Human Condition In Romeo And Juliet

There exist myriad examples of literary works that explore the intricacies of the human condition, wherein characters are propelled forward by their own urges and emotions. However, among the countless tales that have attempted to depict the human psyche, none have done so as effectively as the renowned playwright William Shakespeare in his seminal work "Romeo and Juliet," and the award-winning film "Letters to Juliet" by Gary Williams. This essay aims to demonstrate that in both "Romeo and Juliet" and "Letters to Juliet," there is a pervasive undercurrent of human conduct that shapes the narrative. Specifically, Shakespeare portrays human conduct as a destructive force that tears apart even the strongest bonds of love, while "Letters to Juliet"

Her death will remove her pain that she has from the human condition of grief. With that grief she uses the knife that Romeo used to kill her cousin which started the downfall of their love with her lover's blade delivering the strike that kills juliet. The symbolism of Juliet killing herself with the blade of her lover shows the cruel nature of love as the blade represents the thing that destroyed their love with the blade being the end of their marriage.This scene also symbolises the fact that both of the main characters died so the play will end. It is meant to feel sad to be a cautionary tale about life to furthermore the audience's understanding of human nature. These scenes also create a picture of Juliet letting the death of her love affect her so, as of the time of the play she was 14 which just by listening into details about the story you would connect with her rash and poorly thought out actions. Thus in the play of Romeo and Juliet the idea of human conduction in act 5 and scene 1 have strong connections to human conduction of greif with the point of the act being to end the play but with the twist of a warning of how if you let your emotions take over than they could have dire problems in the

This is shown With the parts of the play where Juliet kills herself this shows the human condition of ;love where it overtakes the fear of death. The film shows human condition when Charles races over to Sophie human condition is shown here of how far we go for love. In both parts of the film and the play human conduction is shown in a different light. In the film human conduction is shown as a driving light in the feeling of love with it being treated as a force of good. In the original play, the action of human conduction is the driving force of evil and sadness it is what drove Romeo and Juliet to die. In both media they talk about human condition which is a factual way of how human emotions and values affect the way we live this of course has changed over the years that is the point if the film letters to juliet to show how in today's world the value of human condition has changed and evolved into a new era of stories.There fore in the stories of romeo and juliet as well as letters to juliet both show the human mind and how it affect everyone of us as