Songs For Romeo And Juliet

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.

this song resembles how Romeo was meant to be with Juliet.“this woman is my destiny”. This is telling us that he is not giving up because they were “born to be together”.This song has a theme of love vs. infatuation and has a motif of fate/free will. Also, the conflict is whether or not it is true love, but as in Romeo and Juliet they know it is from first sight.

In times of despair destiny was always to blame for making insane decisions. After Just killing Tybalt, Romeo worryingly tells Benvolio, “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (Shakespeare 3.1.128). Since Tybalt kills Mercutio; Romeo, in a moment of great desperation, kills Tybalt as a result of revenge. This goes to show that fate made Romeo weak and distressed, leading him to make an irrational decision of killing his wife’s cousin, Tybalt, making him look like a fool and causing great consequences. Subsequent to finding out that Juliet was dead, Romeo ragingly screams to the stars, “ Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars!” (Shakespeare 5.7.24). This proves how in moments of indignant situations, people make ridiculous choices. In Romeo’s case he challenges the almighty fate itself. After receiving the potion, Juliet realizes she must drink it. She doubts herself but right before taking it she says, “ What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married tomorrow morning?

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.

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.

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

In Luhrmann’s film, Romeo’s love for Mercutio becomes prominent when Tybalt slays Mercutio at the abandoned theatre. Romeo’s compassion for his friend draws his fury; rage leading him to challenge Tybalt to a duel to the death. Romeo kills Tybalt at the monument in the streets of Verona Beach to avenge Mercutio. This exhibits his love towards his fallen friend. To add on, Romeo’s overwhelming love for Juliet allows him to fight his way through the police and the chaotic atmosphere to reach Capel's monument. This shows Romeo’s love to meet Juliet again is beyond his willingness to face death straight on. Additionally, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet’s mansion to speak of his love for Juliet. He states, “And but thou love me, let them find me here. / My life were better ended by their hate / Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (II.ii.75-77). He expresses that if Juliet’s love was not returned, he would rather die than live without Juliet’s love, thus showing love connects to the tragedy of death. In conclusion, Romeo’s compassion for Mercutio and his love for Juliet show that love guides people to make decisions that inevitably result in the outcome of

A part of his character is shown when he hears the news that Juliet is dead and he leaves to go to Juliet straight away without thinking about it. “No matter. Get thee going and hire those horses. I’ll be with thee straight.” This quote shows that Romeo wants to be with Juliet no matter what and he will hurry to see her. “et me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear.” This quote shows that Romeo is asking for poison to kill himself so he can be with Juliet. Romeo’s character is very impulsive.

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

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.

Romeo is saying he has a premonition that he will be controlled by fate and eventually lead to a

William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ published in 1597, is a play revealing the themes of love and tragedy as two lovers Romeo and Juliet are deeply in love with each other however their love is doomed as they are from two feuding families; the Montagues and Capulets. At the end of the play, Romeo’s impatience and rashness causes the death of himself as well as Juliet’s. This can be supported by three main events during the play. Firstly, Romeo’s decision of attending the enemy’s party without any thought, secondly, Romeo knew that falling in love with a Capulet was to be ended heavily, and lastly, Romeo receives a warning from Balthasar about his future if he continues to take his actions quickly.

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:

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.

Romeo and Juliet was Shakespeare’s most famous play which is about love of two teenagers of two rival families. Since Romeo’s family and Juliet’s family are rivals, their families don’t agree with the marriage of their children to each other. However, Romeo and Juliet despite the opposition of their families secretly get married at church and insist on reaching their goal of being together. The whole story is played in the theatre style of the Renaissance; audiences could see violence, young boys are playing female rolls without wearing masks, many scenes and time change. However, if it was played in Greek theatre style, the audience could see a different style of performance and there would be a different effect. In Greek Theatre we would