Songs For Romeo And Juliet

There are many songs that allude to Romeo and Juliet. The song “I'd die for you” by Bon Jovi, has a specific line that resembles Romeo's feelings for Juliet, “I’d die for you, I'd do anything, I’d lie for you, you know it's true baby I'd die for you I'd die for you I'd die”. As said in the quote, Romeo's feelings for Juliet are strong enough that he would we willing to die for her, in which case he did. The theme of this song is fate vs. free will and has a motif of death/sleep. Also, the conflict that is similar to the play is whether or not you love someone enough to die for them.

Romeo’s trust in fate, his impatience, and his impulsiveness contributes to the tragedy of the two lovers greatly. Romeo is wholly dependent on fate maintaining a balance in his life. He puts all trust in “he that hath the steerage of my course” (1.4.119) and urges fate to continue “On”(1.4.120) directing his life. He seems to abandons all common logic and goes to great lengths for his own lusty desires, while falsely convincing himself that fate is the sole power controlling his destiny. He puts too much trust into the security of fate and ends up giving up his free will in exchange for a cruel fate. In addition to his fatalistic views, Romeo is very impulsive and fickle, which causes his relationship to be “too rash”(2.2.125) and “too sudden” (2.2.125). Once he lays his eyes on Juliet, he “...[forgets] to think of” (1.1.233) Rosaline and decided then and there that he “ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (1.5.60) therefore saying that Rosaline is not as “exquisite” (1.1.238) as he said she was before. When Juliet comes into his line of sight, he quickly diverts all his affection towards her, rather than the woman whom he dearly loved a few moments before. To many viewers, Romeo’s devotion to Juliet seems to be an admirable trait, but ultimately, it is this devotion and impulsive love that leads to his destruction. His emotions overrun his thoughts, and his first reaction upon hearing of Juliet’s death is to “lie with thee [Juliet] tonight” (5.1.37). His love for Juliet causes him to

This quote shows that Romeo is so committed to Juliet that he would risk his life for her. Next, the text also states,

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.

At one point Romeo even says, “This doth not so, for she divideth us” (act 3 scene 5 line 20). After they realized it was morning Romeo and Juliet look at each other and Juliet says “ Thou art so low as one dead in the bottom of a tomb” (Act 3 scene 5 lines 55-56). Shakespeare is foreshadowing that next time the two lovers see each other, they will both be dead. Even if they are trying to ignore their fate they are unable to because fate is already had taken its route.

Shakespeare manifests the final scene of Romeo and Juliet to illustrate how love triumphs over the terror of death and depicts how the Capulet and Montague parents’ mutual love for their children dismisses the ancient feud. The protagonists, Romeo and Juliet’s preference of being killed rather than “death be prorogued, wanting thy love” (Page 91; Act 2, Scene 2), indicates they would rather die than death be delayed without the fulfilment of each other’s love. Romeo commits suicide as he is unaware that Juliet’s death is fiction, which results in Juliet finding his corpse when she awakens and stabs herself as they both do not wish to live with the absence of each other’s love. Again, Shakespeare portrays that love conquers the most feared prospect of life:

This foreshadowing becomes true when Juliet kills herself. Shakespeare intended the reader to think that fate was in command when he mentions the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo Montague is the mysterious boy who no one really seems to understand and when he meets Juliet everything he knows goes down the toilet. She loves him and they have this “connection” that makes them immediately gravitate toward each other during the Capulet party. He would do anything for his Juliet, including sneaking into the garden of his sworn enemy and committing suicide when he discovers that his Juliet is “dead”. When Romeo kills himself he isn’t thinking about

When a character in Romeo and Juliet loses someone they love dearly and has made them a part of their identity, they willingly welcome death and leave their true identity. This

As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo’s true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. “Here’s to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick - thus with a kiss I die.” Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive.

This is a clear depiction of a change in Juliet’s allegiance - from her own family to Romeo himself. Juliet does not care about her family’s best wishes or opinions, and is willing to deceive them in order to be with Romeo. Moreover, her further defiance towards her parents’ best wishes is evident when Lord Capulet demands for Juliet to marry Paris. Instead of obediently agreeing to do so, as she was depicted to do towards the beginning of the play, Juliet states, “if all else fail, myself have power to die”. This depicts that Juliet is willing to kill herself, if it means that she does not have to marry Paris. This is in clear defiance to her parents’ wishes, further demonstrating her change in attitude. Thus, it is evident that throughout the course of the play, Juliet changes significantly.

Romeo is telling Mercutio that he has a dream. The dream is that if Romeo goes to the Capulet party he will die. Yet, he decides to go to the party anyway. The above quote is important to the theme of fate and choice, because most plays about fate and choice usually show the main character trying to change their fate but having their fate come true anyway. Romeo, however, chooses to go to the party despite of his ominous dream. The quote shows what happens to Romeo happens because he chooses to go to the party.

Another cause of Romeo’s demise had to be himself. He did not think rationally of outcomes that varied from his death. He thought only of being with Juliet, and, had he not drank the poison, he would have lived to see Juliet once more. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!” (Romeo 5.1.36-38)

Juliet is also sent a vision by fate, causing her to drink Friar Laurence’s potion during a moment of doubt. Juliet is almost about to talk herself out of swallowing the potion when she says, “O, look! Methinks I see my cousin’s ghost, seeking out Romeo…stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee,” (Iv. iii. 55-58) and takes the drink. Fate’s plan could have been ruined if Juliet did not take the poison, so a vision is sent to her, insuring that the plan stays on track. Farther along in the play, Fate sends yet another dream to Romeo. However, this dream is of good tidings. The dream shows a dead Romeo, but then Juliet, “breathed such life with kisses in my lips that I revived and was an emperor.” (V. i. 8-9) Fate sends this dream to leave Romeo in an upbeat mood, before he is told the news of Juliet’s death. This causes Romeo to be put through an emotional roller coaster. At one moment he is extremely happy, loving being in love, and then the next he is distraught, desperate, and ready to commit suicide. The series of good news and then bad news puts Romeo in a befuddled state of mind in which he is not thinking clearly. Otherwise, Romeo would almost certainly check in with Friar Laurence prior to committing suicide. Fate masterfully manipulated these events and sent the dreams and visions at all the appropriate times to cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

On, lusty gentlemen.” [Act 1.5. 107-113] Despite the warning of death, Romeo tells fate, which he believes to be controlling his life, to take over and “guide his sails.” Romeo and Juliet could have been spared had the Prologue, and Romeo’s first dream in the play, been seen as warnings.