William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

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.

In the play, Don Pedro takes it upon himself to device a benign deception that would allow Benedick and Beatrice to realize their true feelings. Through this deception, Benedick and Beatrice could acknowledge and embrace their genuine feelings for one another. Don Pedro implements his plan when he, Claudio and Leonato stage a conversation for Benedick to overhear. Leonato tells the other two gentlemen that his niece Beatrice is madly in love with Benedick. Leonato says how “she loves him with an enraged affection, it is past the infinite of thought (2.3. 108-109).” Claudio takes it up a notch with his dramatization of the extent of Beatrice's love: “Then down upon her knees she falls, weeps, sobs, beats her heart, tears her hair, prays, curses: 'O sweet Benedick! (2.3. 154-155)” The result of this grand deception is that Benedick is deceived into thinking that Beatrice loves him and he decides to return that love back. The same lies are fed to Beatrice in order to deceive her as well into loving Benedick. This deception is brought to life when Hero sends Margaret to tell Beatrice that Hero and Ursula are in the orchard speaking about her. The deception is woven

The Love between Benedict and Beatrice is a strong love hate relationship after their previous ties had failed between each other. Heros plan is to trick Beatrice into entering the orchard and overhearing their conversations about her. Through their conversation Hero, Ursula praises the virtues of Benedick and to point out the flaws in herself(Act 3 Scene 1). By doing this Hero is able to convince Beatrice to her love of Benedick. However the same time Claudio and Don John are talking of Beatrice's secret love for Benedick. After this occurred both characters realize their true feelings and began to fall for one another through the deception played out by Hero and

Claudio and Hero's views of love are very different to Beatrice and Benedick's, as they both vowed that they will never marry at the beginning of the play. Their relationship starts with witty insults as they were trying to deceive themselves that they do not love the other. However, they seem to throw their beliefs about love away as soon as they hear about someone loving them. “Here comes Beatrice. By this day, she’s a fair lady. I do spy some marks of love in her,” (2, 3, 244-246) this line shows how Benedick loves for Beatrice, and that he was trying to hide this love by always criticizing her. “And Benedick, love on; I will requite thee,

Once Claudio and Beatrice start planning their wedding, Don Pedro tricks Benedick into thinking Beatrice is in love with him, and vice versa. This lie is similar to the lie in which he uses deceit to get Claudio and Hero together in the first place. Afterward, Benedick says to Beatrice: “There is nothing in the world I love as much as you.” (V,iv,95) [1] Don Pedro’s lie, in contrast to Don John’s, has the rather positive effect of Benedick and Beatrice falling in love. The positive effects of Don Pedro’s trickery mirrors his intentions - helpful. In contrast, Don John tricks Claudio into thinking Hero is unfaithful the night before their wedding, much like how he tricked Claudio into thinking Don Pedro took Hero for himself. Because of this, Claudio accuses: “She knows the heat of a luxurious bed. Her Blush is of guiltiness, not modesty.” (IV,i,35) Claudio publicly accuses Hero of adultery, one of the most heinous crimes of the time, and, at least temporarily, ruins their relationship based on Don John’s lie. Similar to Don Pedro’s example, the effect of the malicious act matches perfectly with Don John’s evil intentions and his meddling character. Claudio’s extreme reaction to this news causes Beatrice to emotionally manipulate Benedick into dueling Claudio for defaming Hero. Thus, the comedy suggests that the aftermath of lying depends on the

Don Pedro and his men return from the war and visit the house of Leonato and his brother, Antonio. This sudden meeting reunites Beatrice with her archrival, Benedick, and it is here that Claudio and Hero fall in love.

Don Pedro and Hero try to get Beatrice and Benedick to declare their love for one another

Finally, as Don Pedro and Claudio meet up again he tells him that he has successfully wined over Hero’s heart and that Leonato agrees for their marriage. In the meantime, Don Pedro also wants Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love with each other and asks Claudio and Hero to fulfill his plan. In scene 2, Don John has found out that Claudio and Hero have a marriage arranged. He does not want the two to get married so he along with his worker Borachio design a plan to cease the marriage. Their plan is quite sophisticated because it requires Don John to bring Claudio and Don Pedro, and he will lure them to see that Hero is making love with Borachio. Finally, scene 3 is the last scene in this act and the events that happen are very intriguing. Firstly, it begins with Benedick who is alone outside and he says that he will never be in love with anyone. But, as Leonato, Claudio, and Don Pedro enter they begin to talk about how Beatrice has a profound love towards Benedick. As Benedick is hiding, the 3 of them all know that he is there and they try to him in believing by talking about how Beatrice loves Benedick and she would never be able to tell him

Emotions are an important part of life. Without emotions, there would be no feelings, like sadness, happiness, anger, and the world would be dull. Sometimes emotions lead people to do things that defeat reason and go against what is ‘right’ in their society. So when do emotions defeat reason? Three books that illustrate strong emotions are, “Romeo and Juliet” a script by William Shakespeare, “Pride and Prejudice” a novel by Jane Austen, and “I am Malala” a memoir by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb. These books help illustrate emotions are stronger than reason because in all books the main characters have to overcome a problem or obstacle where their emotions defeat reason. In “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo and Juliet aren’t allowed to be

Claudio claimed to have feelings for Hero when he first met her, but it was not until after the war that he acted upon those feelings. Claudio asked Benedick how he felt about Hero (I.i.155-162). Claudio wanted to know Benedick’s opinion of Hero before Claudio admitted to his liking of her. Claudio cares about other’s opinions and is easily swayed. When Don Pedro and Benedick agree that Hero is a modest lady, it gives Claudio permission to fall completely in love with her. Claudio is a passionate person, so when he has feelings about something, he feels deeply. His love for Hero is strong, but others can easily manipulate his love.

Normally when something goes wrong, people will point fingers and blame the person responsible. In William Shakespeare’s story, “Romeo and Juliet,” two teenagers fall in love with each other, but due to some characters’ actions, Romeo and Juliet die. Their loss turns the love story into a tragedy. The Capulet’s house, Friar Laurence, and Romeo can be held responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

His view of women again turns cynical again when he receives news in Act 3, Scene 2 that leads him to believe that Hero has had an affair with another man. Don John uses the word “disloyal” to describe her actions, and Claudio repeats that word in outrage and confusion about this blow to his honor (3 2 76). Being “disloyal” seems worse than most other things, in that it has wounded Claudio's pride and reputation. The prefix “dis” is extremely negative and poignant. He emphasizes that if he sees anything with his own eyes, he will believe these accusations. He describes the issue as “mischief strangely thwarting,” and extends that description to all women in general; here he shows that he has moved from seeing women as wives and goddesses to adulterers and shrews.

Benedick was very upset about Claudio’s love for hero because he did not believe in love; he wanted to remain a bachelor for life. Beatrice thought love was foolish. Falling in love was not her cup of tea. So Hero and Ursula decided to trick them into falling in love. Hero says to Ursula,” O god of love! I know he doth deserve as much as may be

Originating from Latin America, the name Tybalt signifies “he who sees.” However, in the play, Tybalt fails to see how his actions lead to conflicts and ultimately the downfall of certain characters. Being part of the Capulet family, which is one of the most powerful families in Verona, Tybalt has a close relationship with Juliet and also loathes all the Montagues, for the Montagues are the rivals of the Capulets. Tybalt, throughout the story, tries to fight the Montagues, which sometimes result to unfortunate events. At the end of the story, Romeo decides to commit suicide when he is made to believe that Juliet is dead, but Juliet awakens from her made up

Don Pedro finishes fighting a war with is group of soldiers and decides to stop at a friend’s house in Messina. Claudio soon decides that he does truly love Hero after thinking about her during the war and wants to marry her. When Claudio is confessing this to Don Pedro and Don Pedro makes a plan to get her consent of marriage then give her to Claudio one of Don John men is listening in on the conversation. Don John quickly learns about this new news of his brother’s marriage and wants to stop it to get revenge. When at the party Don Pedro woes over Hero making her agree to marring Claudio. After the party Leonato, Hero, and Claudio try to get Beatrice and benedick to marry one another after they said they will never fall in love. Then