Shortly following Tybalt’s death in Act III, Scene II, the misinformed Juliet states in line 120 “ But with a rearward following Tybalt’s death, Romeo is banished… all dead… there is no end…” Juliet’s emotions cause her to imagine her world filled with death and the downfall from the conflict between Romeo and Tybalt is only beginning. Not only does this bring her vision of everyone facing an untimely end into the realm of possibility, it also reveals that this could occur at any moment, with the prince as the authoritative figure, he recognizes the ongoing feud and is taking action to try and end it. However, Juliet is unhappy with the Prince’s decision and her tone suggests that she might take drastic measures to be happy once again. In
Wert thou as young as I, Juliet thy love, An hour but married, Tybalt murderèd, Doting like me, and like me banishèd, Then mightst thou speak, then mightst thou tear thy hair, And fall upon the ground as I do now, Taking the measure of an unmade grave.” (Shakespeare, 3.3.64) Romeo is talking about how the idea of banishment is tearing him apart. The Friar had told him that he would be banished from Juliet and taken away. He is upset at the families for not relishing the hatred that was created long ago. The jealousy of the Montagues and Capulets is blinding them.
This progresses the death of Romeo and Juliet in multiple ways. Mercutio's death made Romeo seek revenge, his revenge was taken in the form of killing Tybalt.(Enotes, mlsldy3) After the death of Mercutio, Romeo is largely blamed for Tybalt's death, even though Mercutio had an outrageous impact on his death. Their deaths further ruining the relationship between the Montagues and Capulets. With the strengthening hate between the two families it separates the young two even more. But it doesn't end there, Tybalt's end has a large effect on the Capulets, including Juliet.
Themes of Romeo and Juliet~ The Force of Fate The two star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, had a fate that they could not escape. The play Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare.
Juliet 's apparent death reveals the reactions and true emotions that her parents, The nurse and Paris felt towards her. Act 4 scene 5 starts with a humorous and eager tone but suddenly switches to a more sorrowful and sad tone as soon as the nurse discovers Juliet’s pale dead body. They were shocked and upset because it meant to be juliet 's wedding night. Their attitude and reaction shows us the importance of Juliet in their lives. Their relationships with Juliet in the past have an impact on the way they reacted.
Have you ever read a book, story or play where character struggle with powerful forces or obstacles? The play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Romeo a Montague has many obstacles to get to his beloved Juliet a Capulet. Between their families with their ancient feud, his banishment, then getting falsely told that Juliet was dead. There was a lot to overcome just to find a dead-end.
Destiny or Decisions Everywhere, teenagers make impulsive decisions that either positively or negatively affect them. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by playwright William Shakespeare, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are family foe’s that mistakenly fall in love. The unexpierienced, young couple tries to develop their secret relationship too fast, and the play ends after the lover’s traumatic suicides. In the play, the couple mentions how their relationship is “star-crossed” in that they are not fated to be together. However, these teenagers have been in many serious circumstances giving rise to their deaths and have overlooked the fact that their choices are what mainly determined their futures.
The desperation and sacrifice in this story are obvious when Romeo and Juliet are willing to betray their families to be together. This is shown again when Romeo is to be exiled to Mantua for killing Tybalt, and Romeo tells Friar Lawrence to “Be merciful, say death.” (Shakespeare, 874-875). The final detail in this story that shows the desperation of Romeo and
A point in which the Friar has a limited period of time to reunite Juliet with Romeo in opposition to his new title of a criminal. For example, Lady Capulet stands at the scene where Tybalt's lifeless body lays, she declares that Romeo, being a Montague, “ speaks not true” pleading the Prince for justice as she believes that since “ Romeo slew Tybalt” he “ must not live”( 3. 1. 169-174). Tension increases and Romeo’s life is threatened by the Capulets’; his presence much despised. As Romeo is banished, Juliet falls into sorrow.
Romeo is extremely lovesick and unsure what to do with himself without Rosaline. But, within a matter of seconds of seeing Juliet he completely forgets about his love and sets himself up on a collision course with disaster. Romeo’s impetuousness causes him great trouble after seeing his cousin-in-law, Tybalt, murder his best friend, Mercutio. Momentarily after Tybalt returns to the scene of
Choice the Deciding Factor The two iconic lovers, Romeo and Juliet, by choice they both decide to remain together forever. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the two lovers’ have the ability to change what the prologue says by changing their actions which would ultimately lead to their deaths. This is shown at the beginning, middle, and the end of the play. To begin, one can witness in the beginning of the play, choices made by Romeo and Juliet that lead to their demise.
During the fight Romeo end up killing Tybalt , the cousin of Juliet and here is the turning point. Romeo was trying to build a good relationship with Juliet’s family members to be able to receive their support at the time of marrying Juliet. But instead he ends up receiving a banishment from
ACT V SCENE I. Mantua. A street Enter Romeo ROMEO If dreams are real, My dreams have some joyful news; My heart full of love; And all today an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me up with cheerful thoughts.
This is a fact that a multilingual person enjoys pleasures of life more than a person who speaks only one or two languages and English has the highest priority. English carries certain features and it has a great portfolio of literature. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses a simile to portray Romeo’s amazement and wonder at Juliet’s beauty: “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! / Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, / Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear.” In this simile, Romeo is beginning the motif of light vs. darkness, where Juliet is always a spotless shining light, and everything becomes dark and shady around her.
Tara Jahns Ms. Zita Szigeti Language and Literature Advanced 9 9th of March 2015 English Essay Summative Assessment of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is such an interesting play because even now, five hundred years later we are still talking and learning about this play. It is so relatable till date because people fall in love now as Romeo and Juliet did, families fight, as the Montagues and Capulets did. We can relate to each character in some. Which is what makes this play so compelling and lets it live, five hundred years later. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of two lovers, separated by an epic feud of their two houses (Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet.)
