The play The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, also known as Romeo and Juliet, is indeed a tragedy of a whole city and not just that of two individuals. This can be identified in many parts of the play such as the involvement of the townspeople in numerous scenes, along with the deaths of various characters and their association in the affairs of the two lovers. There is also the fact that it was the selfish needs and desires of Romeo and Juliet that caused this tragedy to involve the whole city. Whether it is at the beginning or the end of the play, there is evidence of the townspeople being constantly involved in the various tragedies found in Romeo and Juliet. The first adversity faced by the townspeople is the town brawls that frequently occur due to the Capulets and the Montagues feud. As the prince suggests they, ‘Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets,’ (I.i.80) signifying that the townspeople are dragged into their fights quite often. During the frequent tragedies that occur in the play, the townspeople have had other appearances, such as when they disturbed the feuding families rest early in the morning with their cries, ‘Oh, the people in the street cry “Romeo,”/ Some “Juliet,” and some “Paris,”...’ (V,iii,206-207). This constant association of the …show more content…
However it is due to those selfish wishes that this tragedy becomes the city’s and not just their own. Due to those self-centred desires Mercutio is fatally wounded, his parting words being, ‘...A plague o' both your houses!’ (III,i,68) The prince who is also impacted by the two lovers as well as the feud, states that, ‘...All are punished.’(V,iii,312) meaning that due to their actions, the whole city is suffering and bearing the pain of this tragedy. This proves that the tragedy is not only that of the two lovers but that of the whole
Act IV Dialectical Journals Passage Citation Response ”.this knife.bloody knife. I long to die if what thou speakest not of remedy.” [lays down a dagger] (IV.i.67-74). (IV.iii.26) (E) In scene one Juilet speaks of life without Romeo and life with County Paris as a knife twisted inside her.
In Act III, scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence informs Romeo that the Prince has decided to punish him with banishment from Verona. Instead of feeling joyful of escaping capital punishment, Romeo mourns over the fact that he could never see Juliet again. While the two discuss the Prince's decision, the Nurse arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet is also heartbroken over Tybalt's death. Guilty of hurting Juliet, Romeo threatens to commit suicide. To stop Romeo, the Friar suggests that he and Juliet should consummate their marriage, and afterwards, they can try to get the Prince's pardon. Comforted, Romeo agrees and prepares to see Juliet. As the director, I will ask the three characters to showcase the difference between the youth and
There he was, lying in agony in the dark and weary night, next to his beloved's tomb in the ominous cemetery. Seeing the vile creature, Death, take away her soul from his hands. Death insisted to come with him with his hands filled with the white bones of the dead, he came along without hesitation. The well-known tragedy, Romeo, and Juliet by William Shakespeare was a transcendent illustration of the effects of the underdeveloped adolescent brain. The two star-crossed lovers had their destiny planned in front of them. The tragic and mournful deaths of Romeo and Juliet resulted from their impromptu love taking over their everyday lives. Romeo laid on the murky ground of the cemetery, weeping in front of the tomb of Juliet and he would soon kill
Simile (balcony scene): O, speak again, bright angle! For thou art As glorious to this night, being o’er my head, As a winged messenger of heaven (Rom. 2. 2. 26-28). Juliet is compared to a winged messenger of heaven. Given that the comparison uses the word "as," this comparison is a simile.
To Romeo, this exile is worse than death, and ultimately, leads to his death. These events leading from Mercutio’s entrance to the party, until his death aided to the collapse of the lives of the young couple. Mercutio’s own tragedy in this tale of woe is his own demise.
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Mercutio’s death works as a catalyst for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. From the moment that Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt, the actual tragedy aspect of the play begins. Up to Mercutio’s death, the play follows a rather light-hearted, dramatized tone, but once his death plays out, the plot turns to focus on the misfortunes of the rest of the characters. Following Mercutio’s death, Romeo hints at the disasters to come by saying, “This day’s black fate on more days doth depend. This but begins the woe others must end (3.1.124-125)”. Moments after Mercutio’s death, Romeo is already aware of what troubles will arise. As Mercutio is held as Romeo’s stability, Romeo knows that something will begin from the end of Mercutio. As Mercutio’s death plays out, both Mercutio and Romeo are correct in the sense of their knowledge of Mercutio’s death being held as a catalyst, even if no one else does. If Romeo had died in the fight rather than Mercutio, the tragedy would not have happened, as Mercutio is more levelheaded than Romeo, and would have made sure the situation
In the book Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, is using the characters Romeo and Juliet characterization to demonstrate that once a person is in love even if they are scared or in shock, they will be blinded and choose their amorous partner over any course of other human. “For such a wish! he was not born to shame. Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit; For ‘tis a throne where honour may be crown’d Sole monarch of the universal earth. O, what a beast was I to chide at him!..” (III.2.95) In this passage, Shakespeare is showing us that Juliet is feeling completely shocked and concerned that Romeo wasn’t the one who died but the one who killed. She is starting to feel less in the action of upset but is noticing that her new husband had just
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet loved each other, but they knew that it wouldn't be possible to have a relationship because of their feuding families. Their deaths were tragic, as it was mainly the people around them that made them so unhappy. They were so in love with each other that they took risks to be together, which lead to their unfortunate deaths. Romeo is a Montague. He falls in love with Juliet the moment he sees her at a Capulet ball.
Romeo and Juliet , written by Shakespeare, is a novel about two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, who came from feuding families and fell in love against their parents’ wishes. The adolescents belong to the Capulets and the Montagues which are the two rival families in Verona. In the novel during Act 3 scene 1, Mercutio, who is Romeo’s friend, got in a brawl with Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. The result of the fight left Mercutio dead and Tybalt considered a murderer. Mercutio’s last words before his death were “A plague a’ both your houses!” (3.1.88.) Both families, the Capulets and the Montagues were at fault for the death of Mercutio. {{The last sentence of the introduction should address the prompt directly, this is your thesis statement.
If one was in love, what would they want to do for their significant other? Sneak over to their house with a risk getting shot? Figure out how to get married as fast as possible to escape an inconvenient happening? Talk about nothing but how undying love will never die in prose? Love is not a way to escape an inconvenience, nor is it so simple as flirting constantly.
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.
“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 saying he has a premonition that he will be controlled by fate and eventually lead to a
In many literary works, there are methods that authors use to make a story better. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, dramatic irony is the driving method. Dramatic irony is something in which characters do not know something, but the reader or audience knows what the true reality is. According to some researchers, “A staple of Elizabethan and Shakespearean drama was dramatic irony” (Halio 25). Furthermore some researchers also belive that dramatic irony is very prominent in the play, “ One of the more prominent literary devices in the play is irony” (Sauer 673). Romeo and Juliet, and also their friends and families face a lot of instances of dramatic irony in the story. Dramatic irony creates suspense and adds to