Benvolio

wants. He threatens the shepherd “ You’ll die today, unless you speak the truth” (P.252 bottom, Sophocles: The Complete Plays) His actions are wayward and headstrong. Romeo, on the other hand, lets love guide his actions. Because Romeo, Mercurio, and Benvolio secretly entered Capulet ball without invitation, Tybalt and his cronies brawl with them on the street. When Tybalt calls Romeo a villain and asks him to draw his sword, Romeo is not irritated by his verbal attacks but says “ I do protest i…

While Romeo is at the Capulet party uninvited, he has been ranting to his pals; Benvolio and Mercutio, about how distraught he is that Rosaline won't love him back. All of this sadness and complaining disintegrates in the single moment he glances at Juliet. He dumbfoundedly states, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! / For…

physical conflict is tied in with public conflict, it is extremely important to the progress of 'Romeo and Juliet'. For example in Act 1 Scene 1, although it is a public conflict there is physical conflict between Sampson, Gregory, Benvolio, Romeo, Abraham and Tybalt. This is essential to the progress of 'Romeo and Juliet' and the audiences understanding of the play on the whole, as it shows how awful the fighting and arguing is between the two families, that we first…

Original Shakespearean text: The original Shakespeare text shows Romeo and Juliet meeting at a Capulet dinner feast. Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio, without invites, sneak into the ‘masquerade’. This is where Romeo first catches sight of Juliet. Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, then recognises the Montague. He wants to initiate a fight, however Capulet stops him. By then, Romeo and Juliet start talking, soon kissing, however are interrupted by Juliet’s nurse. Romeo asks the nurse who Juliet is, soon to…

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragedy by William Shakespeare following the love story of two star-crossed lovers. In Verona, there is an ongoing feud between the families of Capulet and Montague. After a fight breaks out in town between the two families, the Prince warns that anyone who disturbs the peace again will be sentenced to death. Lord Capulet wants his daughter, Juliet, to marry a man named Paris once she is a few years older. Later that night, Juliet meets Romeo from…

Nicholas Georgiadis collaborated with MacMillan on multiple occasions throughout his career. His set designs along with John B. Read’s lighting design creates a “vast production” (Thornhill). However, the “core component” of the vast production is “the evolution of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, from their initial shyness to their final moments” (Thornhill). Georgiadis’ designs create an “evocative, visual history of [Romeo and Juliet] and the dancers who created it” (Brown). In keeping with…

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., the author of New York Times best seller Life’s Little Instruction Book, once said, “Love is when the other person 's happiness is more important than your own.” Set in Verona during the 1300’s the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, showcases how Romeo, Juliet, and Lord Capulet, try to fulfill their loved ones happiness. In doing so, they make destructive and precarious decisions which eventually lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In the play…

The lasting fame of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet stems, at least in part, from its ending: the suicides of the titular lovers. That Romeo and Juliet’s love ends in death might lead some to question whether flaws in their love doom Romeo and Juliet from the start. Romeo and Juliet’s love “fails” to conquer all, however, due to factors outside of their control. Despite their engaging in a powerful and genuine love, the enmity between their families, a lack of societal understanding and…