Lizzy Baginski English Composition 2 Mr. Spera March 10, 2015 Romeo and Juliet Research Paper The movie Romeo and Juliet is a modern classic film that took place in 1996. Overall this is a timeless story that everyone should go and watch. This movie has an intriguing plot line that tells the story of two feuding families, The Montagues and The Capulets, and how the children of these two different families fall in love. The two children overcome various obstacles such as hiding their chemistry from their parents because it is forbidden. In the 1996 classical movie, Romeo and Juliet, a tragic love story unravels between two star-crossed lovers also known as Romeo and Juliet by using the time period in Verona, the character Romeo, the location Italy and the power of true love. The classical movie Romeo and Juliet is told through the 1990’s time period in Verona. The 1990’s was an era that had innovative fashion trends and new evolving technology. The fashion style that most people wore in the 1990’s (90’s) was incorporated into the movie Romeo and Juliet. According to the “1990s News, Events, Popular Culture and Prices”, the 90’s fashion consisted of torn, stone washed jeans, flannel shirts, long hair, sneakers, baseball hats and more. Some of Romeo’s friends (the Montague’s) also wore tone stonewashed jeans and flannels which displays how the decade played a part in the movie. The 90’s was also a time period when technology started to boom and television became popular.
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.
In Romeo and Juliet, love is depicted in several ways. Both Luhrman and Shakespeare represent love in different ways in different contexts to both the Elizabethan era and the contemporary audience. Both the original and later manifestations of the text are valued because they both communicate to the audience on the values of love and society by employing a variety of devices.
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
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, figures of authority play a prominent role in the tragedies that take place throughout the story. Friar Lawrence is a respected member of society, and both the Capulet and Montague families trust him for advice and support. However, throughout the play, Friar Lawrence makes hasty decisions, like marrying Romeo and Juliet, hiding the fact of their marriage, helping Romeo after he is banished, and faking Juliet’s death. Through Friar Lawrence’s bad choices, Shakespeare demonstrates that blind reliance on people of authority is ill-advised, because they have flaws and make mistakes just like everybody else.
From the 16th century to the 21st century, concepts of good parenting have drastically changed. In Romeo and Juliet, parenting takes an unusual approach as the children are treated in many different ways. Several couples in Shakespeare’s book, have experienced raising a child. While some raise their children with every second of their attention, others, including the Capulets, leave their child with a nanny. Not having a stable relationship with parents has often been the cause of feeling isolated; this is how Juliet feels when growing up, especially being an only child. After the lack of parenting in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet has been raised by her nurse, not had her parents’ influential presence in her life, and has
One of Shakespeare’s most eminent plays, Romeo and Juliet is a tale revolving around a pair of star-crossed lovers whose premature relationship must go undiscovered because of their feuding families. However, in the arduous process of protecting its secrecy, several essential figures including Romeo, Friar Lawrence and the theme of fate play decisive roles that hold responsibility in the turnout of events that lead to a tragic conclusion. Romeo, the lover himself is rebellious and desperate for love. His impulsive personality towards love and marriage establishes danger not only upon himself but as well as his partner Juliet. Friar Lawrence is well-regarded, but his rashness, ignorance, and ill-advised thinking place both lovers in
Romeo and Juliet argues that life is enjoyable if and only if mutual love accompanies it. Capulet’s perspective that life is limiting prevails for anybody who isn’t exposed to mutual love because “we were born to die” (3.4.4). To those exposed to mutual love---particularly Romeo and Juliet, life is profoundly valuable, for being with their partner stimulates and unifies every part of their bodies: mind, spirit and emotion. To both Romeo and Juliet, life absent of love makes death preferable to living. Shakespeare demonstrates that life with love transforms a meaningless existence into one that results in the complete, perfect unity of two psyches.
He Drank the Poison; She Drew the Dagger; Romeo, Juliet and Others Accountable for Their End
Romeo and Juliet were two star-crossed lovers that were doomed from the start, and their love ended in great tragedy. Violent events caused by the two lovers brought peace to the age-old feuding families with their own death. Romeo and Juliet is a short play written by William Shakespeare. The play takes place in medieval Verona where two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are constantly disputing and their fights and arguments dictate the day. Romeo and Juliet, who are both from two different houses, meets in a party and fall madly in love. After the party ended, Romeo sneaks to the balcony of Juliet’s house where they plan to get married in secret the very next day. A while after, Romeo is permanently banished from Verona
In the past, it happened in important cities to have families quarrelling each other who wanted the ultimate power. Therefore, some fights happened because of this purpose. This anger could be transferred anywhere, whether in public life or private life. So, having a happy private life in a city where a fight between important families could always occurred anywhere is not an easy thing. To support this statement, with his play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare wrote a fight between families (Montagues and Capulet) in which a love is hard due to this anger. In fact, the conflict between private and public life is one of the main themes. Otherwise, there is clearly a conflict individuals versus society in this play. Indeed, the public world of Verona affects the private world of Romeo and Juliet. They cannot do what they want; some things are forbidden. The rivalry made the lovers forced to hide and escape from their real identities too, finally, lead them to death.
In Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, these "two star-cross 'd lovers” have a “fate” that they construct for themselves. The decisions that Romeo and Juliet make are what leads them to their death, rather than the widely accepted idea that they die because of inevitable and predetermined fate. Everyone is aware of what is going to happen to Romeo and Juliet and even they themselves seem to sense their approaching death, but continue their efforts to be together anyway. Shakespeare 's’ play begins with stating that “a pair of starr-crossed lovers take their life” and have a “death-mark’d love” (Prologue, 6-11). Romeo and Juliet’s inability to be together is explained at the very beginning of the play and makes the audience aware of the two lovers’ end, which they bring upon themselves. Romeo and Juliet’s death happens because of their own actions and they lead themselves to it instead of trying to avoid it.
2016 is a long way away from the ancient 1595; from the way humans travel to the way they have their homes set up, things have drastically changed. No more do we count on a wooden boat to take a month to bring a shipment from one place to another, but now have airplanes that take a day. People do occasionally go back to the originals, even though it is not necessary. That is how Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is; people read the old tale even though we do not need to. The reason we go so far back to read these works of art is because William Shakespeare had a huge influence on writing, making it almost necessary for people to read his literary style and how it has evolved into the literature of today. His story Romeo and
Foolish and impulsive desires can easily influence one, which can force them into undesirable situations. Such is the case with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This play is centred on two adolescents, Romeo and Juliet who are blinded by love. Alas, the love that brought them together is ultimately what leads to their demise. The blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet can only rest on themselves. This is due to the facts that they formed a marriage hastily, they had a defective, sexually driven relationship, and they committed the mistakes of making lamentable decisions.
Romeo and Juliet is a classic playwright written by William Shakespeare. Everyone gets the chance to study his work at some point in their career, whether in grade school or in college. On February 24th, I attended the production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Theatre UCF on the UCF main campus. The play ran longer than I initially thought it was going to be. It started at 7:30 P.M. and ended three hours later around 10:30 P.M.