William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.

Young lovers defy their families’ long-established vendetta and jeopardize all they have to continue their relationship. The violent commotion between the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, finally bring peace to their feuding families, with their own death. Like with many suicide cases, there are challenges and decisions being made that lead up to this decision. Often times, we question who contributed to the suicide. Regardless, others argue that Romeo and Juliet should be held accountable for their ultimate decision. Then again, there is no definite reason to assign fault to Romeo and Juliet. Not only are their brains not fully developed, but pressures from outside forces caused such stress within the relationship.

Love is like a flame, it provides you with warmth, but too much of it can also burn you. Such is the plot of the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is a tragedy about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who unfortunately, belong to families who bear an ancient grudge against each other. In the play, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and quickly decide to marry each other. At the end, Romeo and Juliet’s decisions cause their untimely death, but in reality, there were other people who also contributed to the lover’s death. Friar Laurence, the Nurse and Lord Capulet are responsible for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, love is depicted in several ways. Both Luhrman and Shakespeare represent love in different ways in different contexts to both the Elizabethan era and the contemporary audience. Both the original and later manifestations of the text are valued because they both communicate to the audience on the values of love and society by employing a variety of devices.

Though the play is titled Romeo and Juliet, the character Mercutio who is witty, crude and knavish steals the show up until the moment of his death despite a limited role. This sentiment is due in large part to Mercutio’s direct contrast to Romeo, a character known for emotional turmoil along with stale and somewhat ridiculous Petrarchan proclamations of love. All of these factors allow Romeo’s closest friend to also be portrayed as the foil. Mercutio plays this role through comparing the high class and pristine love for which Romeo pines to his own view of sexuality: one of sexual objectification and loose morals. In fact, the wit and charm of Mercutio is such that until being killed, the story of Romeo and Juliet resembles a romantic

Every human being dreams of falling in love one day, where you find the one that you’re destined to spend the rest of your life with. While we may experience this emotion sometime or another in our lifetime, it is very difficult for many to express it in words. Although many writers and poets have explored this theme, none have portrayed it as intensely as William Shakespeare has in Romeo and Juliet. The story of two star-crossed lovers that were doomed from the very beginning, with feuding families, poorly made choices, and betrothals to others, we still manage to fall in love with the young lovers every time we come across the story. Shakespeare brilliantly moulds the interactions between Romeo and Juliet in

Do you know of anyone who married at age 13, 14, or 15? You probably don’t, but it was very common during the Elizabethan Era in England, a time when people were expected to get married at a very young age. When people think of couples that married at a very young age, Romeo and Juliet often come to mind. Romeo and Juliet’s marriage was not very much like others of the time period. Shakespeare wrote the play, Romeo and Juliet, based on his own views of marriage and love. Shakespeare’s experience with love and marriage, arranged marriages, the age of marriage and consent suggest Shakespeare’s views on marriage varied from his contemporaries’.

Authors create stories that draw the reader in, by adding depth to their characters in ways that can be understood and used to piece together personal interpretations. This allows one to not only form a deeper connection with the characters, but to more easily see the story from their point of view. The writer can use their hold and ability to steer the characters in whichever direction to invoke a greater reaction from anyone who reads their creation. Depending on how the partaking persons are written, the reader may come to sympathize with, dislike, adore, or pity them. The way the characters are viewed affect how the story itself is viewed, as well. A story with bland, unlikable, one-dimensional characters is one most wouldn 't bother to read. The characters add to the enjoyability of the work they 're featured in and hold much significance to the quality of the text. For example, in Shakespeare 's play, Romeo and Juliet, one he is well renowned for, it is his characters and their traits that bring meaning to the story, from Romeo 's blurred perspective towards the concept of love, to Juliet 's naïveté and willingness to comply with Romeo 's, and her own, ignorance, to Paris ' dedication to Juliet, to even the head of the two households ' neglect and lack of proper attention to their children, which resulted in the broken, distrustful relationships between them. The characters in the play change in accordance with what happens and their feelings at the time. Romeo falls

It’s hard to search past the blinding flashes of Romeo and Juliet’s demise; it says so in the first couple lines of the play. But there 's much more to the dramatic story than holding your breath against the inevitable. Within the structure of the building that is the play, there is symmetry, an almost reflection. The image is a part of the whole which is the tones and structure of the play. One of those reflections is the bright yellow of a party and the inky depth of blue the funeral possesses on the other side of the play. The tale of the two lovers at first seems to rush quite quickly, yet still seeming controlled.

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is probably the most well know play throughout the world. The play is by far the most famous of Sir William Shakespeare. There are many unique characters in the play some of the main ones are, Romeo and Juliet clearly. There are Romeo’s best friends Mercutio the more outgoing one who wants to live life to its fullest. The other Benvolio is very calm and tries to avoid a fight, he doesn’t get rattled easily, unlike Mercutio. Then there is Juliet’s best friend Tybalt, the one who always wants a fight. He ends up getting himself killed by Romeo. The nurse the one who raised Juliet her whole life. One of the most important characters in the play is the Friar. He is the one who married the couple, and also gave the potion to juliet. The most simple summary of the play is, two star crossed lovers were forbidden to be together. They tried to be together, but it ended tragically with their deaths. The ones responsible for the star crossed couple 's deaths, is the star crossed couple themselves. Romeo and Juliet could have prevented their deaths by doing a number of things.

In the Shakespearean England women were treated as inferior to men whereas the men were the leaders. Women were used as housewives and were mainly to bear heirs. The roles of women were very limited and they weren’t allowed to do most of the roles that men did. For women it was a great honour to get married or bear children. Sadly women were considered to need someone to look after them, as they got married their husband was expected to look after them however the woman’s father was the one to choose who she’s going to marry. In the sixteenth century if the woman was not married she would be looked after by her father therefore once he had chosen the husband the girl was expected to obey her father’s wishes.

William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet is completely compressed in Shakespeare 's preface: "Two family units, both alike in respect, in reasonable Verona where we lay our scene. From old resentment break to new uprising where common blood make common hands unclean. From forward the deadly loins of these two adversaries, a couple of star crossed darlings who take their life" (Universal, 1996). This film is a wonderful finish of the chief 's amazing capacity to make an effective presentation, to choose a practical, however dreamlike setting, to pick sensible on-screen characters, and to authorize specific emotional impacts.

“Oh Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo...?” These famous words are from the romantic classic, Romeo and Juliet, which has been the hard hitting piece that many novels, romantic comedies, dramas, and many more genres of art have adapted from. Though many of these adaptations fail to use the poetic aspect of the play, there are few who try and preserve the art of poetry. Nevertheless, West Side Story, a romantic movie is the perfect adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. West side story is a modern day version of Romeo and Juliet, which summarizes the plot of the original story in attempt to keep the original background. Though with noticeable differences, some

Shakespeare love writing about women as a heroine with great features, strength of spirit, sense of independence, and a great way to speak, and about men that let him go for the heart, braves, romantic, strong and hard working. Shakespeare try to enhance in all his plays these features of the men a women on a scene of be in love with some kinds of complication “Love goes by haps; Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps” Much Ado About Nothing – Act 3, Scene 2. In Romeo and Juliet, he show a love at first sight with a decided Juliet and a passionate Romeo. In A Midsummer Night 's Dream, he show a confused love, and also chaos between the lovers. In Twelfth Night, he reveals the deception game that love can play, and how sometimes, people can mistake the affection they feel towards someone with love. But in the big play where Shakespeare did a battle of sexes, was in Much Ado about Nothing. This play is full of discussion between men and women, the plot of this piece is about Benedick and Beatrice that they are tricked into confessing their love for each other, after a lot of insult and conflict between them. And the other side, Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the end, Benedick and Beatrice join forces to set things right, and the others join in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples. Although this great play finished with a happy ending, we must emphasize the battle in which is

As You Like It, is a Shakespearean comedy believed to have been written around the 1600’s. This play holds onto many strong motifs throughout the play. One of the most obvious motifs would have to be exile. Many of the characters in the play have been intimidated away from their homes while others left voluntarily to live in Arden. This separation from their homes in the court aids in helping Shakespeare’s major themes come alive. The major themes evident in Act 4 Scene 3 is the malleability of humans through experience, the effects of love, and city life in comparison to country life.