Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare

“Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster” (Kohta Hirano). In Act Three, Scene Three of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence, the holy father of Romeo, informs Romeo of his punishment from Prince Escalus and then Romeo lies on the floor weeping in regret. In this monologue, Friar Laurence is exhorting Romeo to stop being pessimistic and reminds him of the things that he should be grateful for; the friar also sets up a plan for the future that will lead Romeo back to Verona.

In Act III, scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence informs Romeo that the Prince has decided to punish him with banishment from Verona. Instead of feeling joyful of escaping capital punishment, Romeo mourns over the fact that he could never see Juliet again. While the two discuss the Prince's decision, the Nurse arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet is also heartbroken over Tybalt's death. Guilty of hurting Juliet, Romeo threatens to commit suicide. To stop Romeo, the Friar suggests that he and Juliet should consummate their marriage, and afterwards, they can try to get the Prince's pardon. Comforted, Romeo agrees and prepares to see Juliet. As the director, I will ask the three characters to showcase the difference between the youth and

At one part in the play his friends think he is still in love with Rosaline when in fact he has forgotten about Rosaline and is in love with Juliet. Romeo is quick to arrange the wedding and doesn’t wait to visit Friar Lawrence. The fact that Romeo and Juliet didn’t stop to think about marriage is one of the factors that contribute to their deaths. The Friar also thinks Romeo is in love with Rosaline and expects that he has spent the night with her, because he is in a good mood “God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline”, but instead he has spent the night with Juliet. Romeo has a close relationship with the Friar, he acts as a father figure. This is shown when the Friar tell him he is banished. Romeo threatens to kill himself but Friar Lawrence stops him and gives Romeo some advice as Romeo knows he can trust the Friar “ Let me dispute with thee of thy estate”.

Young lovers defy their families’ long-established vendetta and jeopardize all they have to continue their relationship. The violent commotion between the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, finally bring peace to their feuding families, with their own death. Like with many suicide cases, there are challenges and decisions being made that lead up to this decision. Often times, we question who contributed to the suicide. Regardless, others argue that Romeo and Juliet should be held accountable for their ultimate decision. Then again, there is no definite reason to assign fault to Romeo and Juliet. Not only are their brains not fully developed, but pressures from outside forces caused such stress within the relationship.

Even though numerous characters in the play contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence’s irresponsibility and lack of recognition makes him most to blame. To begin, Romeo proposes the idea about marring Juliet, a member of the Capulet Family by telling Friar Laurence “Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet (2.3.57-58). Romeo has completely forgotten about Rosaline, and now has focused his love onto Juliet. The Friar agrees with Romeo. Friar Laurence's decision is irresponsible because he agrees with the idea of members of opposite noble families being married. By marrying Romeo and Juliet, Friar is acting like Lord

Friar Laurence’s character flaws greatly impacted the end result of the play. The Friar should be punished for his poorly made decisions throughout Shakespeare’s story. His first mistake was when he initially helped Romeo and Juliet with the aid of the Nurse. Both Romeo and Juliet are children and their parents should be included in every decision made for them. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 of the play. “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (3.1.37) The marriage was the start of many issues. Such as Juliet’s inability to wed Paris, being a married lady. This led to Friar’s next choice of giving Juliet the sleeping potion—making her appear dead. “Take this vial, being then in bed,” (4.1.93) Giving Juliet the poison was the reason why so many characters had died in the end of Act 5 of the play. Paris had died fighting Romeo because he thought he was attempting to steal Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo, ignorant of the fact that Juliet was not dead, killed himself. Juliet committed suicide because of her fiancé lying next to her lifeless. The poison given by Friar

Throughout this play, Romeo relied more upon Friar Lawrence for guidance through his rocky love life. After the famous balcony scene where Romeo and Juliet profess their love for one another, Romeo attempts to convince Friar Lawrence to marry him and his new found love. Illustrating Friar Laurence’s candor, he states, “God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline?” (II.iii.44).

Throughout history, Shakespeare has been given credit for the popularizing of tragedies, causing a tragic hero to be seen as a reputable character. In Shakespeare’s story “Romeo and Juliet,” two ill-fated lovers are caught between the bitter hatred of their two families. Knowing their parents would never approve, Romeo and Juliet struggle to keep their love a secret. Though the story ends in what most people would view as a tragedy, Romeo fails to meet the characteristics of a tragic hero established by Aristotle, who first created the literary term.

Day to day, we interact with our family. These interactions can have a great influence on our emotional and psychological responses, and can destroy an individual’s self-worth, build it up, or do both. In Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, two lovers from enemy families embark on a journey toward their death marked tragedy. Juliet, the wife, happens to kick-start the disastrous outcome of the relationship by drinking a sleeping potion as part of a plan to escape her family’s desire for her to have a second marriage. However, a punishing misunderstanding forces the couple to suicide, thus being a result of both lovers being under heavy influence from members of their enemy families. Juliet, in

“O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies ' midwife, and she comes, In shape no bigger than an agate-stone,On the fore-finger of an alderman,Drawn with a team of little atomies, Athwart men 's noses as they lie asleep. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, Time out o ' mind the fairies ' coachmakers. Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners ' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the smallest spider 's web…” (I.iv.53-95)

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What is love? Everywhere we go we can find love. It surrounds us everywhere. Thousands of stories going back centuries about love and falling in love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet is a very popular story. A girl and boy lived in the city of Verona in Italy two noble families, the Montagues and Capulets. Unfortunately, there existed much bad blood between them. Their animosity was so pronounced that they could not stand the sight of one another. The bloody feuds of the two families led the Prince to order all brawls to cease on pain of death. Romeo, son of old Montague, is a handsome young man. He fancies he is in love with Rosaline, who disdains his love. As a result, Romeo is depressed. At the ball, Romeo is attracted by a girl who he learns is Juliet, daughter of the Capulets. They seal their love with a kiss. Juliet, on learning Romeo’s identity from a servant, confesses to herself that her only love has sprung from her only hate. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur, it is often regarded as the first great work of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about 'Bilgamesh ', king of Uruk. These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic. The first surviving version of this combined epic, known as the "Old Babylonian" version, dates to the 18th century BC and is titled after its incipit, Shūtur eli sharrī. Only a few tablets of it have

Act 3 had a fair amount of crucial pieces to the story so most of the content was necessary to the play as a whole. Shakespeare has clearly used the language that he did for a reason. It is very difficult to short a piece of literature without losing some of what the author originally intended to express.

In the first English class, I was only there for the last half of it. Before I came into the class, I was worried that I would not find any creativity because English can be a hard subject to add creativity too. The teacher, Mr. Romono, did a marvelous job of teaching the common core and keeping his students interested with creativity. Not only did he come up with a creative way to teach his students, or let his students do the creativity, his classroom was also creative. He had student’s artwork on his wall of characters from books they were reading. He also had a ton of posters with different ideas behind them. (Quote). This gives the students something to look at, as well as get excited to learn about these books. (quote form pp). The students in the ninth grade English class are working on Romeo and Juliet. I do not know if he asked the students, or chose the students, but, each student would get a specific part in the play to read aloud to the class. This is more creative than just having the students read the book on their own. (Quote) I also feel that using this technique will help the students understand the material better. Mr. Romono would also stop the reading to discuss a word they did not understand or talk about what just happened. I know this doesn’t play a major part in creativity, but it shows that he cares that his students understand. In all of my English classes throughout high school, I never had an English teacher who did an activity like this. The

Love is presented in numerous different manners it is depicted using techniques such as; imagery to emphasise infatuation or to create a visual imagery in the readers mind and metaphors to imply a resemblance. For instance both poets William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett Browning use a literary device called Iambic pentameter which helps with their rhyming scheme this is used to make the love in the poems appear stronger.