William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet shows how the story of true love can break the ancient grudge between two families. The conflict in the story is Capulets against Montagues. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” (1.Prologue.1-4). The grudge between the two families led to fighting and even death.

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.

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.

When people have hatred for others, it changes the way they act towards them. In the first act of Romeo and Juliet, two servants of the house of Capulet named Sampson and Gregory have a conversation using puns that insult the Montagues. Sampson displays his hatred for the Montagues when he says, “A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I/will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.” (1.1.12). He is saying that he would attack any of the Montagues. Sampson sees a Montague servant approaching, and he decides to bite his thumb at him, which is an offensive gesture. Though Sampson and Gregory were only the servants of the Capulets, they still have a great amount of hatred for the Montagues. This really shows how much the Capulets and Montagues dislike each other.

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.

Hate is one very important idea examined in Romeo and Juliet and is explored by Juliet when she states ‘Here's much to do with hate, but more with love’ (1.1.166). William Shakespeare conveys the consequences of hate in his play through the ancient feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, the irrational decisions made and the deaths that resulted. It is the ancient feud between the two families that lead to the irrational decisions made by Romeo and Juliet as well as their demise. It is questionable as to whether Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be spared if their families were not feuding.

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 classic love story Romeo and Juliet, tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers who do not live happily ever after. However, true love must first be understood in order to fully grasp the complexity, mystery, and passion involved in the play... "If he be marrièd, / my grave is like to be my wedding bed," Juliet says before she learns Romeo 's identity (Shakespeare I.v.148-149). This tragedy, written by William Shakespeare, takes place in the Renaissance era, the setting is Verona and Mantua, which are northern cities in Italy. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic dramatic play written in English in London, mid-1590’s. Throughout the play, monologues and soliloquies develop Juliet Capulet’s tone as indecisive, passionate, and violent which strengthens her immense love for Romeo so she can defy her family and accomplish the impossible to be with her lover. (III.ii.144).

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.

When people start learning about William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it can be confusing and pointless due to the fact that two young people fall in love and die for each other. Romeo & Juliet should not be taught in the 9th grade next year or in any year because, the entire story has unrealistics standards, promotes alcohol and drug abuse, as well as graphic depictions of violence, and lastly the usage of english that is no longer used.

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

Romeo says that the moon is pale and sick with grief because Juliet is more beautiful than the moon. (Line 4-7 "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she."), as the sun out shines the moon exemplifying that the moon is jealous of her beauty

Relating to William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families, disrupts the city of Verona and ends in a tragedy for Romeo and Juliet. “Revenge, love, and a secret marriage forcing the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair” (Amanda Mabillard). Romeo and Juliet portrays the chaos and passion of being in love, combining images of love, violence, and family in an impressionistic rush leading to the play’s tragic conclusion.

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.

When the Capulets and Montagues walk into Juliet’s tomb they find Juliet and Romeo dead beside each other. The two families realized that the deaths of their only children were because of the hatred between their families it caused them to stop despising each other. The evidence for this is in Scene 5 Act 3 when Capulet says “O brother Montague, give me thy hand: This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand.” Here he is saying to Montague that we need to come to a state of peace as that is all my daughter wanted. This shows that Romeo and Juliet’s love has made the two families realize that they need to end their feud. They both state that they will put a statue of Romeo and Juliet in pure gold as Capulet says they were the “poor sacrifices of our enmity.” He is saying that they were the sacrifices to make their feud. This is evident as because of Romeo and Juliet’s true love they lost their lives to be together but has ending with the two families coming to peace. Even though the deaths of these two young lovers was what made the families hatred finally end, Romeo and Juliet could have survived if the families didn’t hate each other. Evidence of this is when the Prince says, “Capulet! Montague! See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love! And I, for winking at your discords, too have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished.” Here he is saying that because of the families hate it has lead to the deaths of many and they all must be punished. Capulet and Montage are one of the main reasons for Romeo and Juliet’s death as there would have been no reason for Romeo and Juliet to hide their love. If the two families have just resolved their differences a long time ago Romeo and Juliet could have lived happily together but they sadly realized this after they lost their