Benvolio

“If you do not love me, I shall not be loved. If I do not love you, I shall not love” was said in the poem called, “Cascando” by Samuel Beckett. He wrote this about a girl, who didn’t love him like he loved her. Teenage true love doesn’t exist. However, Shakespeare wrote a play called, “Romeo and Juliet” that is about a pair of two “star-crossed lovers”. Romeo and Juliet aren't in love because they’re strangers, they’re violent, and their families hate each other. One reason Romeo and Juliet…

Romeo is a lonely young guy who is supposedly in love with Rosaline a young and beautiful woman, and a young girl Juliet. Then he meets a beautiful girl named Juliet who he is now thinking he’s in love with her.Now in love with Juliet pursues Juliet knowing the families hate each other. And in secret has friar Lawrence’s marry them. And the families find out about this and go to war, killing Tybalt and Mercutio in the process. All this drives the families toward madness in the end and taking…

The question, “What character was most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet” can simply be answered with the one and only Prince of Cats (“Tybalt”). This hotheaded fellow’s character is summarized with his few words of, “What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (act 1 scene 1 line 85). The Prince is always on the balls of his feet looking for fights to jump into and especially fights to start. Even in death he causes misfortunate…

In a similar manner, Romeo’s love to Juliet is also just infatuation. Romeo passionately expresses not only his feeling of love to Rosaline but also he describes her beauty as incomparable to anyone. While talking to his friend, Benvolio, he said ‘’One fairer than my love? / The all-seeing sun / Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.’’ (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 1. 2. 94-95). However, after a period of short time, when he sees Juliet at the party, he changes his mind…

“Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful,” noted Pierre Curie; a Nobel prize winning physicist who's work in radiation helped develop cancer treatments and nuclear energy. Dr. Curie observations on life can be applied to the reclaimed Elizabethan era tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Secrecy was an essential part of this play, as the famous lovers kept their affair a secret from…

There many things that can be said about the concept of true friendship and brotherhood. Quotes such as “never make a companion equal to a brother” and “true love is rare, but friendship is rarer”, depict the idea that these two concepts are infrequent and scarce. The main characters in Shakespeare’s renowned play, Romeo and Juliet, are seen to abide by these two concepts, having laid down their lives for each other, resulting in death and tragedy. Considering the language used by Shakespeare,…

Assigning someone the blame, or pointing fingers, happens often when reading. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is no exception. The story is about two star-crossed lovers who fall deeply in love, then tragically die by their own hands. The blame could be given to the most prominent characters. However, many small decisions made by numerous people caused Romeo and Juliet to end tragically. To begin with, the most guilty to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet would be the family feud. At the…

Uninformed Decisions “The real causes of this tragedy are ignorance and misinformation” In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, characters are often responsible for their fate. To attribute ignorance and misinformation as the most important cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death is accurate. The basis of this tragedy is the lack of knowledge and miscommunication between characters. This is the product of characters like the Friar, Tybalt and the Capulets who make decisions without learning or…

There 's always a certain moment in your life where you know you have made the right decision. I know I have made the right decision when I have analyzed the choices set out for me and am comfortable with the end result. Through Socratic seminar I was able to come to the conclusion that Romeo and Juliet were both naive in believing that they were in love. The over catastrophe was their death so that leads us to believe that they made the wrong choice in choosing their own destiny. They are the…

Throughout time, there has been many tragedies caused by romance. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a great example of romantic tragedy. In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, two feuding families cause tragic results for their children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The events contrast hatred and revenge with love and a secret marriage, forcing the young lovers to die tragically in despair. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed upon Friar Lawrence, the…