Shakespeare has been around for a long time and so many people have critiqued his work. They all take their interpretation and they think that it is right. There have been so many interpretations for Romeo and Juliet, which is Shakespeare’s most famous story. So many people have their own opinions on what Romeo and Juliet is really about. The problem is that everybody thinks that their interpretation is correct and there is no other way that the story could be read. Although Carolyn E. Brown, writer of “Juliet’s Taming of Romeo”, makes a good argument about how Juliet ‘tames’ Romeo in the story, I believe that in their relationship, they are equals. First of all Romeo was not on a leash and told what to do. He is his own person and he was part of the relationship. A relationship needs two people that …show more content…
Especially Brown who states, “The falconry references contribute to the reading of Juliet as being interested in control since the relationship between the bird and trainor is not one of equality but one in which the trainer respects the birds powers but subjects them to his own will and dominates the bird.” This means that Juliet controls Romeo. They are not equals but she respects him. When Romeo and Juliet woke up together, Juliet trying to get Romeo to stay longer. They were arguing about whether it was the night bird they herd or the morning bird. Juliet says, “Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day./ It was the nightingale, and not the lark,/ That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear./ Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree./ Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.” (Act III.v 1-5). She doesn’t want him to leave so she will try everything to make him stay. By lying and trying to make him stay shows that she was trying to be dominant over him. Sometimes falcons are rebellious and they don’t listen. Juliet did take the leadership role of the relationship so in a way she was taming her
The United States is a battleground for the American people to fight for their freedoms. However, when the American people fight for their freedoms, they often inadvertently ruin their chances at gaining freedom. In fact, a person’s desire gain freedom will lead to his demise. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet fight for their freedom to be with each other and in the process, they
Written by the world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan era, Romeo and Juliet explores the tragic demise of an ill-fated couple. During the Elizabethan era, patriarchy was dominant in the Elizabethan society and it was common for fathers to arrange marriages for their children. Shakespeare references the consequences of families forcing young women to marry men for status rather than love with Juliet’s cautionary tale.
Romeo and Juliet is a heart breaking story written by one of the greatest authors and poets of all time, William Shakespeare. The play is about two star crossed lovers who can never be together because of the hatred between their two families, the Montagues and Capulets. Will their deaths fix the war between their families? Through many different devices and techniques William Shakespeare presents Romeo as being emotional, weak and also hopelessly in love. The following paragraphs contain developed points and evidence for how Shakespeare presents Romeo in Act 1 Scene 1.
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” the younger generation, Romeo, Juliet, and Paris, and the older generation, Nurse, Capulets, and Friar, both had similarities and differences which had caused the end. They had a similar opinion on things going on and different opinions ones others. In the tragedy, the main characters died which was influenced by the older generations because they have similar and different opinions which all led the younger ones to death.
Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet effectively appropriates the Shakespearean 16th century love tragedy. So why has Luhrmann decided to appropriate Romeo and Juliet? By changing the context, Luhrmann effectively makes the play relevant, discussing his contextual concerns of the 1990’s. This is done through the use of themes in the film, love, family disputes and hate which have remained similar to the original play, although the way they have been presented are different, in particular the form and characters. The form has had an obvious change as the original play has been adapted into a film. Characters in the film have also been appropriated to correspond with Luhrmann's contextual concerns. Hence, Luhrmann successfully appropriates the original Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet by maintaining similar themes, but altering the form and characterisation to fit his contextual concerns.
Every child knows the fun in setting off a chain of Dominoes, how each piece plays its part in the overall outcome. As we get older we realize the same concept applies to real life. We come to acknowledge the fact that each event in our lives, each person has an effect on our futures. In Shakespeare’s tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet”, a pair of “star-crossed lovers take their life”. This event alone, however, is not the cause of just Romeo and Juliet, but all the people in the fair city of Verona. As W.H. Auden, a poet and critic, once wrote, “”Romeo and Juliet” is not simply a tragedy of two individuals, but the tragedy of a city. Everybody in the city is in one way or another involved in and responsible for what happens". The
Everyone knows the story: amidst the fighting of two families, a girl meets the guy of her dreams, within a day they are married and, later, they kill themselves. Some people believe that Romeo and Juliet promotes unacceptable behavior in teens; however, it is a very important part of the ninth grade language arts education because it has global influence and teaches lessons to people.
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” said Juliet implying that Romeo’s being a Montague makes them enemies. Romeo didn't listen to Friar Laurence about not getting married. “Is Rosaline whom you didn't love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” Friar says that what Romeo feels toward Juliet is simply a crush and nothing more. Lastly Romeo was the one to drink the poison. “Come bitter poison come unsavory guide!” making him responsible for his own
“A man's greatest pleasure is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them that which they possessed, to see those whom they cherished in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms.”, said Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire. Shakespeare expands on this idea in his famous novel Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet tells a tale of two “star crossed lovers” born of rival families whose feud is continued by men battling in the streets, the two lovers try to get married and start a life together which is halted by the violence of men when Mercutio, Romeo’s friend was slain by Tybalt and Tybalt was slain by Romeo. Romeo’s brutality caused for him to be banished from Verona, a plan was
A mentor is someone to look up to when it comes to hard or complicated times in someone's life. In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, two teens from rival families fall in love, and keep their love a secret from their families and friends, in fear of what would come if someone found out. While Romeo and Juliet are keeping their love a secret, they consult Friar to marry them, and later to find a plan to keep Romeo and Juliet together after Romeo gets exiled. Despite Romeo and Juliet fully entrusting Friar Lawrence to keep them together, Friar Lawrence did not think his plan fully through and it ends up getting Romeo and Juliet both killed. In this relationship, Shakespeare makes it apparent that despite that
In Act II of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Romeo is dependent on Juliet’s free will to condone their relationship, which relates to modern society on gender specifics of obtaining control in relationships. At the Capulet’s balcony, Juliet divulges the repercussions she will receive if she willingly relinquishes authority to Romeo to dominate their relationship. She teases him and elucidates that she is in control of the decisions regarding their continuation of the relationship. Juliet implies that Romeo’s level of power is denoted by his last name, “what’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man” (2.2.45). From Juliet's perspective, she can comprehend Romeo’s intentions with her. Additionally,
William Shakespeare is widely known for all of his literary works; one of his most famous love tragedies being 'Romeo and Juliet'. A Shakespearean definition of tragedy exemplifies the sense that human beings are inevitably doomed through their own failures or errors, the ironic action of their virtues, or even through the nature of fate and destiny (Sayour, Susan, 2007). Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale based on two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Throughout the play, Shakespeare intentionally draws on text structures and language features in order to replicate the attitudes, values and beliefs of Elizabethan audiences and intertwine it into his
Throughout history, classic literature has appealed to modern audiences due to the relevance of themes in the piece. Playwright William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1599) is a classic piece that explores the themes; love and impetuousness of youth. These themes are portrayed through the star-crossed lovers’ story and still reflect the universal themes that people experience today.
“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare has been read in schools around the world ever since schools have existed. One of the characters in the play is Friar Lawrence, who makes many influential decisions that affect the story. Friar Lawrence marrying Romeo and Juliet causes more problems than it solves. Also, Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet to fake her death is one of the worst decisions in the play that leads to terrible tragedy. Finally, Friar Lawrence had the chance to save Juliet from killing herself after she awoke, but he gave absolutely no effort. Shakespeare used Friar Lawrence as a major driving force in the tragedy.
Romeo is faced with similar oppositions as Juliet. His family, being sworn enemies to the Capulets, are kept in the dark about his romance with Juliet. Also, when the Capulets begin to perceive of the close relationship between Romeo and Juliet, it makes him a greater target to Capulet men such as Tybalt. There is no doubt as to Romeo’s faithfulness towards Juliet and his desire to do all that is needed in order to have her love, but because of his lack of experience in life, Romeo is not at all faultless. Perhaps the most notable act that sabotaged his relationship with Juliet was his slaying of Tybalt. However honorable and necessary it may have seemed to him at the time, Romeo’s rashness once again rears its ugly head after Mercutio foolishly brings about his own demise. Of course, Romeo immediately regrets his impetuous actions after the grave mistake had already been done as he does many times throughout the story.