The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has been a precedent for all facets of romance for centuries, what with the dramatic, flowery language and tragic storyline. One aspect of this storyline, the idea of giving up friends and family for love, does not sit right with me. True love is not worth abandoning your loved ones and and friends.
Imagine, for instance, that Romeo and Juliet’s escapade did not take place in the early times. It would be safe to assume that breakups almost never happened, what with the belief that “Women grow by men.”(Shakespeare pg. 388, Act 1 line 95). However, in modern times, there is much more choice involved, if only on the females end. With so many variables in play, falling outs betwixt lovers are too regular a event. Correspondingly, if you left everything for a partner, everything you had known for your whole life, and severed your relationships with the ones dear to you, what would happen when you broke up? Your friends would be left to pick up the pieces. The Friar wisely observed that “They stumble that run fast.” (Shakespeare pg. 411, Act 2 line 940), and stumble the lovesick pair surely did. I can also apply this line to my own life.
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However, I do have family and friends. Between kin there is a spoken or unspoken agreement to stay by each other's sides not matter what, whether it be a broken heart or a family tragedy, and while I haven’t experienced true love before I have experienced loss. About four years ago I lost my grandmother, and the year after that my classmate. These were very hard on me; they were the first time i had experienced death. However, they brought me closer to my friends and family. If you run away from it all for one person, who will be your support system if/when it all turns bad? Nevertheless, some romantics may have a different view of
In the play Romeo and Juliet ,by Shakespeare we are constantly bombarded with different meanings of words, contrasts, and characters who are quite irrational. They wish things upon themselves, and when they happen, are astonished. This piece of literature is filled with situations where the character intends one thing to happen, but his results are completely different. Throughout the following paragraphs the reader is to decide if the examples shown display opposite results from the original plan.
The Portrayal of Romeo and Juliet's Relationship in the Play. In my opinion, the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is portrayed. in lots of different ways. It is portrayed as tragic, united, shows.
Is love worth it all? As publicized in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, reckless decisions may possibly lead to an unforeseen and dreadful conclusion. He also makes it known that if feelings about a situation are over dramatized they can cause a hazardous faux pas. That is exactly what Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence implement in Shakespeare’s tragedy. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the major characters cause the tragic outcome of the drama through their bad choices and decisions.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the views of love held by the character Romeo contrast sharply with the views of Mercutio. Romeo's character seems to suffer from a type of manic depression. He is in love with his sadness, quickly enraptured and easily crushed again on a passionate roller coaster of emotion. Mercutio, by contrast is much more practical and level headed. His perceptions are clear and quick, characterized by precise thought and careful evaluation. Romeo, true to his character begins his appearance in the play by wallowing in his depression over Rosaline who does not return his love:
The Shakespearean tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” represents the idea that love incurs a price through a range of dramatic techniques. In this play, it becomes very clear that intense and sudden passionate love brings hurt and pain to the lovers involved, as well as their family and friends.
Romeo and Juliet displays a clear but yet complicated views of love: Although love may seem powerless in this text, it actually is the driving force dictating the whole plot.
Romeo as a Typical Courtly Lover in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is portrayed as a typical courtly lover. In my essay I will be examining the first act of the play and exploring Romeo as a courtly lover and his transition from loving Rosaline to loving Juliet. In traditional medieval literature there were often fictional characters who were known as courtly lovers. At the start of the play Shakespeare has portrayed Romeo as a traditional courtly lover because he follows the rules of courtly love.
The nurse has raised Juliet since she was a baby. She plays more of a
The Different Aspects of Love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet contains different aspects of love. between Romeo and Juliet, such as bawdy love, infatuation and love. first sight of the sand. Shakespeare starts the play with sexual innuendos, word plays, puns. references to male and female genitalia, aggression and sexuality.
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.
Shakespeare’s eminent play, Romeo and Juliet, depicts the journey of Romeo and Juliet until their tragic death. The idea of fate is displayed throughout the play through the use of foreshadowing, suggesting that the outcome is predetermined from the prologue. The rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues influence the characters in the play deeply, creating peril in Verona. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet’s excessive emotions cause the play to end in their inevitable deaths, which ends the “ancient grudge” between the “two households”. As the play progresses, the audience is presented with multiple possibilities as to how the unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet are influenced.
much she is in love with Romeo himself, instead of how in love she is
Love, with its binding, twisting labyrinth of emotions, often has diverse effects on those caught in its grasp. To the lovers in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, love is an overwhelming, overpowering emotion to which all else must yield. Both of the teenagers felt an immediate tug at the first sight of one another and desperately acknowledged that nothing was to be left in the onslaught of that sweeping tide.
Love is one of the main themes throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We see how affection grows between the two tenagers, and how their lives unfold after they have found each other. Love is a double-edge sword, a force that can drive affection and hope, but it also can drive hate, rivalry, violence and death. On this paper, I want to approach the different sides of love portrayed in the play, and how it affects the outcome at the end of the story.
In order to maintain a healthy relationship there is many main components such as: commination, trust and mutual respect. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are many examples of: lack of commination, lack of mutual respect and absence of trust. Although, the adult figures in Juliet’s life try to guide her through life, they instead become negative role models and are the biggest contributors to her death.