The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet were too impulsive with their decisions. After the ball when Romeo was secretly listening to Juliet announcing her love and he told her that he loved her too Juliet explained to Romeo that if he is caught that the guards will have him dead. Romeo responds “for stony

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.

The ideology that everything in the universe has a specific place and rank in order of their hierarchy importance created by God is known as the concept of The Great Chain of Being. The order of this concept consisted levels according to highest rank to the lowest accordingly: God, angels, humanity, animals, vegetation life, leading all the way down to crud. Within each category, more specific classification existed, placing these subcategories in a specific order. This concept was believed to be a way to keep the universe in order. As this was believed during Elizabethan times, William Shakespeare also believed in the Great Chain of Being, as many of his plays are prominently based on this concept. Some of his plays include characters that accept their place on the Chain, but others are not so complacent. By examining three different characters from Shakespeare’s tragedies, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and The Tragedy of King Lear, it is obvious to readers who is content with their place on the Chain and which characters have a difficult time accepting their place. Romeo and Juliet do not obey their parents’ orders, therefore suffer harsh consequences towards the end of the play. Macbeth is another Shakespearean character that violates the Chain, due to the committing of several murders, in order to gain the throne. In stark contrast, Cordelia, is content with her place on the Chain as she does not want anything greater in life, unlike her

In William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations in Romeo and Juliet through various language techniques and structure. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers. Both Romeo and Juliet were from feuding families that would not approve of their marriage. In the play they are presented with many difficult circumstances. The play was set in the Elizabethan era; there was a significant change in religion, family and politics. Attitudes and key scenes highlight the theme of love in difficult circumstances and prepare the audience for Romeo and Juliet’s suicides at the end of the play. In this essay I will be exploring the ways Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations.

Romeo and Juliet is a story that involves many untimely deaths. Out of all the deaths Romeo and Juliet were the most important deaths out of the whole play. But who is left to blame for their deaths? Tybalt, Paris, and Mercutio; there is someone to blame for each of those deaths. Yet nobody is one hundred percent sure who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s suicide. Well, the answer to who led them might surprise you, as the people who were closest to them led them to their suicide. Two families who have a raging feud. A feud so strong they pushed their children to the brink of death.

I am going to tell you a story about a boy and a girl; this is a tragic love story, but not your typical Romeo and Juliet. Around the world, there are six prime emotions: joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, and discussed. Secondary emotions are mad up of two or more prime emotions. Take love or instance, emotions you can use for love is joy and fear. When you are in love, you are full of joy, but love can also be scary because you are putting yourself out and can be hurt. While I tell you this story, I want you to think about the emotions that flow through it.

Star-crossed lovers defined as lovers whose relationship was doomed from the beginning and was said to end in tragedy, by that of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare describes Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers” because their fate and destiny was said to be set in the stars from the day they met, till the day they died. Although not set in the stars commendable, set in the stars to be doomed for their fate. Romeo and Juliet were apart of two different families feuding with each, obviously their fate wasn’t going to work out, although a friar in the play was trying to conclude the feuding between the families.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends in tragedy, because of some of Romeo and Juliet’s faults. Romeo and Juliet obviously rush into things. They do not listen to the advice of Friar Lawrence and end up paying the ultimate price. They also ignore the obvious factors that prohibit Romeo and Juliet from ever being happy together. Romeo and Juliet are also very immature and are groomed for social disaster. Romeo and Juliet are also not in love, but in lust. The combination of impatience, immaturity, and ignoring other’s advice leads to the tragedy of these two “star-crossed lovers.”

Love or lust, one drives the story of Romeo and Juliet all the way to tragic end. In act one scene two in the streets of Verona, Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, tries to convince Romeo to go to the Capulet's party to find another woman and forget his old love, Rosaline. Finally, Romeo agrees and tells his cousin Benvolio, "I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in splendor of mine own." When Romeo agrees to go to the party he has just chosen to affect his future based on the decision. He has agreed to take the risk of angering the Capulet's and whatever consequences come with angering them. Romeo determines that based on what happens at the party will choose what happens next in his life. Romeo left the party not only leaving the Capulets angered, but also left him rebounding with Juliet, because of hi old love, Rosaline.

In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, we learn of the many hardships and highs Romeo and Juliet go through over the course of the story. The play Romeo and Juliet is based off two star-crossed lovers who are separated from each other due to a feud between their two families. Their love is so strong that at the end of the story Romeo and Juliet both end up committing suicide because they can’t live without each other. Whether it is problems with love, or them complimenting each other on how they feel about the other person, Shakespeare uses many literary devices to make the reader dig deeper into the context to find the meaning behind the sentence. Some of the literary devices are; similes, metaphors, and personification.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is the question we hear so many times as children. Yet, growing up does not necessarily mean becoming an adult. Rather, growing up is the change within one’s self that is illustrated by a heightened awareness, the ability to think reasonably, and the proficiency to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner. In adolescence, we turn to the adults in our lives to aid us in understanding our choices as we become increasingly responsible for our own actions. During this time in our lives, adults with worldly experience direct us down the path of good judgment in order that we may learn how to make good decisions. They near essential to us, even though not everyone has this advantage. William Shakespeare’s famous and celebrated tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, depicts several instances in which the title characters, though still naïve, behave more responsibly and maturely than the misguided adult figures in their lives–those of the Houses of Capulet and Montague, especially Juliet’s parents, and the culpable Friar Laurence.

To begin the play, Romeo is already downhearted over the loss of his previous sweetheart, Rosaline. Romeo and his friends secretly decide to a party thrown by his family’s enemy, Capulet. When Romeo arrives at the party in a depressed mood, he has high hopes of seeing Rosaline. Instead he spots Juliet and instantaneously falls in love. In a split second, Romeo transforms from heartbroken to entirely lovesick. From Juliet’s point of view, she is a thirteen year old girl isolated in her home. This party is where she has been told she will meet her future spouse; an older man. The plans for the night take an alternate route. Upon a short conversation between Romeo and Juliet, a passionate kiss occurs. Juliet has no knowledge of Romeo’s marital status, and states that if he is married, “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Peele). Clearly the two have quite a bumpy ride ahead of them. Romeo proceeds to sneak back to the

And both of them agreed to marry. By the support of Friar Laurence (a Franciscan Friar and Romeo’s confident) who hopes to reunite the two families through the marriage of their children. The next day, they are married secretly.

In the beginning of the story Romeo is known to have deep love for Rosaline. He seems very sad and depressed because Romeo has lot of love towards Rosaline however Rosaline won't return her love back to Romeo. Romeo would do anything to be able to be close to her loved one Rosaline, Later Romeo finds out that the Capulets with be throwing a feast and a

The most famous love/tragedy story of all time is most likely the story of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are two characters written by William Shakespeare who are pulled through a tragedy that ultimately unites their families in the end. Because of the feud their forbidden love is kept a secret. Many people love the timeless tale of the great tragedy and often romanticise it to make it more like a love story. Because of this many people see love like Romeo and Juliet’s, secret, forbidden, and passionate, and want something just like it. I disagree, I think that that kind of would never work in the real world.