Throughout all of time, the discussion of good and evil has embedded itself within human society. Through careful observation, one may witness both horrors and blessings scattered throughout the world. As many came to view it, no individual or one thing on the earth is entirely benevolent or entirely malevolent. In the drama “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, many characters can reflect onto our current world today. Enter Romeo, who is a very double-edged character. The balance of good and evil is easily reflected by how his personality was written. In the state of the current world, people have developed a taste for balancing the intent of their own actions. For example, the ability to lie to one another. Morally speaking, the entire concept of bending the truth comes at a cost; risk the backlash of being caught creating a false tale in exchange for self benefit. In some situations one may lie to cover a horrific truth, switching previous …show more content…
Enter Romeo, a young boy who has fallen deeply in love with Juliet. Romeo met Juliet only because he decided to crash a Capulet party. He then fell in love, balancing a bad act for a good outcome. Love itself is a very powerful emotion. The two find themselves being mocked by the world, as after they meet, they realize their love is forbidden, throwing more fuel onto a malicious fire. Romeo, the more outspoken of the pair, finds himself disobeying his family’s hatred for the Capulets to meet with and talk to his love. This is the first dilemma of the drama. Within Romeo lies an innocence that becomes tainted as his positive love develops. For instance, the killing of Tybalt. Although Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio’s death, Romeo knows Tybalt is Juliet’s dearest cousin. Though Romeo may be in love with Juliet, his positive feelings for her fan out into rage and anger towards
Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet become embodiments of impulsiveness. Through their rash words and actions in the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare sets forth that both are too hasty in their decisions, leading them into unfortunate events. As the plot unfolds, Romeo and Juliet’s futile love is torn apart by their family’s hate and animosity towards each other. Despite their constant struggle to let their love survive, it is doomed from the beginning of the tragedy. It is plain that lack of foresight and wisdom leads to disaster all around.
In the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare presents the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet, the two protagonists as one of the main themes. This is clearly shown at the end of Act 3 Scene 2 when Juliet receives the news that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt has been killed. Juliet is distraught at the conflict of her loyalties. Should she express love for her family or should she express love for Romeo? By using many different language features, such as oxymorons, paradox, antithesis and dramatic irony, Shakespeare effectively displays Juliet's conflicting emotions. Later in the play, Shakespeare uses the betrayal by adults to again show the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo has a passion for love that is unbreakable, and he will do anything to get who he wants, no matter the consequences that might follow. An example of this is when Romeo goes to Juliet’s balcony and confesses his love for her, but what he does not understand is that “if they do see thee, they will murder thee” (Shakespeare II.ii.75). Romeo has trouble accepting the reality that it will not work out for him or her because of family differences. The intensity of love in both of these texts becomes a dangerous and violent thing.
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a world of violence and generational conflict in which two young lovers fall in love and die because of that love. The story is rather extraordinary in that the normal problems faced by young lovers are here so very large. It is not simply that the families of Romeo and Juliet disapprove of the lovers’ affection for each other; rather, the Montagues and the Capulets are on opposite sides in a blood feud and are trying to kill each other on the streets of Verona. Every time a member of one of the two families dies in a fight, his relatives demand the blood of his killer.
Love is one of the main themes throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We see how affection grows between the two tenagers, and how their lives unfold after they have found each other. Love is a double-edge sword, a force that can drive affection and hope, but it also can drive hate, rivalry, violence and death. On this paper, I want to approach the different sides of love portrayed in the play, and how it affects the outcome at the end of the story.
Capulet and Romeo Montague, face a bigger problem; forbidden love. Taking place in Verona, an ignorant Romeo first meets a childish Juliet at the Capulet’s party. Romeo and his kinsman, Benvolio, attend the party masked, searching for his first love, Rosaline. Coincidentally, Romeo meets Juliet, a new beauty, and falls in love with her not knowing the fact that she is a Capulet. The feud continues, leading one mistake after another, until both families realize their selfishness at the last minute. The unfortunate tragedy of two “star-crossed lovers” is ironically caused by the impetuosity of Romeo and Juliet themselves (Shakespeare 7).
Juliet’s love for and devotion to Romeo causes her to pursue her love, be committed to the marriage, and to be a faithful wife to Romeo. In the story, Capulet was hosting a party. The party hosted for Capulet’s family and his friends. Capulet’s servant unknowing mistakenly invited Romeo, who was a family enemy. Romeo, at the party runs into Juliet. Even though they are family enemies, they fall in love instantly with each other during discussion. As the story goes on, their love turns to be not infatuation, but true love. After they marry, a labyrinth of problems escalates. Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment add to their problems.
William Shakespeare is arguably one of history’s most celebrated playwrights and poets due to the contrasting themes in his works and Romeo and Juliet is no exception. Shakespeare has used his work as a conduit to explore greater ideas. Verona itself is a city of tradition, but a modern interpretation shows that the expectations on each character create an air of repression and strict conformity to order. The fire of Romeo and Juliet’s passionate love directly defies the values and expectations set by this society and it is this rebellion which propels them ever closer to the tragic conclusion of the play.
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story about a young lad named Romeo who has fallen in love with Lady Juliet, but is unable to marry her because of a long-lasting family feud. The play ends in the death of both these characters and the reunion of the friendship between the families. Romeo is in love with Juliet, and this is a true, passionate love (unlike the love Paris has for her or the love Romeo had for Rosaline) that nothing can overcome, not even the hatred between their two families that is the reason for the death of their two children. Throughout the play, Shakespeare thoroughly explores the themes of both true love and false love and hatred. Without either of these themes, the play would loose its romantic touch and probably would not be as famous as it is today.
Romeo’s brash and sudden actions are a key player in the downfall of his and Juliet’s relationship. His impatience causes a relationship that is “...too rash, too unadvised, too sudden” (2.2.125). His changeability is quite recurring throughout the play, and in this example he quickly falls out of love with Rosaline and in love with Juliet, only over the course of a few hours. Romeo’s devotion to Juliet seems to many viewers as an admirable trait, but ultimately this leads to his destruction. His actions overrun his thoughts, and his first reaction upon hearing of Juliet’s death was to “lie with thee tonight” (5.1.37). His brash and sudden actions take control of him, out of love for Juliet. He does not care to think about the future he could have had in front of him, but instead thinks only for a future with his wife. Romeo’s faults are crucial to the progress, and downfall, of their fated
A critical uncertainty when discussing duality within literature is whether mankind is wholly good, wholly evil, or a balance of the two. In Romeo and Juliet,
“The Tragedy Romeo and Juliet” torn apart from their parents as they despise each other. Problems faithfully got worse throughout the entire acts. Romeo and Juliet were secretly married. Romeo's friend Mercutio is annihilated, by tybalt, causing romeo to feel anger and kill tybalt for his murder. Romeo is banned from verona, this problem causes juliet and romeo to make big mistakes. As a consequence, this causes their deaths.
... off.”(“Love’s Bond”, Robert Nozick) If that is true when loving someone, Romeo evidently made the wrong decision to kill Tybalt. By fulfilling this revenge, Romeo not only caused Juliet to be upset, but he also placed a burden on himself: an imprudent decision. After analyzing Romeo’s careless approach to risking to lose Juliet’s love, it becomes clear that Romeo’s love for Juliet is not a real romantic love, but it is a hormone-driven, passionate, hasty love that is portrayed as ruinous and preposterous by Shakespeare through Romeo’s actions.
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces two lovers that are drawn to each other immediately. Although he demonstrates that Romeo and Juliet are not the only influences of their problems, their actions and decisions also contribute to their predicaments’. These complications arise from the feud created from generations before as their families aren’t speaking. Also, the fate and foreshadowing carried out through play. But additionally, as these two young adults are inexperienced and think quickly about their actions.
“Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.117-118). There are many factors that put pressure on Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship throughout Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The young couple is effected in many ways by every instance that creates stress which Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship is being forced to carry. The biggest factors that impact them are, their families ongoing feud, the broken relationships they both have in their families, and all the instances of miscommunication. Through the story of the couple who meet one another at a dance, sneak around at night to see one another, and fight for eachother, they face challenges many challenges, that add stress to their relationship.