Why Romeo and Juliet's Relationship was Doomed from the Outset
Romeo & Juliet is a story known around the world for its tragedy, and
this tragedy is all to do with Romeos and Juliet’s relationship. As
Romeo and Juliet get closer and closer more people are caught up in
the relationship path and everyone is affected. The relationship is
influenced by several different factors. Some of them being, the feud
between The House of Montague’s and The House of Capulet, the role of
fate, the Friar, The Nurse as they are both Romeo and Juliet’s most
trusted acquaintance and surrogate parents. This is why their
relationship is doomed from the outset.
I think the main factor that led to the downfall of Romeo and Juliet’s
relationship were the acts of fate all the way through the play. One
of the most significant acts of fate, I think, comes in Act One, Scene
Two when the illiterate clown asks for the help of Romeo and Benvolio.
This changes the entire course of the play as without this act of fate
Romeo would never have gone to the Capulet party and never would have
met Juliet. After Romeo helps him with the reading so the clown says
“Now I’ll tell you without asking . . . if you not be of the house of
Montague, I pray come crush a cup of wine.” Inviting him to the party.
Also the only reason Romeo agrees to go to the party is because
Rosaline’s name is on the list.
The feud between the Montague’s and Capulets is another important
reason why Romeo and Juliet’s relationship failed. The Feud has been
going on longer than any can remember, described in the chorus as an
“Ancient grudge” and nobody can remember why it started. Almost
everything in the play is dominated by the feud and its power over the
youth. This is apparent from the start in the first scene where the
third public brawl between the two families, the fight being amongst
the youngest family members. This causes the Prince to place the death
“How am I supposed to know who I had got hitched to, let alone who was dumb enough to pick you two.”
“ I want you to know something. I’d sue you. I’d even get Irwin Shubert to take the case. But Virgil won’t let me. He doesn’t even want to hear about it any more.”
“How do you go to Salem when I forbid it? Do you mock me? [shaking
be that love is a good thing, but in the play it is love that leads to
“Why then, O brawling love, O loving hates / these violent delights have violent ends” is as dramatic as Shakespeare would get in his plays to attract his audience. Literary devices are used in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to grab reader’s attention into understanding Shakespeare’s language throughout his tragedies.
Love frequently entails several obstacles, and is not always as simplistic as it appears. This is a recurring theme in Romeo and Juliet, as the lovers go to great lengths for their relationship. They are not the only individuals involved, however, and many intervene in the situation. In effort to help their love, Friar Laurence creates a plan in hopes that the two will live happily together for the rest of their lives in Mantua. The Capulets, unaware of Juliet’s secret romance with Romeo Montague, attempt to arrange a marriage for her own benefit and believe that it will lead to her happiness. Both of these become obstacles in the way of Romeo and Juliet’s love and prove to be fatal, leading to the foreshadowed death of the couple. Although
Multiple characters are to blame for the tragedy of the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo displays his immaturity by liking girls solo based off their looks, Juliet falls for Romeo and his willingness and impatience. While Friar Lawrence know is is a sin, he has an idea to help them be together,
The vial brushes fingertips, one snatching the glass bottle. Contained within the crystal clear barrier dances the liquid with the property of fleeting death, and enchants two naïve lovers to an early parting in "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. Two star crossed lovers take the stage, bound by their endless love but separated by the ancient hate of their two families. In desperate endeavors to be able to spend their days together, terrible communication distorts their arrangements, and the horror of living without the other ends the lives of Romeo and Juliet. The characters of this play all contribute to the deaths of the two young lovers. Amongst the characters, Friar Laurence stands as the most to blame for the deaths of Juliet and her Romeo because of the secret the Friar keeps, his knowledge of the inevitable, and the encouragement and plotting of pitiable decisions.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. It tells the tale of two lovers from rival households and the tragic journey that leads to their destruction. The play shows all the events over the course of four days in Romeo and Juliet’s home town of Verona. Monday through Thursday is all we have to see of the Montague and Capulet families to acknowledge their hatred for each other. The play shows the struggle of Romeo and Juliet in their efforts to stop the hatred between their families and live happily ever after. But despite their efforts, they end up digging their own graves, showing how different actions have different consequences.
Fate. How does a small four-lettered, one-syllable word play such an important role in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet? Fate is “the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.”, however, in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, fate is reality; fate is always causing ruckus that is forced to be faced. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it appears that the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is determined completely by fate and teaches somebody that fate can be the cause of happiness but it can also be the cause of disappointment. Romeo and Juliet thought that the twist of fate to bring them together was the best thing that could have happened to them... but was it really?
Once in a while many people make bad decisions. Usually these decisions don’t cause them any harm in their futures, unlike Romeo Montague’s and Juliet Capulet’s decisions. In Verona, a city in Italy, two lovers fall in love. The catch is their families despise each other. Eventually Romeo get’s banished from Verona, and Juliet is forced to marry someone she doesn’t want to marry. Juliet takes a potion that knocks her out for 42 hours, and feigns her death, hoping she does not have to marry Count Paris. Romeo assumes Juliet is dead, and drinks a potion that kills him, and when Juliet wakes up and realizes that Romeo is dead, she stabs herself. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, the main protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, make poor choices which eventually lead to their death at the end of the story.
Is love worth it all? As publicized in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, reckless decisions may possibly lead to an unforeseen and dreadful conclusion. He also makes it known that if feelings about a situation are over dramatized they can cause a hazardous faux pas. That is exactly what Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence implement in Shakespeare’s tragedy. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the major characters cause the tragic outcome of the drama through their bad choices and decisions.
"And what do you want from me, you frightening monstrosity whom my innocent and sheltered eyes should never have been made to look upon?"
Romeo and Juliet is about two young lovers born of different rivaling families. The two lovers fall in love only too find that their families are enemies. Romeo wants to stop at nothing to have Juliet his love. The feud soon causes their deaths and many others hurt.
“And he said that meens Im doing something grate for sience and Ill be famus and my name will go down in the books.