The song Bad News by Kanye West ties in perfectly to the story of Romeo and Juliet. It ties into the scene where Juliet fakes her death in order to prevent marrying Paris since she wanted to stay loyal and also faithful to Romeo and also God. The servant of Romeo, Balthasar goes all the way to the city of Mantua so that he communicates to let know that his wife Romeo is dead. Romeo then responds by saying, “Then she is well and nothing can be ill. Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument, and her immortal part with angels lives.”(5.1.17) Also in the song Bad News have the lyrics “ I was waiting on you, waiting on a dream that’ll never come true.” This goes along to the story of Romeo and Juliet that the two lovebirds were doing well and happy but
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At the beginning of the song the lyrics are “we were both young when I first say you, I closed my eyes and the flashback starts: I’m standing there on a balcony in summer air. This references the part in scene two act two of Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is standing on the balcony and says her famous line, “Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.2.35) Also Juliet is the age of 12 almost 13 in the story and Romeo is only a few years older than Juliet. It explains the main elements in the story of Romeo and Juliet, which is that both parents disapprove of this marriage even though they have no idea about it. It also describes the various secretive meetings that they must make in order for no one to find out and also the describing of their love for each …show more content…
This song says the lyrics; “come back baby please we belong together which goes with act 3 scene 2 when Juliet wills for that particular night so that Romeo will leap into Juliet’s arms so that they can be together forever. The line she spoke was “Come, night Come Romeo. Come thou day in night, for thou wilt lie upon the wings of night, whiter than snow upon a raven’s back.” This relates to the motif in the story of star crossed lovers, fate, and that Romeo and Juliet are meant to be together,’ These two lovely star crossed lovers feel the same way, have intense feelings for each other, and they don’t see themselves liking anyone else despite both of their lust-inspired feelings. Later in the song there are lyrics in which it states, “ I can’t sleep at night, when you’re on my mind. This line matches with the thoughts of Juliet in the fact that on the first night when she met Romeo, Juliet couldn’t stop thinking about her and Romeo for ever and that they will get married. So to sum it all out this song is perfect since it shoes that Juliet and Romeo were meant to
At the beginning of the song the lyrics are “we were both young when I first say you, I closed my eyes and the flashback starts: I’m standing there on a balcony in summer air. This references the part in scene two act two of Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is standing on the balcony and says her famous line, “Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.2.35) Also Juliet is the age of 12 almost 13 in the story and Romeo is only a few years older than Juliet. It explains the main elements in the story of Romeo and Juliet, which is that both parents disapprove of this marriage even though they have no idea about it. It also describes the various secretive meetings that they must make in order for no one to find out and also the describing of their love for each …show more content…
This song says the lyrics; “come back baby please we belong together which goes with act 3 scene 2 when Juliet wills for that particular night so that Romeo will leap into Juliet’s arms so that they can be together forever. The line she spoke was “Come, night Come Romeo. Come thou day in night, for thou wilt lie upon the wings of night, whiter than snow upon a raven’s back.” This relates to the motif in the story of star crossed lovers, fate, and that Romeo and Juliet are meant to be together,’ These two lovely star crossed lovers feel the same way, have intense feelings for each other, and they don’t see themselves liking anyone else despite both of their lust-inspired feelings. Later in the song there are lyrics in which it states, “ I can’t sleep at night, when you’re on my mind. This line matches with the thoughts of Juliet in the fact that on the first night when she met Romeo, Juliet couldn’t stop thinking about her and Romeo for ever and that they will get married. So to sum it all out this song is perfect since it shoes that Juliet and Romeo were meant to