Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Does love really conquer all or is it destiny who determines the lover’s fate? Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Play, is a story about two “star-crossed lovers” (Shakespeare Prologue.6) whose love is fatal because of their opposing families and misfortunate events lead the couple to their death. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses the motif of destiny to suggest that destiny is inevitable because everyone has their own fate for a reason which cannot be altered no matter the great lengths taken.

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.

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.

Love is like a flame, it provides you with warmth, but too much of it can also burn you. Such is the plot of the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is a tragedy about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who unfortunately, belong to families who bear an ancient grudge against each other. In the play, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and quickly decide to marry each other. At the end, Romeo and Juliet’s decisions cause their untimely death, but in reality, there were other people who also contributed to the lover’s death. Friar Laurence, the Nurse and Lord Capulet are responsible for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

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

Romeo and Juliet is known to be one of the greatest love stories ever written. One of the main themes Shakespeare develops throughout the story is that love overpowers hatred. Shakespeare uses many types of love to develop this theme. The theme is expressed throughout the play, through the Montagues and Capulets love for their families driving the feud, the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet, and ultimately love for family, community and each other finally ending the feud.

Humans experience a wide range of emotions: excitement, pain, love, desire, grief, passion, the list goes on. Having a strong feeling towards something can be positive or negative on the human mind. When the emotions overpowers one’s ability to make proper judgements, that is when it can lead to bad outcomes. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, some of the greatest mistakes were made due to the fact that the characters’ let their emotions cloud their judgement. These judgements ultimately led to tragic endings.

Verona, Italy—from all about comes the clamor of swords as Tybalt of the House Capulet and Mercutio on behalf of the House Montague duel viciously in the streets. As citizens cheer, thirsty for blood, the cries of Romeo Montague increase in volume; for the sake of his new wife, and the penalty recently imposed, he does not want this fight to take place. He is ignored. Desperate, Romeo flings himself between the two men, and a gasp is heard—Tybalt and his companions flee in fear as a bleeding Mercutio sinks to the ground. Another friend, Benvolio Montague, takes him to a safe house after Mercutio shouts his famous final words: “A plague a’ both your houses! / They have made worms’ meat of me: I have it / And soundly too. Your houses!” (3.2.105–08).

Romeo and Juliet were two star-crossed lovers that were doomed from the start, and their love ended in great tragedy. Violent events caused by the two lovers brought peace to the age-old feuding families with their own death. Romeo and Juliet is a short play written by William Shakespeare. The play takes place in medieval Verona where two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are constantly disputing and their fights and arguments dictate the day. Romeo and Juliet, who are both from two different houses, meets in a party and fall madly in love. After the party ended, Romeo sneaks to the balcony of Juliet’s house where they plan to get married in secret the very next day. A while after, Romeo is permanently banished from Verona

(HOOK) There are countless forms of literature devoted to death, tragedy, and despair. (CI) These major topics, which were heavily determined by the decisions of characters, were covered in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. (GS1) One character’s mistakes caused the tragic downfall of his wife and even himself. (GS2) Another character’s decisions caused the schism of a secure relationship. (GS3) A final character’s choices could have prevented the death of his own daughter. (THESIS STATEMENT) Outcomes in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet could have been different if more informed choices had been made by the characters (I) Romeo Montague, (II) the Nurse, and (III) Lord Capulet.

Power is one of the most important, as well as disputable, concepts regarding how particular facts in the social world are related. To clarify: power does not have various meanings, but is shown in various examples. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the story talks about love and tragedy that is ruled by two… separate households (Capulet and Montague). In Addition, the source Meditations states that becoming a good person is to be able to get power and control power to a certain standard. In The Prince, it shows to be a good leader, that one must not let others take advantage, so a leader will have to be cruel at times, so others can take you seriously. The Art of War is an engrossing book from Sun Tzu that presents us

Love. Many associate the word with kindly feelings towards others and generally positive thoughts. It is a word that we use to describe our emotions of affection, devotion, fondness, and friendship. William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet centers around the epic, yet tragic, love of two adolescents. With Shakespeare’s use of figurative language and literary devices, he creates a central theme that love, no matter how strong or sweet, is poison. The term poison, although not commonly associated with love, is connected to the emotion by the use of symbolism throughout the play. By doing so, the reader reciprocates with a of sense of warning and a feeling of desperation to try and make love work. “Stay With Me” by vocal

It is said that love conquers all, for it is known to pass obstacles, restore hope, bring individuals together, and inspire lost and weakened souls. However, love can also cause some of life 's most controversial battles. These battles could stem from lack of patience, disagreement of moral values, and in some cases, an absence of attraction overall. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the issues that drive Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet 's to each of their dreadful misfortunes are inevitable. When it comes to many of Shakespeare 's plays, Aristotle 's theory is used to describe them as tragedies. Romeo and Juliet is known by many as a tragedy, meaning that the main protagonist(s), in this case, Romeo and Juliet, have a fatal flaw that leads them to their greatest downfalls. Romeo and Juliet have similar traits of vulnerability and impulse that steer them to risky decisions, but that doesn 't connect entirely to the external conflicts that affect their well being. The feud between Romeo 's and Juliet 's families, the Montagues and the Capulets, cause many of the major events that harm the characters as well. Since the two lovers come from Verona 's greatest rivals, wouldn 't their forbidden love result in despair either way while fate runs its course? Romeo and Juliet 's misfortune is controlled by fate, for the situation between the Montagues and the Capulets is out of their control and causes conflict despite the extent of the lover 's actions.

The play starts off as a man by the name of Don Pedro and his fellow officers are returning to Messina from war. Leonato is informed that Don Pedro wishes to come to his home for a month. Before the war, Hero, Leonato 's only daughter, had been attracted to Claudio. Leonato holds a masked ball to celebrate the end of the War, and also to celebrate Claudio and Hero’s engagement. Don John, the dukes brother, plots to mess up this relationship. Alot of deceit and lies take place during the play. We are all taught to “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none” (William Shakespeare). As humans we should love and care for all our neighbors. Trusting people is a very difficult task that nobody can do easily. If you truly love someone and you know

The fourteen line I chose to annotate and perform is a monologue made by Romeo. This happens right after Romeo gets to Juliet’s grave, then meets Paris, fights Paris, and kills Paris.[a]Right before Paris dies, he says “Oh, I am slain! If thou be merciful, Open the tomb. Lay me with Juliet” (Shakespeare 5.3.72-73). Paris is brave and proud enough to tell Romeo, the person that kills him, to put him in the grave next to Juliet, who he was going to marry. Romeo’s true love for Juliet caused all of this in the first place. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare persuades the audience to see what can arise when love is at its pinnacle, that the true power of love can change the life of a person in an instant.[b] Romeo has mixed feelings standing next to Juliet at her grave, and he expresses them in weird ways. Romeo becomes confused after he gets a better look at the person who he had killed, he then only finds that it was Paris. In that hurry, Romeo is again confused, he thought that Balthasar had told him Paris was going to marry Juliet, then he says “Said he not so? Or did I dream it so?” (Shakespeare 5.3.79). Romeo is not sure of what he remembers. This whole event has been a lot on Romeo, and it is caused a slight mental breakdown. I wonder if Shakespeare is showing what love and tragedy can cause to a person, or what happens when you decide to die next to the person you loved and married.