It causes many terrible events. Many people argue over whether it was bad luck (fate), or bad management. Shakespeare smartly hints at the outcome throughout the story making the reader hope for more and more that Romeo and Juliet end up living together, happily married. Unfortunately, the fate in Romeo and Juliet isn’t a very desirable one. Bad luck, can be defined as an inescapable and often conflicting results; destiny.
Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Love is Irrational Love is Irrational. In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Love is an Irrational yet a gentle force and it always wins at the end, since the play ends with three marriages. When characters in the play fall in love, it is not determined by their rational awareness but by their irrational subconsciousness. The love presented in the play can be characterised by it act of collaboration between different characters. Romantic love is a lead in the play but as a secondary theme.
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” – What do you think of this estimate of the play’s events? Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is indeed a woeful tale of two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction as it proclaims in the last line of the play. Shakespeare explores the theme of love in his tragedy-drama play “Romeo and Juliet” and the different issues that arise. The issues which prevent Romeo and Juliet from loving each other and subsequently lead to their woeful death include – the eternal feud between the two families which proves to push them to their death, indecisive and superficial advice given from pre-trustworthy sources and ultimately, fate, which holds the most powerful influence over Romeo and Juliet’s destiny. The endless feuding between the two families is a major aspect that contributed to the lover’s tragedy.
In the scene following their marriage, we feel increasingly sympathetic towards Juliet as she faces Lord and Lady Capulet, who are insisting in marrying her to Paris “early next Thursday”. A new twist adds to the story when Romeo is banished from Verona after killing Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Tybalt and Romeo were caught up in a fight after the member of the Capulets slayed Romeo’s friend, Mercutio. As the audience, we feel sympathetic towards Juliet as she’s helpless and has no power to influence all the events that are taking place. The man she risked her life marrying will no longer be with her as this is their last night before Romeo leaves for Mantua and any chance of being able to reveal her beloved husband’s identity is shattered after Tybalt’s killing as the Capulet family is now more determined then ever on avenging Tybalt’s death.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Summary Act 1 Scene 1 Theseus, the duke of Athens is preparing a large city festival to mark his upcoming marriage to Hippolyta. Hermia enters the stage with her father, Egeus. Hermia loves a man named Lysander, but her father wants her to marry Demetrius instead. Egeus begs Theseus for the Athenian right to make his daughter marry Demetrius or to kill her. Theseus offers Hermia 2 options, either to marry Demetrius or to join the nunnery.
The stage performance of ‘Fool for love’ portrays two main themes: co-dependence, and love as a strong force of repulsion and desire. Co-dependence theme is evidenced where May and Eddie cannot afford to live without or with each other. The pair feels destined as a couple for their common past, as well as their mutual love, but their shaky past averts them from having some healthy relationships. The pair’s incestuous relationship as well as the unending cycle of hate and love, abandonment and reunions makes the pair miserable when either apart or together. Repulsion and desire theme is portrayed by the way Eddie repeats his father’s sins in juggling relations with Countess and May; same way the Old Man abandoned both May’s and Eddie mother by leaving them tortured and distraught by their obsessive love for him.
Romeo and Juliet is the tragic love story written by William Shakespeare which is doomed from the beginning from circumstances out. Romeo and Juliet are "star crossed lovers" where the forces of faith and fortune leads them to their tragic end. Capsules and Montague are two rival houses who roam the streets of Verona causing "civil brawls" the two houses had a general hate and forced Romeo and Juliet to hide their love. Romeo and Juliet's fickle natured attitude made them legible crossing every person they meet to be together. Rosaline, Paris and Lord Capulet lead lasting affects on the couple.
In the movie, you will see a scene with Romeo and Juliet enjoying their love together, but then immediately flash to fights between the two families. The anger between the two families is what forces the two lovers to keep their relationship a secret and later leads to the ultimate act of love – death for one another. Romeo and Juliet’s determination to continue their love for each other is inspiring and tells of great honor from the both of them. While pursuing their love, Romeo and Juliet stumble upon many hardships that attempt to deteriorate their love. First, the fact that Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague instantly forbids their love and creates the first of many obstacles for the teenage lovers.
He sins against his whole family and by thinking that love can be quantified. And as it turns out, Lear isn’t only separating his family but power and responsibility as well. His very unpredictable, easily aggravated temper causes him to act wrongly and irrationally towards Cordelia, his favorite daughter who, he believes has betrayed her. Lear cannot understand that anyone’s, let alone his daughter’s, love for him could be ‘nothing’. I think pride, anger and greed for power prompted Lear to make the decision of giving up the kingdom to his malicious, hateful and ungrateful daughters, Regan and Cordelia.
Father’s Egotistical Behavior Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Capulet was to be the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet since he had the most negative influence over the situation. First, Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris in order for his family to climb the social ladder. Then, Capulet refused to even listen to his daughter when she pleaded with him to not force the marriage. Instead he verbally abused her and threatened to disown her if she would not obey his command to marry Paris.