Romeo And Juliet Analysis

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“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. Shakespeare uses Juliet to portray his message by having her marry Romeo. In scene two of the second act or more …show more content…

Romeo married Juliet even though she was supposed to be his sworn enemy. He also did not want to fight with Tybalt because even though Tybalt didn’t know that they were now cousins Romeo knew and he didn’t want to bring any harm to him. Lord Capulet had portrayed this message when he was throwing his party. Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio had decided to sneak into the party that was being thrown by Lord Capulet and Tybalt had found out that Romeo was there. After Tybalt had found this out, he asked someone to fetch him his rapier. Lord Capulet then tells Tybalt, “Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone. He bears him like a portly gentleman, And, to say truth, Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well-governed youth. I would not for the wealth of all the town Here in my house do him disparagement. Therefore be patient. Take no note of him. It is my will, the which if thou respect, Show a fair presence and put off these frowns, An ill-beseeming semblance for a feast.” (Shakespeare, 527) He says this meaning that Romeo has not done anything to harm them, so Tybalt is not allowed to do this either. When Tybalt says, “It fits when such a villain is a guest. I’ll not endure him.” (Shakespeare, 527) Lord Capulet gets angry and replies, “He shall be endured. What, goodman boy! I say, he shall. Go to. Am I the master here, or you? Go to. You’ll not endure him! God shall mend my soul, You’ll make a mutiny among my …show more content…

First, when Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet in the sixth scene of act two, even if he only thought it would break the feud between the Capulets and Montagues, it also showed that if you fall in love with someone it doesn’t matter their last name. Then, throughout the play he continued to help them with their problems. After Romeo had slew Tybalt and had been banished from Verona, he went to Friar Lawrence and he helped Romeo figure out what to do. The Friar also helped Juliet get over Romeo being banished and having to almost marry Paris by giving her a potion that will make her seem deceased until after about forty-eight hours. The Nurse on the other hand was always there for Juliet when she needed her. She helped Juliet and Romeo with the wedding by relaying what Juliet was supposed to do to get married to Romeo back to Juliet. She had also gone to find Romeo for Juliet numerous times. The Nurse had also told Romeo and Juliet who each of them

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