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Fate and free will in romeo and juliet
Introduction to analysis of Romeo and Juliet
Fate and free will in romeo and juliet
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In this paragraph, Juliet is oxymoronic and uses paradoxes to give expression and to show that she is conflicted. The first line, “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!” is revealing that Juliet is not very forgiving towards Romeo for killing her cousin and thinks that his bad character got masked by his good looks and charm. This first line doesn’t have an oxymoron in it however the point of it is to show the audience that Juliet’s first reaction towards the incident is not good. Lines two and four are where she begins to use oxymora and it states, “Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!
I have chosen one of the key people in this book that led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliette is Friar Laurence. I am choosing to punish the Friar because in act 2 Romeo went to his church and told him they would like to get married. Even after the Friar said that this was not true love, the only reason was that she was a pretty girl and that “man's heart lives in man's eye.” He still agreed to marry them. This shows that he didn’t care if they loved each other and was more concerned about the ongoing fight between the families.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Juliet when juliet is told that Romeo killed Tybalt she uses a hateful attitude toward Romeo using diction to help create her attitude in the passage. In act III scene ii after the nurse tells Juliet Romeo has killed Tybalt her attitude changes toward Romeo from being in love with him to a hateful tone. For example she states ”Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical (3.2.81).” This shows Juliet attitude by when she says fiend angelical she compares Romeo to pretty much a devilish angel. When she refers to him as a devilish angel Juliet is saying how Romeo has a bad side like the devil where it’s evil and has soul but,then refers to as a angel where it’s nice kind person.
The Conflicted Heart Juliet reveals that she is guilty about Tybalt’s death yet more devastated about Romeo’s banishment, evidentially taking Romeo’s side. Juliet’s husband, Romeo, kills her cousin, Tybalt. This act results in the banishment of Romeo which makes it impossible for him to come and see her. After hearing the dreadful news, Juliet begins to ponder whose side to take in this situation, her husband’s or her family’s. Midway through her dialog, she convinces herself that she should not cry because Tybalt would have killed her husband.
George Washington once said, “Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.” In Act 4, Scene 3 of his play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare proves this point. By showing Juliet in a manic, anxiety ridden state, while in the midst of a life or death situation brought on by her own actions, Shakespeare provides evidence for Washington’s claim. By showcasing Juliet’s panicked mind, through his use of imagery and repetition of rhetorical questions, Shakespeare characterizes Juliet as being anxious and paranoid.
“I’ll look to like, if looking liking move” (21). The conversation was about the arranged marriage in which Juliet don’t even know whom she is going to marry. Shakespeare demonstrates Juliet’s innocence through dialogue, metaphor and imagery. Juliet’s innocence is proven through the use of dialogue that showcasing her immaturity and obedience.
Act 1 Passage Quiz This passage has the structure of a sonnet since it is written in iambic pentameter, has the same rhyming scheme and the correct number of lines. For starter, the passage is written in iambic pentameter, which means that one syllable is unstressed, while the other is stressed. An example of this is in line 4, the word to, is unstressed, while smooth is stressed, and the pattern continues... In addition, the passage includes the correct rhyming pattern of a sonnet.
“O happy dagger, this is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die” (Shakespeare 799) This quote is an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. This quote is explaining how Juliet Capulet, a young girl who is in love with Romeo Montague, says she wants to die because of her lover’s death. It shows the dramatic effect of the play, and how it portrays catharsis, the most important literary device in the play.
Juliet tells friar she wants to kill herself and the friar says have fun with that and also here's a potion called the “potato rots till you rot”. Juliet says I will take it ,the friar says I haven’t even told what to do as Juliet runs off and goes to her room and drinks the potion and lies on her bed. After hours the her goat wakes her up and Juliet lies there dead, then the goat screams like a human and lord and lady Capulet come and see that she is dead. As they take her body to the grave place Benvolio sees and decides to ruin the plan (like always)and he goes inform romeo as a butterfly delivers a message to Romeo from friar but got distracted by a bombing. Benvolio makes tells romeo and he to her grave and lies right next to her talking
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scenes 1-3 EandC Theme: An individual (especially women) must set aside his/her desires to fulfill societal (family, friends, political authority, and even religious expectations. Quote: Juliet states, in response to Lady Capulet’s talk of marriage, “It is an honor that I dream not of” (1.3.72). Then when Lady Capulet and Nurse are done persuading her, Juliet replies that “I'll look to like, if looking liking move” (1.3.106); Analysis: Juliet has never thought about marriage and is not very enthusiastic about it.
Romeos and Juliets Death Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about two love-struck teens that eventually falls in love. They have to face obstacles just to find a way to be together and eventually have to secrednize their marriage. The characters Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Lord, Lady Capulet are primarily responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They all have things they did that leads to Romeo and Juliet’s departness. Also, the decisions they made and the problems they caused such as ruining true love.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, he tells the story of two people who fall in love, Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet. Their families have been feuding for as long as they can remember, making their love for one another very dangerous. The two go to extreme lengths to be with each other, but this eventually results in both of them losing their lives. Throughout this story, Shakespeare conveys through his use of syntax and diction with wrathful tone that hatred can make people act irrationally loyal, and this hatred can cloud one’s morals. We first see Shakespeare demonstrate the dangers that come from fighting without proper reason in the very beginning between the characters Tybalt and Benvolio.
This quote by Unknown states “When we make selfish decisions we destroy those left in the wake of our disaster.” In the tragic play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet’s selfish decision leave them and members in the play dead and others devastated. Romeo and Juliet caused their death by selfish decisions, rushing into serious situations, and their immaturity. The way they acted shows how they are most to blame for their own deaths. Romeo and Juliet caused their own death by their selfish decisions.
In William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Rome’s first feeling of fate is show as he says “Some consequence yet hanging in the starts“(I.iv.106). This clearly displays that Romeo has a feeling of independing doom or more specifically something terrible is bound to happen. His fate is hung by a thread that will break sooner or later. This quote is also shown as a foreshadow because Romeo eventually dies later on in the book. Secondly, Romeo kills Tylbalt out of anger from killing Mercutio then blames it on fate “O I am fortunes fool”(III.i.13).
Parents. Everyone has them, and everyone either loves them or hates them. They give their children a house to live in, provide food and water, raise and teach them valuable lessons. But do they know what's best for them? Parents don't know the answer to everything whether they have been in the situation before or not.
