One uncontrolled passion that is presented by Shakespeare as a key cause of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the Feud between the Montagues and Capulets. “This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy, what dares the slave come hither......Now by the stock and honour of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin. This is said by Tybalt in Act 1 Scene 5 when he notices Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio have snuck into Capulets party by saying “Fetch me my Rapier” he is asking his slave to fetch him his sword immediately resorting to violence instead of consulting the trio of Montagues of their intentions showing that he was fiercely loyal to the Capulets.” “What dares the slave come hither “he proceeds to degrade the only …show more content…
After this he says “to strike him dead I hold it not a sin “this shows us that killing any Montague is justified as he would be doing it to uphold the honour of his family. Earlier on in the play in Act 1 scene one, when Tybalt sees Benvolio after the fight between the servants. Benvolio suggests peace and asks Tybalt to put down his sword, but Tybalt says “What, drawn and talk of peace I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. This line is one of Tybalt's first lines and works as an introduction of his character to the audience from this we can see that he is a very violent character and once again we can see that he is very loyal to the Capulets, and he expresses his loyalty by being antagonistic to the House of …show more content…
In act two scene 5 lines 68-69 the nurse says “.... Friar Lawrence’s cell. There stays a husband to make you a wife.... I must find another way to fetch a ladder by which your lover must climb.” This shows that she had been making plans with the Friar and Romeo, knowing that the Lord and Lady Capulet would disapprove, and that they were clearly against their only daughter marrying their enemy’s son. By doing this, the Nurse betrays her employers (the Capulet family). In Act 3 Scene 5 Lines 217 – 219 the Nurse says “I think it’s best you get married to the county. Oh, he’s a lovely gentleman Romeo. Dishclout to him” even though just one act ago in Act 2 Scene 5 Lines 40-42 she said, “his face be better than any man’s, yet his leg excels all men; and for a hand, and a foot, and a body, though they be not talked on”. So, by saying that she should marry Paris instead and that Romeo is just a rag in comparison to Paris, she is betraying Juliet’s trust. Before this moment in the play the Nurse stood by Juliet and helped her get married to Romeo. But in this scene in the eyes of Juliet the nurse was not her close friend anymore, she had switched sides and was no better than her
... Nurse completely changes in this scene, she betrays. Juliet in saying that she probably should marry Paris. I think she may have said this so that she can keep her job and not be found out that she helped Juliet disobey her parents. The Nurse role is one that changes constantly throughout the play.
The Nurse makes mistakes which not only confuse Juliet, but also make her lose trust. In the beginning of the play, she supports Juliet through her actions and behaviour; she helps deliver messages to Romeo in secrecy and even encourages them both to get married. However, when Juliet needs the Nurse’s support the most, she quickly abandons Juliet. She immediately switches from favouring Romeo to taking Paris’ side when asked her opinion. As Juliet is making decisions about Romeo, Nurse states, “Romeo is banish’d; and all the world to nothing, / that he dares ne’er come back to challenge you.” (3.5.214-215). She obviously does not truly understand the feelings of true love that Juliet is experiencing, and these harsh words spark Juliet’s decision to exclude Nurse from her plans. As Juliet starts to question the Nurse’s decisions, she asks, “Speakest thou from thy heart?” (3.5.226). This demonstrates that Juliet can no longer trust her Nurse with any of her secrets. Juliet feels betrayed by her Nurse, which is part of the reason she decides not to include the Nurse in her plan with Romeo and Friar Laurence. If Nurse had known what was going to unfold, she might have been able to intervene at some point, and the lives of Romeo and Juliet might have been saved. The Nurse is one of the key factors towards their death, however, the biggest factor is Juliet’s
When Romeo and Juliet first meet, Juliet orders Nurse to figure out who Romeo was. Nurse upsets Juliet when she says, “His name is Romeo, and a Montague;/The only son of your great enemy” (I.v.142-143). Once Juliet hears this, she realizes that her only love has sprung from her only hate. The Nurse however, doesn’t take this into consideration. She doesn’t see the trouble that this has started, and only cares about Juliet’s feelings. As a result, she delivers this message to Romeo which becomes the beginning of a dangerous relationship. Later in the play after Romeo is banned from Verona, Juliet desperately looks for advice from her Nurse. She is told that,“Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing/That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;/Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth” (III.v.224-226). What the Nurse is saying to Juliet leads to danger because there is an imbalance between the irresponsibility and loyalty of Nurse’s advice. Nurse thinks she is being loyal to Juliet because she believes that marriage will cheer her up and Romeo will do her no good. She is making a practical decision here, since it is not the person, but the marriage that will make a difference. For Juliet, this is an act of betrayal and it ruins her relationship with the Nurse. This leads Juliet to Friar Lawrence’s plan, which becomes danger. The loyalty and irresponsibility in the Nurse led to more danger than happiness for Juliet. By not thinking twice about her actions, Nurse led Juliet in the wrong
The Nurse helps Juliet to marry Romeo because she is just thinking about Juliet’s feelings without thinking about the problems this marriage could cause. In Act I, Scene. v., lines 137-138, she tells Juliet who Romeo is. It causes Juliet to get very upset: “My only love, sprung from my only hate.'; (I.V.139), but the Nurse doesn’t think about this. She doesn’t see the trouble that has started. After the nurse realizes that Juliet and Romeo love each other, she doesn’t stop it; instead, she agrees to carry the message to Romeo, although she knows Romeo is a Montague. After the Nurse has a secret meeting with Romeo, she teases Juliet and praises Romeo as a handsome and nice young man. She does not explain to Juliet the problems of loving Romeo. She helps and encourages Juliet to get to Friar Laurence’s cell to get married. The Nurse doesn’t consider the dangerous result of this action. She only thinks of the moment.
The Nurse did keep Romeo and Juliet’s romance a secret as Friar Lawrence did, but the Nurse was not nearly as destructive as him. The Nurse did not go to the lengths Friar Lawrence went to in order to execute what turned out to be a failure of a plan. The Nurse does make some remarks to insist that she will protect Juliet by insisting that she will bring a ladder for Romeo to climb to spend the night with Juliet in her room “I must another way, To fetch a ladder by the which your love Must climb a bird's nest soon when its dark” (Shakespeare 2.5.77-79). Although later on in the play, she insists on Juliet marrying Paris “Romeo is banished, and all the world to nothing That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you, Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth. Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the County. O, he's a lovely gentleman! Romeo's a dishclout to him. An eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first, or, if it did not, Your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him” (Shakespeare 3.5.226-238). The Nurse did not actively attempt to scheme an elaborate plan that did not end up working out the way Friar Lawrence did, in fact
Despite this, Romeo showed his virtuous nature by not wanting to engage in the fight. However, Romeo's friend Mercutio was killed by Tybalt, leading Romeo to avenge his death. It's important to note that Romeo never intended to kill Tybalt, which contradicts the charge of first-degree murder. In contrast, Tybalt's intent was clear when he killed Mercutio, as he sought to prove his skills while being mocked. Additionally, Tybalt's hatred towards the Montagues was evident when he said, "As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee" (Shakespeare I.i.67) to Benvolio, showing his malevolent intentions towards Romeo.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s Nurse and Friar Lawrence both intentionally advance Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, yet they help for very different reasons. The Nurse firmly believes that “women grow by men,” meaning that young girls should marry a proper man, aids Juliet’s relationship with Romeo so that Juliet herself could be happily married (1.2.95). Just before the Capulet ball, the Nurse encourages Juliet to “seek happy nights and happy days” urging her to watch for a suitable match at the ball, especially Paris (1.4.106). On the following day, the Nurse, sent by Juliet, willfully rushes to Romeo and arranges the next meeting between the two lovers because her greatest wish is for Juliet to be happily married. Before planning the union of the two
Before reading Romeo and Juliet, we discussed several quotes that relate to love. These quotes explain the many aspects of the complicated emotion we call love. The quotes also relate to the play in multiple ways. Each quote resembles something a character does or says in the play. Two quotes that apply to this play in a crucial way are “Love is the fruit of marriage” and “It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.”
When Romeo is exiled, and Juliet’s father is in a rage for her not wanting to marry Paris straightaway, the Nurse begins to realize the implications of Juliet’s marriage to Romeo. Not only may Juliet be cast on the streets to die by her father, or be found with Romeo and have severer punishments, but Juliet could run away to be with Romeo and never see the Nurse ever again. Juliet is like the Nurse’s own child, for hers died long ago, and the Nurse loves Juliet and is utterly devoted to her and wishes the best for her. Not only does the Nurse not want Juliet to be harmed, but she also does not want to be separated from Juliet, because it would tear her apart, I think, to be separated from a “daughter” a second time. The Nurse then, in response to this probable internal turmoil, tells Juliet to forget Romeo and to just marry Paris. “I think it best you married with the County. / O, he’s a lovely gentleman! / Romeo's a dishclout to him” (III.v. 230-232). I noticed this change almost immediately because of how abrupt it was from when the Nurse praised Romeo earlier in the
The Nurse would do things for Juliet that involved meeting with Romeo and sharing information that helped them find times for them to see each other and marry each other. “Let me come in, and you shall know my errand. I come from Lady Juliet.”(III.III.79-80). The Nurse never told anyone about the marriage she never thought about some consequences that could come with this marriage.“I am aweary, give me leave awhile. Fie, how my bones ache! What a jaunce have I had!”(II.VI.25-26). At the time all she wanted to see was Juliet happy and safe, and at the time she thought that being with romeo was doing that for
There are many people in “Romeo and Juliet” who attributed to their death.First, the Nurse played a big role in the death of Romeo and Juliet.Second,Lord Capulet was another person who played a role in the death of Romeo and Juliet .Lastly,Friar Laurence was another person who attributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet.In “Romeo and Juliet” there are many people who attributed to their deaths such as the Nurse,Lord Capulet,and Friar Laurence.
As the play went on, the more strained their relationship became. Tension filled the air as Juliet’s character grew from a quiet, obedient girl into a mature albeit emotionally charged young woman. The Nurse on the other hand was initially Juliet’s voice of reason – with Kahla Tisdale evoking a sense of dependency upon Mitchell’s character – but later on becoming the voice that Juliet opposes. Despite being a only a servant in the Capulet household, the Nurse has a role equivalent to that of Juliet's mother and regards Juliet as her own daughter. In the first scene where Juliet appears, Lady Capulet’s distant and cold delivery was juxtaposed with the Nurse’s more warm – albeit bawdy – response to the news of Paris’s proposal. Juliet was seen being closer with her handmaiden than her own mother, which she still regard with respect. Juliet’s goal was to be together with Romeo and she used the Nurse as her go-between because her budding romance with Romeo was a secret. The Nurse was more than willing to help Juliet but after Lord Capulet’s angry outburst at Juliet’s defiance to not accept Paris’s marriage proposal, the Nurse retreats quickly into submission and urges Juliet to forget Romeo. This scene pushed them apart as Juliet could not believe that the Nurse offered such a course of action after she helped bring the couple together. Tisdale and Mitchell
You know not what you do.” (1.1. 64-65). Benvolio’s message for peace and to end the violence by calling for the men’s’ swords to be put away stands in stark contrast to Tybalt’s entrance. After seeing Benvolio, a Montague, he challenges him and says, “Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death.” (1.1 67). Without an active reason, we see Tybalt looking to start a fight and join in on the family feud. We see that later in the play, Tybalt’s urge to fight extends past that and into the hopeful death of Montagues while Benvolio remains calm. Later in Act I Tybalt proclaims, “As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.” (1.1. 71), expressing his hatred for anyone names Montague. When Tybalt spots Romeo at the Capulet party he says, “It fits when such a villain is a guest.” (1.5. 77), but at the time Romeo has done nothing to harm the Capulets. This and his challenge to duel Romeo without a reason furthers the idea that Tybalt holds an unwarranted rage against Montagues and will see it to the end. Benvolio, on the other hand, had never challenged anyone in the play or shown aggression towards Capulets. He remains peaceful while Tybalt is hot-headed. Throughout the play we have the idea that Benvolio is peaceful and that Tybalt
“These violent delights have violent ends/ And in their triumph die, like fire and powder/ Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey/ Is loathsome in his own deliciousness/ And in the taste confounds the appetite./ Therefore love moderately long love doth so./ Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” (2.6.9-15). Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare and in the play two lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet Fall in love at first sight in scene five of act one. Both Romeo’s and Juliet’s Familiy despise each other. By fate the lovers fall in love and end up falling apart and dying. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare gives Romeo the character traits of him being desperate, loving, and depressed.
The quote clearly embodies the complex nature of love that is presented in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare as their love takes on different forms throughout the play. Their love develops to become a subtle madness, bitter poison and a healing sweet.