Romeo and Juliet Essay

Romeo and Juliet, are they destined for love or destined for trouble? In the young lovers' case, it happens to be both. Romeo ditched Benvolio and Mercutio to go see Juliet and didn't tell them where he was going. Romeo wanted to get married to Juliet as soon as possible and rushed Juliet into marrying him. Romeo loved Juliet and refused to fight Tybalt, who was Juliet's cousin, and got his best friend Mercutio killed. Romeo killed himself instead of living on and becoming a person that Juliet…

I told him that my name is Juliet, he told me that his name is Romeo. Once I was alone in my room I went out onto my balcony and called for my Romeo saying "Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou my Romeo?" I was playing with a little doll I made that looks almost exactly like him. Suddenly I saw him, he jumped out, he had no idea why he did. He spotted the doll and accused…

Romeo and Juliet Marriage in the time of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was very different from today’s time. In the fifteenth century, marriages were more arranged, the couple’s engagement and courting periods were shorter, and they married earlier. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s father decides that she should marry Paris (Act III, scene v, 150). Juliet is clearly distressed about this since she does not love Paris; she loves Romeo. In Act 2, Scene 2, she says, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art…

For over four hundred years, the classic, yet tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet has been loved and adored by people all over the world. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare in 1591, has been transformed numerous times throughout the course of its existence, but particularly by Baz Lurhmann in 1996 and again in 2013 by Carlo Carlei. All three of these versions were able to effectively portray act 5 Scene 3, also knows as ‘The Death Scene’ through their own perspectives while still…

Romeo and Juliet is a famous play of William Shakespeare. This is one of the oldest and best love stories ever written. It’s a story of tragedy of two star crossed lovers. Romeo is a Montague. On the other hand, Juliet is a Capulet. So their families are enemies for a long time so it’s impossible for any member of the families to be in a relationship. But Romeo was different because he couldn’t help but fall in love with Juliet. Juliet’s beauty made him realize that he never fell in love before.…

background the scene is placed in. Initially, the scaffolding Romeo is sitting represents his instability with Juliet. As you know, scaffolding doesn’t need much to come falling down, and this makes reference to the pairs relations as their parents are being kept in the dark about the whole thing. If either family found out their relationships could come toppling down just like the scaffolding. In the play, Romeo doesn’t really love Juliet,…

Violence In a world where weapons and violence are always used to solve out issues, have we ever took a moment to wonder, are we stopping our problems, or just creating more? In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, this very question can be asked. The two adolescents, Romeo and Juliet, fall deep in love, although they are kin of two rivaling families. Set in Verona, the two decide to end their life rather than living in a world where they are destined to hate each…

in the story had control over their own destiny. Some of the characters like Romeo and Juliet just thought idiotically and got themselves killed since they didn’t communicate properly. They could have just ran away and let their 2 families fight it out on their own. Nurse says "Romeo can, Though heaven cannot. O Romeo, Romeo, Whoever would have thought it? Romeo!" (3.2.46) Juliet assumed something bad happened to Romeo so she tried to kill herself instead of trying to figure out on her own…

ove has so many aspects to it, that’s why people has different beliefs of what love really is. The play Romeo and Juliet, by W. Shakespeare has shown different themes including love. The book showcases love in different varieties of ways, causing for it to be its main theme. Shakespeare uses his characters in the book to show us the different perspectives people can have about love. Each of the characters in this has their own opinion of what love for them is. However, Lady Capulet, the Nurse…

In a very simple manner the nurse in Romeo and Juliet is there purely to give some light relief from the rest of the play using sexual humour. However, if looked at in more detail many more roles of the nurse come into play than simply to make the audience laugh. In Act 1 Scene 3 the nurse is portrayed in a very positive and light hearted manner particularly when she tells Juliet to 'seek happy nights to happy days ' it could be suggested that is simply a light hearted sexual reference put in…