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Plot
A brawl breaks out between two families The Capulets and Montagues. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future.
Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlier seen Romeo. Romeo admits that he is in love with Rosaline, a woman who does not return his affections. Benvoliotold him to forget this woman and find another.
Meanwhile, Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, seeks a girls named Juliet hand in marriage. Her father Capulet, though they were a happy match. Paris begins to win her heart.
The feast begins. A melancholy Romeo follows Benvolio and their witty friend Mercutio to Capulet’s house. Once inside, Romeo sees Juliet from a distance and instantly falls in love with her. As Romeo watches Juliet, a witch, a young Capulet. Romeo speaks to Juliet, and the two experience a profound attraction. They kiss, not even knowing each other’s names. When he finds out from Juliet’s nurse that she is the daughter of Capulet—his family’s enemy—he becomes upset. When Juliet learns that the young man she has just kissed is the son of Montague, she grows equally upset.
As he hides after the ball and sees Juliet in a window above the orchard and hears her speak his name. He calls out to her, and they exchange vows of love.
They soon get married.
The next day, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt who is Juliet's, cousin. has challenged Romeo to a a fight. Mercutio dies after getting stabbed from Tybalt.
Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s room that night, and at last they consummate their marriage and their love. Paris has moves the wedding up and Juliets is disdraught about it she poisoned herself to fall asleep as she didn't want to marry Paris. Her family think that she is dead and puts her to rest.
Romeo find out that Juliet is dead and decides to kill himself rather than live without her. He buys a vial of poison , then heads back to Verona to take his own life at Juliet’s tomb. Romeo comes upon Paris outside of the tomb, who is scattering flowers on Juliet’s grave. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. He enters the tomb, sees Juliet’s inanimate body, drinks the poison, and dies by her side. Just then, Friar Lawrence enters and realizes that Romeo has killed Paris and himself. At the same time, Juliet awakes. Friar Lawrence hears the coming of the watch. When Juliet refuses to leave with him, he flees alone. Juliet sees her beloved Romeo and realizes he has killed himself with poison. She kisses his poisoned lips, and when that does not kill her, buries his dagger in her chest, falling dead upon his body.
Discover why Shakespeares is alive and well
Has your family brawled with another family and something went terribly wrong. Someone died, you fell in love and the relationship was destroyed because your religion, culture and your parents disagreed.
I guess that you didn't want leave the one you love so you ran away or just got married without anyone knowing and knowing that you betrayed your family; Well that is what happen in William shakespeares play "Romeo & Juliet".
The arrange marriage
Themes
Love
In the play Romeo & Juliet love and hate are followed by many characters. Love is associated forever in Romeo & Juliet. The play has become an iconic story of love and passion in this geneation.
Love is an expectation of someone or something around the world with intensity of their feelings. Perhaps love is fate the romantical feeling you get fo each other infinite. In Romeo & Juliet love is very strongly represented in the play. It is embodied in the characters.
" a pair of star cross'd lovers take their life"
Romeo and Juliet kill themselves because their love was forbidden. Don't you remember that they killed themselve because they families are great enemies so their love can not exist. Love is an action with responsiblity says John Green that we us young people don't have much experience with it. Well we don't have much of it that is why we have so many modern samples today.
Hate
Have you ever had a bad break up, where you need a pay back reaction but you soon realise that something alot more exciting could happen. In Romeo & Juliet hate is just the opposite; it has a great intense, strong feel about the word hate.
The Montagues and Capulets are a massive sample in the play. The separate families can not stand each present. In Romeo & Juliet Tybalt's hate is a desire in the play. Hate is an "airy word" (an insult) to the tension and conflict to younger generations.
Shakespeare shows us that Love and Hate are interwined. As the families hatred focused on Romeo and Juliets lives.
The power and beauty of the language
"These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and power,
Which, as they kiss, consume."
Shakespeares language, is a strong powerful elicit and illustrative, heart falling or evoke feedback. His reputation is well known and that is why Romeo & Juliet still alive and read after 400 years. His mastery clear visual language shape the characters in all of his script and protrays all of his plots.
Character Foils
The contrast with each others characters to make various traits in the play. They are opposite and they can show flaws and strengths.
The Nurse and Lady Capulet are two different foils. There different pesonailties the Nurse is earthy, humoured, warm and loving. Whilst Lady Capulet is formal, refined and she is detached from Juliet.
Mercutio on the other hand is as real as they can be. He enjoys life, he loves to tease Romeo about love and the way he expresses his feelings.
Modern examples
Shakespeare had proved many today films and novels. A big one that was made of his major scripts is the Titanic. Upon it's release in 1997 it achieved critical and commercial success. Nominated for fourteen academy award. The 'Titanic' is sure the number one film.
It is a comparison to 'Romeo & Juliet. It's an adaption to the main characters desire on being in love and a tragic event. A 17 year olg girl Rose DeWitt Bukater, her fiancé Cal Hockley aboard the luxiuos Titanic. Ruth emphasizes that Rose's marriage will resolve the DeWitt Bukaters' financial problems. Distraught over the engagement, Rose considers jumping from the stern; Jack Dawson, a penniless artist, convinces her not to. After saving his finane' life, he thought jack deserved an award. He invited him to dine with in first class the following night. Jack and Rose develope a very intense friendship.
Rose secretly sneaks of to join Jack in a third class party; don't you remember that Romeo snuck of the Capulets ball. Aware of Cal and Ruth's disapproval, Rose declines Jack's advances, and prefers him over her finance Cal.
Rose takes Jack back to her room where he then painted a nude picture of her. There was a witness of there doing and cal finds out, he also finds the painting and his engagement gift that he gave Rose in Jack's safe. When Jack and Rose were about to Cal about the collision he wanted his revenge on Jack so he slipped the necklace in to Jack's pocket and claimed thta he stole it. Jack was soon arrested.
With the ship sinking Jack was handcuffed to a pipe in the Master-at-arms office, Rose, Cal and her mother aboared the life boat and they rescued Jack.The ship breaks in half, lifting the stern into the air. Jack and Rose ride it into the ocean. The boat was only buoyant to hold one passanger so Jack to her that she will die and old women. He then dies of hypothermia. She is know safe.
In the movie Titanic, Jack says,
"Life is a gift." He adds, "and I don't intend on wasting it", he saved his one and only love, her life was more important than his <3.