“Do people fall in love?” -Patricia Highsmith. Romeo and Juliet was the beginning of the tragedy of themselves as star-crossed lovers. The purpose of this essay overall is to show how I agree with Shakespeare that Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers whose fate did not end good. What are star-crossed lovers? According to Webster Dictionary star-crossed lovers is a pair of lovers that are not lucky and have bad luck. Star-crossed lovers refers to any lovers whose affection for each other is doomed to end in tragedy. Lovers whose relationship is foredoomed is said to be frustrated by the stars (Webster Dictionary.) Those who believe in astrology claim that the stars control human destiny. Anybody who is considered to be in a “star-crossed” …show more content…
“The only man I love is the son of the only man I hate! I saw him...and I found out who he was too late! Love is a monster for making me fall in love with my worst enemy” (Act 1, Scene 5, 136-140.) This quote shows that their love was doomed from the start because Romeo was a montague. Their love was already ill-fated, because of their last names and how they came from two different families whom were enemies. “Come, bitter poison, come, unsavory guide! You desperate pilot, let’s crash this sea-weary ship into rocks! Here’s to my love!” (Act 5, Scene 3, 115-117) This shows how Romeo took away his life, because he thought Juliet died when she was still alive. Romeo had already sealed his fate when he took his own life away. “Oh noise? Then I’ll be quick. Oh good, a knife! My body will be your sheath. Rust inside my body and let me die” (Act 5, Scene 3, 168-170.) Juliet woke from the sleeping potion and discovered Romeo was dead so she killed herself. They both died an unfortunate, sad …show more content…
“Winning won't work out in my case because..she came here with me.” Peeta stated. (The Hunger Games) Peeta and Katniss were doomed from the beginning because they were both partaking in the games. Juliet and Romeo could not be together because of their families. Both couples were cursed from the start. “Without the Gamemakers’ faces. They’d have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed,slowly, and painfully while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country,” (The Hunger Games.) Katniss and Peeta were both willing to commit suicide instead of killing one another. The Games wanted the star-crossed lovers to be the last ones, so they could watch one of them sacrifice their life for the other. In Romeo and Juliet they both took their lives so they could be together. “What have they done to you?” Katniss asked Peeta (Mockingjay Part One.) Peeta was hijacked, tortured, and brainwashed by the Capitol until he thought Katniss was his #1 enemy. He wanted to hurt Katniss really bad. She never gave up on Peeta and she did not think Peeta was horrible. When the nurse told Juliet about Romeo killing Tybalt who was Juliet’s cousin she was devastated. The nurse was badmouthing Romeo, but Juliet responded and defended her husband. Despite Romeo becoming a murderer Juliet’s opinion never changed about
Juliet is a strong character in this book. She has the aspects of independence, determination, and love. Juliet represents these qualities in everything she does throughout the book. She shows very good character in the words she says. These next four paragraphs will go into more detail of these characteristics.
“For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare, 5.3.309-310). The actions of the characters in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet affect Romeo and Juliet’s unfortunate fate. Lord Capulet affects their fate by doing what he thinks is best. Friar Lawrence affects Romeo and Juliet’s fate by organizing the plans of their marriage and Juliet’s fake death. Romeo and Juliet affect their own fate by ordering Friar Lawrence to marry them and then killing themselves. All of the characters reasons are mainly out of selfishness.
Star-crossed lovers are partners whose love lives are destined to fail due to fate. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it is said that two star-crossed lovers are initially unable to be together since their families have an ancient, long-term feud. With this prolonged hatred towards each other, anyone from the Montague and Capulet families cannot be together. However, Romeo and Juliet attempt to bypass this because of their strong and intense love for each other. By the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet have committed suicide. Romeo and Juliet’s passing did not happen coincidentally. Although there may be many people to blame for this, the blame of the fall of Romeo and Juliet is most likely Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence
Juliet then awakens and finds Romeo dead then kills herself. In the end there is blood on someone’s hands and there are many characters you could place the blame to. I believe the Capulets and the Montagues are the main reason for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If there were no conflict between the two’s families there would have been no reason to be secretive about their love. The families put so much dirt on the other families name the kids knew their love would not be acceptable. At the age both they were at a family support system is crucial. With Juliet being only 13 she was still learning about everything there was to know about life and so it’s understandable why she felt she needed to keep her love
People who fall in love can experience countless powerful emotions that can lead to numerous conflicts. This pattern can be seen in the book Romeo and Juliet as two adolescents fall in love, not realizing their families were rivals. In the end, all the tragic events and emotions caused by their love for one another led to them both committing suicide. In the book Romeo and Juliet, the author, William Shakespeare, uses multiple literary devices to convey his opinion that love causes people to feel strong emotions, including being sorrowful and infuriated.
In the article, Taking Words Seriously - Romeo and Juliet are Troubled Kids . By; Stanton Peele,” there was a question that made me think of the story of Romeo and Juliet. The passage says: “ And, most important of all, why do the two lovers end up killing themselves? And they do so when only the other is present?” I think that as they are known as the “star-crossed lovers,” there was a risk in this love. Romeo being a Montague and Juliet being a Capulet. This is a
“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their lives.” ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is a love story turned into a tragedy. Two families are brought together after a long lasting feud. The feud ends after two teens from each family mistakenly fall for eachother. The only way out is death. The untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet are ultimately caused by know other than, themselves.
In act two and three of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is depicted as devoted, sensitive, and passionate. Romeo tells Juliet, “For stony limits cannot hold love out”. He says this when he sneaks inside the walls to see Juliet, his love. This quote shows his devotion towards Juliet and that he would do anything for her. Later in the play, Romeo is speaking to Friar Lawrence and says “’Tis torture, and not mercy: heaven is here, Where Juliet lives”.
In Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, the 13-year-old protagonist is faced with the tempting idea of forbidden love. The true factor, which inevitably leads to Juliet’s demise, was her lack of experience in love, life, and marriage. Juliet’s lack in experience was what brought her to meet her end. But problems always originate from how one was raised, brought up, and grown into the world by surrounding adults.
“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” ( Shakespeare 2.6.9) is a line usually viewed as a line of love, but when looked into, there is a deeper meaning.{{try not to start with quotes}} Romeo and Juliet , by William Shakespeare is most commonly known for its love aspect with a tragic end. People have argued about whose fault the death of main characters, Romeo and Juliet, was and there have been many theories, but only one that makes perfect sense{{watch definite statements}}. Romeo and Juliet met their tragic end, by the hate between their two families because Romeo was brought up relying on fate. Juliet was raised too innocent with not enough experience with anything to lead a normal life, and they were
Fate is something that Romeo and Juliet can not escape in the play no matter how hard they try.When talking about Fate in the story the stars are referenced by the characters to explain coincidences that may happen to them . Shakespeare makes the fate of the star-cross’d lovers story clear from the very beginning by stating in the prologue of Act I “The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love”. (DBQ:Project, 2013) When both characters discover the others death, even if it is at different times they both decide to blame Fate. Romeo references the stars once again because he did not want to believe that a higher power/Fate would take Juliet away from him. Juliet looks to Friar Lawrence to know Romeo is dead and he tells Juliet “A greater power than we can contradict”. (DBQ:Project, 2013) He led Juliet to believe that Fate was also to blame for her husband Romeo’s death. Fate was not one of the characters that caused as much harm as the other two, but was the most blameable character for others in the play.
Literary geniuses claim that Romeo and Juliet were doomed from the start: even the prologue declares Romeo and Juliet as “star crossed lovers,” their fates written in the stars, in the hands of a greater power who paints the galaxies (Shakespeare 787). If you take the story’s introduction literally, you will find this statement as true. However, when you analyze this tale closer and examine the events that occurred, you will find that personal choice is what shapes destiny, and is what brought Romeo and Juliet to their tragic
In the opening Prologue of the Chorus refers to the title characters as “star-crossed lovers,” an allusion to the belief that stars and planets have the power to control events on Earth. This line leads many readers to believe that Romeo and Juliet are inescapably destined to fall in love and equally destined to have that love destroyed. However, though Shakespeare’s play raises the possibility that some impersonal, supernatural force shapes Romeo and Juliet’s lives, by the end of the play it becomes clear that the characters bear more of the responsibility than Fortune does.
“Oh, my love, my wife, death that hath sucked the honey of thy breath.” This quote really touches my heart. I understand the meaning of the quote Romeo is saying to Juliet. The meaning of this quote is that death has took the life or soul out of Juliet. That how Romeo feels In this quote.
In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, two star-cross’d lovers of enemy households are no longer entities, and cascade into each others souls, and more specifically, fall deeply in love. They develop an obsessive relationship with their feelings for one another; they have a constant desire to be together, even though their emotions are based on sight alone. The addiction was so enslaving, that their only solution to their family fued was to turn to their one and only lover. Romeo and Juliet’s addictive relationship has lead to their unavoidable departure, because it has caused their secret marriage, failed Mantua escape plan, and suicide.