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Romantic love in romeo and juliet essay
Interconnection between love and youth in Romeo and Juliet
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It was the break of dawn on a Sunday in fair Verona.The town was just beginning to awake up.This was not true for the son of the Montagues who was still heartbroken over his true and new love, Rosaline. Rosaline was like most girls Romeo tried to court, young and beautiful, but the difference was that Rosaline wasn’t attracted to Romeo. Benvolio, one of Romeo’s best friends who attempts to cheer him up, but nothing worked. All this changed when an illiterate servant asks to read the note for Romeo. The note readed as follows “his wife and daughters...my fair niece Rosaline; Livia; Signior Valentio and his cousin Tybalt, Lucio and the lively Helena”(Act 1 Scene 5 L-40). Romeo asked the servant whom the party list was from, he responded by saying it was from his master, the rich and powerful Lord Capulet. The Capulets were the Montagues greatest enemy even though both houses are alike. Trying to cheer Romeo up, Benvolio tells Romeo that …show more content…
they should sneak into the party to check out all the potential girlfriends. At that party, Romeo was disguised as a torchbearer where he saw a girl who he immediately fell in love with. The only problem was that she was Juliet, the daughter to the Capulet. Having no care about the repercussions of being seen with her, he snuck to the outside of her bedroom after the party was over. This is the true beginning to the end. In the balcony scene, Juliet is talking to herself, unbeknownst to her, Romeo is listening below hidden in a bush. She expressed her feeling of love and confusion in a eloquently crafted love poem with a very serious tone. The serious mood indicates that Juliet was not joking around and was sincere about her feelings. She said, “In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my ‘havior light: But trust me, gentleman, I’ll prove more true, than those that have more cunning to be strange” is interpreted to mean that Juliet thinks of herself better than anyone Romeo has dated before.(Act 2 Scene 2 L-100) The moment the couple entered each other's life it was doom and misfortune that followed. Foreshadowed by lighting and thunderer their marriage and existence together was destined to fail. Juliet however was oblivious of this and only cared about being with her love. The quote in act two scene two line ninety “You know’st the mask of night is on my face, else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek” is interpreted to mean that Romeo can’t see her blush because of the darkness around. This quote is relevant to the idea that dark and light hold different meanings throughout the story because the darkness is like a shield to reality. Outside of the passage, the contrast between dark and light was shown in a multitude of different ways.
The most important example was when Romeo and Juliet never saw each other in broad daylight besides their wedding which was skipped by Shakespeare. Every other time was at night where the unrealistic happens. They planned to have a happy life together, to get married, all with no questioning or consequences. It seems both of them did not think about their plans at night and just expect them to be accepted by society. Interestingly both of them committed suicide at night. This would follow the pattern of not thinking before think things through. Both of them would have had a great life living as royals, but instead they threw it all away because of young love. The quote “My true love's passion: therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered.”(Act 2 Scene 2 L-105) This quote is interpreted to mean that even though Juliet’s love is quick, it doesn’t mean it’s not
serious. The theme of dark and light don’t apply to the real world, however it does apply to the fictional idea of society. Most modern day movies have a love scene similar to the one in Romeo and Juliet. There are plenty of songs and movies today that represent the same ideas in Romeo and Juliet. The very popular song Rude by Magic has the same ideas that were in Romeo and Juliet. The 400 year old play ideas still is relevant today proven by the nine hundred million people who love the song Rude. I believe that Romeo and Juliet shows an unrealized aspect of life. The couple definitely had another opinion than suicide. Even though they were madly in love, it was young love that controlled them which it’s the same a true love. True love is different than young love. True love takes time and may build of of young love, but true love takes more time than the three days that they are together.
Shakespeare doesn't idealize Romeo and Juliet. He is careful to remind us that love is destructive, partly because it fails to see life as it really is. Romeo and Juliet do not act with caution, patience, or wisdom. They act on impulse and in haste—and they get bad advice. Answer the following questions for this argument.
Rosaline CapuletVerona, ItalyDear Madam Capulet:I am writing to inform you that you are hereby charged with the hannus crime of murder, as the cause of many deaths and misery. You are at fault for all that has happened in the fair Verona, Italy, and are now dually charged with the following crimes: Two counts of murder in the first degree, one count of false banishment, and a high amount of counts of disturbing the peace. The reason for this is lengthy and will be described in the following letter. First of all, you were the first love of the young Romeo Montague, my client. Because you refused to marry anyone, let alone my client, you cause him tremendous grief and suffering. You turned my client into the epitome of melancholy and depression.
Paris asks Capulet for his daughter Juliet's hand in marriage. Capulet replies that she is still too young to be married, but nevertheless invites Paris to try to woo her at a banquet he is holding that night. He gives a servant a list of guests and tells him to take an invitation to each of them. The servant is illiterate, and so goes about trying to find someone to read the list for him. He runs into Romeo and Benvolio, who are still discussing Romeo's unrequited love. The servant gets Romeo to read the guest list for him, and then tells him about the banquet. Benvolio convinces Romeo to go along with him to the banquet to compare the other beautiful women there with the one he is pining for: Rosaline, a niece of Capulet.
over her. He is also at times a little irrational when he takes on the
In the fair city of Verona, two rival families, the Montagues and Capulets were involved in a nasty family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Even the townspeople were involved in the dispute, because the families were always fighting in the streets and causing disturbances. They disrupted the streets of Verona and even Prince Escalus tried to break up the fighting. They were given a warning, by him that another public fight would result in death. While this was occurring, Romeo, (a Montague) the main character, was getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household had just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, whom her parents wished her to marry. Yet she did not love him. Romeo goes to a party in an effort to forget about Rosaline. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agreed to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) a good friend of Romeo ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, which caused Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona. At the same time, the Capulet's were planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet didn't want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that would make everyone think that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promised to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo was currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo didn't receive the message on time and upon hearing of her "death" went to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes to find her lover's dead corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and with their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.
The Downfall of Romeo and Juliet Act three scene one will be my main aid, for in this essay I will discuss the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. Now. The Capulet and the Montague’s are two profound families. Verona, both of whom have been feuding for donkey’s years; Romeo. Montague is deeply in love with Rosaline.
From “the fatal loins” (Prologue.5) of Lord and Lady Capulet, protagonist Juliet is born in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Early on in the play Juliet is portrayed as a very dutiful daughter to her family. After her encounter with Romeo however, she begins a rapid transformation from a naive young girl into a woman. By the end of the play Juliet’s transformation evolves her from a dutiful daughter, into a faithful wife that is willing to desert her family in the name of love.
The expression, “Timing is everything”, could not be more true than it is in the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Timing is responsible for many of the tragedies that occur in the play. In the story, Romeo is heartbroken because the girl, he ‘loves’ doesn’t love him back. During this time his friends and him crash a party thrown by the Capulets, Juliet’s family, and Romeo is in hopes of seeing the girl. At this party, Romeo meets Juliet and falls in love. Later in the play, Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, and is banished. At the same time, the Capulets want Juliet to marry a man she doesn’t love. At the end of the play, Juliet makes up a plan to fake her death. She writes a letter to tell Romeo of her plan, and gives it to the Friar to deliver. At the time the letter was sent, there was a plague which delayed the letters delivery. Romeo’s friend, Balthasar, saw Juliet ‘dead’ and assumed the worst. He rushed back to Romeo to tell him that his wife was dead. Shocked by the news, Romeo went back to Venice, and saw Juliet ‘dead’. He couldn’t bear with the thought of her dead, and his life without Juliet, so Romeo killed himself, right before Juliet died. Seeing Romeo dead, Juliet felt the same that he did when he saw her dead, and killed her self as well. All of these events, that were caused by timing, lead up to the death of both Romeo and Juliet. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, unfortunate timing is what leads to the tragic outcome of the play.
In scene two, Capulet and Paris are discussing Paris' desire to marry Juliet, Capulet's daughter. Capulet invites Paris to a masquerade dinner that he is hosting that night to give him a chance to get to know Juliet. Capulet gives his servant, Peter, a list of names to invite to the feast. However, he cannot read and thus gives Romeo and Benvolio invitations when he sees them on the street.
In 1996 an australian film director Baz Luhrman introduces the new adaptation of the ageless love story – “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. The action is moved to America and happening in the end of 20th century. In an imaginary city Verona Beach the two powerful clans Montague (Anglo-Saxon) and Capulet (Latinos) brutally rival. The swords are substituted with the guns, the ancient costumes with jeans and shirts. The art director Catherine Martin didn’t have any lack of materials, since the 20th century brought a great variety of heels, lighters, shirts, bikers, rockers, leather, tattoos, piercing, etc. The creators originally approached the small details: the street posters
Capulet and Romeo Montague, face a bigger problem; forbidden love. Taking place in Verona, an ignorant Romeo first meets a childish Juliet at the Capulet’s party. Romeo and his kinsman, Benvolio, attend the party masked, searching for his first love, Rosaline. Coincidentally, Romeo meets Juliet, a new beauty, and falls in love with her not knowing the fact that she is a Capulet. The feud continues, leading one mistake after another, until both families realize their selfishness at the last minute. The unfortunate tragedy of two “star-crossed lovers” is ironically caused by the impetuosity of Romeo and Juliet themselves (Shakespeare 7).
“ Hello humble servings men we are all talking about the Capulet party and would love to see how much you enjoyed it and what went on there?” One of the servants began speaking “ Yes yes I think for all of us when I say what… a…night”. They all began nodding and laughing, “ Tell me about please I got to hear this”. The second servant behind him began to speak. “ The guest were served a plate of sauteed chicken, potatoes, and with a little side of corn. The home was decorated with the Capulets colors with such fancy silk hanging along the walls and decorations of all shapes and sizes.” The first servant chimes in and states “ Oh and don’t forget the gossip we heard Leonardo”. “ Oh what’s the gossip”? “ Well we heard Tybalt , the Capulet's nephew, had quite a fit about something almost causing a scene talking to the Lord and Lady, all because we heard that Romeo Montague showed his face there Tybalt was furious.” “ Thank you for sharing this, I'm glad to get the gossip of the party we will all find that out later on now won't we. It was nice seeing you all.” The servants said their goodbyes and moved along the carpet. Next came Rosaline “Rosaline how nice to see you on the red carpet we are here getting all the gossip about The Capulet party”. “ Yes of course , as always the party went on beautifully like it does every year. I was there dancing and enjoying the sweet music of the singer Leonardo who sang the most beautiful ballad, that boy is quite talented. Also I heard that the Montague boy Romeo was seen, that boy had the biggest crush on me and I just rejected him too many times and im sure my cousin Tybalt wasn’t very fond of his arrival along with all the other masked boys that made an appearance in which I believe was Romeo's friends Benvolio and Mercutio. Those boys cause so much Im pretty sure they couldn’t find young Romeo at the end of the night wonder where he could’ve
Romeo was not an invited guest at this party because of the Capulet’s hatred for his family. He would not have even attended the party if it were not for Capulet sending a servant who could not read to deliver the invitations. The Servant happens to ask Romeo to read the invitation list for him. Romeo then finds out about the party and also that Rosaline will be attending. He then decided to attend this party as an uninvited guest.
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.
Dramatic Effects in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In the play Shakespeare creates dramatic effects to heighten emotions