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Analysis of the story Romeo and Juliet
Analysis of the story Romeo and Juliet
Analysis of the story Romeo and Juliet
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“Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship, not for a herd” (Michel de Montaigne). Companionship is very important for a healthy relationship according to this quote by Michel De Montaigne. There are many ways to maintain a healthy relationship but the key to a healthy relationship is companionship.
In Romeo and Juliet, there is a scene that shows why companionship is important to a healthy relationship. “Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet as mine on her, so hers is set on mine” (1,3, 57-59). This is showing how much Romeo cares for Juliet and how much Just cares for Romeo. They really love each other. There are many scenes in Romeo and Juliet and represents companionship and the next one shows how Romeo and Mercutio have a healthy relationship.
Another scene in Romeo and Juliet that shows why companionship is when Romeo and Mercutio were being accused of doing something wrong at the party Tybalt was at. Tybalt wanted to start a fight. ”They shall determine that!” They fight Tybalt falls (Act 3, 1, 127). Mercutio was killed by Tybalt and Romeo got mad at Tybalt and realized that Mercutio was trying to help Romeo, but he would not listen.
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In Romeo and Juliet, there are many scenes that represent companionship, but there are other books out there that do the same.
For example, in The Knife of Never Letting Go has the same thing. It's about a relationship between a boy named Todd and his dog named Manchee. In my silent reading book The Knife of Never Letting Go also shows companionship between a boy and his dog. Todd never really wanted a dog, but he realized what a good friend he is. “The first thing you find out when your dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything” (Page 1).This is showing how much Todd was annoyed by Manchee, but then realized how much of a good friend he was. Manchee was always there for him, even during the time they almost got
killed. In the real world, there are many ways to keep a healthy relationship. Such as Jada Smith and Will Smith.“Will and I both can do whatever we want, because we trust each other to do so," (Takeda). This is shown how Will Smith and Jada Smith trust each other with companionship. They love each other and they do only because of their companionship for each other. Overall, Jada and Will love each other and trust each other. In Romeo and Juliet, The Knife of never letting go, and the real world all show companionship. “Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship, not for a herd” (Michel de Montaigne). Overall, there are many ways to maintain a healthy relationship but the key to a healthy relationship is companionship. Works Cited Ness, Patrick. The Knife of Never Letting Go. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 2008. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Prentice Hall, 1999. Takeda, Allison. “Will Smith and I have ‘Grown’ Relationship.” Celebrity News, April 15, 2013.
Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was one of the biggest love story of all time. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star-crossed lovers from two families the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets and the Montague had a big fight that made the families very angry at each other. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. The two couple marry and run away. In the process both of them will die. When it comes to Romeo and Juliet who are the top three people that caused the two to die. The two people that are chosen are Friar Lawrence and Lady Capulet. Friar was chosen because he is the one that married Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet was chosen because she is forcing Juliet to marry Paris which is making Juliet want Romeo even more. The third thing
Love is selfless toward all the ones you love. However, Romeo and Juliet’s actions are the contrary of this statement. Romeo and Juliet showed no care of the generational feud between their families. They selfishly married without acknowledging their parents and hoped to solve the conflict by hiding the truth. Other than proving their selfishness, this shows that the two are also fairly naive to believe that their love can overcome all the consequences and break the hostility between their families. Their impulsive decisions have not only largely impacted their lives, but also placed the lives of their family and friends in bet. Out of the six deaths in the play, Mercutio was the first to lose his life. Mercutio was one of Romeo’s best friends. Although he was not a member of neither the two families, his death was indirectly caused by the feud of the two families. Also directly, caused of Romeo. Since Romeo had just married Juliet, he wanted to be friendly with Juliet’s cousin-Tybalt.
“LOVE IS A Certain Inborn Suffering derived from the sight of and excessive Meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other, and by common desires carry out all of love’s precepts in the other’s Embrace” is definition of medieval love. But Really, How much does Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet comes to terms of traditional “ love”? Think about Romeo in the very beginning of the play, when he talks about Rosaline. He describes, rather about her looks as he says: “ O, she is rich in beauty, only poor”. Romeo talks of his unattainable love to the beautiful Rosaline. He sees Rosaline as strong, for she would never be hit by cupid’s arrow. This is an example of courtly love. He mourns that she would never be with him. In Elizabethan time, Courtly Love was accepted in every day life, and it was not suppose to lead to marriage. Poor Romeo was not able to receive love back from Rosaline and he uses oxymoron’s to show is his confusion“ O Brawling loves, o loving hate”. He also adds a little sexual element“ Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold”. Now we ask, Does Romeo only like Rosaline for her body and appearance?Words like “ the precious treasure of his eyesight lost” and imagery of blindness and darkness all relate to the fact that Romeo sees loves as a bad thing. Yet Courtly Love is much like the tradition of “ Arranged Marriage”. Today, we see this as destruction to our freedom and our right to chose, we mos...
Love, loyalty, and death are each words with different meaning that work together to formulate theme. One theme in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is an obsession with loyalty leads to death. For family or for love, many of the main characters die or kill to stay loyal to the ones they care about. Once the star-crossed lovers are married, dependability becomes severely important. After the wedding, Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt because Romeo does not want to kill his new family member, but after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo seeks revenge. Wanting to stay loyal to her husband, Juliet refuses to marry the County Paris, but her enraged father will not let her. Juliet threatens her mortality to the Friar if she has to be disloyal
Unaware of what happened at Capulet’s party, Mercutio assumes that Romeo is still heartbroken from Rosalind. Line 15 in Act II, Scene IV provides an alternative perspective that exposes the true nature of young love. “Alas poor Romeo, he is already dead, stabbed with a white wench’s black eye, run through the ear with a love song.” Mercutio assumes that love only results in pain, with Romeo’s troubles with infatuation only supporting his belief. Mercutio’s dissatisfied tone, in addition to his perspective on the matter, reveals how others view Romeo. Moreover, it reveals how much love influences
“Friends are the family you chose yourself” -Jess C Scott; this is true in comparison with Romeo and Mercutio as they share a familial love. Mercutio's character is essential in the proceeding of the text; he allows for more contexts in conversations with Romeo. Mercutio’s main concern is for Romeo and for peace of both the Capulet and Montague households. Mercutio and Romeo are contrasting characters. Romeo is a romantic, a man who easily falls in love and believes that true love can conquer all. Meanwhile, Mercutio is a sceptic; he mocks love and those in it. Mercutio attempts to harden Romeos emotions; as he knows that Romeo is discouraged and injured; emotionally and physically easily. Humorous attitude is used by Mercutio to enforce Romeos decisions to be compromised under Mercutio’s pressure. Mercutio’s final actions were also the most honourable; as Mercutio fights on behalf of Romeo to Tybalt. Tybalt is odious towards Romeo’s name; causing
Throughout the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, various types of love are portrayed. According to some of the students of Shakespeare, Shakespeare himself had accumulated wisdom beyond his years in matters pertaining to love (Bloom 89). Undoubtedly, he draws upon this wealth of experience in allowing the audience to see various types of love personified. Shakespeare argues that there are several different types of love, the interchangeable love, the painful love and the love based on appearances, but only true love is worth having.
Have you ever thought about if Romeo and Juliet truly loved each other? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet confess their love to each other the night that they met. I don’t think that they truly actually loved each other, for many reasons. First of all Juliet has never really been exposed to men, Romeo just was madly in love with Rosaline, and they only met a few hours before.
Advice is always helpful and it can be used to solve many problems. But advice can also be dangerous if the outcome is not considered. In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, the blame for Romeo and Juliet's death lies on Friar Laurence. In spite of being the most kind, sensible and thoughtful person, he presents misleading advises and actions towards the lovers which lead to their tragic death. Friar Laurence's deceptive advices and actions towards the lovers are secretly marrying Romeo and Juliet in the hope of getting two families together and bring peace to Verona, Friar Laurence organizes poorly for the plan of Juliet's fake death which causes the death of the lovers, Friar Laurence proposes a plan to fake Juliet's death and gives her the potion which leads to Romeo and Juliet's death.
There was action and there was tragedy, but put it all together to make the perfect comedy and a perfect tragic story. William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, said to be the finest written play in history, for its originality and it's many plots. This story will take you through a lot of mixed emotion and will show you what a true feud is. This story is laid out perfectly because of its true holding and both family's passion for their children. William Shakespeare wrote the story to show how Romeo and Juliet's love for each other will show their youth and immaturity. Their over reacting cost them their life. At such a young age they thought they could never love another being again, and so, " A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life."(Act one scene one)
In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is one of the main characters. He is a teenage boy that is impulsive, a dreamer, emotional, and dramatic. His friend Mercutio is a relative to the Prince. Mercutio is witty, realistic, and a skeptic of love. Romeo and Mercutio are very good foils to one another because they contrast in thoughts of love, emotions, and dreams.
A Study of Teenage Infatuation in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Love and infatuation are both strong emotions that most will encounter within their lifetime. The two feelings are often misunderstood, but are differentiated through their outcomes and stability. True love does not only rely on physical attraction, but also on one’s personality. When one is truly in love, they accept their partner’s flaws and perfections.
...ong connection, family wise, love wise, and trust wise. Whenever Juliet needs help, she talks to the nurse instead of her mother. Another example of love is Mercutio and Romeo. Mercutio is Romeo best friend. They are the closest friends out there. Mercutio always help Romeo when he needs it. For example “If love be rough with you, be rough with love; Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down “When Mercutio was murdered, Romeo was crying and he was telling his friend he will get revenge. In other words, Mercutio and Romeo is another definition of love. Love as in friendship.
Deep in the mind of famous play writer William Shakespeare lies, the brilliant story of Romeo and Juliet, the story that not only captivates and thrills reader’s minds but offers insight on how a flawed relationship can end in a tragedy. Unfortunately, due to sin all relationships, including that of Romeo and Juliet’s have their ups and downs. Today the most commonly known flawed relationship is the relationship between a teenager and parent. Perhaps this is because of opposing ideas or lack of communication, but never the less the true weakness will always fall back to sin. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet offers exceptional examples of relational hardships which
But Romeo and Juliet complicate that by making obligations to each other. Now they have to be loyal, not only to their families, but to each other, and by extension to each others' families. Romeo shows this when he meets Tybalt: he refuses to fight him, because he is loyal to Juliet, and so to Tybalt. Mercutio demonstrates that there is another kind of loyalty in play here, which is loyalty to friends. As an act of loyalty to his friend,