Friar Lawrence: Unnoticed Importance In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, many secondary characters play an essential role in the play. Friar Lawrence is one of the most important secondary characters in the play. He marries Romeo and Juliet, helps Romeo and Juliet grow in their love for one another, and eventually helps end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. He helps the characters in the play grow in a way they would not have on their own. Friar Lawrence affects the action of Romeo and Juliet by marrying Romeo and Juliet, helping Romeo escape Verona safely, and helping them reunite by giving Juliet a sleeping potion to fake her death.
Review of Rupert Goold’s Macbeth I’ll admit, though it may get me beaten by some theater lovers, I’m not the biggest fan when it comes to Shakespeare productions. However, this rendition created by Rupert Goold with Patrick Stewart as lead man playing Macbeth, left a good taste in my mouth. The film opens in what seems to be a hospital ward in a time of fascism and violence; probably around the 1930’s if I had to guess. There’s enough blood, screaming, and morbidity to go around in what is just the preamble to the production which really sets the tone for is what to come. The actors speak Shakespeare’s dialogue eloquently and beautifully which I can personally deem as poetry in motion.
The prince listens to Lady Capulet who wants Romeo killed "Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live." Prince Escales comes to the decision Romeo will not be killed because Tybalt slew Mercutio first so therefore Romeo is banished from Verona under pain of death, "Let Romeo hence in haste, else, when he is found, that hour is his last." Act 3 scene 1 is a very important scene in the play; it is the pivotal scene of the whole play and is greatly linked to act 5 scene 3. A very effective way that Shakespeare uses to create tension in the audience is to use a dramatic irony, where the audience knows something that the characters do not. This is used in the previous scene when Romeo and Juliet marry in secret by Friar Lawrence.
Williams 1 T.J. Williams Mrs. Schofield. English 9H December 19, 2012 Edward de Vere and the fame he deserves. For many decades, Shakespeare is known to be the greatest authors ever to walk on earth. All of his work is well known by many people all around. With every legend, there is always is theory, did shakespeare really write all of his work?
Revenge in Romeo and Juliet Revenge has been known to cause many people into doing extreme actions. Almost always these people regret the actions they committed while striving for revenge. In the novel, “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare the Montagues and Capulets fit perfectly into the theme of revenge. Some examples are when Abram, Sampson, and Gregory start a street fight, Tybalt kills Mercutio, and Romeo kills Tybalt. The first sight of this theme appears in the very first scene.
Additionally, William Shakespeare uses another simile early to hint at Macbeth’s downfall; “Doubtful it stood, as two spent swimmers, that do cling together, and choke their art” (Shakespeare 9). In this quote Shakespeare compares two sides of the battle to two tired swimmers who cling to each other and drown as a result. All in all, William Shakespeare uses similes to show Macbeth’s downfall very early in the play. William Shakespeare uses many different types of figurative language to demonstrate Macbeth’s downfall clearly. Further into the book, Shakespeare uses metaphors to enhance the reading.
William Shakespeare began writing Romeo and Juliet in 1595. He did not know that from years to come, his play would become a classic. In fact that it is such a classic, that there has been repeated attempts to modernized its plot. Out of the repeated attempts there was another great play was West Side Story. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story have a lot in common with each other.
Friar Lawrence did have some responsibility in the deaths of the two lovers but as many can see, hastiness is by far guiltier than Friar Lawrence. Hastiness had a great influence on characters at various times throughout the play. First, Romeo and Juliet experienced an influence of hastiness when they first met each other and fell in love. “And touching hers, make blessed my rude hand./ Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night/” (1.5.48-50).
Back at the Globe Theater, the peasents came to watch Shakespeare's plays as well as the wealthy nobles. Similarly, everybody in today's society has read one of his works or has seen a modern adaptation of one of his plays. Shakespeare was the greatest and most talented writer of his time, and has kept that title throughout the years to the present. He will always be one of the most memorable and significant writer in history, and will continue his legacy for years to
This may be why he has adapted some of Shakespeare's techniques and included scenes of passion, romance, comedy and violence into his film. Baz Lurhman also explains how in the making of the film, they used clashing low comedy with high tragedy, to help the audience embrace the steep emotions of the affliction. Therefore, it engages the audience one more, and encourages them to feel included in the couples situation. Lurhman incorporated lively, modern imagery accompanied by hip actors and a hard rock soundtrack to appeal more to his hungry audience and remind them that Shakespeare's plays should not be taken as a chore to be studied at school. He shows us that by borrowing aspects from such diverse periods as the 1940's, 1970's and 1990's, he can create an adaptation of the film and reset it in a more modern setting.