William Shakespeare 's The Family

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.

Incest-- sexual relations between people who are too closely related to marry each other. Incestuous marriage became a debatable topic in the 1600’s, and is an evident part of Shakespeare’s playwrights. Many of his characters were involved in incest throughout the plots. William Shakespeare alludes to his disagreement with incest in many of his playwrights. Over half of Shakespeare’s playwrights involve an incestuous relationship that leads to death, betrayal, or torturing of the mind.

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

Gilbert has unresolved feelings about his life and his responsibility to his family, and he makes it clear that he has become disgusted with his mother’s appearance. Gilbert is currently engaging in a sexual relationship with one of his married customers, Mrs. Carver. Mrs. Carver is significantly older than Gilbert, which may insinuate that Gilbert is suffering from an attachment disorder due to the lack of attention and affection from his parents.

The Grape family shows clear signs of resiliency in the face of trauma and adversity. The have managed to stay together, as one unit, even after the death of their father. They have maintained their household and held on to their property. They continue to strive to take care of each other. Each family member has gravitated toward adopting responsibilities which strengthens the sense of purpose for each individual member, as well as provide a bit more needed stability for the wholesomeness of the family unit. The Grape family has the capacity to focus on a goal and work together to achieve it. A good example of this is the joint effort to come together

Gilbert has the responsibility of caring for his younger brother Arnie. Arnie has classic autism, is a constant stress for the whole family. having a child with autism, there’s always a chance that a number of unforeseen things could happen. Gilbert worries that because of the small town that he lives in, the community will be less tolerant of Arnie's behavior. Gilbert has the responsibility of being a parent for Arnie since his father is deceased and his mother is morbidly obese. While it is clear that Gilbert cares greatly for Arnie, it is also apparent that he distances himself from his family in an attempt to cope with his situation. He loves and cares for Arnie, but the tone of his narration would suggest that Arnie is more of an annoyance than a member of the family. The same goes for Gilbert's mother, Bonnie. He abhors his mother's size, describing

A popular idiom that many children are told are a young age is “You can’t judge a book by its cover”. Accordingly, this idiom holds true about people, how their appearance, background, or name do not define who they are. This meaningful message is expressed in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Beastly by Alex Flinn, and Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson. These texts reveal the message that if one is willing to look past a prejudice, one can see who another really is, leading to the most unlikely of relationships.

First, Bonnie has not left the house in over seven years and appears to be in the midst of a severe and untreated mental depression. She cannot recover from the grief she developed after her husband hung himself and thus attempts to shut out her feelings of grief by overeating unhealthy food and refusing to leave the house or engage in physical activity. She also appears very anxious, especially with matters concerning Arnie. She has shut herself off from the rest of community and only forces herself to go into the public in a moment of extreme crisis when Arnie is imprisoned at the police station. Therefore, she has become morbidly obese and spends out her days and nights sitting on the same spot on the couch watching television, ultimately living an extremely sedentary and disengaged lifestyle. In response, Gilbert and his siblings have assumed the parental role and take care of their mother as well as each other. They must buy groceries, cook and feed their mother, put her to bed, and upkeep the house, all at the expense of their own childhood. The most predominately affected include Amy, who assumes the motherly role, and Gilbert, who fills the fatherly role as the eldest brother walked out on the

Gilbert in the movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape, takes responsibility for his brother Arnie who suffers from classical autism because he can take care of him in a way nobody else can, not even his family. Gilbert’s responsibility for his family were passed down to him after his father's death as a result he really never got to experienced a normal childhood. It causes him frustration because he doesn’t know what he wants in life. However in the scene where he runs away from home he stops because he realizes that his family helps him discover what he wants in life. Gilbert ends up meeting a woman named Becky who helps him explore his personal life and opens to him a new lifestyle where he can travel wherever he wants.

Many fathers appear in the works of William Shakespeare, family dynamics are the center of nearly all his plays. Shakespeare must have known that relations between members of shared bloodlines were ripe for drama, suspense, and highly emotional content. However, despite the many fathers depicted, and plays named for them, fathers King Lear and Titus Andronicus stand as share contrasts to one another. Both have their plays named ominously for them, insinuating that they are the center of the events, as was expected in during the period when these plays were written and published. Despite the separate locations and time periods the plays are set in, the patriarchal line of importance remains in both. However, Titus represents a man who loses the ability to control and protect his children from sinister others and even himself. Lear, however, suffers the tragedy of being betrayed and harmed by his own children. In this aspect Lear and Titus represent two extreme examples of fatherhood, and explore the faults and dangers of each.

Of all the love stories ever written in literature, none is as famous as William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The well-known and well-acclaimed tragedy about a pair of star-crossed lovers separated by their feuding families has become the ultimate standard in romantic literature. Every aspect of the story has been praised throughout centuries, and it is regarded as one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time. One of the most central plot points of the play is the waging feud between the Capulet and Montague families, a massive grudge that has lasted for generations and engulfs many aspects of each family’s lifestyle. There are numerous long-lasting effects of the feud that cannot be undone, such as the deaths of numerous

“Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.”(pro.14) The Act II prologue of Romeo and Juliet uses quite a few extreme words, which, being a romantic tragedy written by William Shakespeare, has many hidden meanings, many of which are demonstrated through foreshadowing. Shakespeare, a playwright from the Elizabethan era who wrote many famous plays, was well know for his play on words, which often prefigures a later event in the play. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the Act Two prologue foreshadows the extreme themes of death and blindness, love versus lust, and passion versus power, all of which will become visible in Act II.

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.

Family is meant to care for each other, love each other unconditionally, and support each other. Of course, as any holiday at home can prove, complete support is not always possible. Sometimes family members hurt each other and even, in worst-case scenarios, kill each other over issues as important as protecting another or as petty as fighting over a boy. In Shakespeare’s Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and The Winter’s Tale, if family members operate with selfish motives, they hurt the hero and contribute to his fall; but if the family supports each other with only love, the hero can redeem himself from his fall and even succeed in finding lasting happiness.