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.

Current stereotypes and of Shakespeare’s time are similar in manifold ways. These stereotypes thrust upon girls at such a young age can cause them to compare themselves to one another. One might want the other’s nose, while one might want to be shorter like the other. When I was younger, I just wanted to be thinner. To look like those girls on the magazine covers I what I desired, which is an unattainable goal in my everyday life. Just like how these girls, and even myself, compare themselves to each other, Shakespeare compares his lover to the ideal woman of his own time. Stating another way that his lover varies from the ideals of the time, Shakespeare compares her hair to those of others lovers when he states the following: “If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.” In the public today, women want long, silky hair. Over the years, it seems that society believes that blonde hair is more attractive, and women with blonde hair have bounteous amounts of fun and act more impromptu. I, on the other hand, have shorter, dark brunette hair, but this does not mean I cannot have fun or be just as attractive as a “bombshell blonde.”

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.

Throughout his life, Shakespeare was in contact with other close female figures, like his step-mother-in-law, his neighbor, and other aunts, that did not conform to the mold of a subservient wife and mother (34). Rackin considers this exposure as a major catalyst in Shakespeare’s representation of his female characters as not completely

“seen but not heard,” is a fair statement. Women during the times of Chaucer and Shakespeare

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite”. Good morning Class, today I will be exploring the human relationship of love in modern interpretations of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare. Shakespearean time was between the middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution and it was branded by religious changes. William Shakespeare is widely known as the greatest dramatist of all time. Born April 1564, Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is no doubt one of his most famous pieces. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was first published in 1597 and its tragic story of banned love still captures the creativity of its audience today. ‘Romeo and Juliet’, although not confined to, is an illustration of three aspects of human relationships; family, love and conflict. These features are still relevant in our modern lives because they are so relatable and the majority of individuals experience them. While Shakespeare dealt with these characteristics of human relationships modern transformations of Romeo and Juliet have recontextualized the play into the Twenty First Century. In 1995 the Australian director Baz Luhrmann transformed love in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to a modern version while keeping the dialogue the same. Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has inspired many interpretations of the play as it contains the human relationships of love, conflict and family that can be understood by different audience.

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 trying to show two different women and their power over men at that time

An example that shows how most men thought if women in Shakespeare’s time is in Act 2, Mercutio begins to describe Rosalind’s body parts “quivering thigh/and the demesnes that there adjacent lie,” (1.21-22). When Mercutio is describes Rosalind he begins to objectify her as if she were not human like them. This is substantial evidence to Shakespeare’s view point because anybody who believes in women equality would not be describing a woman in this way.

It is a well-known fact that the past has not been kind to women’s potential. With stereotypes of virtuousness and what it means to be a proper ‘lady’ still persisting today, it does not have to be imagined how strong of a code it was earlier in history. However, works such as William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” demonstrate the few instances of a female character standing out from the traditional mold of their time. Despite adhering to society's norms at the end of their stories, the female perspective adds credibility to the gender's portrayal while breaking down gender stereotypes. By allowing the female characters to take an active role in the patriarchal society, it enables them to show themselves as potential equals to men.

In conclusion, Shakespeare's interpretation of the Elizabethan woman suggests that when one puts gender aside, one can truly observe how similar, if not identical, they are. Both genders are capable of equally complex emotional, mental, and social constructs, and true characteristics of gender are ultimately fluid

William Shakespeare has many interesting female characters throughout all of his different types of works. Some of his women are leading ladies while others are just supporting characters that help move the story along. No matter the depth of the characters’ role, each lady gives some type of unthinkable personality trait that would be unique to women during Shakespeare’s time. Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear all have female characters that portray women who wouldn’t be seen during the time of William Shakespeare’s writing. It took creativity and skill for Shakespeare to get his characters around the censor who would check the plays. His female characters are strong, but not overtly so. He gives them characteristics of his

With each new rendition of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a new generation is given that opportunity to connect with one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Although each adaptation had its own unique play on the play, they also provide the occasional twist that make the centuries old story never seem old. From the opening fight scene to the infamous balcony scene even to the final death scene, every adaption provides a different versions of the scenes while still managing to produce the same reaction that Shakespeare had intended. As we analysis the death scene of the 1996 Romeo + Juliet film and the more recent 2013 Romeo & Juliet movie, I am sure it will become clear how Shakespeare’s intent survived in these two completely different, modern adaptations of his work.

In Shakespeare’s time, the role of women were if they were property to their husbands. They were only to be at their house doing everything a wife should do, like clean, cook, any duties that had to be done, they were usually married early 20’s. They were to do whatever to please their husbands, which was mostly in sexual ways. In twelfth night, Orsino says “For women are as roses, whose fair flow’r, being once displayed, doth fall that very hour.” (page 41) With this quote, it was saying that women were just seen for their beauty at a young age, but once aging, they would lose it all. Viola states “Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we, for such as we are made of, such we be.” (page 30) Which was explaining how the women are emotionally and

There is no doubt that gender stereotypes still exist, although many women throughout the history had put their effort to lessen it. As the matter of fact, women often faced many obstacles due to the well-known gender stereotypes. This triggered the literature authors to write a literature in a feminist view, which ultimately had led feminism to predominantly act as a common literary device throughout the medieval ages and the Renaissance. While many authors portrayed women as a weak stereotypical female, some authors such as William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer challenged this by describing the female characters as strong and ambitious characters. Not only challenging the sexual stereotypes that existed in both time periods, Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare also enabled the female characters both in Macbeth and The Wife of Bath exploit their sexuality to obtain the balance of power.