“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light” ( Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). This exemplifies the true beauty that even in the most distressing hours of anyone's life, there is always light somewhere to restore. Many struggle with things that rests upon them throughout their life and never seem to possess a way to cope with whatever the challenge may be. Nevertheless, society should put forth effort to hunt for those concealing glimmers of hope that illuminates ones heart. Similarly, within Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” two family rivals, the Capulets and Montagues, clearly resemble this quote. However, in this case Juliet and Romeo’s relationship …show more content…
Competition, and jealousy between families can cause dispute, and darkness. Until the conflict is settled, the light can never shine through to rejuvenate. Uniquely, the Capulets and Montagues endless rivalry, is due to their arrogance, and the honoring of their family name. In result, street fights occur quite frequently for the purpose of making their name known. From time to time, there was no such thing as light between the Capulets and Montagues. Significantly, within the first act there is a street fight, which introduces not only the character’s personalities, but the altercation between the families. The fights that occur on the streets of Verona happen regularly, and are commonly terminated by the Prince himself. He announces, “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word/By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,/ Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets/ And made Verona’s ancient citizens/ Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments/ To wield old partisans, in hands as old/ Cankered with peace, to part your cankered …show more content…
Juliet is unlike Romeo when it comes to the darkness of the two. For example, Romeo’s darkness was assembled when his profound love for Rosaline, was shattered when he acquired the news that she will never fall in love. However, Juliet was never fully in the dark before meeting Romeo. Her light and darkness was established after meeting Romeo at the party. Romeo added to Juliet’s light instantaneously at first sight, and yet added future darknesses too. At first, Romeo had absolutely no idea that Juliet was a Capulet, only till the Nurse revealed this appalling news. He responded with, “O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (I.iiiii.132). This indicates that Romeo’s life now belongs to his supposed to be enemies, the Capulets. Additionally, there names not only have an affect on Romeo but it also creates Juliet’s darkness, considering that she now adores a young man who she is supposed to greatly disown. She evidently convinces herself that a name is just a meaningless word, when she declares in her “What’s in a Name” soliloquy, “Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell so sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, take all
" 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; / Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. / What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, / Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part / Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! / What's in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet; / So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, / Retain that dear perfection which he owes / Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, / And for that name which is no part of thee / Take all myself."
In particular, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and refuse thy name./ Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,/ And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (II.II.33-34). Juliet wonders why must Romeo be a Montague, and why must their families hate each other. In addition, Juliet would give up her association with the Capulets to be with Romeo, so she would be giving up a part of herself. Furthermore, “Till thou shalt know the reason of my love./ And so, good Capulet—which name I tender/ As dearly as my own—be satisfied” (III.I.41-43). Romeo tells Tybalt that since he is married to Juliet that he loves the name Capulet just as much as he loves his own name. He now affiliates with both the Capulets and Montagues and shows this with affection to Tybalt before the fight. When talking of the theme of identity in this play, you cannot forget how important the last name of a character
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the audience witnesses a great amount of familial pride when Tybalt shouts to an opposing family member, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward,” (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1.1 pg 12). In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare depicts two feuding families who once had a legitimate reason to be mad at one another, but now continuously fight each other fueled purely by family pride. This everlasting conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets illustrate to the audience how having too much family pride places a restriction on familial unity.
Romeo and Juliet are madly in love with each other and will go to any lengths to be together.
The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues was the major conflict throughout the play. The family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues made living in Verona difficult for everyone. Quarrels burst out in the village, causing destruction of property and the rivalry forbid
An example of this is “Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, That runaways’ eyes may wink and Romeo leap to these arms, untalk’d of an unseen”. Juliet is longing for Romeo to come and consummate their marriage at night, which is when they can be together, as their relationship is too unnatural for them to meet at day, due to the hatred of their families. It is further proven that the dark imagery represents passion. Juliet is passionate about Romeo, as she has made up her mind to give her maidenhood to him, which is something she can never undo. An additional quote is “Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. I must be gone and live, or stay and die… Let me be ta’en, let me be put to death; I am content, so thou wilt have it so“. Romeo has just consummated his marriage with Juliet. He says that the stars are gone, and that daylight is coming. Romeo must leave, as Verona is waking up, and he will be killed if he is seen with Juliet. Even with this risk, he considers staying with Juliet, as he enjoys being with her. Dark imagery is used to show how passionate Romeo is about Juliet. He made their marriage legal, and is even considering risking death to stay with her longer. He has permanently committed to her, and cannot go back. As the evidence presented shows, the dark imagery in Romeo and Juliet reflects the theme of passion.
As Mehmet Murat İldan once quoted, “A man who refused light will remain in darkness even by the side of light.” Throughout Romeo and Juliet, light and dark imagery is used to intensify the tragedy in this story. Romeo exists in a dark, depressed state while thinking about his first love, Rosaline. Romeo doesn’t ever think he will be happy or see light again, yet Shakespeare provides light imagery that implies Romeo could have a positive future. Light imagery conveys that Juliet, a beautiful, young girl full of hope, dreams of bringing Romeo out of the artificial darkness he creates for himself. Shakespeare uses light and dark imagery in many ways, including setting the mood, capturing the characters’ personalities, and developing the characters
Character Naming in Beloved "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
“ 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy/ Thou art thyself, though not a Montague/ What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot/ Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part/ Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!/ What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet/ So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called/ Retain that dear perfection which he owes/ Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name/ And for that name, which is no part of thee/ Take all myself” (II ii 41-52).
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name;” (Shakespeare, 536). In the book, ‘Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare there is a deeper meaning that Shakespeare is trying to portray other than parents cannot control their children’s hearts. He is trying to portray that a name is only a name and it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things and that even with a different name that person will still be the same person they have always been. Shakespeare is using the characters: Juliet, Romeo, Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence, and the Nurse to get this message across to the reader or the viewer.
Firstly, the Capulets and Montagues are at odds with each other. Members of each house and servants break into a sword fight, clashing with each other. Sampson says "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow." (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 60). The feuding between the two families motivates Sampson to challenge the Capulets. Another example of how the two houses despise each other is what Romeo and his friends have to do to get into the Capulet feast. So they will not be recognized, Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio wear comic masks to hide their faces. Mercutio says, "Give me a case to put my visage in" (Act 1, Scene 4, Line 29). They do not want to be recognized because of the hatred between the two houses. Also, Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be in love: "My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late! / Prodigious birth of love it is to me, / That I must love a loathed enemy." says Juliet (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 137-140). They are not supposed to love each other because it just so happens that each of their houses despise each other. It is unfortunate for Romeo and Juliet that their two families are against each other, because this means that they are not supposed to be married.
In the streets of Verona, the feuds between the Capulets and Montagues have yet once again compromised the peace of the city. What began as a minor provocative gesture soon transformed into a violent altercation and fight that involved the young and old from the whole town resulting in many injured as the lay on the street.
It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face nor any part belonging to a man. O be some other name! What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.”
“Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.117-118). There are many factors that put pressure on Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship throughout Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The young couple is effected in many ways by every instance that creates stress which Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship is being forced to carry. The biggest factors that impact them are, their families ongoing feud, the broken relationships they both have in their families, and all the instances of miscommunication. Through the story of the couple who meet one another at a dance, sneak around at night to see one another, and fight for eachother, they face challenges many challenges, that add stress to their relationship.
Over the past years, many influential members of society have contributed theories to education. One of the most familiar and practiced theories in education comes from behaviorist Burrhus Frederic Skinner ( also known as B. F. Skinner) and his theory known as Operant Conditioning. Operant Conditioning was based on the works of Edward Thorndike’s and his 1905 Thorndike’s: Law of Effect theory. The basis of Thorndike’s work was to “empirically test the laws of learning” (McLeod, 2007). Skinner used this as his foundation to perfect his own theory of operant conditioning theory in which he believes that actions that are followed by reinforcement will be strengthened and more likely to occur again (Cherry,2005). Operant Conditioning, which is