William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

Once in our lifetimes we all go through a tragedy, but who is responsible? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, several characters are responsible for the deaths in the play. The characters; the Capulets, Friar Laurence, and Tybalt are the ones most responsible.

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.

A popular idiom that many children are told are a young age is “You can’t judge a book by its cover”. Accordingly, this idiom holds true about people, how their appearance, background, or name do not define who they are. This meaningful message is expressed in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Beastly by Alex Flinn, and Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson. These texts reveal the message that if one is willing to look past a prejudice, one can see who another really is, leading to the most unlikely of relationships.

Hornyak 1 Olivia Hornyak Mrs. Guy English 14 October 2014 Irrational Teenage Behavior in Romeo and Juliet Teenagers can act irrationally because they are sleep deprived and because their brains are not fully developed. In Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, make many poor decisions and often act rashly. Romeo and Juliet, who come from feuding families, meet at a ball, immediately fall in love, and getting married without telling their families the next day. In the end, they both kill themselves over each other resulting in an end to their families fighting. Irrational teenage behavior, can cause incomplete brain development and sleep deprivation, results in poor judgement, as seen in Shakespeare’s tragic play Romeo and Juliet.

I have resided in Verona for the better part of forty years and never have I seen such a mishandled case as this. Firstly, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the tragedy of Verona. Their story comes only as a result of a deep seated hatred that in the past you have not condoned. Yet your strict attitude cost a man his life. Now three bodies have been laid to rest as a result of Romeo 's banishment. You should have allowed Romeo to remain in Verona following Mercutio and Tybalt 's deaths. The punishment may fit the crime, but not the circumstances. Romeo 's banishment was unjust.

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).

Friar Lawrence plays a major role in the play “Romeo and Juliet”, and he is one of the key characters that make this play by William Shakespeare the renowned romantic tragedy that it is. In Italy during the 1400’s – 1500’s religion played a strong and influential part of society. Holy men known as Friars were therefore very trusted and respected. Anointed by God they lead a life of permanent commitment and were bound by vows of poverty, obedience, chastity and a life of prayer. The Franciscan Friar, in the play, is shown to be an expert of plants and remedies and it is this characteristic which enables him to make the beneficial comparisons between the healing and harming side of plants and herbs, a key importance to the play. The Friar’s role as friend and advisor to Romeo and Juliet highlights the conflicts between parents and their children. The centrality of the Friar’s role suggests a notable failure in parental love and this is why in their isolation Romeo and Juliet turn to the Friar for neutral advice. To begin with the Friar can’t believe how Romeo has abandoned Rosaline, his once beloved, and quickly fallen in love with Juliet. However he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet in the hope marriage will end the feud between the Montague and Capulet households. Ironically, his intentions were never truly fulfilled because the circumstances surrounding the marriage made it almost impossible for peace to occur. Thus emphasising the Friar’s naive underestimations of fate.

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.

“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)

In Act 1, Scene 5, Shakespeare discusses the beginning of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. They know they have to keep their relationship a secret because their families, the Montagues and Capulets, are in a middle of a dispute. In the great hall of the Capulets, Romeo approaches Juliet and touches her hands as he describes by kissing her, that she is capable of taking his sin from him. They kiss for the second time before the nurse intrudes. Shakespeare uses metaphors and religious imagery to deepen the fact that they are meant to be together, like a pilgrim to a holy site. Romeo and Juliet make religious jokes to protect their newly relationship because of their family conflict, it would be seen as a sin. The words “this” and “kiss” are recited to convey the importance of their first kiss.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is centered around the tragic story of two “star-cross’d lovers”. A tragedy is a dramatic story that chronicles the downfall or death of a tragic hero. Tragedies usually depict the causes of a tragic hero’s downfall, which are most commonly a tragic choice or a tragic flaw. There is often some sort of greater power at play in tragedies, like fate. A key aspect of tragedies is both fate and free will leading to the downfall of a tragic hero. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet’s immaturity, the feud between the houses Capulet and Montague, and fate cause the deaths of the two young lovers.

William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet is completely compressed in Shakespeare 's preface: "Two family units, both alike in respect, in reasonable Verona where we lay our scene. From old resentment break to new uprising where common blood make common hands unclean. From forward the deadly loins of these two adversaries, a couple of star crossed darlings who take their life" (Universal, 1996). This film is a wonderful finish of the chief 's amazing capacity to make an effective presentation, to choose a practical, however dreamlike setting, to pick sensible on-screen characters, and to authorize specific emotional impacts.

Have you ever made an ill-judged decision or mindlessly acted on a situation? Many people often make mistakes, but it is usually in the youth that errors are found more frequently. This is exposed and proven in the play Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet follows two star-crossed lovers that are lead to an unfortunate fate. The two meet each other and with an unbelievably short amount of time proclaim their love for one another They are from two families that have been opposing one another for years, so they get married in secret, which only leads to their supposed heartbreak and unfortunate demise. Throughout the play the characteristics of youth are revealed by figurative language. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare uses metaphors to convey that adolescence is marked by foolish actions and behaviors.