...In the play Romeo and Juliet the text is very fast paced. The short time in which Romeo and Juliet have time to develop their romantic relationship, and die for said relationship, represents how their love may not be entirely genuine and based off of superficial aspects of each other. The time they spend together is not adequate enough for them to truly know each other . The pacing of the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare proves that the main characters are not truly in love, therefore showing that their love is not driven by true romance, but lust and beauty. In many instances, Romeo has hailed juliet for her beauty, “But soft, what light through/yonder window breaks?/It is the east, and Juliet is the sun./Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,/Who is already sick and pale with grief/That thou her maid art far more fair than she./Be not her maid, since she is envious./Her vestal livery is but sick and green/And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off.” (II, ii, 2-9) but never her personality or herself as a human. Even as they first meet, Romeo is stunned by her...
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...When Romeo first met Juliet, he knew that their relationship was dangerous, but he caused the death of himself and Juliet. The first decision Romeo made that caused his death was going to the Capulet party. "With all the admired beauties of Verona: Go thither, and with unattained eyes compare her face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow.” Benvolio pushed Romeo into going to the Capulet party and he decided to go. If Romeo had never gone to the party he never would have met Juliet and Romeo never would have died. The second decision Romeo made that was the result of Juliet’s and his death was there decision to get married. Romeo begged Friar Lawrence to marry the two of them. By asking for Friar Lawrence...
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...other. Romeo and Juliet are not in love they are desperate for love. “I haven’t heard you say a hundred words yet, but I recognize the sound of your voice. Aren’t you Romeo? And aren’t you a Montague”(scene 1 act 2). They haven’t even spoke 100 words and they are saying there are in love. It takes time to fall in love with someone you'll have to gain your partner's trust which takes some time to do. Romeo loves juliet by her beauty not for her personality. They are both obsessed with their short term relationship. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night... Did my heart ever love anyone before this moment? My eyes were liars, then, because I never saw true beauty before tonight.’’(act 1 scene 5) Even though Romeo say he loves Juliet he only loves her by her personality you love someone by their personality. “(to herself) The only man I love is the son of the only man I hate! I saw him too early without knowing who he was, and I found out who he was too late! Love is a monster for making me fall in love with my worst enemy.’’(act 2 scene 2) Romeo saw juliet at a party to get over his unwanted love by Rosaline. Romeo wants to be in a relationship to just get over his love for Rosaline....
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...I feel like juliet loved romeo more, her loves for romeo was more intense. The reason I would have a hard time choosing who loved who more is because I feel like your first love is the strongest. Juliet isnt romeo's first love, there's a certain feeling of falling in love for the forst time. He seemed like a bit of a player when he met juliet, he was caught up by her looks and just have a strong feeling of affection towards juliet that he just loved the idea of loving juliet. Act 1, scene 1. juliet is not romeos first love, so that first time feeling doesnt apply to juliet. Romeo is still broken hearted and still doesnt know what he wants yet. He just recently came out of a relationship. He's still broken hearted meaning that he still has...
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...is it else? a madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. (“Romeo and Juliet”)”This quote is from Romeo speaking about what being in love feels like. Provided that Romeo is in love, he is able to explain what it is in such significant words. Romeo is in love, and teenagers of this time period can also plunge into the emotions of love. Teenagers are capable of being in love because of examples from iconic duos, historic examples, and statistics. The main reason that teenagers can be in love are the examples of iconic duos. Romeo and Juliet is the ageless example of true love between adolescents. In this quote, Juliet explains that they can not be too rash. “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,Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be...
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...The dynamics in the relationship between Juliet and the Nurse are displayed through the power of persuasion and the methods used by the playwright, William Shakespeare in the play Romeo and Juliet. These two characters have a dynamic relationship because of the tension in their relationship. Juliet is educated which means she has the power and authority to convince the Nurse to believe her opinions meanwhile the Nurse can influence Juliet to agree with her beliefs because she is a parental figure. These tensions and attributes are displayed to the audience through tensions, conflict, and structure. While the Nurse talks with Juliet and Lady Capulet about Juliet’s future, she displays her uneducated qualities and attributes through her use of bawdy humour. By using bawdy humour, she is making herself look uneducated to her superiors like Juliet and Lady Capulet. She makes this known to the audience by saying...
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...Testing the Waters : Relationships in Of Mice and Men and Romeo and Juliet “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.” This was said by Muhammad Ali talking about how being in relationships, romantic or not, are not something that is black or white. There are no rules that state what is right or wrong, or what can and cannot be done. The main characters in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men represent the love found in a friendship. George and Lennie are best friends who travel together to find work in order to earn enough money to make their dream of owning their own land come true. In Soledad, California,...
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...happening in one’s life. The idea of a relationship like this is shown in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo always goes to Friar Lawrence for confession and the Friar will help Romeo with the problems he is facing. Shakespeare shows this kind and helpful relationship through metaphors, foreshadowing, and personification. The friendly nature of Romeo and Friar Lawrence’s relationship was captured by Shakespeare through metaphors. The Friar says, “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. (2.2.68-70). The Friar is asking Romeo how he moved on from Rosaline so quickly, saying young men must love with their eyes and not with their hearts. This shows how the Friar is being protective to Romeo because, the Friar wants to be sure that Romeo is not making a rash decision to marry Juliet after only...
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...Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare is set during Elizabethan times .It explores how the thoughts and actions of young adults contributes to the ‘ancient grudge’ between the feuding families. Sampson and Gregory, the servants of the Capulet act rebellious and self-absorbed as a result of anger towards the ‘dog[s] of the house of Montague’. The ordinary discussions of topics such as their ‘pretty piece[s] of flesh’ the exploitation of multiple women and outperforming each other foreshadows and sparks all the ‘profaner’ conflict in ‘fair Verona’. Romeo and Juliet also contribute to that as they convey similar attitudes as the servants. The fact that they are adolescents as well, gives them more of a reason to be compensated...
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...Was the connection between Romeo and Juliet love or obsession. This pair of star-cross’d lovers not only had family against them, but as well as fate. In the city of Fair Verona was where it all started. The feud between the two families, the Montague’s and Capulet’s, was never explained but to my research it has been all about money. In the beginning it was never like that. It was mentioned by her father that they were running out of money and the only way out was to marry count Paris so their wealth would continue on. For Juliet that wasn’t going to work. She didn’t like the idea of being pushed into a marriage that she didn’t like. Romeo in the story was a lost and love sick 18 year old boy. After being denied of Rosaline, his “true” love, his heart was basically shattered and on the hunt. Juliet being the young and naive child she was fell for it. While Romeo was moping around, Juliet was getting ready for this big o’le party which was only the slight beginning of what was going to happen. One of Romeo's closest friends, Mercutio, was the reason for this whole chaotic ending. When Mercutio noticed that Romeo was depressed about Rosaline he gave him this whole story and then showed him that magic invitation, aka the invite to the capulets party. Romeo was just so broken that he didn’t want to go to a...
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...Lady Capulet asks the Nurse a simple question regarding Juliet's age, but the Nurse replies with an unnecessary story of Juliet as a toddler. This story reveals much about who the Nurse is, and her relationship with Juliet. The first trait noted about the Nurse is how often she swears. She interrupts her own story to interject, “Marry,” (Rom. 1. 3. 24), which is originally an oath by the Virgin Mary. Moreover, her diction is horrendous, as seen when she refers to her breast as a “dug” (Rom. 1. 3. 28). In addition, only uneducated people would ever compare themselves to animals. Shakespeare previously establishes that the lower class enjoys a vulgar sense of humor; therefore, fittingly, the story the Nurse recounts is very crude. In her story...
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...If Benvolio had ever made it mantua Romeo would have knew that Juliet was faking her death and he wouldn't have thought that she had actually killed herself. If he had gotten the letter from Juliet he could have met up with her when she woke up when they could have went to mantua together. Since Benvolio had gotten sick and got held back from Mantua, Romeo never received the letter from Juliet. Once he saw that what he thought was Juliet dead, he drank the rest of the poison and died to be with her. After Juliet woke up and seen Romeo was dead she stabbed herself with his dagger. If Romeo received the letter from Benvolio, Romeo wouldn’t have killed Paris either. If Rosalina loved Romeo in the beginning of the story like Romeo loved her, Romeo would have never fell in love with a Capulet. If Romeo was prevented from falling in love with Juliet, Romeo would still be in Verona, not kicked out. Also, Paris would still be alive. Mercutio and Tybalt wouldn’t have gotten into a fight and wouldn’t have died. If Rosalina would have loved Romeo, they would have gotten married without it being a secret since Rosalina is a Montague like Romeo. The conflict between the Montague’s and the Capulet’s would still be an issue....
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...Juliet’s Diary In these past few days so much has happened. I have met the love of my life, Romeo. We are married now. The very day of our marriage, he got into a fight with my cousin, and killed him ( man vs man) . I was so angry...and sad. However my love for Romeo prevailed (man vs self). My nurse took the family's side, telling me i shouldn't be with my husband. I know now that she never liked him, and you'll see other examples of this later. But anyways, as usual the prince had to come down and break up the fight . He banished Romeo and promised to kill him if he ever saw Romeo again (m vs m). I'm so depressed(m vs s). There's a great possibility i'll never see my love again(m vs f). Mother and father are ordering me...
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...“‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo’” (II.ii.32) he is dead. Well, he will be with some others. If Benvolio had never tried to get Romeo over Roseline then Romeo and Juliet would never have meet, therefore, never would fall in love, married, and killed themselves. When you try to get someone over a love with a new love you need to think about it because love should never be forced to change. Benvolio influenced Romeo to go to the Capulet’s party and that is where Romeo and Juliet met. “‘Tut, you saw her fair, none else being by,/ Herself poised with herself in either eye/ But in that crystal scales let there be weighed/ Your lady’s love against some other maid/ That I will show you shining at this feast,/ And she shall scant show...
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...Explore the ways parent and child relationships are presented in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is set during the Elizabethan period, where society favoured men over women and the women had to obey the men. Fathers were the ones who decided who there daughters would marry and they cant refuse the marriage because if they did they would bring shame upon the family and most likely disowned by them and if this happened they would have nowhere to go as women didn’t really have jobs apart from housework and looking after the children. I think that this society is bad because it is biased towards men and doesn’t give the women a choice for what they want to do in there own life. In Act 1 Scene 2, we learn that Lord Capulet is a fair and just man ‘for men so old as we to keep the peace’ this shows us that he doesn’t want to make the fued between the Montagues anyworse and wants to stay away from all the violence and try to get on with his own life with his family. Paris asks Capulet if he can marry Juliet ‘ but now, my lord, what sat you to my suit’ but Capulet is cautious about allowing Paris to marry Juliet because he feels she is still too young ‘ my child is yet a stranger in the world; she hath not seen the change of fourteen years’ this shows that he is not ready to let his only child go into the world without him yet as she hasn’t had any experience of what its like for women and he wants to protect her from all the bad things in the world , like any father would want to...
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