The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is a tale of two young lovers. This play takes place in Verona, Italy. Romeo and Juliet are two teenage lovers fighting to be together. These two lovers have to go through a lot of things to be together. They were fighting to be together because their families have feuds together. They will fight until there together or death. Romeo and Juliet do not want to be separated from each other. There in love even though there families are enemies. Historically, this story has been considered a tragedy. It has many elements of a tragedy, such as the deaths of both characters. However, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet also contains many features of a comedy. Three humorous aspects of the …show more content…
It has all the making of a classic farce. It is an exaggeration and a complete non realistic play. One quote is “For never was a story of more woe” which mean this story did not make sense at all it was not a tragic story. Another example says “cry but “Ay me!” pronounce but “love” and “Dove”,”this is saying that they hear him crying out his moans because he is being over dramatic. Also, it is saying that he is putting too much emphasis into it and nets to bring it down. One more quote is, “ spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, that runaway's eyes may wink,and romeo leap to these arms untalked of and unseen. Lovers cans see to do their own beauties; or, if love be blind, It best agrees with night. Come, civil night” which is saying that he is to exaggerated and it seems funny by the way he says oit and acts. Finally, the last quote is “talk not to me, for i'll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for i have done with thee” it saying that the way he is talking gives the perspective of how his attitude is and that's what people think his ways …show more content…
The first example is “We met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow, i'll tell thee as we pass; but this i pray that thou consent to marry us today holy saint Francis! What a change is here!” in my perspective this means that he just meet her and he wants to marry her is kind of weird because he was just in love with another girl. Another example is “Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” i think this is saying that he was just in love with Rosaline and now he wants to marry Juliet they're really not his true loves he just wants a partner. Finally, “wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.[Exeunt], this is saying he is not thinking wisely he is caught up in all the fake
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." Here, Romeo is asking himself, did he really love Rosaline?
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a love story based in Verona in the 1500s. Romeo and Juliet’s families have been in a feud for years, despite that they still fall in love. Romeo and Juliet hide their love from their families and this destroys them in the end. Romeo is protagonist and tragic hero in this play. He is an passionate and impulsive character that makes him perfect for his part.
In this scene, due to Romeo's love towards Juliet, he goes to her house at night and risks his life just to see her. Benvolio explains to readers how Romeo has run away that night and describes Romeo's love for Juliet. He uses a metaphor and tells us about Romeo's love by saying, "Blind is his love" (Rom.2.1.35). Comparing Romeo's love toward Juliet to the state of being blind tells us that it is causing him to not see the dangers in some things or to not see situations clearly because he is so in love. The author’s purpose of using this technique conveys to readers that Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other is causing them to make crazy decisions purely based on how it will affect their love rather than their own well being. Romeo also demonstrates the foolish actions love can cause individuals to do when he comes and visits Juliet at night after the Capulet's party. Even though Romeo should not be there because the consequences are severe, he visits Juliet anyways. In a conversation with Juliet about the risks he is taking to see her, he says “Alack there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords”
forget Rosaline so quickly when he was infatuated with her just a couple of minutes ago. Was he really in love with Rosaline? If his... ... middle of paper ... ... He rushes to Juliet's tomb and in his determination to force open the tomb, he says.
Romeo and Juliet is a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare. The plot is based on an Italian tale but Shakespeare makes it more dramatic by developing specific characters, such as the Nurse and Mercutio. The plot is set in Verona in the sixteenth century. The Montagues and the Capulets are two distinguished families in Verona; however, they see each other as enemies. They are fighting all the time. Romeo and Juliet, who respectively are Montague and Capulet, fall in love at their first sight. In the end, two star-crossed lovers are dead. The Montagues and the Capulets reconciled by their children’s death and end the feud which has lasted generations.
He asks his cousin, Benvolio, for his advice and remorse. Therefore, when Romeo is with Benvolio in the first scene, he is in a deep agony from Rosaline’s love. He describes her love as “a choking gall” (1.1.185) that he can’t resist and brings a deep sadness in his heart. Showing the audience that he is in love with Rosaline, but she does not love him back and that is why he is sorrow. Also, Shakespeare is using an oxymoron to empathize how sweet, wonderful, and magnificent love is; however it’s showing how depressing, sorrow, and the agony that comes from it. Secondly, Rosaline doesn’t want to be loved and that emphasizes Romeo’s situation. Romeo tells Benvolio that she is “not [to] be hit with cupid 's bow [or]…hath Dian’s wit” (1.1.200) meaning that she refuses to be hit by Cupid’s love arrows and has Diana 's virginity. Making Romeo upset because he loves Rosaline, but she does not want to be love by Romeo. Also, to exaggerate her virginity and deflection of love, Shakespeare uses Greek mythology as metaphors that can empathizes his words’ meanings. In conclusion, Romeo’s depression comes from Rosaline’s virginity and not wanting to love
This quote shows how Juliet has let go of any desire to live. She is so in love with Romeo that she chooses that she would rather die than live without Romeo.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Juliet’s weakness to be controlled by love leads her to make unadvised and irresponsible decisions that contribute to her choice of ending her life. Characterized as a young and rash teenager, with no interest in love and marriage at first, Juliet wants to be independent. However, after she first lays eyes on Romeo, Juliet’s perception of love is quick to change. Their strong love easily manipulates and clouds her judgment. Even if she is cautious and realizes their love is too fast, the rush of feelings from having a first love overcomes her. Her soft-spoken words symbolically foreshadow the journey of Romeo and Juliet’s love. “Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;…/ This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, / May prove to be a beauteous flower when next we meet” (2.2. 117-123). The blooming flower is indicative of their growing love, especially Juliet. Being her first experience of true love, her actions become more rash the deeper she falls in, even ...
There are many tragedies to be found in literature, but only a few are like Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It is a story of forbidden love in which a young couple are torn apart by their families’ feud in Renaissance Italy; the play’s tragic ending has both main characters die. Many aspects of this play have sparked a heated debate: is Romeo and Juliet a tragedy or is it simply tragic? Some critics claim that the play lacks elements that are necessary for a tragedy. Yet Aristotle explicitly states the essential components of a tragedy in his Poetics, and Romeo and Juliet meets those requirements. Romeo and Juliet can be considered an Aristotelian tragedy because of Romeo’s impetuousness, Juliet’s loyalty to Romeo, and the play’s peripeteia.
The play Romeo and Juliet is a widely known tragedy written by Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet features two rival families and their children. When a daughter of Capulet and son of Montague meet at a party, sparks immediately fly. However, because of their families rivalry, they marry in secret, and were happy. That is until things took a turn for the worst. After an unexpected accident, Romeo is forced to leave the city, and he may never return. Juliet’s not sure she’ll ever see him again and tries to plan a way to be with Romeo, but ends up making things worse. It is an extremely tragic story. Or that’s what everyone is led to believe. However, the play Romeo and Juliet is in actuality a comedy. Between the overabundance of hyperbole, Paris’
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy- but it did not have to be. Romeo and Juliet is the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who are the son and daughter of two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Written by the famed playwright Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet takes place in the 14-15 century in the cities of Verona and Mantua, cities in northern Italy. After a series of events that involves Romeo getting banished from Verona and Juliet getting forced to marry a count, Paris, they kill themselves. It has been argued for centuries about who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is a well known play. That it is still performed in theaters and English classes to this day. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play about two star crossed lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. They fall in love, despite of the feud between their families. They were forced to keep their love secret because of their families, and they also got married without their families figuring out. This story is still read now because of its strong usage of literary elements. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet endures time because of its expert use of literary elements including foreshadowing, metaphor, and simile.
Romeo and Juliet, the tragic play by William Shakespeare, centers around the love story between Romeo, the young heir of the Montagues, and Juliet, the daughter of the house of Capulet. This story starts off with two opposing families of royalty, the Montagues and the Capulets. These families have a deep seeded hatred for one another that traces way back into their family’s history. Shakespeare takes his audience though a heart churning tale of two star crossed lovers. From the start Romeo and Juliet’s love seemed to be an uphill battle that they would never win even with help. The relationship of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story of two star crossed lovers trying to find a way to love each other.