How Does Shakespeare Create Sacrifice In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet + Just One Day, Passion and Sacrifice Gayle Forman's Just One Day and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet follow the star-crossed lovers trope with passion and sacrifice. Passion and sacrifice are a big hit in both stories and we can see them with similarities and differences. Romeo and Juliet were inseparable. They were together every second they had together. They were so desperate to be with each other that for them being apart it was so hard. In Just One Day when Allyson and Willem just met, they felt as if they’ve known each other since childhood. Yet Allyson and Willem were separated, they found their way back together. Their passion for each other helped with that. The passion that Romeo and Juliet had toward each other,

Romeo and Juliet both sacrificed their life. Every time they saw each other they sacrificed something. When Romeo killed Tybalt he had to leave because he was to die when he was seen. Romeo left and Juliet was so desperate that she wanted to kill herself. Romeo left and she was forced to marry Paris, she was ready to die rather than marry Paris. When Friar Laurence tells Juliet the plan she agrees. She sacrifices her life because after drinking the potion she may not wake up. In the end Romeo comes to Juliet and drinks the poison because he had no desire to live. After Romeo dies Juliet wakes up and kills herself to be with Romeo in peace. Their passion for each other took their lives. In Just one day Allyson sacrifices her trust with her mother. Willem says, “But you leave tomorrow,” he says. I can hear the drumbeat of my heart echo in my temples. “I don’t have to.” (page 129). She wants to sacrifice one more day to be with him. She doesn’t tell her mother and leaves for Paris with a stranger. The similarities between Romeo and Juliet and Just One Day also have to do with the sacrifices made by the main characters. Romeo and Juliet sacrifice their life, however Allyson sacrifices her trust with her mother and leaves for Paris with a stranger. Even though both have sacrifices that were made, they may be in different elements of a whole. For example Juliet and Romeo sacrifice their life, but Allyson sacrificed her internal feelings with her close