It was a fine night for a party but Juliet was quite unaffected by the merry mood. It seemed that her father had thrown the party just to find her a proper suitor. All hell had broken loose since he had discovered her being intimate with one of her lady attendants and he was quite determined to have her married off before word of Juliet 's true preference could get around. Juliet was being dragged around the party for each young man there to try and impress but she was far from impressed and the longer the night went on the more sure she was that ladies were the superior of the two sexes. Such beauty they possessed and so effortlessly. She found her eyes wandering and landing on a group of loud young men who had apparently just arrived. Romeo caught her eye first, he had no business being there with the families feuding as they were but he had come a brought a rowdy bunch with him. But in his group was a quiet more delicate looking man that Juliet could have sworn she had seen before. She was drawn to him and could not look away. Eventually he noticed her staring and after looking over his shoulder to see if he was mistaking her glance he made eye contact and didn 't back down.Juliet smiled and he smiled back and in that moment Juliet decided she must dance with him. She walked briskly to her nurse 's side. "Who is the young man just to the left behind Romeo?" she asked. The nurse squinted, "You know my eyes are gone, dearest, if you wish to know his name then go ask him.
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.
Romeo had a bad feeling about the party anyways but got talked in to going. At the party he seen rosealin the girl he loved till he seen Juliet that’s when he fell in love with her.he began to follow when all he had to do was let her be because he falls in love to fast. Then he kissed her an he had to leave.
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).
“Unbridled passion is to blame for the deaths of the young lovers”. To what extent is that statement true? Discuss your response in relation to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
“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.
The day that Romeo knew he was going to be banished he went out to sleep with Juliet. All he could think about is to be with Juliet for one last time. Her nurse knew all about the marriage and the nurse just wanted her to be happy and have a good life. The only good friend that Juliet really truly has is her nurse, the nurse has been with her since she was a little baby. But close to the end, Romeo gets news that Juliet is dead.
To begin the play, Romeo is already downhearted over the loss of his previous sweetheart, Rosaline. Romeo and his friends secretly decide to a party thrown by his family’s enemy, Capulet. When Romeo arrives at the party in a depressed mood, he has high hopes of seeing Rosaline. Instead he spots Juliet and instantaneously falls in love. In a split second, Romeo transforms from heartbroken to entirely lovesick. From Juliet’s point of view, she is a thirteen year old girl isolated in her home. This party is where she has been told she will meet her future spouse; an older man. The plans for the night take an alternate route. Upon a short conversation between Romeo and Juliet, a passionate kiss occurs. Juliet has no knowledge of Romeo’s marital status, and states that if he is married, “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Peele). Clearly the two have quite a bumpy ride ahead of them. Romeo proceeds to sneak back to the
Having not quite reached her fourteenth birthday, Juliet is of an age that stands on the border between immaturity and maturity. In the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, love changes Juliet throughout the story by going from a loyal-obeying daughter to her dad then to being a very disrespectful teenage daughter that every parent is scared of because of the influence of her husband. Not only did this trigger her to change but Juliet was also forced to marry Paris whom she did not want to be near. Young Juliet also believes that her dad does not trust her, which she’s not mature and she should just let her husband be in charge. "My child is yet a strange to the world. She hath not seen the
O Juliet, my sweet, fair child, lies dead in this cold and unforgivable place. What for? O lamentable day, it is because of her pure heart. She loved too deeply, too much for that Romeo, a Montague, the only son of her great enemy. Ah…But there cannot be nor was a better man for her than Romeo. He would have died for her and now he has.
Romeo and Juliet were passionately in love. Juliet would favour death than be unfaithful to her beloved husband. Their love was secluded not by choice, stubborn, but unwaveringly strong it could be seen from miles away. Myself being the one who united them in holy matrimony, was the only one who knew besides Juliet’s nurse.
He Drank the Poison; She Drew the Sword; Romeo, Juliet and Others Accountable for Their End
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.
Juliet, a young Capulet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is a star-crossed lover with her family's sworn enemy. Juliet is in love with Romeo, who is a Montague. The Montagues, Romeo's family, and the Capulets, Juliet's family, have been funding for years for a reason unknown in the story. Throughout the play, we learn about Juliet through her actions, conversations, and decisions.
Based on Arthur Brooke’s Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet is perhaps Shakespeare’s most illustrious tragedy. The play centers around the love affair of Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, against the backdrop of a vicious feud between their families. Set in Verona, a riparian urbs on the Adige River, the play chronicles the journey of Romeo and Juliet through their weeklong romance until their suicide. One of the hallmarks of the play is Shakespeare’s prolific focus on various drugs and poisons. These “remedies” are mainly plant-based, and besides offering evidence for Shakespeare’s detailed knowledge of botany and medieval toxicology, they “culminate [reach a climax] the plot of the play” (Tabor 81). By creating and sustaining intense tension between the structural elements that the play is built upon, these references ultimately precipitate the play’s dramatic conclusion and serve as an important layer that Shakespeare intentionally includes in the play to address various dichotomies in nature. These pharmaceutical references constitute the play’s central symbolic device by shifting the tone of the plot, strengthening antagonistic motifs, and emblematizing the Montague/Capulet feud.
Romeo, a young man from the Montague family, is in love with a woman named Rosaline but she has sworn to be a nun for the rest of her life. Romeo and his friend Benvolio happen to stumble across a Capulet worker named Peter, who is trying to read a list of invitations to a masked party at the Capulet house. Romeo helped Peter read the list and decides to attend the party because Rosaline will be there. He plans to wear a mask so that he will nobody will recognize him as a Montague. When Romeo arrived at the Capulet’s party in his costume he sees Juliet. It was love at first sight. However, Juliet's cousin Tybalt recognizes Romeo and wants to kill him on the spot. Lord Capulet gets involved, insisting that Tybalt does not disturb the party because it will anger the Prince. Romeo quietly approaches Juliet, talks to her and then they kissed. After the party, Juliet told her Nurse about Romeo and Juliet asked her Nurse to go find Romeo. When Juliet's’ Nurse tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet, he gets upset. Meanwhile, Juliet is similarly upset when she finds out that Romeo is a Montague. Later that night, Romeo climbs the wall into Juliet's garden. Juliet is standing on her balcony and speaks her thoughts out loud not knowing that Romeo is there. She wishes Romeo could marry her. Romeo hears her and