Once in a while many people make bad decisions. Usually these decisions don’t cause them any harm in their futures, unlike Romeo Montague’s and Juliet Capulet’s decisions. In Verona, a city in Italy, two lovers fall in love. The catch is their families despise each other. Eventually Romeo get’s banished from Verona, and Juliet is forced to marry someone she doesn’t want to marry. Juliet takes a potion that knocks her out for 42 hours, and feigns her death, hoping she does not have to marry Count Paris. Romeo assumes Juliet is dead, and drinks a potion that kills him, and when Juliet wakes up and realizes that Romeo is dead, she stabs herself. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, the main protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, …show more content…
He does, however, later learn that she is a Capulet. They get married the day after the Capulet ball. Romeo sneaks out to the Capulet’s garden to see Juliet. There, they have a conversation declaring their love for each other. At the end the Nurse is calling Juliet, and Juliet decides that she want to get married as soon as possible. Doing this is a poor choice because she doesn’t know Romeo, all he did was charm her and that’s what Juliet thinks she is in love with. She doesn’t think of all of the consequences, and decides on the spot: “If that thy bent of love be honorable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, By the one that I’ll procure to come to thee…” (II.ii.150-152). They are getting married, blinded by their infatuation for each other, they don’t think about what can happen if the rest of their families find out. This is a poor choice because they really haven’t thought it through, and it is not be the brightest idea, seeing as they are coming from feuding families. These choices lead them to do anything for each other, because they love each other and continue to lead to their demise. Second, Romeo slaying Tybalt is a poor choice that he makes, because it makes his life much harder. Earlier in the play, Sampson Capulet and Gregory Capulet create an argument with the Montagues on the streets of Verona. This always happens, but this time it is the last straw. The
I said before no, and that is what i am saying now i do not think that other people's opinions should affect your own choices or destiny. I believe this because you should do what you want, what makes you happy. It doesn't matter what other people are thinking as long as you're happy with what you're doing in your life it shouldn't matter what others think. All of the stories that I read about star crossed lovers demonstrated this by being with the person that they were not allowed to see and that should have been their enemy.
The play Romeo and Juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. This love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. Many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over Free Will or Fate?
‘Shakespeare intends the audience to see that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was destined to happen’
the Capulets Ball. In Act 1, scene 5, Romeo happens to have a sense of
People believe that certain fates are inevitable but, in truth, it is their actions and choices that mold and change fate constantly. The strong influence of fate and fortune on the lives of humans form compelling themes in Shakespearean drama. Shakespeare puts his audience in omnipotent positions that encourage them to think about fate and to what extent their actions affect them. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet explores the theme of fate and the role of destiny between the two star-crossed lovers.
Act 5 Scene 6 {Enter Romeo} (Romeo sees Juliet in the grave, but he loses the poison. He ends up fighting Paris and his Page out of anger and heat of the moment. He sees Juliet wake up, and realizes that he must be put to death for his murders. They try to run away, and escape the people that hunt them down, including the Montagues, Capulets, and Prince’s soldiers.)
Fate is defined as something that is predetermined by an unknown force, or destiny; this can be seen in the play Romeo and Juliet. There are many instances were fate, or destiny plays a large role in the out com of the main characters.
adolescents. When a boy sees a beautiful girl, with nice, blonde hair, and long, shapely
juliet even if he knows not to and says "I deny you, stars! "(5.1.25) which shows that Romeo is
We always hear “love is stronger than anything” or “true love prevails”, but that’s not entirely true in all cases. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, these two 'love-struck' teenagers experienced many things, from falling in love, to family and friends dying, causing them to grow up fast. Between the two feuding families, Mercutio's death, family friends', and Juliet's arranged marriage, Romeo and Juliet learn different aspects of life and how strong their love really is or was. The play, Romeo and Juliet, shows that love is remarkably strong, but it can’t overcome death. Within in Shakespeare's play, it's mentioned that Romeo and Juliet are 'star-crossed lovers', which is a melancholy statement.
Did Romeo and Juliet truly love each other or was it just two kids in lust ? Well, that's up to you to decide. But in most people's opinion they were two children that truly thought they were in love. There are many reasons why they were and there is evidence to prove it.
The Capulets from Juliet’s side of the family and the Montagues from Romeo’s dislike each other with a passion. This makes it difficult for Romeo and Juliet to see each other. This also forces them to marry in secret by Friar Lawrence in his cell. In the beginning of the play Romeo confesses his love to Juliet to a friend and his doubts of how he is falling for someone he may never be with because of the feud between their families. His friend then tells him to find another girl to love because he himself knows that their love could never work but despite his best efforts, he cannot forget her. Romeo says that she is the girl he is going to marry, and he is not wrong, though its bliss only lasts for a few short
What makes Romeo and Juliet so important that we still study it today? Romeo and Juliet is a renowned romance tragedy, written by william shakespeare in the 16th century, in fact it is so interesting that people, today, still study Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is extremely effective for modern audiences considering several universal themes which are still applicable to modern today society including love, conflict and fate. Romeo and Juliet is a love story between two young people from families who loathe each other. And due to the pressures of society, families and friends, both of them kill themselves because they can’t live without each other, resulting in peace between the two feuding families.
The most idealized and known star-crossed lovers is just the ones that came from a single man’s mind.With humankind alike, they each follow a path deemed to be set before them before their time even started. The predetermined life one shall live and learn that they must follow. Authors realize that many things in life will be put among this given path so they use it to their advantage. To make a rebellious character or to bring a spotlight to a character they use the determined path set and try to show the audience what is the supposed set course for their life and then they go off the course or track. William Shakespeare used the track of destiny people are given to his benefit in telling the tragic love story of the iconic Romeo and Juliet.
The lives and perspective of a confused high school girl, a working class pregnant woman and a witty old woman intertwine in three tales of intimacy, passion and commitment in love and relationships.