Romeo And Juliet Youth Theme Essay

After being banished from Verona, Romeo is relentless while talking to Friar Lawrence and says, “Heaven is here / where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog / and little mouse, every unworthy thing, Live here in heaven and may look on her, / But Romeo may not” (3.3.31-35). This over exaggeration shows how Romeo feels as if Verona is a “heaven”; where all the “unworthy thing[s]” can stay. They can look at and admire Juliet, but “Romeo may not”, despite his obvious desire for doing so. Romeo continues, refusing to leave Juliet, he says, “More honorable state, more courtship lives / in carrion flies than Romeo. They may seize / on white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand / and steal immortal blessing from her lips” (3.3.36-39). This hyperbole exaggerates how Romeo feels unworthy to Juliet. Romeo is expressing his concern of “carrion flies” being able to love Juliet more than himself. In addition, they have a “More honorable state” than himself; Romeo believes that flies are more valuable than he is. Romeo thinks that they will kiss Juliet, and he can not stand the thought of anyone with Juliet but him, because of her very high value in his mind. Romeo continues to demonstrate his concern about leaving and says, “Flies may do this, but I from this must fly / they are free men, but I am banished, / And sayest thou yet that exile is not death?” (3.3.43-45). In this hyperbole, Romeo is once again over

Directions: Use your Romeo and Juliet theme tracker as well as the passages you read from the text to write a essay where you explain how a theme develops throughout the play. The story includes many themes, so choose the one theme that you best understand and can support with three strong quotes from the text. Be sure to include where the theme emerges (first appears) and how it is refined or shaped (developed) by details as the play progresses.

Friar’s lack of comprehension of Romeo’s situation is straightforward. Moreover, Romeo’s views of his banishment is clear as he said, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death,”(3.3.13). Romeo would rather commit suicide than be banished and not see Juliet. Tragically, Romeo ends up drinking poison, causing his death.

Friar Lawrence tells Romeo he is exiled. Romeo thinks Friar Lawrence should “be merciful, [and] say ‘death’; for exile hath more terror in his look, much more than death. Do not say ‘banishment’”(III.III. 12-14). Romeo does not want to live without Juliet. He is dramatic and believes that if he cannot live with her there would be no point in living. Teenagers love is more lust than anything, but when it may be torn away from them they say and do irrational things out of impulse and anger. Romeo is talking to Friar Laurence and Romeo believes that exile is worse than death because “every cat and dog And little mouse, every unworthy thing, Live here in heaven and may look on her; But Romeo may not”(III.III.30-34). Everything else that lives in Verona may see Juliet, but Romeo cannot because he is banished. He would rather die than live without her. When based on love adolescents sometimes do things they may not mean. Romeo does not realize that exile is better than death, but in his state of mind of anger he cannot see that. Romeo acts impulsively when he is exiled because he refuses to live without

“Tis torture and not mercy. Heaven is here, where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog and little mouse, every unworthy thing, live here in heaven and may look on her, but Romeo may not.” (III, iii, 30-31) Although the normal consequence for this crime Romeo committed would’ve been execution, the Prince showed mercy on Romeo and let him just be banished instead. Instead of being extremely grateful for this pardon, Romeo describes this as torture and not mercy.

Romeo says that he witnessed signs of life in Juliet’s appearance. However, not once does he mention anything about the possibility that Juliet might still be alive. Romeo is very ignorant and does not think anything through and that contributed to both his and Juliet’s

Firstly, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, he illustrates that adolescents show impulsivity. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet , Juliet cries “ Give me, give me ! O, tell me not of fear”(4.1.124). This illustrates that Juliet isn’t taking into

One of the major stereotypes of adolescence is having a overly dramatic attitude towards everything. “...To speak that word is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet all slain, all dead. ‘Romeo is banished’ there is no end, no limit, measure, bound, in the word’s death. ”(1:2:133-137). By having Juliet speck of Romeo’s banishment being worse than everyone she cares for dying; including her parents, shows how emotionally unstable Juliet is at this time.

Even though he has good intentions, they turn to have a bad outcome. An example of this is when Romeo and Juliet are about to get married. He thinks that this will start new beginnings for the two families “to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3.92). He feels like what he is about to do will help connect both families and they will stop fighting and start loving. He wants the rivalry to end and he finds this marriage as a perfect opportunity. By doing this, Friar starts a new conflict for Romeo and Juliet, which he has to think of plans for. An instance is when Juliet desperately seeks help from Friar and he says “And if thou dar’st, I’ll give thee remedy”(4.1.76). He suggests and tells Juliet that he has a remedy and plans everything out but it doesn’t happen. Juliet becomes impatient and really wants it. When Juliet drinks it and appears dead to Romeo, he ends up killing himself as well as Juliet when she sees Romeo dead. This is a grave mistake Friar makes and is the last obstacle the teens face; Nurse also contributes much like Friar

Children respect elders because of their wisdom and ability to act as role models by providing guidance on life’s challenges. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet esteem their elders and look at them for advice; however, often it is misleading, leading to miscommunications and disappointment. The Montagues, Capulets, Nurse, and Friar all fail Romeo and Juliet by giving childish advice. Thus, the immaturity and short-sightedness in the older generation ultimately leads to the death of the two lovers.

For instance, the friar states, “Tybalt would kill thee, / But thou slewest Tybalt. There are tho happy too”(3.3.143-144). Considering that Romeo is alive he should be thankful for his victory. He should not be sad due to the fact that he killed Tybalt because if he hadn’t then his death would cause lots of pain to the people that love him. Romeo should be happy that he kills Tybalt because if he does not do that then he would be dead, which would result in the deaths of more people. In addition, he also gives another example by stating, “The law, that threat’ned death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile. There art thou happy” (3.3.145-147). Another reason that Romeo would be dead is that the law states that if there was bloodshed on the streets the person who starts the brawl would pay. Romeo should be glad that the prince let him live and if he makes a wise plan, then he will regain all the happiness. Friar Laurence reinforces the fact that the law usually does not help anyone, which is why Romeo should not despair on his punishment. The friar tries to make Romeo feel better because if the prince was not generous, then Romeo would have been dead. Even though Romeo has a shower of blessings, he still doesn’t realize that the he would have died otherwise, which would be worse than the punishment he has right

An infinite amount of children believe that Shakespeare is meaningless and is too difficult for them to read. Those many adolescents read the book for school, earn retched grades, do not understand the story, do not ask questions, and allow themselves to fail, all because they think that Shakespeare is pointless. For those who read it know how beautifully Shakespeare catches teen romance in Romeo and Juliet. Some might say that they know what all of the teenagers of the world are going through, but really when one becomes an adult they begin to think differently. When doctors and other officials tell a teenager that they know what they are going through, that man or woman, most likely, cannot recollect what it was like as a teen. One wonders

In order to understand Romeo and Juliet, it must be remembered that these two heralds of love were little more than children. In Renaissance England, the category of adolescence was not recognized (Cox 391). A person went from childhood to adulthood without the liberty that is allowed to modern adolescents. Nowadays, the teenage years are accepted as a turbulent period in which defiance of authority and assertion of "self" are not only allowed, but also expected. Adults explain away even the most inexplicable behavior of teenagers as "just a phase". However, as this was not done in Shakespeare’s England, both Romeo and Juliet were expected to take on the roles of adults, and were chastised for their refusal to enter in the adult world as their parents would have them. Juliet is first presented to the audience as a young woman who has come to marrying age: “Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, / Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, / Are made already mothers…Thus then in brief: / The valiant Paris seeks you for his love”(1.3.69-74). Juliet is presented with the idea of marrying Paris with

William Shakespeare is widely known for all of his literary works; one of his most famous love tragedies being 'Romeo and Juliet'. A Shakespearean definition of tragedy exemplifies the sense that human beings are inevitably doomed through their own failures or errors, the ironic action of their virtues, or even through the nature of fate and destiny (Sayour, Susan, 2007). Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale based on two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Throughout the play, Shakespeare intentionally draws on text structures and language features in order to replicate the attitudes, values and beliefs of Elizabethan audiences and intertwine it into his

Romeo perceives his banishment as a punishment equivalent to death. For example, when Friar explains to Romeo about how thankful he should be for not being executed, Romeo goes on to call his reprimand “torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here” (3.3.30). Romeo’s exaggerating description of his banishment being “torture” implies that he is baffled in response to the harsh sentence. Romeo symbolizes his life in Verona as perfect when he calls the city “heaven”. Furthermore, Romeo does not want to be banished from Verona because “every unworthy thing, / [Can live] here in heaven and