William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

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.

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.

Emotions are an important part of life. Without emotions, there would be no feelings, like sadness, happiness, anger, and the world would be dull. Sometimes emotions lead people to do things that defeat reason and go against what is ‘right’ in their society. So when do emotions defeat reason? Three books that illustrate strong emotions are, “Romeo and Juliet” a script by William Shakespeare, “Pride and Prejudice” a novel by Jane Austen, and “I am Malala” a memoir by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb. These books help illustrate emotions are stronger than reason because in all books the main characters have to overcome a problem or obstacle where their emotions defeat reason. In “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo and Juliet aren’t allowed to be

In addition to fighting with Tybalt in the beginning of the play, Mercutio acknowledges the rivalry between the two houses and foreshadows the death of Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio, after he has been wounded by Tybalt, shouts, “A plague o’ both your houses!” (3.1.85). By him exclaiming this, it reveals his feelings of exasperation about the conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets. Some of his last words are him trying to warn Romeo of the destruction coming to both his family and Juliet’s. Mercutio’s line here holds severe significance, even though the truth isn’t fully shown until the end of the play. His foreshadowing could emphasize how well he knows Romeo. To continue on, in Act 5, Scene 2, Friar John says to Friar Laurence: “Where the infectious pestilence did reign, sealed up to the doors, and would not let us forth, so that my speed to Mantua there was stayed” (10-12). In this scene, Friar John is explaining how he did not manage to bring the message about Juliet’s potion to Romeo, since

Originating from Latin America, the name Tybalt signifies “he who sees.” However, in the play, Tybalt fails to see how his actions lead to conflicts and ultimately the downfall of certain characters. Being part of the Capulet family, which is one of the most powerful families in Verona, Tybalt has a close relationship with Juliet and also loathes all the Montagues, for the Montagues are the rivals of the Capulets. Tybalt, throughout the story, tries to fight the Montagues, which sometimes result to unfortunate events. At the end of the story, Romeo decides to commit suicide when he is made to believe that Juliet is dead, but Juliet awakens from her made up

He Drank the Poison; She Drew the Dagger; Romeo, Juliet and Others Accountable for Their End

William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the acclaimed love story about two ‘star –crossed lovers’ from feuding, households, whose unfortunate deaths ultimately reconciles them. In those times the Shakespearean society would be male dominant and would therefore treat women as inferior beings. Shakespeare used Juliet, the eponymous heroine in his play as a figure to show how a young woman would be treated by different characters at various points of the play.

Everyone remembers his/her first love. The famous Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, is a tragic love story about two teenagers that fall in love. But with fighting between their families everything is shy of easy. Unfortunately, they are only together for less than two days and they both take their own lives. Who is to blame for this tragedy? The evidence clearly shows that Tybalt is at fault because he was so full of hate towards Romeo, he wanted all of the Montague family to die. Hes also a known hothead and always picking fights. Tybalt has always had a hatred for people outside of his family.

In the plays, Romeo and Juliet and 1 Henry VI, by William Shakespeare, the concept of humoral theory helps to explain many of the behaviors the characters display in the plays. Humoral theory works to explain workings within the human body. According to the Welcome Library of London, “Humors existed as liquids within the body and were identified as blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. These were in turn associated with the fundamental elements of air, water, earth and fire.” The elements are then associated with different temperaments, which is what the reader is concerned with when reading the plays. Air is associated with a jovial or sanguine temperament, water with a phlegmatic temperament, earth with a melancholic temperament, and fire with a choleric temperament. In Romeo and Juliet, there is a tension between the humors and in 1 Henry IV, the reader questions if one can truly possess a balance of humors. Ultimately in both plays, humoral theory works to balance out the main character by exaggerating the temperaments of the secondary characters.

‘The Trio’ have created a television series which we believe will be ‘the next big thing’ in the television market. Their show is a teen drama essentially taking Shakespeare’s well known characters, placing them in a modern day high school setting and seeing what unfolds. For instance Macbeth is the Vice Principle who manages to oust the Principle and take over his position. Romeo and Juliet are high school sweethearts, still from opposing backgrounds, with Romeo being a classic Jock and Juliet being a math geek. As their manager I need to ensure their creative product is appropriately protected as it has already had major interest from financial backers. I will investigate other cases where television products have endeavoured to protect their intellectual property in different ways and conclude which course of action will be the best for the Trio.

William Shakespeare is an American playwright and poet. He was born April 23, 1564 and died on the same day 52 years later on April 23, 1616. Throughout his life, he has accomplished many things. Some of his most famous works include but are not limited to Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. For one of his famous works, Hamlet, Shakespeare uses plot to strengthen the point of corruption in the play. Another element used to further help the theme of the play is character. The final literary element used to explain the theme of corruption in the story is dialogue. William Shakespeare uses the dramatic elements of plot, character, and dialogue to illustrate the theme of corruption.

William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Romeo and Juliet tells the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers willing to defy all odds to be together. However, throughout the story, we repeatedly see how fate intervenes and wreaks havoc on their lives in destructive and devastating ways. Act 5 Scene 3, the scene of the actual disaster, reinforces this idea in the most dramatic and terrible way possible - the tragic and untimely death of the main characters themselves. In addition, all the other characters such as Friar Lawrence, the heads of the Capulet and Montague households and the Prince experience grief and regret as not seen throughout the rest of the play.