In the movie Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is a 13 year old girl who at the beginning of the story didn’t believe in love and marriage. Juliet had a mother and she had the nurse, who was just like a second mother to Juliet. Juliet and the nurse did a lot together and the nurse helped Juliet out with a lot of different …show more content…
The first major one was the potion. I believe potion was a big one because Romeo and Juliet both “died” from drinking it. The potion actually just put Juliet to sleep so they all thought she was dead and they put her in the grave. Romeo went into her grave and found her laying there. He as well thought she was dead, so he drank the potion that was in his picket so he wouldn’t have to live without Juliet. When Juliet woke up from the potion she found Romeo laying there dead so she took his sword and stabbed herself. Thumb—biting is another symbol. It really doesn’t represent anything. It pretty much just represents the foolishness of the Capulet and the Montague’s feud and the stupidity of violence. In The Notebook the biggest symbol is the old oak tree. The old oak tree represents Ally and Noah’s first feeling of love. The heart with the words Noah loves Ally carved into them represent the early love and the last time they seen each other before Ally went back to her original home. In both stories the letters were a symbol. I think it’s important because in Romeo and Juliet the letter didn’t get to Romeo and in The Notebook, Ally’s mom hid the letters that Noah sent her so Ally couldn’t read them. Love was also another very important one. They were all willing to give up so much for the ones they