Romeo Montague

honour and reputation. He shows how vital these themes to the plot and how much they influence the play up till the tragic ending; for example, the different social ranks banding together to fight the opposing family or when Tybalt wishes to challenge Romeo to a duel. The need to defend and uphold their family reputation and honour results in the many tragedies and deaths seen in the play. The first time the theme honour is introduced is in the opening scene, Act 1 Scene 1. This is where each…

In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, the two main characters come from feuding families, but fall madly in love with each other. The tragedy ends with the “star-crossed” lovers’ taking their last breath. Was it fate or was it the outcome of their decisions? Romeo and Juliet were not destined to die together, instead it was the tragic outcome of the “star-crossed” lovers’ foolish decisions. The first bad decision starts when Romeo goes to the Capulet party where he…

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most known book in the literary world today. Many people think Different things about who was the fault on for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The reasons the families were the reason they died because they were in a feud,the families kept them apart,and if the member Tybalt from the Catapult side didn't kill Mercutio and Romeo had to kill Tybalt he wouldn't get banished. There familys have been in a feud for many years. They fight on the streets and make“civil…

infatuation with Juliet is the reason Romeo and Juliet are dead. Romeo is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet, because he pursued a romantic relationship with Juliet. Although Romeo knew there was a long standing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues he pursued a relationship with Juliet anyway. “See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek!” The quote means that Romeo wishes he was the glove on…

work up to the original piece, but when making a movie of one of the most well known plays in the world, you have to step up your game. The movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann never really comes close to the play written by William Shakespeare. Every difference in the movie can affect the representation of the play, setting, characters like Romeo and even the plot. The Setting is one of the biggest parts of anything, book, movie, or play. There are differences and similarities…

The tragic conclusion (Act 5 Scene 3) The moment that I have decided to explain in detail from Act 5 was in scene 3 where Romeo and Juliet are confronted by Fate vs free will in a Tragic conclusion for Romeo, Juliet and all Capulets and Montagues. During the final act of Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet decide to take fate into their own hands and both are very emotional about each other and their actions easily show how much emotion, and how young they both were, and how they were not…

notorious story of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, explores ideas of love and hate, which Shakespeare and Luhrmann have both portrayed in contrasting ways. Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet’s love as romantic and overpowering, overriding other values. The love which Juliet and her Nurse is very loving and motherly as she raised Juliet herself, rather than Juliet’s biological mother, Lady Capulet. Shakespeare shows the feud between the Montagues and Capulets as an ongoing, powerful…

Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare about the tragedy of star crossed lovers. They are torn apart by the feud of their families, the Montagues and the Capulets. They meet at a party, fall in love, and decide to get married. They moved so quickly and the love they held so dear ended up being the very thing that killed them. But through all this sadness, there’s one thing that I think everyone can agree on. Juliet should have stayed single. I wish I could cite the entire book to…

The climax in the play, Romeo and Juliet occurs when Romeo is banished from Verona as a result of killing Tybalt. When Tybalt insults Romeo, but Romeo responds in a calm manner, Mercutio to gets involved. As they fight, Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo then seeks revenge for Mercutio, who fought for Romeo’s honour and kills Tybalt. The Prince, Old Capulet, and Old Montague arrive at the scene; the Prince asks Benvolio, “Where are the vile beginners of this fray?” (Act 3, Scene 1, line 139). Benvolio…

Tattoos” accurately points out significant differences between Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet by justifying its claims with evidence from both movies. Martin’s article “Tights vs. Tattoos” correctly identifies contrast in the tomb scene between both movies because it states that Zeffirelli’s portrayal reveals Romeo dying before Juliet awakes, whereas Luhrmann’s adaptation has Juliet gaze at Romeo for a second before the poison takes effect on him. The first good…