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.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio said, “Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,/ Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!”(1.1.165-166) Benvolio suggests that love seems nice, peaceful, and innocent, but in reality it can be disastrous and even deadly. A world famous author and poet by the name of William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in 1597. Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the best love stories in history. There are many significant characters in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, Tybalt, the Nurse to Juliet, Friar Lawrence, Mercutio, Lord Capulet, and Lady Capulet. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the heart-wrending love story of two people who want to be together (Romeo and Juliet), but they cannot because their families are rivals. In the end, the two star-crossed lovers do not live happily ever after. Instead, they both perish. Why did their lives end so tragically? Ultimately, the prideful and foolish actions of the Capulets and Montagues, Friar Laurence, Romeo, and Juliet caused their untimely deaths.

Should one of Shakespeare 's most famous plays, Romeo, and Juliet, be removed from the freshman English curriculum? Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and is a tragic play about two star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet, the two main character, deny their family’s feud and choose to fall in love, but the choices they let others and themselves make lead to their untimely death. The classic play was written in mostly sonnets, a form of poetry and contains most of the English literature devices like figurative language, foreshadowing, imagery, etc... Also, Romeo and Juliet has part of the English curriculum for decades. Romeo and Juliet should still be part of Niles West learning curriculum since it’s still relevant because

“But come, young waverer, come, go with me. In one respect i'll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households rancor to pure love”. Romeo and Juliet was a play written by William Shakespeare. It takes place in Verona, Italy. The main characters are Romeo and Juliet. Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet party and instantly fell in love. There is only 1 problem though, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet and their families despise each other. Their only solution there is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence is a character who is supposed to be caring and someone who only wants the best for Romeo. Friar Lawrence had told Romeo that if he followed his plan, everything would turn out alright. Romeo believed him. Friar Lawrence thought that his plan would go smoothly, without any problems. Obviously, it did not turn out this way. If Friar Lawrence thought things out thoroughly, maybe he might have been a better mentor.

“These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” (2. 6. 9-15) Right before marrying Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence warns Romeo about the results of the passionate love Romeo and Juliet share might lead to. But that warning is overshadowed by Friar Lawrence’s choice to marry them within a day of them meeting. When Romeo first comes to Friar Lawrence to reveal to him his hopes for his and Juliet’s love, the Friar agrees to marry them. But then before Romeo leaves he gives him an eerie warning. “ FRIAR LAWRENCE. O, she knew well Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come, go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love. ROMEO. O, let us hence. I stand on sudden haste. FRIAR LAWRENCE. Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. (2. 3. 94-101) He is constantly giving Romeo and Juliet warnings that he later takes back or causes them to overlook by making promises to help them with their relationship. Because what he says and promises goes back and forth so much it is

The theme of love and hate plays a pivotal role in the play in the sense that unbridled passion was a direct result of this theme. The hatred between the two families was fuelled by a passionate disparage towards each other. Shakespeare’s use of the quote “What, ho! You men, you beasts/That quench the fire of your pernicious rage,” [Prince Act 1, Scene 1, Line 85] compares the Capulets and Montagues to beasts. This provides the implication that their hatred towards each other is only a result of unconstrained passion and has no real rational reason to continue. This highlights the spiteful natures of the two families for their lack of self-restrain, linking it back to the theme of love and hate. Their hatred was so strong that it caused the two lovers to go to drastic ends to ultimately end up with each other. As a result of the existing enmity between the two families, the lovers are forced to go

“Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground, And hear the sentence of your moved Prince.” Does anybody know where this demanding quote came from ? An drama/action play called “Romeo & Juliet” by William shakespeare. The character who said this quote was the leader and ruler of Verona, Prince Escalus. Princes demand led to order because he has authority over his people and keeps the peace of his city.This play was about two families Montagues And Capulets who have a history and hatred against each other. But two star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, both from two different families fall in love and wanted to be together. But what stands in the way of their love is their family feud. In this play there are a lot of Vendettas, Secrets, Hatred, Death/Murder, And Power. Is Order needed to civilize people from chaos? Yes because, without order and someone to lead and bring order there would be chaos and violence.

Friar Lawrence is a neutral but chaotic character at the same time in this play. Him being a catholic clergy puts him in a prime spot to cause havoc on Romeo and Juliet's life. The action of friar Lawrence misleads Romeo and Juliet to their own deaths in the end. Friar Lawrence sets in motions a chain of events that most likely could have saved both Romeo and Juliet he. His in influence on Juliet causing her to fake death leading to the death of her, Paris and Romeo. If friar Lawrence would

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, there are themes that jump out while reading. While some themes are obvious, there are still a few themes that Shakespeare puts in that requires a little bit of deeper digging into the text. A less-obvious theme that Shakespeare was trying to get the audience to notice, was you should compromise with your enemies. Friar Lawrence is one of the characters that captures the theme really well, especially with two major actions that he did during the play.

An important factor that contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s downfall was Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet thought that they fell in love, but the Friar should have known that they were just kids and they were really rushing into things. One poor decision Friar Laurence makes is to agree to marry the couple in secret. While at first he is optimistic about there pair, thinking it may help unite the two enemies of families. But it is later very evident that Friar Laurence doubts his decision as he first expresses "So smile the heavens upon this holy act / That after-hours with sorrow chide

William Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is a story about two teenagers with a forbidden love. Their sacrifices they make for each other explains their love well. Friar Lawrence, the one who confirmed their never ending love, started it all. Based on tragic events in the story, Friar Lawrence is to blame for the tragedy.

Mercutio, in Act 2, Scene 1, jokes about his best friend in a way that shows they are close to one another: “Romeo! Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh; speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied!” (7-9). The influence of Mercutio’s character is clearly shown throughout the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, simply because Mercutio is Romeo’s inspiration for most of his decisions. Their friendship strengthens the choices made by the main characters. To put it simply, Mercutio plays a more vital role than Tybalt since he has a strong bond with Romeo. Mercutio is an overall more important character than Tybalt because his actions drive Romeo to make poor, impulsive decisions, he foreshadows the deaths

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.

“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die; like fire and powder” (II.VI.9-10). Friar Lawrence aforementioned those magnificent words, in William Shakespeare’s arguably most popular play “Romeo and Juliet”. Lawerence’s parts a monk who completes tasks such as confessions and marriages in the community. Friar Lawrence can be recognized as being knowledgeable beyond belief but sometimes gets carried away. Friar Lawrence, a man of many qualities displays wisdom, meddling, and affability.

The play’s change from romance to tragedy all beings when Friar Lawrence demeanor changes and helps the young waverer prepare for marriage as he sees the opportunity to end the feud between two families. Tybalt becomes furious for their marriage and trades his life for Mercutio’s life and Romeo being banished keeping him away from Juliet. To reunite the couples, Friar Lawrence makes a plan which he gives Juliet a potion that will fake her death for a while and set a messenger to deliver a letter to Romeo explaining the plan. Romeo was told that Juliet was dead, he rushes to suicide next to Juliet, despite Friar Lawrence’s words before the wedding ‘go wisely and slowly – those who run fast often stumble’. In the final scene, Romeo finds Juliet’s “dead” and, rather than face life without her, swallows a vial of poison moments before Juliet wakes up. Juliet wakes up realising Romeo is dead and she tries to kill herself with the poison left on his lips, but since there’s not enough poison left, she stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Friar Lawrence’s plan which aimed to generate love completely failed changing Romeo and Juliet from a romance to a Shakespearean tragedy of a ‘…never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her