from killing herself after she awoke, but he gave absolutely no effort. Shakespeare used Friar Lawrence as a major driving force in the tragedy.

Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins, we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd, of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet's first meeting with her mother and the nurse, she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam, I am here, / What is your will?" (“Act 1, Scene 3). She is also clever as when her mother asks her what she thinks about marriage, she gives an ambiguous answer by saying what her mother wanted to hear really: “it is an honour I dream not of” (“Act 1, Scene 3). We learn that she is