“Romeo and Juliet”, a history of two lovers who deal with the difficulties of time, is one of the richest textual records of human history. Shakespeare one of the astonishing western writers, creatively and smartly tell us a story of two lovers who aimed to break a negative practice of a society, they aimed to break a taboo. Although changing a society does require a long range of change and reform. Romeo and Juliet, two brave teenagers, aimed to break the chain of taboo by getting married…
Adolescents and Inexperience cause an Untimely Death Romeo and Juliet are children when they fall in love, and too young when they decide to take their own life. The story of Romeo and Juliet and their “untimely death” is caused by their inexperience, their eagerness, their curiosity and mainly their youth. Every action they undergo they are just too young to for. It is understandable though, they are teenagers and teenagers are very spontaneous, but their age is not the only thing to blame.…
Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, a story of two young lovers who kill themselves because they are kept apart by a feud, is an example of source transformation because it takes many ideas and plot points and adapts them from other stories, especially Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe. Romeo and Juliet has also been a basis for other mediums such as films and art, for example, the movie Gnomeo and Juliet,which took Romeo and Juliet and used the main ideas and themes and other plot points to make a…
If you have experienced depression and are impulsive with love, you can relate to Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic comedy written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century. It is about a couple of young adolescents named Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. They meet at a party and instantly fall in love. Juliet gets married to Romeo in secrecy without her father acknowledging it. Their families are also sworn enemies, so Juliet’s father would never let the marriage take place.…
Romeo and Juliet a classic tale of two lovers who are tragically brought to an end. And who is to blame? The forceful, intense,passionate,violent love they developed in so little time. Romeo and Juliet contains the theme of forceful love(violent, passionate,intense) a theme that we can see today in young love, in teenagers who are young and careless and impulsive, and domestic violence relationships. Romeo and Juliet shows the theme of forceful love. Throughout the play we see how Romeo and…
William Shakespeare is widely recognized as the greatest influence in English literature. He was an English poet, actor and playwright. Shakespeare's extant work consists of many plays, sonnets and narrative poems. His plays are one of literature's greatest legacies, which are divided into many genres such as histories, tragedies and comedies. From famous tragedies like Macbeth and Richard III, there are many similarities as well as differences. These similarities and differences are shown in…
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the most popular and tragic love-story, written by William Shakespeare in 1599.Romeo and Juliet is the tale of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who take their lives for each other when their love get hinder from their quarreling parents. Many , all over the world consider and hail the play as the most touching story of all time ever told .Probably, that is why the play has gotten translation into so many other languages. Despite the play is still considered as a role…
Shakespeare expresses through Juliet that love can be so powerful it can ruin families. He shows this through Juliet after she meets Romeo for the first time and learns he’s a Montague. Juliet thinks,“My only love sprung for my only hate!/ Too early seen unknown too late/ Prodigious birth of love it is to me/ that I must love a loathed enemy” (1.5.136-143). As she says, “My only love sprung from my only hate” she explains that the only man she loves is the son of the only man she is forced to…
Audience Engagement in Macbeth Tragedies such as Macbeth have engaged and fascinated audiences for centuries. Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Macbeth depicts the ill-fated journey of Macbeth, a brave and loyal soldier, who murders several innocent people to become King, and is soon after killed himself. The play engages the audience, which is defined as “occupying and maintaining the interest or attention of the audience. Through the use of characterisation, narrative structure and figurative…
Taran Bedi Mr. Curnett English 9 Feb 17th The Correlation of Ignorance, Sight and Truth in Oedipus Rex Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex was written over 2,500 years ago. Although this play may seem ancient and irrelevant to today’s society, its themes and actions are relevant to modern society. Sophocles’ play Oedipus revealed many ideas that are now used in western drama. Sophocles’ use of dramatic irony became a new method for artists who wanted to create tension in the plots of their work.…