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Some people see Romeo and Juliet as star struck lovers but I differ. I do agree that they were a ‘good couple’ in the beginning of the story but soon after their story makes a turn for the worst and the lovers lives end tragically in one another's arm. Some say it was a tragic ending but they did put themselves in the situation they were in at the end of the story. It does seem like in the very beginning of their relationship they were taking things too fast. To build a healthy relationship I have found that if you take it slow it is much more enjoyable and in Romeo and Juliet's case it would have prolly kept them alive. If they truly loved each other they could have obeyed their parents and waited it out and once they got to the age to support themselves as adult they could continue their relationship if they still had the same feelings for one another. Doing so would not only test their reliability but if there love really lasts like it did in the story. …show more content…
This love story is much different to our generation's ‘love stories’. Now days we marry in our early to late 20’s. In the ‘old days’ children would marry at very young ages do to the fact that many people would not live very long so time was one thing not on there side. This theme of marriage of itself causes a twist in their relationship as teen
“Do not deny to him that you love me.”(Rom. 4.1 25) Paris, one of Juliet’s suitors, is trying to win Juliet’s love at the same time that Romeo loves her. Together, Paris and Romeo are juxtaposed, while vying for Juliet’s love, so that they are compared and contrasted. Both have similar traits but are different through how they act towards people and personalities. Paris and Romeo are alike in integrity but very different by their personalities and treatment of Juliet.
Throughout the course of the play Romeo and Juliet and the novel Lord of the Flies, there is a common motif of light versus dark that affects the way characters grow and view the world. Contrasting sharply between the two written works is the usage of this idea. In Romeo and Juliet the light is treated as a problem that will bring their forbidden love to “light” whereas the darkness provides a covering for their rendezvous. In Lord of the Flies it is the opposite, with the darkness being representative of the boy’s hidden savagery as well as providing fear of the unknown while the fire, a symbol of light, provides safety in warmth and food as well as the ability to see through the dark.
Romeo and Juliet, (R&J), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (AMSND), are two different genres with but have the same basic plot: Two young lovers can’t wed and the girl is to marry another man who is preferred by her father, so the couple meets at night and plans to run away. Both couples have gone against the wishes of their authority figures but it doesn’t end well for Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, or Juliet. R&J is set in Elizabethan times, and the Chain of Being would have been disrupted by their actions.AMSND has fantastical elements that interfere with fate and these elements such as fairies and cupid, would have been understood to be higher on the chain than man by its attendees of the time. Is it the force of celestial bodies that makes R&J a tragedy and AMSND a comedy?
Context is the key to understanding ideas and language in both William Shakespeare’s play and in Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Elizabethan theatre was more of an oral, than visual experience for the audience. The actors had to express all their emotions that were obligatory, to tell information about the character or plot and to show social classes and hierarchy, between the Capulets and Montagues. Though Luhrmann was able to convey the message of hierarchy and social status effectively through costumes, properties and camera angles. As for the men of Verona, they are portrayed as violent, dominating and conquering especially towards women who appear to be like pawns in a men’s chess game. The two feuding families, the Capulets and Montagues, express violence as a means to solving an ongoing feud. Baz Luhrmann and Shakespeare have effectively worked within context through their movie and play.
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Shonda Rhimes’s Grey’s Anatomy were written in different times, they have different plots, and they seem completely unrelated, but we were still able to bring the two stories together. By using Act 3 Scene 1, Mercutio and Tybalt’s death scene, from Romeo and Juliet, and by pulling in director’s choices from Grey’s Anatomy, Maggie and I were able to seamlessly create Shakespeare’s Anatomy. The idea was to have Mercutio and Tybalt, both who were hurt in the fight, to come to the hospital Grey’s Anatomy is set at in order to be treated, and ultimately, die at. Our process of creating the parody included making director’s choices such as writing the script, making sets, making props, filming, picking music,
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare clearly displays the tragic ending between Romeo and Juliet. The tragedy is not because of their love for one another, but for the differences between the ways they loved each other. Romeo was too fast for Juliet, and Juliet was too ideal for Romeo. If Romeo had been an Erotic lover, or Juliet had been a Manic lover, this tragedy may have ended up differently. It may not have even been a tragedy at all. Despite all the struggles between differences and families, Romeo and Juliet still had a very passionate love for each other at the ending, although it did not turn out as they had first planned. Romeo and Juliet?s love for one another did not have a truly happy ending, because the love between Romeo and Juliet was star-crossed from the beginning.
“Romeo and Juliet”, a play composed by William Shakespeare, is about a boy and a girl who are fall in love with each other at first sight, but soon find out that they have fallen in love with the child of their parents enemy. Seeing fate is not on their side due to the ongoing feud between their parents, they are willing to do anything to be together, which unfortunately leads to both of their demise. Many people question if the love between Romeo and Juliet was true. The love between the two was not true because they fell in love with each other’s appearances, they didn’t know each other long enough to actually figure out each other, and they were hardly thinking straight during the relationship.
Romeo and Juliet is arguably the most classic love story in the English language and it portrays to us young, irrational, passionate love. Shakespeare suggests to us that the kind of love that Romeo and Juliet feel towards each other leads lovers to pass in isolation to the world around them because they are so in love. Romeo and Juliet refrain from committing to anyone else as they choose only to act selflessly towards each other. They obtain a strong young love which is a reason why their relationship grows as intense as it does so quickly. Shakespeare makes us think that Romeo and Juliet's love is only a short-term burst of young love, which we know it is short-term, but from the view of a reader, Romeo and Juliet have a very special love.
Firstly, being married did not make it true love. According to Lacy Talerico on the topic of 2 teens, Andi Bresher and Mitchel James, that got married at the age of 18, “Even at a young age, these teens say they know exactly what they are looking for in a significant other, and it does not seem to matter that they have found it so early in life” (Talerico para.2). These two teens found love at a young age so it is not far-fetched that Romeo and Juliet could have truly been in love. Also, these teens prove that young people do not have to wait to marry and that young people can make life decisions such as marriage. But according to James C. Dobson, Ph.D, “those who wed between 14 and 17 years of age are twice as likely to divorce as couples who wait until their 20’s,” (Kecskes, para.1). So even if these teens had stayed alive then the odds of them getting divorced or even killing themselves was definitely higher than others. This also could mean that the reason these teens got married was because of lust and not true love. As you can see by these examples you can see how people would think that Romeo and Juliet were in love but just because they got married does not mean that they were experiencing ...
Juliet Capulet, daughter of Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet, falls in love with the family enemy. As she realizes how deep her love is for the wrong person, her love continues to grow for Romeo Montague. She will stop at nothing to be with him. In both films, you will see just how deep her love goes. Her style and looks change, but not her feelings for Romeo Montague. In the two films you see a huge change in the setting. One is set in the medieval times, where they ride horses to get to places and use mail to talk to one another. Whereas the other one is set in the present times, where they drive cars to arrive at their destinations and use their cell phone to communicate. Not only will you see the difference in the setting, but also how the actors dress and look. The biggest difference you will notice of all, is the ending to their love story. Even though these movies seem so different, they are also very similar. Juliet, in both movies, loves with no end. Her love and affection for Romeo is consistent. She loved Romeo until her last breath.
... each other. Second they know they would have tried to break the two up, which would have made them want to kill themselves, because they two constantly talked about dying for their love. Lastly the hatred between both families would have driven them apart because they would have gotten forbidden to see each other. As soon as the
In Shakespeare’s tragedy plays, Romeo and Juliet and Othello, daughters are portrayed as disobedient through the protagonist Juliet and Desdemona. Juliet revolts her father’s order by rejecting her marriage to Paris. Similarly, Desdemona disrespected her father by having relationship with Othello. The theme of love is essential in both of the plays, and the romantic relationships have brought the daughters insulting their superior fathers. Shakespeare presents women inferior according to the Elizabethan society and Jacobean Era, because it was male dominated society.
“They were kids themselves, but they were crazy in love, this eighteen-year-old boy and this seventeen-year-old girl when they got married”
Diary I used Romeo’s diary because it provided a clear point of view of my character, and to express the theme that young love is impulsive. The diary adds Romeo’s perspective of Juliet to my paper, but it does this in an organized fashion. I used the diary to show how fast Romeo got over his love for Rosaline, and how quickly he decided to marry Juliet. These actions highlight Romeo’s impulsive nature and reckless thoughts. I chose the diary because it was a nice way to get Romeo’s thoughts and perspective.
Love is a feeling of an attachment to someone, but how can someone know that they are in love and how does it change? Sometimes in a person’s life they will find love and think that it is the best feeling in the world but not for some people. Love is not a easy thing for everyone, some people have to go through ups in downs just to get the love that they deserve. Others have it easy and don’t have problems with love and how they love their partners . The stories and poems would explain what love is, how it changes us, and how difficult it can be in someone’s life.