Romeo And Juliet Authority Essay

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Arthur F. Kinney has very good points in his Authority in Romeo and Juliet and the points that have been stated have been explained and proven why. The article talks about how Friar Laurence has taken the spot of the Chorus and how the Chorus told us about the play in the beginning, yet there are still many reasons to read it. Shakespeare was very deceiving about how he called the play a tragedy, because the deaths were made by rash decisions. In the article, the facts are supported by examples in the text and explaining the text. Authority in Romeo and Juliet, written by Arthur F. Kinney, is a factual text talking about how the Chorus spoils it, yet gives us reasons to continue reading and that Romeo and Juliet are rash.
Authority in Romeo and Juliet explains to the reader how the Chorus tell us what happens in the play, yet we continue to read because the chorus says we are missing something. That something is Friar Laurence, the apothecary in the play and eventually takes the part of the Chorus. When the Chorus goes from …show more content…

Also, people might say that Friar Laurence did not take the the part of the Chorus when it suddenly disappeared. The person would also proclaim that we would of never needed to state all of the info if we never understood the chorus’s old English. More people would also say that Friar Laurence is not all knowing and he does not have a lot of paradoxes. Also, people would state that this play is a tragedy based on how mature Juliet acts for her very young age and how they should of never died. Many people look at the play this way even when the play still gave away the entire plot and Shakespeare was just confusing the readers with his intellect. Since we can understand the play, we can figure out that the Chorus and Friar Laurence holds the play by the strings with their all knowing

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