Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Once in our lifetimes we all go through a tragedy, but who is responsible? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, several characters are responsible for the deaths in the play. The characters; the Capulets, Friar Laurence, and Tybalt are the ones most responsible.

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.

Teens in the stage of growing up needs the trust and support from their family and friends to be able to survive in this world. Most teens are like puppets who become the person that their parents want them to be, but as they mature into adults, they have their own desires and ways of thinking, which enable them to break free from the puppet control and become who they really are. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the playwright used the Nurse, Lord Capulet, and Friar Lawrence to show how taming the wills of the teens and forcing their wishes upon them could turn the play Romeo and Juliet into a tragic love story.

Names play an important role in Romeo and Juliet, as names are what define the sides of the feuding families within the play. Not only does Shakespeare name his characters well, but he also uses different methods of naming throughout the play that references back to specific characters. Within Romeo and Juliet, however, Shakespeare’s methods of naming take on a form that indicates language as key and the two lovers are driven back towards the culture of their fictional world of Verona. Shakespeare uses names and naming in the world within the play to demonstrate its importance as the two lovers attempt to defy the linguistic conventions of “Verona” culture in terms of identity. This defiance of culture indicates that the play is a tragedy

Juliet knew that royalty life would be hard from the moment she was old enough to comprehend. She 's seen how her mother worked as Queen, making sure those of the 'lower class ' are pleased enough. How her father - the King - rules the kingdom, setting rules and suitable punishments. How her brother has to live up to the next heir of the throne.

Some people think that their life is mapped out while others think that their life is a crazy journey that have endings to their choosing. In other words, some believe that they are a character in a finished story while others believe that life is a book you write as you go. In William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers meet which leads to the inevitability of their fate which is their death. Throughout the play, fate proves itself as unstoppable due to Romeo and Juliet’s rushed love. In the beginning, the brawl between the altercations families foreshadow the impending violence. In the middle of the play, the timing of Friar Laurence 's devised plan leads to the abasement and suicide of Romeo. At the end of the play, the timing of Romeo’s death and Juliet’s awakening shows that no matter if Friar Laurence made a plan or not, Romeo and soon Juliet would kill themselves.

Katie has a rehearsal for William Shakespeare 's, Romeo and Juliet. You 're sitting comfortably on the auditorium chair, admiring your sister 's play.

Although upfront it just seems like they are just ensuring they are not being inconvenienced by their father, Goneril 's letter to her sister (something to remember as the initial letter is taken with good faith as opposed to the letter between Goneril and Edmund which causes anxiety for Regan) shows the lack of good will the sister 's gave. Shakespeare even shows the connection between the sister 's in a subtle way when Goneril meets up with her father and her sister and embraces her sister by the hands, a seemingly normal act for two sisters to do, but the two do it to show their father that he is the odd man out without saying it outright. Shakespeare writes the sister 's teamwork so maliciously, so efficiently, just so evil that Shakespeare must have wanted to show that their efficiency would mean nothing in the end, because they let their emotions get in the way of their politics, their planning and their militaristic tact.

Good Morning/Afternoon Miss Rigby, Romeo and Juliet displays the the nature of love and the reason for its destruction. It is the most common story to associate with love, it has been adapted to film multiple times, even within a modern setting. Within the play lies many different themes, two of which I will analyse today which are love and hate. The deepest principles in human nature are hate and love, these two contrasting emotions are key in understanding Romeo and Juliet. It 's a play which dates back to the late 1500’s written by one of the most influential playwrights in history William Shakespeare. Today I will explore the nature of love and hate within Romeo and Juliet and discover the issues that are still relevant today.

What is love? Everywhere we go we can find love. It surrounds us everywhere. Thousands of stories going back centuries about love and falling in love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet is a very popular story. A girl and boy lived in the city of Verona in Italy two noble families, the Montagues and Capulets. Unfortunately, there existed much bad blood between them. Their animosity was so pronounced that they could not stand the sight of one another. The bloody feuds of the two families led the Prince to order all brawls to cease on pain of death. Romeo, son of old Montague, is a handsome young man. He fancies he is in love with Rosaline, who disdains his love. As a result, Romeo is depressed. At the ball, Romeo is attracted by a girl who he learns is Juliet, daughter of the Capulets. They seal their love with a kiss. Juliet, on learning Romeo’s identity from a servant, confesses to herself that her only love has sprung from her only hate. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur, it is often regarded as the first great work of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about 'Bilgamesh ', king of Uruk. These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic. The first surviving version of this combined epic, known as the "Old Babylonian" version, dates to the 18th century BC and is titled after its incipit, Shūtur eli sharrī. Only a few tablets of it have

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a play that has been acted, watched, and read by millions of people for hundreds of years. Throughout this play, Shakespeare develops the character of Juliet from a young naive girl that has a very unfocused and narrow view of what love really is, to a girl that has such an understanding of love that she is willing to give up her life to be with the person she loves. This point of the story shows how much people can change in such a short time, if the right circumstances come about in the right order of events, this is how Juliet changed so quickly.

Act 3 had a fair amount of crucial pieces to the story so most of the content was necessary to the play as a whole. Shakespeare has clearly used the language that he did for a reason. It is very difficult to short a piece of literature without losing some of what the author originally intended to express.

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.

William Shakespeare once said “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.” This quote means people are self-determined, there is no such thing as a predetermination. You are not “fated” to a particular result. This is not to say that somebody 's circumstances (born into wealth or poverty) do not have a major impact on your life. It is not up to fate to decide what happens to someone, but it is someone 's choices and decisions in their lives that will determine the course of events in one 's life. Fate is the force, principle, or power that is thought to predetermine events. In other more understanding words fate is something someone can not control. Although not everybody would agree, some believe fate is the main position for Romeo and Juliets death.