Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare shows the negative outcome of a grudge. Throughout Romeo and Juliet, both main characters, Shakespeare shows how a grudge can lead to bad outcomes in Act 5 Scene 3. In this scene, Romeo goes into the Capulets' tomb to visit Juliet for the last time. Not only does Romeo and Juliet die, but Paris and Lady Montague, two other characters, end up dying as well. Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann fits the purpose of this scene, but does not portray the theme best. Romeo and Juliet directed by Zeffirelli however, portrays the theme and purpose of this scene best. Therefore, Zeffirelli best portrays Shakespeare's death of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare's message is best showed in this scene. Romeo goes into the Capulet's tomb and sees Paris. He then ends up killing Paris and lays his body by the tomb. He declares his love for her then drinks the poison, kisses Juliet, and dies. Juliet then awakens and stabs herself with Romeo's dagger because of his death. Later, Montague, Prince, and Capulet end up coming. Montague declares that Lady Montague died of grief from Romeo's exile. Prince says to Capulet and Montague "Capulet, Montague, see …show more content…
The director in this film included lots of crosses and candles which distracts from Shakespeare's purpose. The film is also more modern than the text such as Juliet using a gun instead of a dagger to kill herself and the clothing being more modern. When Romeo went to see Juliet there were lots of crosses and candles by her grave. Romeo declares her love for her and drinks the poison. Immediately after he drinks it Juliet rises and watches him die. Juliet then takes Romeo's gun and kills herself. This film does not fit Shakespeare's purpose because it is too modern compared to the text. However, Zeffirelli uses many similarities to the text to capture the feeling of Shakespeare's true
However, the largest thing changed was the fate. In the end, when Romeo was about to die, Juliet wakes up but doesn’t have time to stop Romeo from taking the poison; whereas the King production, Romeo dies before Juliet wakes up. The purpose of Juliet to wake up before Romeo dies is to engage the audience and leave the audience with a sense of pity for the two lovers. In this scene, Romeo, crying, says “The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss…” From the quote, fate was highlighted due to the reason that Romeo says that he will seal the doors of breath, meaning that he will kill himself; yet, after he has said this, Juliet’s hand moves, but Romeo did not see. What engages the audience more is the dramatic irony, when the audience knows that Juliet is alive but Romeo doesn’t. This is the major method that the Luhrmann production recontextualises the
Juliet is no longer herself without him. ‘O, break, my heart! Poor Bankrupt, break at once’. Juliet’s heart has lost everything worth living for ‘Vile earth, to earth resign, and motion here’, she believes her life should end due to the fact she believes she is worthless, and should be surrendered to the grave. The theme of love is expressed through the passage, shown between the Nurse and Juliet. The nurse desires Juliet’s happiness; she helped Juliet with the secret marriage with Romeo and tries to convince the Capulets to not arrange a marriage with Count Paris. After the event of Tybalt’s death, she believes it is best for Juliet to forget about banished Romeo. Juliet ‘chides’ Romeo over his contradictory peace and violence. Juliet questions ‘Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?’ as she reflects on how she spoke poorly about him. Shakespeare conveys love throughout Romeo and Juliet as a brutal, powerful emotion which captures individuals and at times turns them against their wold and
Juliet strategizes her disastrous plan and worries, “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me?” (Lines 30-32 of Act Four, Scene Three). Juliet is desperate to see Romeo, ergo she plans to fake her death. Her thoughts of Romeo finding her lifeless foreshadows their future. Romeo is deprived of the news of Juliet’s real state of health, therefore he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men!” (Lines 34-36 of Act Five, Scene One). Once again, Romeo’s perception is only focused on Juliet. His mental instability leads him to think Paris is in the way obtaining true happiness, thus he slays him. Romeo acquires poison, stands beside Juliet, and states, “Here’s to my love! (Drinks.) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Lines 119-120 of Act Five, Scene Three). Romeo observes Juliet’s body and determines that he should die beside her. Juliet wakes to his lifeless body, and determines she should commit suicide, as well. Romeo’s foolish decisions lead to the death of himself and
Romeo is surprised at what he did because Juliet awakes as he dies. To see him dead causes Juliet to stab herself with his dagger, straight through the heart. It's a bittersweet ending to such a famous and timeless love story. The fact that they both died for each other is romantic. The fact that they could have been together makes it all seem a greater tragedy.
What makes scene 4.4 in Romeo and Juliet unique is the way in which the dynamic between the public and the characters is handled. The people in the audience are put in a situation where they know more than the characters on the stage. Apart from the spectators the only other person who knows that Juliet is not actually dead, but just appears to be, is Friar Laurence. Shakespeare is well aware of the possibilities that this situation presents him with and uses them to enhance the scene and give it a second layer of meaning. He contrasts the joy of his characters in the beginning of the scene with their sadness at the end with his use of caesuras and repeated words in different types of situations.
Death plays a key role in Romeo and Juliet. During the story, six deaths occur that fashion Shakespeare’s publication into the calamity that’s known around the world. Each death pushes the story forward continuously, leading to the finale where the two lovers die due to love and hate from both feuding families.
In the Franco Zeffirelli version of Romeo and Juliet, produced in 1968, the setting is accurate to the times of when William Shakespeare wrote the play. In the last act of the film a few differences arose. In Zeffirelli’s production Romeo does not request a letter telling of Juliet’s well-being from his friend Balthasar, whereas he did so in the play. This letter was to be given by Friar John, who is not mentioned in the 1968 film. In act 5 scene 3 Paris was laying flowers by Juliet’s tomb. Romeo then comes and kills Paris and his page. Both of these details were edited out in Zeffirelli’s version. Lady Montague was alive at the funeral in Zeffirelli’s film. William Shakespeare told of her dying from the stress of knowing her son is dead in his famous play.
Towards the end of Act III, Romeo receives word that his wife, Juliet has passed away. After arriving at the cemetery, Romeo discovers the Capulet tomb, and decides to go inside. As Romeo begins grieving, Paris enters the crypt to see his late fiancée. Seeing Paris, Romeo reacts and he stabs Paris killing him. With the pain being too much to bare,
ng she stabs herself before they ask her why she's still alive and what's been going on, Juliet does this to save herself and to be with her husband Romeo, after death. "Yeah, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger, This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die. " Love triumphs in the end because the two families are united.
The Death of Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is considered to be one of the greatest love tragedies of all time. Shakespeare, who is known to be a successful playwright for his remarkable plays and beautiful poetry, manages to create a classical play filled with strong emotions, tension, action, violence, humor and most importantly, love. This play is set in Verona when two “star crossed lovers” meet and fall in love passionately. Most of the responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet should be put upon their parents, themselves, and fate. Romeo and Juliet’s parents should be hold responsible for their children’s death.
Not knowing that she's just asleep. Friar Laurence ran all around looking for Romeo and couldn't find him to tell him she's not dead. Soon as Romeo took the poison and died, Juliet wakes up and see's him dead. So she takes his dagger and skills herself. Later, Both families find out the truth and feels terrible for letting they're beef get between Romeo and Juliet's love. They both could still be alive if Friar Laurence went and tried to deliver the message himself to Romeo but he never got the
Throughout the film, it is clearly shown that the feud is deadly, referring to Mercutio and Tybalt’s death. Although poison has a literal purpose in the play, it also serves as a symbol of hatred between the two families. Friar Laurence uses a simile to apprise the belief that people are a lot like flowers—full of both “loveliness” and “rude-will,” even humans have the capability to be good or deadly. He mentions that it all depends on whether the “rude-will” takes over, which refers directly to how Romeo and Juliet’s love turns deadly when it is poisoned by the family’s vile feud. Due to the feud, the family would never allow the two lovers to be together which is the sole reason Juliet faked her own death and was brought to the Capulet tomb. When Romeo finds Juliet ‘dead’ in the Capulet tomb he can’t bear to live without her love, and he consumes poison which kills him. After Juliet regains consciousness and finds that her love is lifeless, she kills herself using Romeo’s dagger to be with him. This symbol displays that Juliet is happy to die as she describes the item that kills her with a positive connotation using the word ‘happy’. The star-crossed lovers can not cope life without one another. After their relationship was indisposed from the atrocious feud the lovers viewed no other choice representing
Good morning/afternoon Ms Pritchard and 10B English, today I will be exploring two of the same scenes from different film versions of Romeo and Juliet. Each film was directed by different but equally professional directors to allow the audience to understand the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The scene I am going to analyse is the party scene when Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time. The first film being discussed was directed by Baz Luhrman in 1996; an Australian director who loves to spice up his films to keep the audience on their feet. The second film was directed by Carlo Carlei in 2013; an Italian master mind of directing who prefers to stay true to his films and become one with the audience and the story being told. Both directors
When the friar hears of this, he devises a plan so that the two lovers can be together. The major climax of the play comes when the friar gives Juliet a potion that will make it seem as though she has died, when in fact she is alive the whole time. While in Mantua, Romeo mistakenly hears that Juliet has actually died and he goes to lay by her side. Just as he takes a vile poison and dies, Juliet awakens to find her love lying dead at her side. She cannot fathom living in a world without Romeo, so she takes his sword and ends her own life.
In both final movie scenes of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo takes his life, because of Juliet's supposed death. Although, there are differences between the 1968 and 1996 versions. In both movies Juliet hears her own spoken words and begins to cry, becoming unstable, eventually leading to her taking her own life. The pure feeling she encounters leads to her death, knowing that only a matter of minutes would have saved her and her love. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet seeing each other briefly in the 1996 version adds unnecessary drama, as the 1968 depiction of the scene gives the audience more a more emotional view.