Catacombs of Paris

From a young age, girls typically dream about their wedding day long before they meet their Prince Charming. However, Shakespeare’s tragic portrayal of marriage in Macbeth has the power to ruin their imaginary weddings. Macbeth displays a chaotic world when the most respected man becomes disrespected as shown by the king being betrayed by one of his most honorable soldiers, Macbeth. This chaos reaches Macbeth’s respectful and loyal marriage to Lady Macbeth. Such chaos in their marriage stems…

Romeo and Juliet’s love shall always be overshadowed by hatred, thus meaning that the play revolves around the conflict of love and hate. This conflict is strongly evident in Act 3 Scene 5, where Juliet’s parents are attempting to make her marry Count Paris, who also dies because of Romeo & Juliet’s love. However, Juliet resists her parents pressure as she is already married to Romeo. This, therefore, results in an inter-family conflict, as Capulet is enraged that Juliet dares to disobey him.…

Bad decisions are like an avalanche; they start small, but then get bigger and bigger. This relates to “Romeo and Juliet”, a tragic love story between two teenagers whose families have been mortal enemies for centuries. Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, fall in love and face the consequences of their forbidden love. In “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare teaches us to make thoughtful decisions. If they are not thought out well, they will have bad consequences later on. This message is shown…

when he was informed about Juliet’s “death”. He settled on death, but he wanted to die with Juliet. This was able to create more chaos by when he arrived at Juliet’s tomb, he fought and killed Paris. Paris attacked him after he thought that Romeo was coming to disturb Juliet’s body. Romeo ended up killing Paris, which brought Romeo’s death toll to two. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight./ Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift/ To enter in the thoughts of desperate…

Romeo. “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence’ cell; there stays a husband to make you a wife.”( II. vi. 67-68). Even though them meeting this time wasn’t all secret, it was secret to their parents. Lord Capulet disowns Juliet for not wanting to marry Paris, who knows what he would have done if he found out she married his rivalry’s son. Juliet rebels against her parents over and over again, she doesn’t respect her family and rebels against their hatred of the…

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the romantic tragedy about two fighting families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The play is mainly focused on the relationship between the supposed love between Romeo and Juliet who are both from these separate families, but it is shown multiple times throughout the play that they do not make the best decisions as a couple. After all, they married each other the day after they met. Romeo and Juliet aren’t actually in love. This supposed love causes frequent…

rock and a hard place. Basically, their supposed ‘love’, was actually a delusional fantasy of escaping their lamentable realities by being together; Romeo using Juliet as a rebound to get over Rosaline, and Juliet choosing Romeo to avoid marrying Paris, who she perceives as being undesirable. They are so attracted to the idea of being in love as a means to escape the predicaments of their lives, that they vehemently start to believe that it is actual passionate love. In Act 5 scene 3, Romeo…

the distance. They only know each other for 2 days and get married. Back in Romeo and Juliet’s time most marriages were arranged, and no one married for love. Most girls Juliet’s age married an older man and met their husband on their wedding day. Paris actually wanted to get to know Juliet and Romeo didn’t, he felt he already knew her enough in the small time that they spent together.. In Act 3 Romeo asks Juliet to marry him, 4 hours after the party, which is not enough time for anyone to…

Juliet’s parents are to blame, is because they are forcing her to marry Paris. The action of this doing is on page 813, Capulet tells Juliet, “But fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you greensickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow-face!” When lord Capulet says this, he is saying that on thursday, Juliet will have to marry Paris or he will drag her there. Towards the end, he is also insulting…

show of strength, and a tyrant if he has his will” (Loyola 325). The “enemy” or bad spirit, Ignatius says pushes us into situations that are undesirable. Inez is the “bully” to Gil’s spiritual journey. While in Paris instead of just stilling back and enjoying the pleasant views that Paris offers, like Gil wants to, she keeps him on a tight schedule. Gil tries to convince her to relax and enjoy the beauties of the city, but she refuses and leads to her having an affair when Gil decides to not go…