Reckless Decisions In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the Capulet and the Montague families create a boundary between the love of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, the audience believes that the couple are “star-crossed lovers,” or that fate destined them to be together. However, is this true? Rather than fate having ultimate control, one is able to make accurate decisions for themselves to control the events that will happen. It might have all been a coincidence.
After the quote – This clearly shows that….. Shakespeare uses the description….to discuss…. *- language, staging, characters Topic sentences examples – - In ‘Romeo and Julliet’, Shakespeare explores the theme of passionate love through act two scene two by…..* - The use of * enhances the depth of romeo and Juliet’s love… - The * plays a large role in making this scene powerful. Quotes – ‘I’d rather be murdered than not be able to talk to you’ This shows how Romeo was completely besotted. ‘swear not by the moon - Juliet is being logical as the moon keeps on moving. Fairest star in all of heaven – Romeo – night, The sun – Juliet is the most important thing in the universe and everything revolves around her.
Some of the most quoted lines from Shakespeare are from this scene "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" (2.2.2-3) What does it mean? Romeo, our young hero, already loves Juliet.
During the Elizabethan time they believed their life was planned out by god and their life was planned from the moment they were born. In the prologue Romeo and Juliet are described as “star-crossed lovers”. This metaphor states their love and relationship was predicted and written in the stars. In 1, 4,107 “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” Romeo is expressing through this metaphor he has a “weird feeling” about what’s going to happen at the Capulet’s ball. Romeo also implies he feels something bad is going to happen which will ultimately end in his death.
Romeo’s friend Benvolio wants Romeo to go with him to a party at the Capulet residence. “For my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars” (Shakespeare 1012). Romeo means that his mind is filled with apprehension when he says that his mind misgives. He foreshadows the bad event that will begin at the party. He feels like this terrible event about to begin was caused by the stars.
“Hold, daughter, I do spy a kind of hope, / Which craves as desperate an execution / As that is desperate which we would prevent (4.1.69-71). And again the Friar tosses around very serious topics with little understanding of what he is causing. He is proposing to the terrified and distressed Juliet to fake her death and then forget about her family, friends, and city, to run off with Romeo whom she met only a few days
Romeo fails to receive the message informing him that Juliet is not dead; this leads to his wild and insane intention to take his own life. Juliet does not wake in time to save Romeo and as a result, takes her own life. Tragic events are foreshadowed in Romeo and Juliet, for example, from the prologue the audience is made aware that the ‘star crossed lovers’ take their life’s’. This quote suggests that it was the fate of both lovers to end in such tragedy. The term ‘star crossed lovers’ is a phrase describing a pair of lovers, whose relationship is said to be doomed from the start.
Romeo climbs onto Juliet’s balcony kisses her and says, “ ‘ it is the east, and Juliet is the sun/Arise fair sun and kills the envious moon (2.ii.3-4).’ ” Romeo compares Juliet’s beauty to the sun. The moon, being the darkness, is being shunned away from Juliet, the sun. Also, when Romeo and Juliet have a conversation Romeo tells Juliet, “ ‘ more light and light, more dark and dark our woes(112-114).’ ” The meaning of this quote is that the more light Romeo and Juliet have the more evil or darkness will appear too. Romeo and Juliet fear that evil will take over their woes. Romeo finds a way to sneak back into the city to be with Juliet, this showing that he loves her
A detailed analysis of the dramatic contribution that Friar Lawrence makes to William Shakespeare’s tragic love story ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Ben Jonson once claimed that William Shakespeare (1564-1616) “wanted art” (lacked skill) and this viewpoint can be instantly refuted by the manner in which Shakespeare handles the role of Friar Lawrence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The conventional love play, featuring characters who are supposedly doomed from the start and whose “outcome is destined to be lose-lose” (Pam Marshall), can be viewed as a simple story with an outcome which will move the Elizabethan audience. However, Shakespeare can be seen to challenge the ideas of fate, belief through the character of Friar Lawrence and the themes of light and darkness. In this essay, I will look at the role of Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet – in particular, the eventual tragic deaths of the “star-crossed” lovers – and the manner in which Shakespeare uses Friar Lawrence as a means to challenge ideas of fate and light/darkness through his use of language, imagery and metaphor.
Shakespeare uses the element of foreshadowing to help build suspense, but does he also use it to prove the myth of fate? There is a lot of reference to the stars and their foretelling powers as well as references to religion and heaven. Prince’s speech at the end of the play contributes to the theory of the heavens killing Romeo and Juliet as a punishment for the “Ancient Grudge” between the families. “ See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys wit love!” The Prince thinks that the death of the two families heirs is a punishment from the heavens (gods) for their disturbance in Verona, he also thinks that the sad and tragic suicides bring not only mourning but also peace. The Heavens are included in religion and the fact that Friar Lawrence plays a major role in the play and become Juliet and Romeos closest Trustee.