Analysis of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
One of Shakespeare’s most well known plays is Romeo and Juliet; it is
a romantic tragedy a favoured genre in Elizabethan times. This play
was written in 1593.
The romantic tragedy begins with a prologue telling you what happened,
what is happening, and what’s going to happen. The prologue says that
the two households (Montague & Capulet) have been fighting since
ancient times and has broken into new mutiny, but the only children of
these two households fall in love, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.
Their love cannot be because the houses are at war. The reason behind
telling the audience what’s going to happen is because, like the blurb
of a book a person may want to know what’s the basic outline of the
story but in this case the play, if a prologue does not appeal to
somebody then they will leave before the play actually starts.
To break into the play two members from the house of Capulet are
joking around and making fun of each other, until two Montague
servants are introduced, the Capulet’s insult the Montague servants,
they take notice and begin to argue they end up drawing swords.
Romeo’s cousin Benvolio Montague enters the scene to break them up but
to no success as Juliet’s cousin also enters, Tybalt Capulet, this
turns into a civil brawl, more like an uncivil brawl. Many innocent
people die, so the Prince is introduced into the play to break up the
disastrous outbreak. The Prince threatens Montague (Head Montague) and
Capulet (Head Capulet) that they will be killed if the peace of Verona
is disturbed again.
Through the duration of the play it shows the story of the star
cross’d lovers falling in love and all the obstacles they must pass to
be together. Unfortunately their death mark’d love comes tragically to
an end when they both kill themselves, this results in an end to their
parents feud. But this is an Elizabethan tragedy and they don’t have
plays where only to people die, other people that die are: Mercutio
Before the book even begins there is a page which really helps to set the tone for the book. It also helps the reader to better understand the pages ahead.
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
There is also a preface and an introduction which exactly explains the author’s purpose for writing the book and how she plans too complete the task.
Romeo changes throughout the book. When Romeo went to the Capulets party, he was in love with Rosaline. He saw Juliet and immediately loved her. In act two scene two it Romeo says this about Juliet, "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return." He compares her eyes to stars in the night sky. Romeo talks about Juliet and is wanting to talk to her. This shows how Romeo is loving and sweet. In the last act of the book Romeo sees Juliet dead in the tomb. She is not really dead, but he doesn't know that. He kills himself so he can be with her in heaven. Romeo is a very loving person, but in one scene he turns into a very hateful person.
to read most of the text in order for us to understand the events of
William Shakespeare composed the tragedy Romeo and Juliet in the 16th century. This play vividly portrayed the banned love between the heirs of two families. Spoiler alert, Romeo and Juliet killed themselves in the end. Every person in Romeo and Juliet held responsibility for their death. Among all of the characters, Friar Lawrence and Capulet were major catalysts of the casualties. Let's not forget Romeo, the one that started it all.
In act one scene three of Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet states “…She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” This means that Juliet is not quite fourteen years old and her father is not sure if she is ready to become a wife and mother. There are many differences between how people marry today, and how they married in the time of Romeo and Juliet. Some of the differences are when the people marry, why people marry, and also the level of maturity people marry at.
Two star-crossed lovers, destined for death, separated by nothing other than their families inability to cooperate. The classic play ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ written by William Shakespeare within 1599, encompasses relevant messages which have fascinated readers for centuries. In the attempt to re-live Romeo and Juliet's historical tales many modernise versions of the play have been adapted into movies, such as those produced by Baz Luhrmann and Carlo Carlei. Both the aforementioned examples of Romeo and Juliet adhere extremely closely to William Shakespeare's original version of the play for they incorporate all many similarities including the multiple characters, settings and tones of the production which will be expressed below.
Through the flaws in the characterization of his characters, Shakespeare allows their weakness to manipulate and cloud their judgment. This fundamentally leads to the outcome of Romeo and Juliet, with each weakness presenting a conflict that alters the characters fate. Being especially true with the star-crossed lovers, William Shakespeare leads their perfect love into tragedy with these conflicts. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt all contribute to conflicts that enhance the plot. From destructive flaws in their characterizations, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt are all consequently controlled by their weakness, therefore affecting the outcome of the play.
Romeo is the only son of Lord Montague, the head of a reputed and rich
What makes a piece of literature relevant or irrelevant to a society? There have been many debates on the relevance about particular pieces of literature, especially old literature, in the modern day. Their relevance can be judged by how they address issues happening in society when they were written compared to those same issues today. It can also be judged on whether the themes present can apply to the modern day. And even if a story portrays issues that are either resolved or irrelevant today it can still have value on how it portrays human nature The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern times due to its themes on suicide, human recklessness, and violence and revenge.
A lot of writing follows the quest tale theme. Structurally, the quest consists of 5 things; a quester, a place to go, a reason to go there, challenges and trials, end route, and a real reason to go there. At first glance a book can seem really different or weird, but it most likely follows a basic rubric.
Scene 1 Act 1:Scene one opens with a fight on the streets of Verona between servants from the Montague and Capulet households. While attempting to stop the fight, Benvolio is drawn in by Tybalt. The heads of both houses (Montague and Capulet) arrive on the scene. Prince Escalus arrives and stops the fight, forbidding any further brawls.
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