William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

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.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story which results in both of the lovers’ deaths. Romeo and Juliet come from feuding families who have a strong hatred. When they fall in love, they obviously don’t want their families to know. The story tells of how they try to maintain their love until both lovers kill themselves out of grief. Many characters have an influence in their deaths and in theory, every single character could blamed to some degree. But Friar Laurence, a man of the church and a good friend of Romeo, is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Despite other characters actions, Friar Laurences failure to notify Romeo of his plan, marrying them secretly, and his advice to both Romeo and Juliet played the biggest role in their deaths.

Love by definition is an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is greatly shown in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was love at first sight with Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Meeting at a party and falling in love to get married without even spending quality time with each other. Romeo and Juliet couldn 't tell there parents because the Capulets and Montagues are long term rivals. Both Romeo and Juliet had to find different ways and excuses to make this marriage work. A big problem was developed. Romeo kills Juliet 's cousin and is banished from Mantua. Juliet 's problem was that her family wanted her to marry Paris in which her family thought was the one. Juliet makes a poor decision in which it wasn 't successful in the end. The theme of the Play Romeo and Juliet is that if you really love someone it can think yourself into bad decisions. No matter what obstacles are in the way you will find a way to be with the love of your life. And that is what both Romeo and Juliet show the readers in the story.

Shakespeare is the second most quoted writer in the English language – after the various writers of the Bible. This being said Shakespeare has been read by many and understood by some. These are the people who can fully comprehend the themes of his works. The main themes of Romeo and Juliet are violence and fate because the feud between the Montagues and Capulets and the violent end that the two lovers had.

Shakespeare 's 'Romeo and Juliet ' variously links to the poetry; 'The Flea ', by John Donne, 'Valentine ', by Carol Ann Duffy, and 'Sonnet 116 ', by Shakespeare. The first association is through theme, as Sonnet 116 demonstrates the importance of eternal love and through situation, such as how 'Valentine ' ends with violent imagery, so does the play. Another way in which the drama links to the poetry is by character, Romeo and the protagonist of 'The Flea ' convey characteristics of a courtly lover in the beginning. The character in 'Valentine ' and Juliet both aspire to be honest and are pragmatic in their commitment. Lastly, the drama can be connected to the poetry through language/imagery/tone. A similar tone of bitterness is

Pravinee Hurbungs said, “Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.” In Shakespeare 's, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the enemy that Juliet doesn’t fear, but love, and Friar Lawrence is the fake friend that Juliet should fear. Others could say any other Romeo and Juliet character is to blame for their deaths, but I believe that Friar Lawrence is the one to blame. The friar is the one who married them, gave Juliet the idea to kill herself, and left her by herself when she awoke from her “death.” For those reasons, I believe Friar Lawrence is the most responsible one for both of their deaths.

For years, people have argued whether or not to modernize Shakespeare’s plays into modern English or keep the original version. This idea is explored in the articles “Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language” by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, “Shakespeare in Modern English?” by James Shapiro, and the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In an article by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, called “Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language”, the article talks about how the Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced that they will modernize thirty-six playwrights into today’s words. The article supports neither modernize or not modernize Shakespeare’s plays. In an article by James Shapiro called, “Shakespeare in Modern

Romeo and Juliet is a famous play about love and tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1597. He is also known as England’s most famous playwright and poet. The play is about two feuding families who have an ‘ancient grudge’ with each other and two ‘star crossed lovers’ who fall in love and commit suicide. This essay will show the range of conflict from emotional to physical conflict.

The story of Romeo and Juliet is a story about two starcross’d lovers that are unable to pursue their love for one another. Many characters and scenes are spoken from Romeo and Juliet’s point of view. During the play, they are both faced with circumstances where they choose close confidants to confide in about their unforbidden love. Both Romeo and Juliet try to make wise decisions, while leaning on their advisors. Romeo chose the Friar, and Juliet chose the long hired family nurse that raised her. Both advisors were influential in changing the outcome of some events that took place throughout the play between the Montagues and Capulets. In the story, the friar and nurse are well-liked and respected in their families and community. In spite of how the families hated each other, the advisors are the only two that believed in Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other.

Through the ages, women have always had a powerful role, whether or not it was recognized by society. They cook, clean, give birth, and nurture which all are more than necessary jobs. However, also throughout the ages, women have been separated from society and seen as a lesser being and not being granted the same rights and equality as men. Specifically this can be seen in the Elizabethan age. Queen Elizabeth fought for women to be seen as equals to men through her reign. But in loving the theatre, she never allowed women to be on the stage; forcing men to play the role of men and women makes her ideals and society 's hypocritical.

William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Romeo and Juliet tells the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers willing to defy all odds to be together. However, throughout the story, we repeatedly see how fate intervenes and wreaks havoc on their lives in destructive and devastating ways. Act 5 Scene 3, the scene of the actual disaster, reinforces this idea in the most dramatic and terrible way possible - the tragic and untimely death of the main characters themselves. In addition, all the other characters such as Friar Lawrence, the heads of the Capulet and Montague households and the Prince experience grief and regret as not seen throughout the rest of the play.

Aisera 1 Aisera E. Jenkins 20 March 2017 In my time reading stories, plays, and poetry from British literature most of the things i am generally interested in reading is Shakespeare plays. Most notably, Romeo and Juliet as being one of my personal favorites.Throughout

Shakespeare 's use of his poetic dramatic structure (especially effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of sub-plots to embellish the story) has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the