Chloe Perfect Mrs. Hetzel 1/2 4/12/24 Response to Literature Quiz: Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 In the play, “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare, two families, the Montagues and Capulets, have strong hatred for each other, so strong that they try to kill each other, even getting citizens to join the fight. The son of the Montagues, Romeo Montague, and the daughter of the Capulets, Juliet Capulet, fall in love with each other. Later on they both committed suicide and their deaths finally put an end to the Montagues and Capulets fighting. At the beginning of the play, we meet Romeo’s cousin Benvolio. An archetype that best exemplifies Benvolio is as a sidekick archetype because he helped comfort Romeo when he felt sadness over Rosaline's rejection.
Act 1: Act 1 opens with Gregory and Sampson who are Capulet men, in a Verona marketplace. They proceed to pick a fight with a Montague servant. A street brawl erupts which is temporarily halted by Benvolio who is one of Romeo's best friends. Tybalt arrives and starts the fight up again. Brief moments of fighting later and the Prince of Verona himself stops the fight.
1) The following is the dialogue that Romeo says in Act 1 Scene 5 when he first lays eyes on Juliet: Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear, Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
I think everything so far in the play is important to the development of the whole story, because it allows the reader understand, and learn more about each individual character as well as their personalities and experiences , in depth. However, some parts are more important than others, and so If I had to choice cut out the least important ones I would choice four parts, none are which in a particular order. In Act 1 scene 1, the dialogue between Bernardo and Francisco. However, I would replace it with an epigraph because it the beginning of the setting, and it is longer then it should be. I would make short and straight to the main story.
Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of Act one, scene five is far more remarkable than Franco Zeffirelli’s since it draws more attention from the audience while fueling more excitement when Romeo and Juliet first meet. Within Luhranmann’s version, Romeo attends Capulet’s party just like Zeffirelli’s but Luhranmann’s perception was a lot more visually appealing. The location, costumes, colors and music create an enhancing mix that is more eye-catching to the viewers. The party itself was modern looking that sets the scene to be a lot more relatable to today’s generation already gaining the interest of youngsters.
When naive young Romeo and Juliet meet each other and fall in love despite their families feud they become star-crossed lovers. Both lovers do everything in their power to be together. Their doomed fate induces problems and tragic endings as well as their own. Their deaths resolve the feud and teach the Capulets and Montagues a lesson. Their parents ' trivial feud kill the thing they loved the most.
Juliet thinks to herself about another capulet party with a bunch of drunks… “why can't I be introduced to a man that I actually like? IM NOT REALLY A FAN OF THIS BOY, NAMED PARIS”, juliet was thinking to herself and causing herself to get agitated. As she walks downstairs she see her parents waving her down with Paris. Paris is good looking man with lots of money. He is a dream guy with no chemistry with Juliet.
In Act 3, Scene 2, lines 115-124 of the play, Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, shows Juliet in distress as the news of Tybalts death, her cousin, and Romeo’s banishment, her husband creates a sorrow so deep it cannot be expressed by words. The enmity of the two households, the Capulets and the Montagues has led to many deaths in the play. In the beginning of the story, the clansmen of both families start fighting on the streets of Verona, which angered Prince Escalus, ruler of Verona, and declared that whoever disturbs the peace of the city, shall receive the death penalty. In the meantime, Romeo who is lovesick, thinking about Rosalie whom rejects his advances of courtship. The Capulets are holding a masque, and Romeo finds out and
There are many books and plays that have been written for our enjoyment, and they have been read aloud and enjoyed for years. A very important thing to take from any kind of story is a lesson you can learn from it, or the central idea that it's portraying. The main idea that is illustrated in this play is that we should have goodness of heart and a brave spirit in all our thoughts and deeds. Such inner qualities will benefit anyone's life and help them become a more well-rounded person.
Similar to a parasite, Juliet, the daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is a character who is very dependent and doesn’t formulate her own opinion. So, throughout the course of the story, Juliet develops her own thoughts and continuously becomes more independent according to the experiences she faces, consisting of disobeying her parents, falling deeply in love with Romeo and finally accomplishing her liberty. William Shakespeare has created Juliet by interpreting her as a character who has transferred from a dependent person to an independent person. For instance, while Juliet was asking the nurse about the fight between Romeo and Tybalt, Juliet says, “What storm is this that blows so contrary? / Is Romeo slaughtered and is Tybalt dead?”(3.2.70-71).
The most true love stories that humans read, always end in a happy endings, but in the “Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” by the famous writer William Shakespeare and in the “Pyramus and Thisbe,” by the classic author Edith Hamilton. Both stories end in anything but a happily ever after. The lovers of these passages risk many things, and turns them to there future of death. These events that occur to the main characters lead to love, bad consequences, and no more life. The decisions made by the dramatic characters have a greater impact on the characters in these texts, leading to their death.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is the story of two star crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet’s love was hidden because they were forbidden to date as they were from the two opposing houses in Verona; Capulet’s and Montague’s. Names are important in this tragedy as the reason there was so much tragedy was based on the two teenagers having to hide their love from everyone and the weight that responsibility bared on them. In this play names divide characters and define people as well as they divide the city in two based on your last name. Before the play even begins, the prologue immediately in act 1, the hatred for the opposing families is made clear especially with Tybalt, who throughout the play, is the most vocal about his hatred and the clear division between the two families.
Then Capulet sends out invitations to his annual masquerade ball. Romeo, seeing Rosaline’s name on the list, decides to go to the party. Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio (Benvolio’s friend) go to the ball at the Capulet’s house. Once inside Romeo sees Juliet across the room and instantly falls in love with her. Romeo then talks to Juliet and the both feel a very strong attraction to each other.
In Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet, the fight scene between the Montagues and Capulets, including the scenes proceeding it up until the banishment of Romeo, creates a tense feeling inside of the reader. What better way of increasing this feeling, then by adding music that has such a tune. The song Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes has a very low pitched tune in the beginning of the song that continues throughout it until the end. This tune is such that it helps to enhance the dark moments. In addition, the lyrics of the song apply to the situation.
As shown throughout various pieces of literature, people often fall in love when they believe the world is against them and that the person they fall in love with is the only one who understands their agony. Act 2 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, one of the many plays written by William Shakespeare, is an example of this. In this scene Romeo and Juliet, the two primary characters confess their love on a balcony. Shakespeare depict the rash and often irreversible decisions people make when love and nihilism unite.
