relatable. He also pushed literary boundaries that were considered taboo or unacceptable at the time. Throughout his novel Romeo And Juliet, he shows the downfall of two lovers who's death is pinned on several key characters, but the real perpetrators are in the eye of the beholder. Firstly, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet brings about guilt amongst the parents of both Romeo and Juliet. Lord Montague believes it his fault as he clearly states, "O thou untaught! what manners is in this? To press
truth about her love for Romeo, instead of keeping up the lie that she hated him and all other Montagues, she wouldn’t have thought about suicide. For example, in act three, scene five, her and Lady Capulet were talking about Tybalt’s death and talking about revenge. When Lady Capulet brings up her wedding to Paris next Thursday, she freaks out a little and says she won’t marry him. The only problem is that when talking about how she refuses to marry him, she does mention Romeo, but not in a good way
Romeo is primarily at fault because of his lack of judgement and his inadequate reasoning skills. If he had not been impulsive and taken his life, then Juliet would have lived. Heedless reasoning and the desire for love hinder Romeo’s judgment and lead to his and juliet’s demise; this theme is illustrated in the following events: Romeo’s instantaneous marriage to Juliet, and his decision to take the poison that would stop his heart. He placed little value on his own life, and took no time to consider
Romeo and Juliet In the well known tragedy by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , two teenagers from opposing families have “fallen in love”. They quickly and irrationally get married by Friar Lawrence, who is a trusted adviser to the both of them. Everything is working fine until Romeo and Juliet's cousin fight, and Tybalt dies. Juliet is grieving over Tybalt's death, but even more disturbed by Romeo’s banishment. After being secretly marrying Romeo and him gone, her parents tell her to
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is centered around the tragic story of two “star-cross’d lovers”. A tragedy is a dramatic story that chronicles the downfall or death of a tragic hero. Tragedies usually depict the causes of a tragic hero’s downfall, which are most commonly a tragic choice or a tragic flaw. There is often some sort of greater power at play in tragedies, like fate. A key aspect of tragedies is both fate and free will leading to the downfall of a tragic hero. In William Shakespeare’s
seems to me that love could be labeled poison, and we’d drink it anyway”. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, they love each other so much that they are willing to go great distances for each other, even if that distance is death. Lord and Lady Capulet are uneducated about the feud and have no proper explanation on why it is occuring, yet have no inch of forgiveness in their bodies to stop it. Juliet’s parents are very distant with her and if they might have showed they care, that could have prevented
The Downfall of Romeo and Juliet Gryphon Pressling In the play ‘‘Romeo and Juliet’’ there is a lot of scenarios that could be held responsible for the downfall of the two lovers Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet go through a lot to be together, even though it doesn’t work out in the end due to the risk of what Romeo and Juliet are trying to accomplish. There is a lot of people that could be to blame like the Capulets and how they
Is Love Worth the Haste? The world moves so briskly, but the urgency in people’s decisions lead to ghastly consequences. One could say hasty decisions have become the downfall of today’s world. This is shown in The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, where two star-crossed lovers are forced to keep their love a secret from their families who have been in a lengthy dispute. While trying to hide their love from their family, they chose to marry in secret but never have the chance to live together. The families
The story Romeo and Juliet is a deeply written play that has the death of two true lovers, torn apart by fate and tradition. Because of this, most people would look at the play and blame either fate, society, or their feuding families for their death. However, after analyzing the play, a person could make the assumption that the cause of their death is their own tragic flaw, of obsession for love. This idea is shown through Romeo’s longing for love, Romeo’s suicide, and Juliet’s suicide.
‘Shakespeare intends the audience to see that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was destined to happen’ In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is about two “star crossed” lovers who are destined to end in a tragic accident. Fate is the path that leads to the future and cannot be altered no matter the outcome. Set in Shakespearean time, fate was believed to be in control of people’s lives. The fact that Romeo and Juliet would never live a peaceful life, none of the tragedies