Characters in Romeo and Juliet Essays & Research Papers

Romeo and Juliet character analysis Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins, we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd, of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet's first meeting with her mother and the nurse, she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam, I am here, / What is your will?"...

Act 1 Scene 3 depicts the conversation between Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, Juliet and the Nurse discussing about Juliet’s marriage to Count Paris. Juliet’s obedient, submissive and respectful character is clearly evident through her actions and words. Juliet’s submissive and respectful behaviour is clearly evident in Scene 1 Act 3 when Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, brought up the topic of her marriage with Paris. Juliet not only did not object to her mother’s decision, she respected her...

A foil character is one who enhances unique characteristics of another character. This is accomplished by a strong contrast between the two characters. The famous play writer, William Shakespeare uses numerous foil characters throughout his plays. One of these famous plays is Romeo and Juliet. This play has many foil characters which magnify qualities in other characters. Specifically Romeo, who is the main character of the play and has three main foil characters. Each one of these characters...

Juliet For the majority of act 5, Juliet is in a deep sleep, while Romeo believes she is dead. He travels to Verona after hearing the news of her “death,” as he plans on killing himself. When she wakes up in scene 3, she finds Romeo dead by her side. At this point she changes from being happy and hopeful that her and Romeo were going to be together, to completely miserable and heart broken. While feeling this extreme amount of pain, she makes the decision to kill herself. This was not out of...

Romeo: The son of Montague, Romeo is first introduced to us as a sad, melancholic, apathetic youth. His reason for sadness is universal; Rosaline his love will not return his affections. Not initially daring, it is his friends Mercutio and Benvolio who suggest he gatecrash or arrive uninvited at the Capulet party to see Rosaline. There he meets Juliet falling instantly in love. From this point on, Romeo no longer is melancholic, but dynamic and courageous, risking his life at the Capulet's house...

In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence has a major role. As a member of the Order of St. Francis, a group of wise and generous priests, Romeo and Juliet trusted Friar Laurence completely, turning to him for advice, and solutions. He was there throughout Romeo’s and Juliet's lives; he married them, came up with a plan to keep them together, and was a friend throughout their tragedies. However, Friar Laurence’s rash action in marrying Romeo and Juliet, his shortsighted plan for...

Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet there are three main female characters, Lady Capulet, her daughter Juliet and their Nurse Angelica. They are all very different in their approaches to various life situations; this is partly because they are from different social status, with different backgrounds and outlook on life. In particular their views on love and marriage are very different. Romeo and Juliet was written...

Romeo and Juliet This essay will prove from my point of view, that three characters with their actions, decisions and timing were most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In my opinion, the character most responsible was Friar Lawrence, for he married Romeo and Juliet without their parents' consent, although he did offer them advice. "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." (Act II, sc III, lines 94-95). Next, he suggested that Juliet swallow the poison, which without a...

 Lady Montague would wear this dress in Act 1, Scene 1. It is a kind of dress that any upper class woman would wear on a normal day for going on a casual walk in the city. Since Lady Montague was at a nobility rank, most of the fabrics and designs she wears would make her clothing seem similar to royalty fashion. Obviously, the expensive fabrics included in this outfit were not available to lower class citizens. Her dress includes a magenta velvet petticoat and...

Analysis of Major Characters in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Romeo - The name Romeo, in popular culture, the name Romeo has become nearly synonymous with "lover." Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he kills himself when he believes that the object of his love, Juliet, has died. The power of Romeo's love, however, often obscures a clear vision of Romeo's character, which is far more complex. [IMAGE] In fact, even Romeo's...

Mercutio: Mercutio, with his quick wit, clever mind, constant jokes and very likeable personality appears to be the jester of the play. However, with his savage words, Mercutio undermines the romance and self love within the play. He mocks everyone; Romeo’s self-indulgence as much as Tybalt’s arrogance and fashion-sense. His speeches are long and ridiculous, however they reveal ability to present a witty argument and entertain the audience with his language skills. The audience naturally loves...

Character of Friar Lawrence Friar Laurence is presented as a holy man who is trusted and respected by the other characters. He is an important character in the drama, ’Romeo and Juliet,’ by ‘William Shakespeare.’ The Friar's role as the friend and advisor to Romeo and Juliet highlights the conflict between parents and their children within the play. Friar Lawrence does not immediately approve of Romeo’s plan to marry Juliet, and asks him “Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,/ So soon...

Gus Williams 4/3/2011 Mrs. Renahan Secondary Character Essay The role of secondary characters in works is to support and influence the protagonist and also to symbolically reveal behavioral patterns in human nature. Friar Lawrence in William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is an important secondary character and it is shown by how he influences the plot, the development of the main characters, and the play's theme. Friar Lawrence's influence on the play brings the action to the...

Compare and Contrast the characters Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are two normal people, from two different families that are enemies, who aren’t allowed to date each other. This big conflict between two families get into a street fight, and all of a sudden the two star crossed lovers fall deeply in love. These two characters have different personalities and relationships with friends and families, but by the end, they end up both relating each other. By looking at specific parts in...

Mercutio is a close friend of Romeo and Benvolio. He is also a relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. Thus, he is neither a Montague nor a Capulet. He has the freedom from the conflict between the two houses. When he is at Capulet’s party, Mercutio states that he has a brother named Valentine. He is described as a fun-loving and witty. However, his sense of humour sometimes makes others annoyed. Along with this, he is moody and loses his temper easily. Mercutio is Romeo’s friends....

A look at the structure of a play reveals how it has been put together. The most important structural device in "Romeo and Juliet" is juxtaposition for contrast. Shakespeare repeatedly puts two different people or actions or words side by side to heighten the differences between them. Shakespeare uses foil characters to point out the differences between them. One example of this is when he uses Rosaline as a foil character to compare to Juliet. The first thing you see when Rosaline is compared...

Analytical Essay Baz Luhrmann released the film Romeo and Juliet in 1996. This film evokes thought and emotion using sound and imagery. Sound and imagery is also used to show the struggle between the two rivalling families, ‘The Montague’s and ‘The Capulet’s’. The topics that will be discussing are Costume, Sound and Music, Lighting and Camerawork. In Romeo and Juliet, sound and music is used to show the intensity of a scene. Sound and music is also used in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to show emotion...

Romeo And Juliet Essay Romeo And Juliet is based on two crossed star lovers. Meaning there love is forbidden because Romeo and Juliet are from both a different house hold which they are enemys. Romeo is from the Montagues and Juliet is from the Capulet.They both do anything for each other when it come about love for each other. They both rebell on there parents because they love each other so much even though they met in one day. Romeo and his parents relationship is typical they care about...

Romeo & Juliet Author William Shakespeare was born in Statford-upon-Avon on April 23 1564. He went to free grammar school in Stratford. It was a good school where he learned even Greek and Latin. But he didn’t go to college that’s so people thought he didn’t write his work, because apparently in that time if you didn’t go to college you weren’t smart enough to write such good books and plays. He started getting famous in 1592 when he showed in his talent in writing plays London,...

Final draft The story of Romeo and Juliet has been going on and repeated since Shakespeare’s time. But it’s really known because of the conflict between the two families. If there wasn’t any conflict it would just be another story about love. Conflict is the secret ingredient to a drama story, that’s what makes it a drama. The conflict between these two families creates tension and what we call “forbidden love”, the two lovers want to be with each other so bad they will die rather...

Colin Dowda Capulet has had a dramatic change in character over the course of the book. At first, he would not dare see his young daughter get married yet. But he changed and decided that if she did not marry, she would be disowned. It is very confusing how this happens, because it is such a dramatic change in such a short period of time. At first, Capulet thinks that Juliet isn’t ready for marriage. For he believes that she is too young, innocent and immature....

How does Shakespeare use dramatic devices in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet in order to make it such an interesting, exciting and important scene? Romeo and Juliet is world renown as one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. At the beginning of the play you are introduced to two families in Verona; these families being the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. The two families have been involved in a feud for years. However at one of Lord Capulet’s balls Juliet, his only daughter falls in love with...

One reason that the parents cause the tragic deaths in the play is how they have been feuding with each other for many years. As the tragic play opens, Sampson and Gregory, two Capulet’s, walk the streets of Verona talking about the Montague’s. Sampson exclaims, “I / will push Montague’s men from the wall and thrust his / maids to the wall” (1.1.15-17). This expresses the utter most hate that the two families have for each other. It is obvious that the parents are to blame from this instance...

Not all heroes are as perfect as some might think. In fact, in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, the tragic hero, Romeo is quite flawed. The play is set in Verona and is about two families, the Capulets and the Montagues, who are bitter enemies. Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, and Romeo, the son of Montague, fall in love and get married. Soon after their marriage, Mercutio, Romeo’s friend and Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew gets in a fight in which Mercutio is killed. Romeo seeks revenge and kills...

Compare and Contrast a character from Romeo and Juliet to another character from another piece of literature you’ve read this year. The journal must have strong structural format and the analysis of both characters need to be supported by several facts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loving and protective and the other so selfish and demanding; so different, yet still so similar. A fathers intentions are...

Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, the play is about two chief families the Montagues and the Capulets. These two families are enemies; many fights break out between them when they meet in the streets. The prince of Verona stops the fight and says anyone who breaks the peace from now on will be executed. Romeo the son of Montague is in love with Capulet's niece, Rosalina. Capulet wants his daughter Juliet to marry Paris who's a rich nobleman, so the...

Romeo + Juliet Romeo + Juliet is a film based on the well-known play written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and is set in Verona, a city in Italy. In this essay, I will be describing the first scene in the film (the prologue), and explaining how verbal and visual features were used in this scene to suggest what the film would be about, things like violence and romance. I will do this by; describing what happened in the scene, I will then go on to...

Romeo and Juliet In life, people make choices that not only are unbeneficial to them, but are also unbeneficial to others too. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death occurs. Although it may seem like it was their fault, three minor characters also contributed to the star-crossed lovers’ tragic deaths. Mercutio, the Nurse and Friar Laurence were also to blame (Infinitive). One of the characters, who may not have seemed a significant figure in...

Romeo and Juliet A famous tragedy written by William Shakespeare Is well known for undying love as well as tragic events that caused countless deaths. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, Are the Two protagonists of the story, as well as “Star crossed lovers” who gave their lives for one another. Many factors lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet, various readers believe that Romeo and Juliet are to blame for the course of events leading to their deaths, Therefore it is there fault that they died....

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. Its plot is based on an...

 Essay Assignment Passion takes heart, reason takes mind but it takes both passion and reason to fulfill your desires. William Shakespeare develops great ideas regarding passion and reason through his inestimable novel, Romeo and Juliet. The ideas, he develops through his novel, are significantly true and stated correctly through his poetic literature. There are three focused ideas revolving around passion and reason: how individuals continually choose passion over reason, individual...

Shakespeare was a marvellous play writer and his best play was Romeo and Juliet, in the story he mixed the themes of love and violence. This will show you how and why he did this. The play is about romance; Shakespeare begins in the most peculiar way for instance, in the beginning of Act 1 Scene 1. Firstly he starts with violence with the houses arguing with each other and trying to resolve with a fight. Gregory bites his thumb (a highly rude gesture to the Montague’s). Then a verbal...

7-5-13 Love and Death vs. Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous work of literature. The classic tale of love is about two families, the Montague family and Capulet family, torn apart by and old rivalry, and a boy and girl in love. Both teens are a member of the two different families. In the midst of the ongoing feud between the families, the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, share a sacred love affair. Multiple motifs are brought about again and again...

Name: Section: Date: LC 7.05 Romeo and Juliet (10 Points) 1. Describe the relationship between Juliet and her mother. How does Lady Capulet treat Juliet after she refuses to marry Paris? Answer in at least one(1) paragraph. Use at least one(1) quote from the play to support your answer. Juliet is not very close to her mother, they are very distant from each other. Juliet loves her mother and doesn’t want to disappoint her mom but she doesn’t want to follow the rules either. Juliet is...

Romeo and Juliet: Haste Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, said to be one of the most famous tragedies of all time, is a play filled with haste. Although the haste plays as a dominant role in the tragedy, the revealing character of Romeo, Tybalt, and many other individuals are displayed through the numerous amount of haste shown in the play. As the play progresses, each of the characters are developed further more through their impetuous actions at specific events and times....

Bound a pitch- fly as high as a falcon In that- in our good evening Atomies- tiny creatures Traces- reins and harnesses for a wagon Suit- person who might want to buy his influence at court Hag- nightmare Bout- dance Portly- well-manned Chinks- money Scathe- hurt Events of scene 4 in which Romeo Benvolio and Mercutio prepare to go to the party and how they interact. Benvolio want to dance a short time, then leave; He and Mercutio want Romeo to dance, but he is to sad. Mercutio makes...

Bobby Shmurda Ms. Nicholson ENG-1D1-61 June 15, 2013 Romeo and Juliet Questions Act One. Scene 3. Question 5. Like a lot of other mother daughter relationships, Lady Capulet and her daughter clearly have a troubled one. The relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet are strained and distant. Lady Capulet does try and make an effort to reach out to her daughter now that she is old enough to get married, but it's obvious that Juliet's closest bond is with the Nurse because she is the one...

Act 2, Scene 3 Romeo travels to the cell of Friar Laurence, who has been out in the fields all morning gathering herbs.. Cheerful and excited, Romeo greets the Friar and tells him of his new love and plans for marriage. Friar Laurence, who has been Romeo's friend and confessor for some time, is confused and concerned about Romeo's sudden change of heart. He exclaims "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!/Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear/So soon forsaken?" (II.iii.65-8). But Romeo...

Tiffany Agosto English 1 Mr. Wilson 12.4.12 Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 5 In this scene, Romeo and Juliet are at Capulet’s house. Juliet waits for the Nurse to come back with a message from Romeo. She worries that they might somehow have missed each other. When the Nurse comes back, she refuses to tell Juliet anything and complains about her aching back. This is an old game between the Nurse and Juliet: they love teasing each other. The Nurse keeps refusing to tell...

John Homsy Mr. Del Monte ENG 1D1 7 May 2012 Fighting Fire With Fire Only Gets You Burned “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent” (Mahatma Ghandi). This quote says that violence can solve problems but only temporarily, the solution is never permanent. In many situations violence has sparked more violence, not just in Romeo and Juliet but in real life situations. William Shakespeare manages to take real-life...

Analysis of the Film Adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” Many movies have been adapted from books. Several of these movies do not follow the books precisely. Although the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann has the same basic elements as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, there are several differences that exist amongst them. The characters of Romeo and Juliet were the same in both the movie and the book. Romeo, the son of Montague, is one of the two main characters. He falls...

ROMEO AND JULIET The force of "overwhelming love" seemed to purify and mature Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. They both try to seem as mature as possible to keep their wonderful love. Goals and grieves are two major things to purify and mature somebody. Unfortunately their love consists of short-term goals and long-term grieves because of their impatience. A person is mature when his/her intelligence is able to rule his/her feelings. They tried to seem mature, but they could not overrule...

Act I Scene i 1. The Capulet servants Sampson and Gregory start a fight with Balthazar and Abraham. Benvolio tried to break up the feud until Tybalt attacks him. 2. Prince Escalus breaks up the feud by threatening everyone with death. 3. Benvolio realizes that Romeo’s problem is that he is love and tries to find out who it is. Romeo is too stubborn and will not tell who he is in love with. Act I Scene ii 1. Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage. 2. Romeo finds out...

What would you do if one day you happened to go to a party and someone just happened to be completely and madly in love with you the moment they saw you? Would you fall in love with them not knowing who they are? What if on the same night of meeting them and “falling in love”, you both decided to get married? Unfortunately foolish scenarios like that only happen in fairytales; Or in this case, the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. This play is an inappropriate choice for anyone...

JRomeo & Juliet Essay Romeo & Juliet Essay Throughout Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare uses very in depth and detailed language to bring out the character some of the lead roles in the play. Many different language devices are used during the play to give the reader detailed descriptions of characters and their impacts on the people around them throughout the play. These devices throughout the play include metaphors, simile, oxymoron and some hyperbole. Shakespeare’s aim was to use...

 Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Shakespeare set in 1300 AD. Different forms of power are presented in the play such as ,power of pride, love and destiny. The prologue is written in the form of sonnet with twelve rhyming lines and another final two lines which rhyme differently. The chorus written using assonance “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life “introduces the play and provides dramatic view of the tragedy that’s about to be...

Howard Bush September 29, 2012 2nd Block Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is heralded as a great “love Story”. With Romeo being involved with Rosaline at the beginning, and their families at war they were never thought to succeed as a couple. Romeo and Juliet have really achieved an iconic status in the modern era, a story of young reckless love that ends in tragedy (book rags). This couple experienced love at first sight. Romeo, a member of the Montague family, falls in love with...

Act One, Scene Two Paris pleads with Capulet to let him marry Juliet, who is still only a girl of thirteen. Capulet tells him to wait, but decides to allow Paris to woo her and try to win her heart. He then tells his servant Peter to take a list of names and invite the people to a masked ball he is hosting that evening. Peter meets Romeo on the street, and being unable to read, asks Romeo to help read the list for him. Romeo does, and realizes that the girl he loves, Rosaline, will be...

Fate Vs. Freewill “From fourth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life; whose misadventured piteous overthrows.” The role of fate plays an extremely important role in this play. Rome meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party. The meeting of the couple would have never taken place if the servant had not come around town to look for people that were invited to the party that the Capulets were hosting. The illiterate servant walked around town and happened to bump...

ROMEO & JULIET PORTFOLIO PROJECT Assigned on: ODD (3/14) EVEN (3/15) Due on: ODD (4/1) EVEN (4/2) * You must have a designed cover sheet * You must have designed dividers for each part Part 1: SETTING * Create a Timeline of R&J. This should have already been started. * You may continue on with the timeline you created for class OR create a new one. Part 2: CHARACTERS * Using your stick figure characters, choose ONE from each Act that you feel best represents...

No Trust, No Faith, No Honesty Life is tragic, it is an expedition, where one must be determined and plan carefully to avoid dangers in the way. Albert Einstein once said, “The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.” The drama of Romeo and Juliet is a tale of two teenagers who risk their entire lives for one another which ends in their deaths. It was the conflict in Verona created by the competition and bitterness of the Capulet and Montague family that enforces Aristotle’s...

Romeo & Juliet by Tom Green The scene in which I was to pick from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the fight near the middle of the play between Tybalt, Mercutio and Romeo. What happens is Romeo along with his cousin and his friend Benvolio and Mercutio go off gallivanting to a party hosted by the Capulet family who are the rivals of the Montague family (Romeo’s family). During the party a Capulet called Tybalt recognises the Montague’s through their...

Firstly, Romeo and Juliet's love is not only just doomed by world around it but by progressing so quickly from their first meeting to expressing their actual love for each other. Their love is not only affected by the fighting of the two houses but also by their immediate love for each other. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet are both supposedly in other love situations, Romeo is meant to be with Rosaline. However, as soon as he sees Juliet he falls for her looks and is deeply in love not knowing a...

Romeo and Juliet Young love, it’s the most lifting feeling in the world. William Shakespeare takes it to the extremes and portrays this love’s theme with tragic effect. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the two destined lovers meet at a party and fall in love at first sight. As the story progresses, tensions rise as their love is forbidden, secretly continued, and fatally ended. The suicidal impulse of Romeo and Juliet displays the fast-paced, obsessive and irrational theme of young love....

Romeo and Juliet: Nurse Thesis: In William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Nurse causes problems due to dishonesty; however, she is victimized when other characters take advantage of her. The Nurse is taken advantage of in many parts of the story. Juliet takes advantage of their relationship when she wants the Nurse to go out and talk to Romeo about the marriage. (Act 2, Sc. 4) This proves that she is a victim but she is also Juliet’s servant. Although no matter what Juliet should be...

Essay The process of growing up and acting in a mature manner is not always easy. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare demonstrates that young people struggle in life depending on their maturity level. Shakespeare shows that three people in the play are struggling to deal maturely with different challenges Romeo, Juliet and Tybalt are placed with the same problems. Romeo is faced with challenges throughout the entire play. Romeo is forced to figure out a...

A Justified Tragedy The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is considered part of the tragic genre, and justly so. Throughout the play, aspects that align with the Greeks definition of tragedy appear frequently. Because of the multiple appearances, combined with many other aspects, Romeo and Juliet, is indeed a tragedy. The characteristics of Romeo and Juliet fit those required of a tragic protagonist. Romeo and Juliet come from “Two households, both alike in...

eSkye Nieves 4-19-12 Period 1 Romeo and Juliet Theme Essay The powerful nature of Romeo and Juliet's love is a prime factor that leads to their personal tragedies. From the moment they meet in the play, love and violence become linked to each other. Romeo and Juliet's love is of an intense passion where love overpowers all other values. They are driven to defy their families by this force and their extreme and boundless love was of such a great nature that it could only be...

Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare. One of Shakespeare's most famous plays ' Romeo and Juliet' features ' two star crossed lovers’ from two feuding families who fall in love and their lives become intertwined with violence and conflict. These are the two most central themes of this famous play. Not only is the violence and conflict in physical form with actual bodily harm but also in the cleverly written and spoken language Shakespeare uses. There are also many sub plots in 'Romeo and...

Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is filled with interesting characters, plots, and twists. Two of the most notable characters in the play are Mercutio and the Nurse. They both bring an exciting element of comic relief and also a sense of tragedy that shapes the outcome of the plot and the plays fatal ending. These two characters acted as the closest companions to Romeo and Juliet (aside from each other after meeting) and were influential and bold characters throughout the play. Mercutio...

"The love that lasts the longest is the love that can never be..." What type of lovers are Romeo and Juliet? The Taxonomy of love is a theory in which it say there is five types of love: Eros, Ludus, Storge Mania, and Pragma. Romeo is an Eros lover and young Juliet is a Mania lover, this essay will explain why they are that type of lovers, how it affects other around them and how it leads to their tragedy death. Romeo best fits in the category of Eros lover. Romeo is Eros lover because in the...

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The balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet occurs just after Romeo leaves the Capulet party to go find Juliet. He climbs a wall bordering the Capulet property and leaps down into the Capulet orchard. Benvolio and Mercutio follow Romeo to the orchard but leave under the assumption that Romeo does not want to be found. In Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo hides in the orchard under Juliet’s balcony, expressing his love for her to him self as she does the same about him, until their thoughts join and they begin to...

Love is water, it will slip right though your fingers. Throughout history people have fallen in love, and in their relationship something makes a turn for the worst. In the play Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare reveals how one's environment shapes one's choices by how Romeo changes from being depressed to killing Tybalt and Paris because of revenge and love. Romeo changes because he depressed one minute to in love with Juliet. Romeo also changes from killing Tybalt to killing Paris because he...

Joshua Flores Ms.Godoy English 9B 5/7/12 Romeo and Juliet Throughout this story as Romeo and Juliet fell in love they were willing to sacrifice their families and rivalries to be together. A strong quote that backs this up is “O Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and Refuse thy name and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (Scene 2, Act 2, Verse 33) This quote relates to the thesis because it shows how Juliet would deny being a Capulet to be with him from the balcony. In...

Romeo and Juliet- Essay Romeo and Juliet is a Shakespearean classic that is widely considered to be timeless and universal - a quality that is attained through the strong values, themes, language techniques and characterisations of the play. The themes that are presented in the play revolve around love, hate, death & violence which contribute in a major way to intensify the plot and drama of the play. Other themes include the individual versus society, and the certainty of fate. Shakespeare...

Romeo and Juliet Essay “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Many people all over the world have heard the expression from William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. The tragedy is about two star crossed lovers who are born into two different families, Juliet’s family, the Capulets and Romeo’s family, the Montague’s. The families have an ancient grudge. Due to this family feud, many drastic events take place involving deceit, sorrow, sacrifice and pain, resulting...

Romeo & Juliet Essay Prompts Your final assignment for Romeo and Juliet will be to write two essays that are one to one-and-one-half pages in length. You will get to choose two from the prompts below. Each prompt will require you to use the play as a resource. It will also be necessary to use quotations and examples from the play. Each essay should begin with a strong thesis statement. Make sure your essay is well-supported and well-written. Proofread your work! Your essays must...

Character Analysis Name: Romeo Family: Montague Age: 16 Write down 5 words that describe this character’s personality: 1. Impulsive 2. Sensitive 3. Immature 4. Passion 5. Stupid Write two dialogues spoken by the character that reveals this characters personality. I am Fortune’s fool! -Shows how he is stupid I...

In this assignment I I will be looking at the way violence and conflict is presented in shakespear’s play romeo and Juliet, dulce et decourum est and the charge of the light brigrade. Romeo and Juliet are the typical and traditional love fuelled couple their love and story were unprecedented and cannot be considered any other ordinary relationship Shakespeare had blatantly portrayed their love as unimaginable and somewhat obsessive. The duo however endured turbulent times as they had to...

March 16, 1597. The English Star Writer- Johnny William did it again folks. To think the great Will wouldn’t write and direct another play, well we were all wrong because William Shakespeare didn’t only write a piece he also directed his play. This play was about two young teenagers, Romeo and Juliet. Romeos parents and Juliet’s parents have feud with one another so imagine what would happen, if their two teenage children fall in love. I’ll tell what happens NOTHING. Yes that’s right...

Romeo Disrupts and Restores Order In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo helps disrupt and restore order throughout the play by wooing Juliet, getting himself banished, and by killing himself. In Capulet’s house, Tybalt sees that Romeo is dancing with Juliet and he tells lord Montague and asks if he can attack him, but lord Montague says tells him not to, which leads Tybalt to say, “ I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall,/ Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall” (I,...

Romeo and Juliet Here, in the famous balcony scene, Romeo and Juliet reveal their love to each other, and at Juliet's suggestion, they plan to marry. In this act it seems that Romeo has forgotten all about Rosaline and has found true love in which Juliet returns unlike with Rosaline. Shakespeare uses light and dark imagery in this scene. As Romeo stands in the shadows, he looks to the balcony and compares Juliet to the sun. He then asks the sun to rise and kill the envious moon. Romeo...

 My theme for Romeo and Juliet is that children can disobey their parents if they have a justifiable reason. I chose this theme because Romeo and Juliet obviously really loved each other. Why not let them be happy. Love if a justifiable reason to go behind their parents backs. The least important point in this theme is when Romeo goes to the Capulets party. At first Romeo did want to go, due to the fact that before he seen Juliet he was loved Rosaline and she was a Capulet. With a little...

Capulet's Orchard Rewrite By: Marina Bekhit and Raheem Ikharo [Enter Romeo] ROMEO: Scarred but not hurt. [Juliet appears above at a window] [ASIDE] Juliet, my lady! You are my love. Your eyes shine so bright and beautiful. While your cheeks glow and get as red as a rose. I want you to be the glove that warms my hands. I want to lay my hand right on your cheek. JULIET: [ASIDE] Oh Romeo, my love Romeo, why must you be a Montague? My wonderful, handsome, Romeo. Despite you being a...

Study Guide for Intro to Literature Romeo and Juliet & Shakespearean Tragedy Vocabulary words: Tragedy = is a dramatic work that presents the downfall o a dignified character. Tragic hero = characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events. Soliloquy = is a speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud and usually the character is alone on stage when doing this. Aside = is a short speech directed to an audience or a certain character that...

1. What reason does Paris give for Lord Capulet’s decision to move up the wedding? 2. At first, what does Juliet believe is the only solution to her problem? 3. What plan does Friar Laurence devise for Juliet, and what reservations does Juliet have about his plan? 4. Review the events you read in Act Four, and think about how the character’s interactions drive the plot. 5. Do you feel sympathy for the Capulets, the nurse, and Paris when they express grief over Juliet’s...

Romeo and Juliet: Impulsiveness Romeo and Juliet is a calamitous tale written by Shakespeare that depicts a story about the demise of two star-crossed lovers. In this tragedy, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are brought together by fate and inevitably fall in love with each other. Romeo’s spontaneous behavior concerning the murder of Tybalt, his fluctuating affections for different women, and his impatience with regards to the his own suicide in Juliet’s tomb, ultimately...

Shakespeare’s understanding of the complexity of human nature and relationships is one of the main reasons why Romeo and Juliet is an enduring play across more than 400 years. In his play Romeo and Juliet, he shows this through his depiction of the fickleness as well as the strength of young love. As well as love, Shakespeare shows the types of relationships young people in the Elizabethan era have with their parents. Love, in its many forms, is an important theme in the play, and Shakespeare’s...

On a daily basis, individuals have to deal with challenges like deception, betrayal, and dishonesty. It is in the human nature of man to interfere when an issue arises. The Nurse, Lord Capulet and the Friar are culpable for the tragic deaths of Romeo’s and Juliet’s Juliet’s caretaker, the Nurse, has a strong sense of affection and love for Juliet. She is vigilant of Juliet’s well-being; however, she’s engulfed with a desire to help Juliet. This results in duplicity and deceit, breaking the...

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play made by William Shakespeare which was written in 1595-1596 the story revolves around love and ends in a tragedy. It’s about “two star crossed lovers”, trying to express their love for each other, however they come from two rival families The Montague’s and The Capulet’s which have been feuding for a long time. It ends with both lovers, Romeo and Juliet killing themselves thus leaving both families to unite with each other. The theme of this story...

In Romeo and Juliet, love and hate seem to have mysterious, obscure origins, and are both powerful forces within the play. Explore the significance of the theme of the similarity of these two powerful passions in the play. Think about the significance of a force that is not under one’s personal control. How might this relate to ethical responsibility? Love and hate play significant roles in this famous Shakespeare play, without the hatred between the two families there wouldn’t be a problem...

Throughout the book “Romeo and Juliet”, Friar Lawrence plays the role in the events that could be described loyal or deceptive. In the story, all the events Friar Lawrence contributed in seemed to be loyal and have good intention. He is always willing to offer advice, help Romeo in any way he needs, and also help Juliet with her problems. Friar Lawrence, throughout the story, is loyal to both Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence, in the story, always offers advice to Romeo and Juliet....

THESIS STATEMENT: I believe that Friar Lawrence is the most responsible for the death's of Romeo and Juliet. If Friar Lawrence didn't tell Juliet about making a plan of her faking her own death so that she will nd ot marry Count Paris. Maybe Romeo and Juliet would still be alive and could have ran away together to get married by Friar Lawrence instead of Juliet going along with Lawrence plan and actually dieing at the end. Also it is the Messenger's fault too because the messenger should of...

Romeo And Juliet In the play Romeo And Juliet by Shakespeare the characters are not what they appear to be. Law and Order is talked about a lot in this play, and is one of the most important topics. Love is next to law and order and is also very deceiving. Trust is last and has a lot to do with in this book. Overall there is a lot of deceiving appearances in this play by Shakespeare. First, the characters are not what they appear to be when it comes down to Law and Order. Prince Escalus...

Romeo and Juliet It has often been said that information is power. Knowledge is a weapon, and lacking knowledge and information leads people into preventable predicaments. In all walks of life, people make bad decisions because they don’t know any better. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is a prime example of this. Two young lives are lost due to youthful choices and lack of experience. Poor and uninformed decisions can lead to irreversible consequences. As humans, we learn from experience....

Romeo and Juliet Character analysis Romeo plays a big part in the play/book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In the beginning of the play, Romeo is obsessed with Rosaline, the love of his life. He spends most of his time sighing over his depressing and nonexistent love life. Romeo is first mentioned as an aimless wanderer, preoccupied with thoughts of Rosaline. His father describes his doleful manner: "Many a morning hath he been there seen/ with tears augmenting the fresh...

How does Shakespeare make the audience feel increasingly sympathetic towards Juliet in Act 3 Scene 5? William Shakespeare’s contemporary play of it’s time “Romeo and Juliet” was written in the 16th Century, it is probably one of the most famous tragedies. This play introduced many themes such as suicide, betrayal and love, which was not common in that era. Shakespeare presents strong and powerful women in his plays; having Juliet make decisions without her parents would come across to the...

Life is full of pain and suffering; it is a part of the human experience. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, our two protagonists both deal with much pain and suffering throughout their short lives. They go through tragic ordeals only to be unable to pass the last – death. Though Juliet has suffered much pain and sorrow, Romeo suffers more, as he loses his friend Mercutio, is banished from Verona and as he must face the death of Juliet. At the start of the play, Romeo is hopelessly heartbroken...

Sadaf Rizvi 11/21/10 Romeo and Juliet Essay For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is commonly known as Newton’s third law of motion and it is one of the basic components of classic physics. This same concept is shown in Romeo and Juliet by illustrating that there is a balance in life, as in when there is a fortunate event that acts as a action force, there will always be an unfortunate event that is the resulting reaction force. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and...

Romeo and Juliet The two versions of Romeo and Juliet I decided to watch were the 1968 film and 1998 film. While they share many similarities such as the script (most of it), they also have many differences such as the behavior of the characters and the way that the story is delivered. In the 1968 version, the Montagues are depicted as more timid where as the Capulets are the ones that are trying to start something. The Montagues are continually trying to leave the situation but the Capulets...

Romeo and juliet :Act 4 Dramatic irony- words and actions of characters have a different meaning for the reader than the character Soliloquy- charatacter speaks to himself, disregarding/ oblivious to those around him. Responses: (pg. 1. Paris says that lord capulet wants to move the wedding date to allow Juliet to grieve for tybalt 2. At first, Juliet believes that the only solution other problem is suicide. 3. Friar Laurence devices the following plan for Juliet: a sleeping...

In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, many people contributed to their deaths, but one man is most responsible. The father of Juliet played a huge role in the decision she took in killing herself. Capulet is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he wasn’t accepting and because he allowed Romeo to stay at the party. Capulet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he wasn’t accepting of the fact that Montagues and Capulets could get along. Capulet states, “My sword,...

No Fear Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet (by SparkNotes) -1- Original Text Modern Text Prologue Enter CHORUS CHORUS Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of...

In the churchyard that night, Paris enters with a torch-bearing servant. He orders the page to withdraw, then begins scattering flowers on Juliet’s grave. He hears a whistle—the servant’s warning that someone is approaching. He withdraws into the darkness. Romeo, carrying a crowbar, enters with Balthasar. He tells Balthasar that he has come to open the Capulet tomb in order to take back a valuable ring he had given to Juliet. Then he orders Balthasar to leave, and, in the morning, to deliver to...

Kaylee Schill ENG 2DO Mr. Dudley May 14th , 2012 Literary Essay Contributions to Tragedy – Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are young, and foolish, which is apparent when their relationship starts and when it ends. Romeo rushes into things and appears to be in search of love, whereas, Juliet is young, naïve and easily seduced by his young attractive charm and by his constant declaration of love to her. These two...