Scrambling the letters in “William Shakespeare” yields interesting results. One outcome is we are all ships I make. In modern terminology, ships are one of two things. The first is common knowledge: a vessel used to travel the sea. The second, however, stems from a relationship. Shipping means to support a romantic relationship between two people. It’s ironic that William Shakespeare, the author of Romeo and Juliet, would have that exact anagram, because Romeo and Juliet are one of the most shipped couples in fictional history, with numerous songs, stories, movies, and books inspired by their tragic love story. Shakespeare is responsible for making these characters, further adding to the irony of we are all ships I make. Romeo and Juliet is one of the better known tragedies written by him. The obstacles they go through change them. Romeo and Juliet may not be the most innocent characters, but they are worthy of sympathy. Due to a feud between their families, the two can’t be together. Being together publicly would have extreme consequences. In the play, Juliet says, “Thou art thyself, though not a Montague…. O, be some other name.” Juliet loves …show more content…
Sure, all are punished, but what happens after the initial grieving? By not providing answers, the audience is bound to feel sympathy for Romeo and Juliet. In the play, they solved an everlasting problem and with the death of both a Montague and a Capulet child, the vendetta between the two families ended. The endings of both provide sympathy in different ways. In the play, the reader feels sympathetic because the only way to end the strife was with many deaths. In the movie, however, it’s unknown if the feud is over. Maybe everything they went through was for nothing. Maybe the numerous deaths were in vain, and the pair of lovers were doomed to die with no reason before they even knew each