Romeo And Juliet Research Paper

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Three Major Themes
(A discussion of the three major themes in R&J prologue)
Shakespeare is known for his remarkable play-writing ability, even though most of his plays he wrote as a way to earn money from people constantly paying to watch and re-watch his plays. He wrote many historical plays along with comedies and tragedies. A few tragedies that he wrote are, Romeo and Juliet, The Hamlet, and Macbeth. In Romeo and Juliet, he shows several messages to those who read or watch his play. The three major themes in the play, Romeo and Juliet are two feuding families, two kids that commit suicide for love, and politics.
Feuding households are common even in today’s society, in the play, Romeo and Juliet, the feuding households are the Capulets …show more content…

The lovers are Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet. Romeo meets Juliet while chasing after another girl named Rosaline who has no interest in Romeo whatsoever. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;” page 807 lines 5-6. As if by fate, Romeo meets Juliet and immediately forgets about Rosaline and Juliet immediately falls in love with Romeo. Although they fall in love, they must keep their love secret because in the period in time when they lived, the 1600’s, parents arranged marriages and children were required to marry whomever they were told to. Juliet’s father wanted her to marry Paris, but she wanted to marry Romeo so she did everything in her control to postpone the wedding. Later in the play, Juliet drinks a potion that makes her appear dead for a certain amount of time and Romeo thinks she is actually dead so he kills himself. After Romeo died, Juliet wakes up and finds him dead from poison, not being able to live without him, Juliet commits suicide by stabbing a dagger into her chest. Once the two children are dead, the two households become at peace with each other and the suicides end the feud between the two …show more content…

The two deaths are a mark of love shown by both of them, Romeo for not wanting to live without Juliet and Juliet for not wanting to live without Romeo. “The fearful passage of their death-marked love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage,” page 807 lines 9-10. The quote is saying that the two young lovers had to give up their lives too prove too their parents that they don’t need to fight and that names are no reason to judge a person. Shakespeare also writes directly at the audience telling them that they need to have patience and watch the entire play to see know all of the details. “The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.” page 807 lines 13-14. The point Shakespeare is trying to get across is that what you don’t understand from the prologue, will only make sense if you are patient and watch the whole play. Shakespeare wants people to attend and watch the entire show so that he makes money and has free advertising because if someone enjoys the play it’s no doubt they will recommend the play to other

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