William Shakespeare's Romeo, Why Are You Still Here?

When confronted with “Love”, most people’s minds immediately jump to a happily married couple, or a pair of young lovers. While this is the most obvious conclusion, love extends its reaches into other aspects of relationships as well, beyond saying, “I love you,” on the way out the door. Famous playwright, William Shakespeare, was a master at capturing these many different essences of love. The two specific plays that will be examined for love themes in this paper are Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest. He did this so successfully that these works have endured the test of time, where they are enjoyed and analyzed centuries later.

The play written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, explores the theme of love, which engages the modern audience. Shakespeare uses different language devices and quotes when describing love, from Romeo and Juliet, to family love and forced love. This romantic tragedy is about young star-crossed lovers that are stuck in a long lasting feud between their two families, the Montagues and Capulets, fate ends up causing them to commit suicide in despair of their love.The play empathises the fine line between love and hate but love is the driving theme throughout this romantic tragedy.

How effective is Luhrmann’s film Romeo and Juliet as a modern day appropriation of Shakespeare's play you ask? Baz Luhrmann's appropriation of the original play of “Romeo And Juliet” is highly effective as it is modernized to meet the interests and expectations of a 20th century teenage audience. Throughout the original 16th century play, Shakespeare develops the themes of family rivalry and love. The theme of family rivalry has been implemented into the original play through the conflict between two powerful families in the city of Verona. Throughout his appropriation of the play, Baz Luhrmann successfully preserves the same concept of family rivalry but modernises it by portraying the two families as two large business corporations and brands who are constantly in competition with each other. Shakespeare implements the theme of love through main character Romeo being made to resemble and fulfil the role of a typical "Petrarchan lover". Luhrmann also effectively integrates the theme of love through his successful use of filmic techniques to illustrate the unbreakable love between Romeo and Juliet whose love resembles and portrays the characteristics of a 20th century relationship. Using these modern elements, Luhrmann’s film effectively appeals to the contemporary teenage audience whilst powerfully conveying the themes of family rivalry and love. These adaptations made by Luhrmann in his film create a more comprehensible meaning as teenagers can relate to the film with a

Love is a universal truth that is portrayed similarly in both Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story. Two members of warring groups fall in love. Love is something that we can all relate to in one way or another and it will never change over time. In Romeo and Juliet both Romeo and Juliet have such a strong love for each other that they both commit suicide when the other dies. In West Side Story, Tony and Maria talk of running away and they have such a strong love that they believe that they can end the hatred with their love.

Juliet is very loyal to Romeo, which means she would do anything to be with him, even if it meant her death. The play Romeo and Juliet was written and published by William Shakespeare in 1597. Shakespeare first started writing the book in 1594. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most successful tragedies he has ever written. It is also one of the most popular plays produced. Juliet is a naive child to Capulet and Lady Capulet. She is the only child now since all her other siblings have died. Juliet is a 13 year old girl who is a dynamic character and she is originally obedient, shy, and loyal until she meets Romeo at a party then her attitude towards everything changes. She is courageous and determined, but when she met Romeo she became

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been modified numerous times and has been a source of inspiration for many playwrights and directors. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann are examples of directors that use Shakespeare’s legendary tragedy as a basis for their films.

Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is

Teacher and classmates, A few weeks ago, I questioned Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet wondering why, why is this literature still prominent in today's society? The foreign tongue it is written in, the seemingly basic and boring plot and the lack of action all combined being regarded as one of man’s greatest achievements didn't quite equate. However through my studies of the question, How effectively does Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shape our notion of love, I realised. Throughout the text lies defining moments of romantic, fickle and fraternal love and the complexity of the text allows for both interpretation while maintaining relatability. However our perception of love, the strong feeling of affection, has differed immensely since 1595. Romeo and Juliet, a story over four centuries old is the foundation of love and romance throughout history.

Romeo and Juliet is a play created by a famous playwright called William Shakespeare. Baz Luhrmann adapted the play to create a modern version of Romeo and Juliet in 1996. There are many similarities and differences in how Baz Lurhmann and Shakespeare portray the relationship between Juliet and her parents. There are many times in the scene how Shakespeare uses language, structure and form to present the relationship between Juliet and her parents, while Baz Luhrmann reveals this relationship using different camera angles and diegetic and non diegetic sounds and shot types.

In the play `Romeo and Juliet` the writer William Shakespeare uses the theme of love as a main feature to push the story along. Presented are a plethora of variations of love including family love, true love and courtly love. This essay aims to analyse these three types of love chosen.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – popularly considered by many to be the quintessential love story of all time – is a play that we are all familiar with in one way or another. Whether it be through the plethora of portrayals, adaptations and performances that exist or through your own reading of the play, chances are you have been acquainted with this tale of “tragic love” at some point in your life. Through this universal familiarity an odd occurrence can be noted, one of almost canonical reverence for the themes commonly believed to be central to the plot. The most widely believed theme of Romeo and Juliet is that of the ideal love unable to exist under the harsh social and political strains of this world. Out of this idea emerge two

The iconic play of Romeo and Juliet has been widely known for years due to its portrayal of love at its absolute worst. Some may believe that Romeo and Juliet’s unlucky relationship matches closely with modern day love affairs but the opposite is true, the difference between this Shakespearian tragedy and modern day relationships is as clear as day and Romeo and Juliet’s tragic end and age prove this. Even how the star-crossed lovers met set them up for failure.

Now lets look at the year 2020. Technology has improved drastically. Self-driving cars are no longer a thing of the future. They had been around for a few years and were now becoming more readily available. People had nearly anything they could ever desire at the touch of a screen. The internet was an enormous benefit to society for knowledge but also contributed to such horrendous downfall. Everything was touch screen. Food was not what it appeared to be. They often contained more chemicals than actual foods. Our bodies were eroding from the inside out. All of the chemicals that we had been ingesting over the last seventy years began to cause physical harm to our digestive systems. We had to be proscribed antibiotics

The word love can mean many things. Love can be an object, emotion, and a life. However, love could lead to a loss of power, prosperity, and status. In the literary work “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, the readers are introduced to a tragic love story. In this play, readers are also shown the different perspectives of love and the many downfalls it could lead to. The central theme of this work is the recklessness of love. The theme is significant because it is shown throughout the whole story and it’s a strong force that takes place of all the other emotions and values. In this play, Shakespeare uses characters to present different aspects of love. In addition, Nurse, Mercutio, and Romeo completely show what actual love is and what it is like to lose it due to their experiences.

Have you ever read a poem that just keeps you wonder the whole time. If not than you have never read the poem “ The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes. The poem is about a Highwayman who is someone who would rob people. He is in love with the landlord’s daughter Bess and he was going to rob someone one night and when he came back they were going to run away together.