What makes a good relationship? It is the question every person in a relationship asks themselves, and sometimes it is not easy to tell. In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and get married, even though their parents are sworn enemies. In the end, through confusion, and miscommunication they both end up committing suicide. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the main character George and Lennie are best friends and they go looking for work, except Lennie isn’t very smart and causes lots of trouble for George to deal with. At the end of the book Lennie causes a major problem, and when he is on the run George kills him. Romeo and Juliet have a better relationship because: they both …show more content…
Unlike George and Lennie, Romeo and Juliet both agree on what they want their life to be like together. When Romeo goes to see Juliet after they first meet he says, “Th’ exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine” (Shakespeare 2.2.134). Romeo says this after Juliet asks him what he wants from her. What he says is a question. He is asking for her input, and he wants her to have some say in the decisions that he makes. Juliet later responds to his question stating, “If that thy bent of love be honorable, / Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, / By one that I’ll procure to come to thee” (Shakespeare 2.2.150-152). Juliet asks Romeo if he is sure that he wants to marry her. She wants to have their marriage be something they both want to do, something they both have a say in. Romeo and Juliet both agree to get married. It is a shared decision that they both decide on. On the other hand, George and Lennie’s relationship is very unbalanced, George has more say and is always telling Lennie what to do and not letting him help in any of the decisions that they make together. When Lennie is holding a mouse, George yells at him: “Awright,’ he [says] brusquely. ‘Gi’me that mouse!” (Steinbeck 8). Instead of letting Lennie have the mouse, he makes the decision for him. He does not let him have a say, making their relationship …show more content…
Juliet is very trusting of Romeo when the nurse comes back from meeting with Romeo about the marriage. Juliet is fully trusting of Romeo that he was not joking when he said he wants to get married. Juliet says, “What says he of our marriage?” (Shakespeare 2.5.50). She trusts that Romeo really did go to the meeting, and that he really does love her. Juliet is also trusting of Romeo again when she invites him to stay the night at her house. She invites him in even though she knows that he killed her cousin. For all the reader could have known, Romeo wanted to murder all of the capulets. Juliet trusts him, and really wants to spend their final night together. The nurse says to Romeo in the Friar’s cell in way of delivering Juliet’s message, “ My lord, I’ll tell my lady you will come” (Shakespeare 3.3.171). Juliet would not have invited Romeo over is she didn’t trust him. Whilst Romeo and Juliet were not perfect, George and Lennie had a very unequal relationship. Throughout the book we saw that George had no trust for Lennie and believed that he would eventually mess up and have to go hide in the brush, “Course you did. Well, look. Lennie — if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush.” (Steinbeck 15). George clearly states that he believes that Lennie will mess up, he has no trust in him. Some people might say that Lennie
When Juliet finds out that Tybalt has been killed and Romeo is in exile, for killing Tybalt, Juliet feels both passionate about Romeo and disappointed in both Romeo and herself, which reveal her inner struggle. In Act 3, Juliet’s Nurse comes back with this news that Tybalt is dead and that Romeo is such an awful person for killing him. Juliet fights back at the Nurse, and herself, for speaking bad about Romeo. She claims, ““Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name, When I, thy three hours' wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.” (3.2.99-101). This shows that Juliet is passionate about Romeo, because first of all, she says that she was wrong to say bad things about her husband.
1. In this Scene, the nurse is shown to have a really close bond with Juliet. She seems to have a better relation than her mother. The nurse lost her daughter “Susan”(1.3 Line 20) as she was the same “age”(1.1 Line 21) as Juliet, which makes the nurse closer to Juliet and treats her as a daughter.
(Steinbeck 9). This again shows the lack of respect George has for Lennie by calling him a “crazy fool.” Romeo and Juliet however show much more respect for each other than George and Lennie do when Romeo saw Juliet for the first time he spoke to himself, “‘ O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!/ It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ As a rich jewel in an Ethiop`s ear-/ Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!/ So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows/ As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows”
In the two well-known stories, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are two relationships that are also well-known: the romance between Romeo and Juliet and the friendship between George and Lennie. Many people may think that these are two very strong relationships, but they tend to overlook how weak these relationships truly are. Romeo and Juliet’s relationship appears weak because they become too dependant on each other, they become so dependant that they feel the need to kill themselves when they cannot live without each other. George and Lennie’s relationship is weak because George instantly loses faith in Lennie after he makes a
The relationship shown in Act 3 Scene 5 between Juliet and Lady Capulet is portrayed as poor. Lady Capulet is shown as a very distant mother, though this is to be expected when there is a Nurse taking care of the child from the early stages of the child’s life.
Blame is often put onto one individual.However, it can be multiple factors and individuals faults for the harm caused.Tragedies cannot simply be accused to one single decision or event.In fact,many variables have an effect,some greatly larger than others though.
Romeo and Juliet, a tragic play written by William Shakespeare, manifests the idea that love supersedes hatred. The playwright evidently enforces the prominence of love though the relationship of Romeo and Juliet, despite their families’ feud. Additionally, Shakespeare uses Juliet’s nurse to demonstrate the prominence of love, despite the hatred of lower social class by the upper class. Moreover, the predominance of love over hatred is displayed through characters, Lord Capulet and Lord Montague, when they unite in sorrow. As a result, William Shakespeare evidently displays that love conquers hatred.
To begin with, it is shown near the start of the book that the two main characters are childish. Before Juliet, Romeo said he was in love with her cousin Rosaline. The two of them never talked before, or very little. When Romeo and his friends go to a party, Romeo goes for the sole purpose of seeing Rosaline. He ends up seeing someone else instead. The beauty he sees is Juliet. They immediately fall in love with each other based off looks considering they had one dance and knew nothing of the other person. Just like that, Romeo moved on from Rosaline and onto Juliet without thinking twice. Even after realizing the person they were newly in love with was from the family enemy, they still decided to pursue this fresh
Romeo and Juliet have a stronger relationship than George and Lennie because they express more Loyalty. Loyalty is needed in a strong relationship, and Romeo and Juliet's relationship is full of Loyalty. Romeo and Juliet had to go against some friends and family to be loyal to each other. Juliet was loyal to Romeo when she betrayed her father and refused to marry Paris. “O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,/ From off the battlements of any tower, Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk/” (Shakespeare 4.1.78-80). Juliet sticks up for her relationship with Romeo, and refuses to marry or be with anyone other than Romeo. Juliet tells Friar Laurence that she would rather jump from a tower or kill herself than have to marry Paris, and no longer
In the twenty-first century many people think “dating” has to be a physical and technological relationship, while when Romeo and Juliet was written the relationships were romantic and had more importance. In todays world most of the couples are brought together through match-making websites which are not necessarily based off of having an immediate connection. Unlike the twenty-first century, the couple in Romeo and Juliet was more involved with each other and were brought together by love at first sight. There are many factors that play a role in Romeo and Juliet’s love story, such as their ages, time periods, and parental involvement that determine the similarities, and differences, among these two generations of “lovers.”
Relationships are an important part of any story. In the story Romeo and Juliet, you can find many relationships that kept the plot moving forward. There is the relationship between Romeo and Juliet, which is an essential relationship, but I think the most important relationship in this tragedy is the one between the Montagues and Capulets. These houses have led to various tragedies throughout the play. We see many people lose their lives because of their fight.
In this essay, I will be examining Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. As a poet and playwright, he wrote 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and 38 plays, one of his most famous plays being Romeo and Juliet. There are many different types of relationships between characters, and these are essential to the play. The prologue tells us that the play is about two star-crossed lovers from two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets. There is hatred between these two families, this explains this, ‘Thou villain Capulet’. This quote suggests because of the hate between their families, the lovers are doomed from the start.
Everyone is busy in the Hall of the Capulets. All of the servants are working hard to make sure everything runs smoothly. Along with that they also put away some food for themselves. Capulet encourages all the groups of guests to dance. From across the hall, Romeo sees Juliet out of the corner of his eye. Intrigued, he asks a serving man who she is, but he does not know. The serving man does not know. As Rosaline disappears from his mind he claims he has “quote”. As Tybalt is walking around the hall, he hears Romeo's voice and recognized him as a Montague. Tybalt sends a servant to fetch his rapier. Capulet overhears Tybalt and tells him to forget about. He does not want to cause a ruckus in the middle of his party. Tybalt protests, but Capulet
Foe Ultimately Wins Friend Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare chronicles the whirlwind love story of two Italian teenagers, Romeo a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. The pair meet, woo, and exchange vows in a day and are both dead two days later - their parents are left heartbroken. At first thought, Romeo and Juliet are thought of as lovers, but it is also true that Romeo is a foe to Juliet. Romeo cares for Juliet deeply but ultimately he is more of an enemy to Juliet than a friend because he hurts her emotionally by tearing her apart from her family and puts him ahead of everyone. Romeo causes Juliet emotional pain.
Everyone has heard of Romeo and Juliet and the idea of young love, how two people fall helplessly for each other and would do anything for that one person at such a young age. Well, I don’t buy it, young love is a facade. Young lovers are fools who are enamored with the idea of others flaunting over them, they can’t actually love though. You cannot love someone if you do not really know who you are nor if you do not even know how to love yourself, nevertheless another. I’m sure you are wondering what made me come to this conclusion. Well, buckle up.