William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare's most famous tragedy is probably the tale of "Romeo and Juliet". The immortal tale of two 'star-cross'd lovers' destined to an early demise, originated in Italian folklore. Shakespeare's prologue is possibly the most insightful piece of the play regarding their death and the explanation of it. The "ancient grudge" immediately sets the ominous tone of the play. This allows the audience to understand that their "death" is the only way their "parents strife" could end: "But their children end nought could remove". The recurring theme of fate and destiny, which frequents many Shakespeare's plays, is seen also in the prologue. Shakespeare …show more content…
The separation of Romeo and Juliet, leads to the plot twist where Juliet drinks the 'distilling liquor' to appear in death. While Romeo was intended to wake her, a twist of fate means he doesn't get the letter and does not know that the death is faked. The plan to run away from the feud between their parents wasn't free from danger, on the contrary it was the only way they could be together and escape the 'grudge'. The 'ancient grudge' is very important to the play because they died in order to 'bury' the 'grudge'. Shakespeare puts an emphasis on the fact that the feud is about their name; Romeo feels his name is 'hateful' for he knows because of it; he and Juliet couldn't be together. Similarly, Juliet knows if she was to be 'sworn her love she would 'no longer be a Capulet'. The younger generation are dragged into the feud because of the family they're born into. Juliet questions 'what's in a name?' which shows she doesn't understand that their name means they automatically have a 'grudge' against each other. Another input towards the death of 'Romeo and Juliet' would be their parents. Shakespeare suggests that Romeo and Juliet barely know their parents and find it difficult to confide in them or they would have spoken about their love rather then trying to run away.
Act 1 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is set in a hall in Capulet’s house. The guests at the formal dinner just finished eating and the serving men are clearing the table. The serving men are preparing for the masked dance by clearing the stools, serving carts, and silverware. Capulet welcomes his guests to the dance and declares that the women must dance with the men and if the are shy, they will lie and say they can't. Capulet thrives for everything to be perfect and orders his servants to fix every flaw, “And quench the fire, the room is grow too hot,”(pg.56). Capulet and his cousin reminisce about the last time they went to a masquerade. They have a brief discussion about the last time they went to one.
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
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William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, which is about the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are forbidden to see one another, due to their families’ feud. The Capulets, Juliet, and Montagues, Romeo, are the enemies in this feud. The question is, were the parents against them? Or were they just trying to protect and make them happy? Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. When he was eighteen years old, he married Anne Hathaway and has three children, Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.
take care of his daughter, e.g. if she is sad he will make her happy
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.
Then Juliet’s father enters and he is furious that Juliet is refusing to marry Paris. Shakespeare shows this by using rhetorical questions, by using rhetorical questions this shows that Lord Capulet is not willing to give Juliet a chance to speak or answer any of his questions. Lord Capulet’s anger results in him threatening Juliet. He uses the phrase “My fingers itch.” This means he wants to hit Juliet because she has refused to marry Paris.
Act 3 Scene 2 Leonardo DiCaprio once said, ‘To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk life for it, is the ultimate tragedy’. This quote is reflected upon many times in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, establishing the dramatic adversities. The events in Act 3 Scene 2 affirm the tragedy of the lovers in all of its painful and melancholy forms. This scene portrays misery at its greatest, where Juliet experiences the conflicting emotions for Tybalt and Romeo after hearing their reports of death and banishment. Her emotions set off a chain of event and lead the characters into the misfortune of unavoidable death.
Scene 2 on act 2 is the most pivotal scene on Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. At the beginning of this scene, it clarifies that Romeo and Juliet is madly fell in love with each other. As well, this scene represents the statement ‘love is blind’. Most importantly during this scene Romeo and Juliet declares their love to each other, and they arranges for them to marry. These are the reasons that make this scene an important scene, on Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
bring peace to his streets when a fight breaks out in Act1; he is fed
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
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
Shakespeare indicates in lines 9-12 that the play will be a story about two lovers and their parents’ rage, which is ended only by “their children’s end,” indicating that the two lovers will die. In these lines, Shakespeare implies that the grit of the story is in the events that lead up to the lovers’ deaths, rather than the death itself. The third purpose of the prologue is to emphasize the importance of fate. Shakespeare writes in line six that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed lovers,” which means that their love is doomed from the start. In the Elizabethan Era, people believed that the stars controlled people’s destinies, so the fact that they are “star-crossed” tells the audience that their fate is not to be together. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s prologue to the play does not spoil the ending, but rather gives important background information, prepares the audience for the events of the play, and emphasizes the role that fate plays in
Analyzing Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story between two teenagers who fall