Romeo And Juliet Mask Identity

There are many reasons to mask an identity, from superheroes to indians to safety, people have always found ways to hide themselves. In Latifa’s, My Forbidden Face, Latifa is a woman crushed under the Taliban's harsh ruling. These Taliban do not allow the women to go outside of their house without a large burqa covering themselves. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends with the death of both Romeo and Juliet. They are members of rival families who fall in love at a masked party. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a story about young boys who are stranded on an island. They begin to lose their humanness by brutally hunting animals and wearing face paint. Although there are many different ways, each mask serves the same purpose. …show more content…
Tybalt catches Romeo talking to himself at a feast for only Capulets and realizes he is a Montague. For example, Tybalt can not believe that Romeo would show up at their party “cover’d with an antic face, to fleer and scorn at [their] solemnity” (1.5.55-56). The Montagues and Capulets are never supposed to mix with each other, so for Romeo to show up hidden is outrageous. To Tybalt, the mask is a symbol of weakness, because Romeo is too scared to show his face. He wants Romeo to come out of hiding and fight him and will do anything in his power to make sure that Romeo can not hide. Romeo and his friends, discuss how they will act at the party held by their enemies. In addition, Mercutio tells Romeo and Benvolio that they can use their masks to hide their emotions (1.4.31-32). The masks, instead of being a way to hide external factors, can also hide internal emotions. Mercutio, Romeo, and Benvolio use masks so they are not caught by the Capulets, but they also want to make sure they only show the people in attendance what they want to show them. In the case of the eligible females at the party, the men want to seem mysterious and heroic. Lord Capulet is announcing the beginning of the feast. Furthermore, Lord Capulet recalls the day when he was young enough to “have worn a visor and tell a whispering tale in a fair lady’s ear” (1.5.21-22). The …show more content…
Piggy and Ralph are discussing what is going to happen when they meet up with the savage boys. For example, they know the “liberation into savagery the concealing paint [brings], but they won’t be painted ... because [they] aren’t savages” (Golding 157). The face paint has become a distinguishing factor between the good and bad forces of the island.The paint is taking away the humanity of the boys and forcing them to appear as nothing more than wild animals. Piggy and Ralph want the other boys to know that they are still human and that they should not be treated as just another animal to hunt. The non-savage boys meet Jack at a feast held by the hunters. In addition, when they come upon Jack, he looks down upon them with his face masked behind paint (Golding 136). Jack now sees the humane boys as below his status. To Jack, the paint has given him the power to lead the savage boys with a strength that his outright self did not possess. He has become, with his identity masked, a faceless animal, with no morals but to kill and feed his fellow animals. Jack concludes that the pigs they are hunting can see their faces, so they must be concealed. Furthermore, once painted, “[Jack] looked in astonishment, no longer at himself, but as an awesome stranger” (Golding 58). Once Jack has put the paint on, he no longer has to act like himself. He is masked and can become savage because he