Christy Chandra
Professor Landreth
GSI Aileen Liu
English 117A: Shakespeare
Essay #2
4 November 2015
Part-whole analysis: Romeo as the Fruit of Verona
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet encompasses the tale of two young lovers, who get drawn with family pressure and emotional motives, commit suicide in the same period. Before entering the end trail of Romeo and Juliet, both families of lovers are facing crisis in creating a positive relationship. It is so crucial for the Capulet to stay away from Montague, but in the same breath, Montague and Capulet’s latest descendants fall for each other. Regardless, Romeo, similar to Juliet, is not only a successor of Montague, but his whole identity belongs to Verona. Just like Juliet under the shelter …show more content…
Let alone Juliet as a Verona resident with a respectable background, Romeo himself belongs to an equally powerful family, Montague, who attains power from Verona. The Montague has cultivated a power in Verona and that Romeo is like a fruit or leaves to the tree, that if he were plucked out of the roots, he wouldn 't survive. Hence, other places beside Verona and the fact that he will be separated from Juliet should be considered an eternal ravine for Romeo. Furthermore, it seems like Romeo has no clue what 's going to happen to him when is going to be banished to Mantua. He mentioned that outside of Verona is going to be a “purgatory” as a limbo space between heaven and hell (Hallowell, 2014), and that it is going to turn into a “torture” and eventually “hell”, as what Romeo is expecting out of Verona. “Torture” as being placed in between the other two transitional words, could be responsible as the bridge that connects the relationship between purgatory as the beginning and hell as the end. Other than doomed, “banished” is the other word that Romeo repeatedly said almost in every line of the passage, possibly to convince on how gruesome the effect of the word itself more than …show more content…
“Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, / Having some business” (2.1.57-58). As he praises Juliet with these words, Romeo implies the idea that he and Juliet are two separate outcomes that worth the title as the fairest starts in all heaven. “Having business” is a phrase that could imply their relationship as lovers, but it could also viewed as a potentially business-oriented, predictably to be combining Montague and Capulet empire in Verona through Romeo and Juliet as they both are the latest successors. Based on the other passage, Romeo claims to Friar Laurence, “On the fair daughter of rich Capulet / As mine on hers so hers is set on mine, / And all combined” (2.2.58-60). The passage could support the idea that Romeo is aware with his position that is equal to Juliet and he converts himself to an object of value alongside with Juliet and combine it to be a multiple subjects. Relating back to the idea that Romeo unwillingness to be banished to Mantua and choose death instead further expand the idea that Romeo wants to stay intact in power and that his life will be altered to the opposite side if he ever got
Professor Landreth
GSI Aileen Liu
English 117A: Shakespeare
Essay #2
4 November 2015
Part-whole analysis: Romeo as the Fruit of Verona
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet encompasses the tale of two young lovers, who get drawn with family pressure and emotional motives, commit suicide in the same period. Before entering the end trail of Romeo and Juliet, both families of lovers are facing crisis in creating a positive relationship. It is so crucial for the Capulet to stay away from Montague, but in the same breath, Montague and Capulet’s latest descendants fall for each other. Regardless, Romeo, similar to Juliet, is not only a successor of Montague, but his whole identity belongs to Verona. Just like Juliet under the shelter …show more content…
Let alone Juliet as a Verona resident with a respectable background, Romeo himself belongs to an equally powerful family, Montague, who attains power from Verona. The Montague has cultivated a power in Verona and that Romeo is like a fruit or leaves to the tree, that if he were plucked out of the roots, he wouldn 't survive. Hence, other places beside Verona and the fact that he will be separated from Juliet should be considered an eternal ravine for Romeo. Furthermore, it seems like Romeo has no clue what 's going to happen to him when is going to be banished to Mantua. He mentioned that outside of Verona is going to be a “purgatory” as a limbo space between heaven and hell (Hallowell, 2014), and that it is going to turn into a “torture” and eventually “hell”, as what Romeo is expecting out of Verona. “Torture” as being placed in between the other two transitional words, could be responsible as the bridge that connects the relationship between purgatory as the beginning and hell as the end. Other than doomed, “banished” is the other word that Romeo repeatedly said almost in every line of the passage, possibly to convince on how gruesome the effect of the word itself more than …show more content…
“Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, / Having some business” (2.1.57-58). As he praises Juliet with these words, Romeo implies the idea that he and Juliet are two separate outcomes that worth the title as the fairest starts in all heaven. “Having business” is a phrase that could imply their relationship as lovers, but it could also viewed as a potentially business-oriented, predictably to be combining Montague and Capulet empire in Verona through Romeo and Juliet as they both are the latest successors. Based on the other passage, Romeo claims to Friar Laurence, “On the fair daughter of rich Capulet / As mine on hers so hers is set on mine, / And all combined” (2.2.58-60). The passage could support the idea that Romeo is aware with his position that is equal to Juliet and he converts himself to an object of value alongside with Juliet and combine it to be a multiple subjects. Relating back to the idea that Romeo unwillingness to be banished to Mantua and choose death instead further expand the idea that Romeo wants to stay intact in power and that his life will be altered to the opposite side if he ever got