Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – popularly considered by many to be the quintessential love story of all time – is a play that we are all familiar with in one way or another. Whether it be through the plethora of portrayals, adaptations and performances that exist or through your own reading of the play, chances are you have been acquainted with this tale of “tragic love” at some point in your life. Through this universal familiarity an odd occurrence can be noted, one of almost canonical reverence for the themes commonly believed to be central to the plot. The most widely believed theme of Romeo and Juliet is that of the ideal love unable to exist under the harsh social and political strains of this world. Out of this idea emerge two

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two young lovers whose lives end in great tragedy. What makes their story so tragic is that despite their love for one another, their families are mortal enemies. Conflict is a central ingredient in Romeo and Juliet's sad fate. Although their love for each other is strong, it cannot overcome the deluge of conflict that surrounds them. Ultimately they are defeated by the conflicts of person vs person, person vs self, and person vs society.

Love, in 'Romeo and Juliet' has its own importance in the theme of inner struggle between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is torn between staying loyal to her family and therefore obeying her parents to marry Paris or staying married to an enemy, Romeo, “My husband lives, that Tybalt has slain; / And Tybalt's dad, that would have slain my husband: / All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?” (3:2). On the other hand, Romeo has his struggles too. He juggles between the idea of banishment from Verona and not being able to see his beloved Juliet again and that of death, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say 'death'.” (3:3). The secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet is also one of the outcomes due to love. It is because of love that Juliet risked her parents' disapproval to not marry Paris and Romeo risked the danger of being killed by Capulet's kinsmen to go to see her. Yet again, this shows the inner struggle of Romeo and Juliet.

Juliet’s father forces Juliet to marry Paris, and if she does not he threatens to leave her to ‘hang, beg, starve, die in the streets’. This arranged marriage with one she does not love compels Juliet to find an urgent resolution, and this resolution contributes to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The families’ feud contributes to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, as they know that their relationship must remain unknown. The feud leads to delusion and deceit, and their eventual death. Ultimately, the feud between the families makes their deception necessary and inevitable; but this deception leads to their untimely deaths.

In conclusions, the evidence put through by this essay tells the audience that loyalty and betrayal are as equally important parts of this play as true love. Loyalty was portrayed though the friends and family of Romeo and Juliet, the betrayal of Juliet from her family’s and of course the tragic love between the two stars crossed lovers, Romeo and

When romeo and juliet marry secretly, they are rebeling against their parnets. The montages and capsu have has enemy for long time and nobody knows what started but there is this moral rule, that everyone is aware

The difference between Juliet’s two contradicting mother figures shows different variations of family loyalty and contrast in Juliet’s attitudes towards love and family.

In Romeo and Juliet, written by the prominent writer William Shakespeare, two teenagers fall in love. Because of their families’ feud, they are not allowed to be together. It is very different back in their era. Juliet was set up with Paris, a kinsman of the prince, by her parents. However, she does not have any true feelings for him. Her heart belongs to Romeo which she has loved from the first time she set eyes on him. This is shown by what she said to the nurse “Go ask his name.- If he be married, My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (1, 5, 133-134). Romeo does not interact often with his parents in the play and spends most of his time outside of his home. Juliet interacts more with her parents then Romeo but Lady and Lord Capulet are unaware with what is happening in her life. Lord Capulet is very rude towards Juliet and tries to plan her life for her. Romeo and Juliet are rebellious towards their parents because of their lack of understanding when they are not allowed to act on their love. Their parents do not allow them to be with each other because of their families past. Romeo and Juliet’s parents care for their children but are clueless about their secret marriage and the stress the two teens are going through in order to be with each other.

For centuries, the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet has made people, young and old, weep. It's a tale of love's doomed struggle against age, tradition, society and hate. A story where it seems as if all the world opposed them. And yet, it's not the world that condemned them to their fate, but rather than own rash choices. Choices which resulted in murder, sorrow and banishment from the kingdom.

The story Romeo and Juliet appertain’s to a young couple that fall deeply in love the

The tragedy Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare in the Elizabethan era portray the strict rules men and women were expected to follow. As a couple, Romeo and Juliet supported these guidelines but they also disregarded direct orders and disturbed Verona. Together they broke many customs and rules made by society and the government, they especially broke the most important rule taught by their families since they were young. Everything their parents did to raise Romeo and Juliet “right” all came crumbling down after they fell in love at the party. Even though they might be going against their family and the law they never went against God.

‘Romeo and Juliet’: the most ill-fated tragedy of all time; a tale of the unadulterated strength of Romeo and Juliet’s love, pure and young, with power enough to conquer the hatred of generations even through the veil of death. But, were they really in love? Throughout, Romeo and Juliet’s three day ‘love’ affair, they experience a surfeit of emotions: anger, lust, fear, lust, confusion, lust, excitement, lust, sadness … more lust and a deep, overwhelming infatuation with each other, but never love. Romeo’s womanising nature and his capricious mind allow him to admire Juliet only for her aesthetic beauty to the point where he will do anything for lust for her. While Juliet’s child-like naivety beguiles

Romeo and Juliet was Shakespeare’s most famous play which is about love of two teenagers of two rival families. Since Romeo’s family and Juliet’s family are rivals, their families don’t agree with the marriage of their children to each other. However, Romeo and Juliet despite the opposition of their families secretly get married at church and insist on reaching their goal of being together. The whole story is played in the theatre style of the Renaissance; audiences could see violence, young boys are playing female rolls without wearing masks, many scenes and time change. However, if it was played in Greek theatre style, the audience could see a different style of performance and there would be a different effect. In Greek Theatre we would

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of forbidden love. The whole play demonstrates Romeo and Juliet meeting, falling in love, marriage and tragic end, which all happens within five days. The two lovers are both from different family’s, the Montague and the Capulets. The dilemma with this is that these families have a hatred for each other making it difficult for the two to ever be with each other. Beside the fact their families hating each other, The play contains more reasons why Romeos and Juliets love is forbidden.

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, main characters, Romeo and Juliet, recognize a passionate love for each other at first sight. Without truly knowing one another, beyond physical appearances, they fall blindly in love. Their idealistic love is blind to the reality of their feuding families. The lovers do no reveal their feelings openly to each other until the famous Balcony Scene when they discover that their feelings are mutual. Despite having an unbreakable bond, Romeo and Juliet are faced with obstacles that stand in the way of their true love.