“ Oh Romeo, Oh Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name” ( Shakespeare, pg 84) is a quote from one of the most popular plays ever written by Shakespeare. The play of Romeo and Juliet is about two children who fall in love even though they are born enemies. One technique Shakespeare used in the play to emphasize certain patterns were motifs. Motifs are recurring images that have happened in the play. A popular motifs in this story is hypocrisy, which is shown through more than one character in the play. Each character says one thing, but then contradicts what they say. Hypocrisy is shown through three characters, Friar Lawrence mostly, Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet and the Prince. To start off with, the most hypocritical
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It all started when Juliet wouldn’t marry Paris, which meant she was disobeying her father. Lord Capulet couldn’t handle his daughter being disobedient, so he said in Act III Scene 5, “Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch!” “But now I see this one is one too much, And that we have a curse in having her.” ( Shakespeare pg 184) He has pretty much just called her a hussy who doesn’t listen and has said he has been cursed having to be Juliet’s father. Once he was done with her, Lady Capulet then told Juliet when Juliet was desperate, “ Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.” ( Shakespeare pg 186) Now just as Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet had decided she is done with Juliet and wants nothing to do with her, unless she marries Paris. In the end, we know Juliet doesn’t marry Paris, but after Juliet has “died” the Capulet’s parents changed their view on their daughter. After all those words said Lady Capulet contradicts what she said and says, “Accursed,unhappy,wretched,hateful day. Most miserable hour that e’er time saw, In lasting labour of his pilgrimage. But one, poor one, one poor and loving child, But one thing to rejoice and solace in, And cruel Death hath catched it from my sight.” ( Shakespeare pg 214 to 216) This shows how Lady Capulet claims that Juliet was her happiness and only source of pleasure, yet the night before was perfectly okay not talking to Juliet and being done with her. As well as Lord Capulet who says “Despised,distressed,hated,martyred, killed.Uncomfortable time, why cam’st thou now, To murder, murder our solemnity? O child, O child! My soul and not my child, Dead art thou. Alack, my child is dead, And with my child my joys are buried.” (Shakespeare pg 216) Let alone, saying his child was his “soul”, he also says his child was the key to his joy, which is not what he said a night ago. He went from
It all started when Juliet wouldn’t marry Paris, which meant she was disobeying her father. Lord Capulet couldn’t handle his daughter being disobedient, so he said in Act III Scene 5, “Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch!” “But now I see this one is one too much, And that we have a curse in having her.” ( Shakespeare pg 184) He has pretty much just called her a hussy who doesn’t listen and has said he has been cursed having to be Juliet’s father. Once he was done with her, Lady Capulet then told Juliet when Juliet was desperate, “ Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.” ( Shakespeare pg 186) Now just as Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet had decided she is done with Juliet and wants nothing to do with her, unless she marries Paris. In the end, we know Juliet doesn’t marry Paris, but after Juliet has “died” the Capulet’s parents changed their view on their daughter. After all those words said Lady Capulet contradicts what she said and says, “Accursed,unhappy,wretched,hateful day. Most miserable hour that e’er time saw, In lasting labour of his pilgrimage. But one, poor one, one poor and loving child, But one thing to rejoice and solace in, And cruel Death hath catched it from my sight.” ( Shakespeare pg 214 to 216) This shows how Lady Capulet claims that Juliet was her happiness and only source of pleasure, yet the night before was perfectly okay not talking to Juliet and being done with her. As well as Lord Capulet who says “Despised,distressed,hated,martyred, killed.Uncomfortable time, why cam’st thou now, To murder, murder our solemnity? O child, O child! My soul and not my child, Dead art thou. Alack, my child is dead, And with my child my joys are buried.” (Shakespeare pg 216) Let alone, saying his child was his “soul”, he also says his child was the key to his joy, which is not what he said a night ago. He went from