John Gielgud

A very thin line can be drawn between the two concepts of love and madness, which needs to be crossed in order for people to really figure out what they want from their relationship, moving past their initial attraction into a deeper emotional bond. This line has been explored for centuries, and is a prominent theme in the famed Romeo and Juliet. The two main characters in this play fall madly in love within minutes of meeting each other, and their actions throughout the next few days show…

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…

Extensively considered as the Magnum Opus of Shakespeare’s enthralling work, Romeo and Juliet is intrinsic to the collection of the greatest literary works in the history of literature itself. A veritably true account of a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is a play concerning the ill-fated tale of love between two hapless, star-crossed teenagers, with their love curtailed by the incessant blood feud between their families. Romeo and Juliet’s ardent advocates for love engenders a series of profoundly…

Prozac Nation stars Christina Ricci as Elizabeth Wurtzel (also known as Lizzie) in her fight between depression and the reality of college. In the movie, Lizzie moves to Harvard University to soothe her parent’s expectations of having an Ivy League daughter excelling in the field of journalism. As she eases into her new life of no parents lurking around the corner, Lizzie begins a downward spiral as her depression pulls her toward an unhealthy mental state via drugs, alcohol, and sexual…

Far too soon, they arrived at the Everetts townhome. Williams announced them into the drawing room and they were greeted with warmth and delight. The Count exclaimed, “Tell me Mr. Turner, how did such ordinary fops like us obtain two such magnificent wives?” “All tricks and magic your Grace. Nothing else can account for it” Joseph smiled warming to subject. “Ordinary fops?” Blair re-joined “One would hardly call a Count and world famous artist ordinary”. “Oh, I see Joseph. Blair married me…

Once upon a time, there were two different families that didn't like each other called the capulets and the montagues. A girl on the capulet side named Juliet and a boy named Romeo from the montague family met and they fell in love. Throughout the book of William shakespeare, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there have been many occasions where romeo and juliet have shown being in love. Some things that show romeo and juliet are in love, is they both are willing to die for eachother, they are in…

Responsibility is taking charge of one's actions, sometimes responsibility leads to benefit yourself and others, but sometimes it brings unhappiness and a negative impact on one. To summarize, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, an ancient fight between the Montague and Capulet households disturb the streets of Verona and causing the awful outcome of the star crossed lover. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage drived the couple to grow quickly, and destiny then lead them to commit suicide in…

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…

Analyzing Romeo and Juliet through the view of Aristotelian principles of a tragedy Romeo and Juliet is one of the famous love story as well as a Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare probably in 1591 and 1595. The play was published in 1597. It is mainly about two young lovers whose family did not get along, but later a tragic death occurs to them which reconcile the two families. Shakespeare got inspiration from a poem called “The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Luliet,” by…

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, talks about the tragic fate of two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s families, the Capulet and Montague, have deep hatred that has been going on for many years. On one fateful night at a party that the Capulet held, Romeo and Juliet met and fell in love for the first time. They knew that each other belonged to their families’ rival, they still loved each other overwhelmingly. They then decided, with Friar…