Romeo And Juliet's Punishment

    The play Romeo and Juliet  is a romantic tragedy written by William Shakespeare about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who die at the end of the story. Romeo and Juliet meet at Capulet party and instantly fall in love. With the help of the local friar, Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s nurse, they get married after knowing each other only a day, without their parents’ consent. Shortly after the marriage, Romeo is banished for fighting and killing Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, forcing him to leave their city of Verona. At the same time, Juliet's father, Lord Capulet, tells her she has to marry Paris, a cousin to the Prince, or else he will kick her out of their home. Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan in which Juliet will take a sleeping potion which makes her look dead for 42 hours and then Romeo will come to Verona to get her and take her away with him to a city a day's ride away. Romeo does not receive the message that Juliet really isn't dead and believes her death to be true. He gets poison from a poor apothecary and dies beside Juliet in the Capulet tomb. Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead beside her, along with Friar Lawrence who came to try and stop Romeo. Juliet refuses to leave and kills herself to be with him. After their deaths, the Prince declares that, “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished” (Shakespeare ???).  The characters in the play that should be pardoned are Friar Lawrence, Lord Montague, and the Nurse.

For example, his replication of a potion leads to the unfortunate climax. The potion mimics death by making the bearer to be “depriv’d of supple government, shall, stiff, and stark and cold appear like death” (IV.i.103-105). By pretending the death of Juliet to the rest of the Capulets, it leads to a chain reaction that caused the “Romeo and Juliet tragedy”. In addition, the friar has sent Romeo to his doom by failing to send the young man his letter indicating the faked death of Juliet. The friar sincerely believes that it “shall free thee [Juliet] from this present shame” (IV.i.118). However, Friar Laurence’s plan backfires. His failure causes Romeo to be suicidal which succeeds in the end of the play. Friar Laurence refuses to be concern of the traumatised Juliet in favour for his cowardice. As Juliet wakes up from her deep sleep, the first thing she sees is the body of her lover, Romeo. Friar Laurence does not acknowledge her shock as he pleads to leave the catacombs carelessly. He tries to convince Juliet to flee and to “stay not to question” (V.iii.58). He makes a bad decision in intensifying her shock by acting with no remorse and not standing up to face the consequences. As a result, Friar Laurence is emphasised to make poor decisions that lead to Romeo and Juliet’s

Justice is defined as being fair, right, or lawful. To determine if an action is just, the question “was it morally right or wrong” must be answered. In law today, justice is determined through written rules or laws. Similarly, the novel Romeo and Juliet uses the idea of justice, for two lovers have families are at war, which creates great tension throughout the families. The two families, the Montagues and the Capulets often begin riots throughout the streets of Verona, which causes many complications for Romeo and Juliet, as well as challenges the idea of justice. In the novel Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, justice was not achieved through the Prince’s ruling.

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.

“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life” (Corazon Aquino). At the beginning of Act Three, Scene Three of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence informs Romeo that he is going to be exiled from Verona for killing Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, in a duel. In the monologue, Romeo worries that the banishment from Verona is going to ruin his life.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet focus on the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love and die within a span of three days. Romeo and Juliet illustrate how the love brings them together to over power the control of their relationship. The moment that Romeo and Juliet declare their love for one another, they try to keep their love a secret since they are the children of the feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Initially their families would be outraged against their relationship that Romeo and Juliet propose to hide the truth of their love. Once Romeo and Juliet reveal to the Nurse and Friar Lawrence their plans to marry, their relationship is nothing but a risk of problems. Romeo is unafraid to show his love that he teases Tybalt teasing him about falling in love with Juliet, although not explicitly. However, the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, occur when Romeo and Juliet take actions to protect themselves, but they are not however, protected. Juliet protects her relationship by committing a false death only for Romeo to believe it as true. As a result, the act to protect Romeo and Juliet’s relationship a secret are examples of the failed actions both Romeo and Juliet try to prevent; however, it is not ‘fate’ that control their lives and deaths.

The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married,

In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, we learn of the many hardships and highs Romeo and Juliet go through over the course of the story. The play Romeo and Juliet is based off two star-crossed lovers who are separated from each other due to a feud between their two families. Their love is so strong that at the end of the story Romeo and Juliet both end up committing suicide because they can’t live without each other. Whether it is problems with love, or them complimenting each other on how they feel about the other person, Shakespeare uses many literary devices to make the reader dig deeper into the context to find the meaning behind the sentence. Some of the literary devices are; similes, metaphors, and personification.

At the end of Romeo and Juliet, the Prince declares that "Some shall be pardoned and some punished." I believe that there are many persons responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but ultimately it’s the parents of Romeo and Juliet that are the most at fault for the outcome of the play. The Capulets and the Montagues are in a long-standing feud. They hate each other. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet and because of the hate, they cannot get married. Romeo and Juliet get advice from Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence is also responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly married them. Romeo tells Friar Laurence that he loves Juliet and he wants to marry her. Friar Laurence tells Romeo that it is probably

This essay will explain why Romeo and Juliet gave their lives for each other. The main reason why Romeo and Juliet killed themselves, was because of the feud between their two families. In the Play, Romeo and Juliet cannot marry each other in a normal marriage because of the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet also killed themselves in the end of the play because of the miscommunication between Friar Laurence and Romeo, because of the banishment of Romeo from Vernon, and not being able to marry Juliet. Romeo was banished from Vernon because he killed Tybalt and was sent to Mantua, which is where the lack of communication happens. In the end of the play when the Montagues and the Capulets find out that Romeo and Juliet are both dead the two families decide to end the feud. Lady Montague in the end dies, because she finds out that her son Romeo ended up being banished from the city of Vernon.

William Shakespeare once asked, “What greater punishment is there than life when you’ve lost everything that made it worth living?” (Shakespeare). In the William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, two young people met their tragic death. They took their fate into their own hands and ended their lives, as they thought that their relationship would never be accepted by their families. Because of this, it’s clear to see that they were at fault for their own deaths.

Romeo killed Tybalt which ultimately led to his banishment. This is what puts Friar Laurence’s plan into motion. In the beginning of Romeo and Juliet it opens up with a fight between Benvolio a montague and Tybalt a capulet and quickly starts drawing the attention of many people, both families and also the prince of Verona and the prince gives a speech that states “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets...To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.(I.I.) the prince says that the capulets and montagues have already started 3 fights in the streets and he's tired of the fights so if it happens again he will put both

Justice is apart of everyone's life and can help or hurt someone. Justice is a large part of modern society due to everyone having to obey the law. Many people have or have a family member who has broke the law or gone to jail for a period of time. This could harm friends and family in their life by making them live without them for a period of time. Justice keeps others safe but can hurt or protect others.

Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet both suffered greatly from their cruel fate and bad timing. The first occurrence of bad luck for Romeo and Juliet was at the Capulet feast where the two meet for the first time. At the party, Tybalt hears and recognizes Romeo’s voice, which leads them fight in the street. Romeo kills Tybalt, and is banished from Verona. If only Tybalt had not recognized Romeo’s voice, then Romeo and Juliet would not have to worry about going through the Friar’s ludicrous plan, and they would not have to worry about their tragic suicides. Another time Romeo and Juliet were unlucky was when the letter sent from the Friar was unable to make it to Romeo. Instead, Balthasar saw Juliet’s feign dead body, and rushes to Mantua

Is Romeo and Juliet a Shakesperian play full of love at first sight or just rash and consequential decisions? In this play we meet two star crossed lovers who meet at a party on one night and then, almost instataneously, plegde themselves for each other and plan to marry, which then leads to six people dying including themselves. Romeo and Juliet should have taken it slow with their affairs in order to eliminate the violence and death that ensued from them falling in love, encourage a healthier road to peace in order to unite both families, and to better encourage a more joyful relationship, as mentioned by Friar Lurence.