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“In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.” James E. Faust. This quote explains how people don’t think rationally about their decisions and that there can be either positive or negative consequences. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare writes about two teens from a feud between their families, the Capulets and the Montagues, were they make decisions without thinking about the consequences. Romeo Montague falls in love with Juliet Capulet and they get married in …show more content…
secret. This causes many problems and leads to their deaths. The three characters most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet, and Romeo. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he is ignorant. One good example is when Romeo asks the Friar to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret from the houses of Capulet and Montague. The Friar tells Romeo “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (II.iii.90-92) This makes the Friar responsible because he decides to marry Romeo and Juliet even though there is a possibility that the feud may become worse. In addition, there is when Juliet comes to the Friar threatening to kill herself if he does not have a solution to her arranged marriage with Paris. The Friar tells Juliet to “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distillèd liquor drink thou off. . .each part, deprived of supple government, shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death. and in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death thou shalt continue two and forty hours, and then awake as from a pleasant sleep.” (IV.i.94-109) This also proves the Friar is responsible because he is under stress to tell Juliet the plan so quickly that he doesn’t think over the plan and all of its possible outcomes. Lastly, when Friar Lawrence is trying to calm the Capulets from grieving over their deceased daughter he tells them “Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion’s cure lives not in these confusions. Heaven and yourself had part in this fair maid. Now heaven hath all” (IV.v.66-68) This also validates that the Friar is responsible because he is aware that Juliet is not actually dead and lies to the Capulet family rather than telling them the truth. As a result, Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he helps Romeo, frantically tells Juliet of his plan, and lies to the Capulet family. Lord Capulet is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he is aggressive.
First and foremost, when Lord Capulet is speaking with Paris and gives him permission to marry his daughter. Lord Capulet says to Paris “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender of my child’s love. I think she will be ruled in all respects by me. Nay, more, I doubt it not.—. . .she shall be married to this noble earl.— will you be ready? Do you like this haste? We’ll keep no great ado, a friend or two.” (III.iv.12-24) This makes Lord Capulet responsible because he arranges Juliet’s wedding without her consent when she is already married to Romeo. He also assumes that Juliet will do whatever he says. Likewise, when Lord Capulet enters Juliet’s room when Lady Capulet, Juliet, and the Nurse are talking about the marriage, Juliet begs her father to call it off. Lord Capulet tells Juliet “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer …show more content…
me. My fingers itch.—Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!” (III.v.160-168) This also proves that Lord Capulet is responsible because he threatens Juliet which makes her more frantic to do something about her situation because she just wants to see Romeo again, but doesn’t want her father to disown her. Of course, then Juliet speaks with Lord Capulet and agrees to marry Paris. Lord Capulet yells “Send for the county. Go tell him of this. I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.” (IV.ii.21-22) This also validates that Lord Capulet is responsible because he sets the marriage date sooner which sets the Friar’s plan a day earlier than than he initially thought. This gives Juliet less time to think through the plan causing her to stress. Therefore, Lord Capulet is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he arranges for Juliet to get married behind her back, threatens Juliet, and throws off Friar Lawrence’s plan. Romeo is responsible for his own death and Juliet’s because he is rash.
For example, after the Capulet party ends and Romeo jumps over a wall and talks with Juliet while she is on her balcony. Juliet says “My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words of that tongue’s uttering, yet I know the sound. Art thou not Romeo, and a Montague?” (II.ii.58-60) Romeo replies with “Neither, fair maid, if either thee dislike.” (II.ii.61) This makes Romeo responsible because he is willing to sacrifice his safety to be with Juliet by disowning his family name. Another indication of this is when he is asking Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet. Romeo says “I pray thee, chide not. Her I love now doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so.” (II.iii.85-87) This also proves Romeo is responsible because he doesn’t care about the consequences that may come with marrying or rushing into marriage with a Capulet. Most importantly, when Romeo is in Mantua and he buys poison from an apothecary. Romeo says “Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins that the life-weary taker may fall dead, and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as hasty powder fired doth hurry from the fatal cannon’s womb.” (V.i.61-67) This also validates that Romeo is responsible because plans to kill himself because he is grieving the death of his new wife. Therefore, Romeo is responsible for his own death
and Juliet’s because he disregards consequences, rushes into marriage, and plans to kill himself while grieving. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were most affected by the actions of Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet, and Romeo. These three characters are responsible because they are reckless. Recklessness has consequences and consequences come with every decision. Whether it be a positive or a negative consequence is purely based on the decision that was made. Many teens today make decisions that they believe are going to beneficial for themselves or for others. However, many times the action that was made has an unexpected consequence that may have a major impact on their life or someone else's. Everyone should think about the consequences of their actions before they go through with them.
We have now read both Pyramus and Thisbe, and Romeo and Juliet. The question we have yet to answer is what has a greater impact on what happened, destiny, or personal choice? We believe that personal choice affected the characters more because they chose to fall in love, Romeo and Juliet rushed into marriage, Pyramus and Thisbe left home on their own terms, and in both stories, the main characters decided to commit suicide. This is something that cannot be determined by the stars, your choices determine what happens, not some mystical prophecy. Though that is what we believe, it is also believed that destiny has a greater impact because they were doomed from the stars.
Choices determine every outcome, A better way to put it is “What we do in life, echoes in eternity”, essentially every single decision one makes , no matter how minuscule, will always have an impact in one’s life. Fate isn’t real; Fate is a term commonly used by those that refuse to accept that they control their own future. Teenagers ever since the beginning of time were and still are expected to make poor choices due to their age. But once they learn to take responsibility for their actions they become adults. Both Romeo and Juliet make multiple decisions such as marrying, killing and suicide without stepping back and thinking about the consequences. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare all the choices made by the star crossed lovers have consequences. The two lovers blame fate for their misfortune. They refuse to believe that fate does not determine the end result, only they can do that.
Life is filled with difficult situations and tough choices to make. The question is, should we choose to make them ourselves? Some people feel it's best to do things alone, while others do not. For example, most of the characters in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare that are analyzed in the text, “What’s the Rush?: Young Brains Cause Doomed Love” by Lexi Tucker, do not consider other’s opinions at all. However, the opinions of people who love us positively affect our choices so it would be smart to consider them in most cases, but not in those that are very personal.
‘The difference between Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet (1968) and Baz Luhrmann’s version of Romeo & Juliet (1996) is simply a modernisation created by Luhrmann to attract a teenage audience.’
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is done through the renewal of props and costumes, the reconstruction of the prologue and the upgrading of the setting, whilst preserving the original Shakespearean language. Out of the two, it is Luhrmann who targets Romeo & Juliet to a younger audience to a much larger extent than Zeffirelli.
Lady Capulet has just announced that Capulet has made a decision for Juliet and Paris to get married in a few days. Juliet speaking to Lady Capulet says fiercely, “Now, by Saint Peter’s Church and Peter too,/ He shall not make me there a joyful bride” (3.5.116 and 117). This supports the claim because she is not letting her parents tell her what to do, she wants to make her own decisions of who to marry. She demands angrily that she will not marry Paris, no matter who tells her too. Capulet knows that Juliet has been at the Friar’s cell but doesn’t know what for. He thinks that she’s going for some common sense and to tell the Friar what happened. But what he doesn’t know is that their creating a plan. Juliet apologizes to Capulet by, “Where I have learned me to repent the sin, Of disobedient opposition/ To you and your behavests,... Pardon, I beseech you!/ Henceforward I am ruled by you” (4.2.18-20, 24 and 25). This supports the claim because she realized what she said and has done to her family, she feels bad and wants to apologize. But this is all part of her plan to not marry Paris, but make her family think she will. I am sorry I disobeyed you and I want your forgiveness. Juliet not listening to her parents and her apology shows how she’s becoming mature and doesn’t want her parents advice anymore which directly impacts her parents and
Lady Capulet abides by these rules when dealing with her daughter. She knows her husband is planning to marry their daughter to Paris. It is she that must prepare Juliet for the news because one of her duties is to take care of the household. However, Lady Capulet has no say of who Juliet should marry, because that is left to the husband who is lord of the manor.
Romeo & Juliet Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy, but it did not have to be. Many things could have been done to prevent their deaths. Many characters contributed to their deaths. The sole character that was responsible for their deaths is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of the lovers because he was secretive with their relationship, he was unable communicate effectively, and he had a cowardly persona.
Romeo and Juliet made many choices out of their own free will, including an irreversible decision that ended in despair for all characters. “All are punished!”(5.3.305). In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the actions of Romeo, the actions of Juliet, and the actions of others prove that free will is more paramount than fate in the plot of the play.
He did not give much thought on how Juliet feels about the marriage and agrees to marry the two even though Juliet had not given him consent. For example, when Paris asks Capulet if Juliet would love him; Capulet responds, "Of my child 's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (4.3.13-14). Capulet’s relationship with Juliet is superficial; he does not understand or know his daughter well. By creating the wedding, he causes Juliet to become desperate as she would be marrying someone she doesn’t love. To add to the matter, instead of trying to understand his daughter’s perspective, he becomes aggressive and gives her with an ultimatum. Capulet shouts, “Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o 'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face.” (3.5.160-163). By forcing Juliet into marriage, she becomes desperate and causes her to begin considering death as a way out. "I 'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (3.5.241-242). Capulet’s controlling and aggressive parenting forces Juliet to marry someone she does not love. Furthermore, this causes Juliet to starts considering suicide as a way out. Capulet’s actions to forcefully marry Juliet to Paris brings her death because it results in the Friar’s potion plan which would cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Capulet did not
“Here’s to my love! Drinks. O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (V.iii.119-120). This is a quote out of Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet detailing rash decisions of people madly infatuated. In this play, two lovers (Romeo and Juliet) have a relationship that is shown to be quite shallow. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses idioms, allusions, and monologues to show that Romeo and Juliet have a shallow relationship.
Relationships evolve as a human being evolves. During the time of Shakespeare, humans’ relationship was based mostly on impulse, but in the present time, humans do not tend to go impulsive at the beginning of the relationship for avoiding any tragedy by learning from past stories. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the original relationship between the lovers, their marriage, and their suicides are the direct result of their impulsive.
In Document B, “Think of marriage now”, Juliet tells her mother “ … no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” Juliet is telling Lady Capulet that she will only marry the person that her parents approve of. Juliet acts as if she will do what her parents say,which is why they do not take her seriously when Juliet says she does not want to marry Paris and force her to marry him, which drives Juliet to kill herself. Furthermore, Juliet also does not give her parents a reason to why she suddenly changed her mind about marrying paris. Juliet told her parent “ Delay this marriage for a month, a week…” When Juliet says to delay the marriage she does not tell her parents why she wanted to wait, because she did not give a valid reason her parents though she was just being difficult and thought Juliet would get over it and marry Paris. This resulted in Juliet faking her own death, which lead to Romeo and Juliet to take their own lives. Juliet is to blame because she acted as if she had no voice in the decisions that were made for her , causes her parent to overlook her opinion, Juliet also does not communicate why she does not want to marry Paris, which would have resulted in her parents to at least hear her
The choices Romeo and Juliet make are poor, and eventually resulted in their death. Getting married, killing Tybalt, and thinking with hastyness were all poor choices that lead to both of their deaths. Once in a while making bad choices doesn’t affect someone as much, but making then many times regularly does affect one’s life. This teaches people that we must think our actions through before committing them.
In Act 1 Scene 2, Paris asks Capulet, ‘But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?’ which shows that Capulet and Paris are discussing Juliet’s possible marriage without consulting her, perhaps implying they think she is too naïve to decide on her future. They are arranging her marriage for her, which implies that men were very controlling of women’s lives, especially those of their daughters. The scene establishes how Juliet is subject to parental influence, and how she is very constrained since her father can force her to marry whoever he wants. Juliet’s status as a woman leaves her with no power or choice in the decision of whom she should marry.