Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare tells the story of two people in love, both from wealthy families who hate each other. Romeo comes from the Montague family, while Juliet comes from the Capulet family. Although the reasoning for the feud between their families is unknown, it results in many young people killing each other. The story ends tragically with Romeo and Juliet both killing themselves, but this only happens because of the feud between their parents. Romeo and Juliet unexpectedly meet during a party and later, once they realize who the other is and the family they come from, they know the relationship is doomed. After Juliet figures out that the mysterious man she met at her father's party was Romeo, she says “My only love sprung from my only hate!” She says this because her family and Romeo's family hate each other, but she is in love with Romeo. Since Romeo and Juliet are in love, they can’t stay away from each other and meet secretly. Romeo and Juliet feel the need to hide their relationship because they are afraid of what their parents would do if they found out …show more content…
The kinsman of the Montagues and Capulets are deeply involved in the feud and often fight because of it. At the Capulet’s party, when Romeo shows up, Tybalt becomes very angered by this and wants to fight Romeo, but Capulet does not allow it. Later, Tybalt initiates a fight with Romeo but since Romeo does not wants to fight with Tybalt because his recent secret marriage to Juliet makes them family, so Mercutio fights for Romeo. Tybalt kills Mercutio and as Mercutio is dying, he says I am hurt. A plague o’ both houses! I am sped. Is he gone and hath nothing.”(121) Some of Mercutio’s last words are cursing the house of Montague and Capulet, because their feud is responsible for his death. After this, Romeo avenges Mercutio and kills Tybalt, but gets exiled by the Prince for doing
The play Romeo and Juliet' is about two families who have been fighting for years. When Romeo falls in love with Juliet and Juliet falls in love with Romeo, there are many consequences, including the deaths of a member of each family Mercutio and Tybalt.
Since the fathers from both families dislike each other, they have caused death in the young lovers' lives because of many disputes. According to Document C, “The feud has caused deaths between Tybalt and Mercutio.” Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin and Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. Due to Mercutio's pun-filled language and tough personality, he starts the brawl between himself and Tybalt. While Mercutio is dying, he sends
As the fight is getting more and more intense, Romeo, Mercutio’s best friend, intervenes in the fight. He steps in between both Tybalt and Mercutio, and while he is in the way, Mercutio gets stabbed by Tybalt. The moment Mercutio gets stabbed, he becomes furious with Romeo for getting in his way of the fight. Even though Romeo was trying to help Mercutio stay out of trouble, he was the only reason that Mercutio got stabbed. His last few words to his beloved best friend, Romeo, was, “A plague o’ both of your households!” (Act III, Sc. 1). This shows foreshadowing of the two lover’s fatal end because he cursed the two household to have a horrible life. Also, a “plague” of sadness will indeed strike the two households when Romeo and Juliet take their
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story. The story concerns the love between two young people, Romeo and Juliet. This is set against a feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. This feud develops the themes of conflict, deception and dignity in the play. The play includes a lot of themes, love, family, hate, deception and revenge.
Throughout the existence of humanity, there have been many notable authors whose works are studied and admired. From the works of Aristotle, all the way to Stephen King, many famous and skillful writers have wrote beloved masterpieces that people still love to this day. However, none may be as notable as William Shakespeare is, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is perhaps Shakespeare’s most admired, referenced, and beloved work. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a fateful love story between two teens who are repelled away from each other due to a feud between their families, the story takes place in Verona, an Italian city. The story is centered around a feud between two families, the Montagues, Romeo’s family, and Capulets, Juliet’s family.
Romeo and Juliet one the most famous stories about love by William Shakespeare. Romeo and juliet were a pair of star crossed lovers who were destined to take their lives, for the sake that it will end a feud between their two families. Romeo’s family were the montagues and Juliet’s family were the capulets. If Romeo and juliet wouldn’t of killed themselves for the feud, they wouldn’t of been of happy together. Romeo was so quick to act in every situation, so he couldn’t really control his emotions. Both of them barely knew each other , and they only knew each other for four days and only loved each other for beauty. I don’t even think Romeo and Juliet truly even loved each other.
Hatred, resentment, and love are all a form of disaster. When the are mixed together it creates the greatest natural disaster of all time. Romeo is a romantic and heavy hearted. He is exiled because he killed Tybalt. Eventually he decides to go see Juliet, even though he could be killed. Juliet is love struck and a little naive. She wants to marry Romeo, even though he is a Montague and their families hate each other. At the end of Act III, eventually she decides to marry him or end her life because she can not live without him. In the great love story, Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers were doomed from the beginning. The hatred that their parents have for eachother, end up killing both of their children.
William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy Of Romeo & Juliet in the late 1500s in which two “Star-crossed lovers” take their lives. In Shakespeare’s most-famous play a son and daughter from an equally family feud fall in love defying the hate between the family. Romeo and Juliet the love that was isolated the marriage that was kept and the death that was mourned. Shakespeare uses irony to show that a family feud can lead to unnecessary deaths.
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.
William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is not just about the love affair between two main characters. It is also about a long lasting family feud which in turn causing two brutal deaths.
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two young lovers whose lives end in great tragedy. What makes their story so tragic is that despite their love for one another, their families are mortal enemies. Conflict is a central ingredient in Romeo and Juliet's sad fate. Although their love for each other is strong, it cannot overcome the deluge of conflict that surrounds them. Ultimately they are defeated by the conflicts of person vs person, person vs self, and person vs society.
Romeo and Juliet’s parents play a major role in the death of their children; both families hate each other due to an ancient feud between the Montague’s and Capulet’s. When Romeo and Juliet met each other
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
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet loved each other, but they knew that it wouldn't be possible to have a relationship because of their feuding families. Their deaths were tragic, as it was mainly the people around them that made them so unhappy. They were so in love with each other that they took risks to be together, which lead to their unfortunate deaths. Romeo is a Montague. He falls in love with Juliet the moment he sees her at a Capulet ball.
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet was a story written by William shakespeare.The play was in Verona and Mantua in Italy.Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet.The main play was about a true love between Romeo and Juliet. Also there families hated each other and there was fight between their families.Also it showed us how true love is in someone because they both sacrifice themself because one of them died so the other one chose to die to.