“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefor art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” In their eyes, as well as many others, love comes above all else. Two forbidden lovers do whatever they can to be together. Even if it means killing others and themselves. And with all the obstacles they go through, they can never be happy together. In the novel Romeo and Juliet, author William Shakespeare implies the idea that people will do anything for love even if it could end badly. They take insane risks for it; this becomes clear to readers when Romeo and Juliet kill themselves so they wouldn’t have to live without the other. Additionally people who aren’t necessarily in love themselves try to keeps others love unharmed, perfect, and save it. Romeo and Juliet took risks for each other from the second they laid eyes on the other. …show more content…
“Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame, that cop’st with death to himself to ‘scape from it; and thou dare’st, I’ll give thee remedy.” The Friar came up with an elaborate plan to save the love that would otherwise be ruined. “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. [finding Romeo’s dagger] O, happy dagger! This is shy sheath! [stabs herself] There rust, and let me die. [dies]” She found him dead and took the gigantic risk of killing herself. This was all for love. The Friar, Romeo and Juliet all tried to help and save their love.
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefor art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” The idea the people will do anything for love even if it could end badly. And take insane risks for it. Such as coming up with sneaky schemes, killing themselves, etc. Events similar to those occur all throughout the story Romeo and
" Neither Romeo nor Juliet even hesitated or doubted their decision for a second. For one another, there was never another option. The two were so deeply in love that they would have rather been six feet underground together, than to be alive without each other. It's an extreme act of true love, and shows that love is in fact violent.
O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die. “(5.3) It show’s how now that romeo is dead because he didn’t get the memo that she was faking it, (because he was exiled) he killed himself. Then Juliet didn’t want to live in a world without her true
Famously known as the star-crossed lovers from rival households, Romeo and Juliet depicts William Shakespeare’s definition of a tragedy a play ending with the protagonists’ death. However, they are also notable for their impulsive decisions which eventually leading to their suicide. For example, Romeo falling in love with Juliet within minutes of seeing her at the Capulet’s party, “For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (I, v, 51) as he was heartbroken over Rosaline earlier that day. Yet, Romeo and Juliet are not to blame for their downfall.
II. Comparison and Contrast: These two literary pieces are one of the saddest love stories in literature. In most romances, their love bloomed slowly and their love was truly above all and became the purpose of their lives, loving each other till their last breath. These two literary pieces are one of the best stories that I’d ever read, and it was so wonderful and breathtaking, reading this gave me a thrill of suspense, while thinking how to compare and contrast between the two literary pieces, the common is that both are all about love and tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is forbidden to fall in love because of their family having an ongoing feud, and had a love at first sight, they are expressing their love secretly and privately for their family
Both Romeo and Juliet would rather die for each other than be without each other. The play demonstrates true commitment; that truly committed people would rather die for each other then be permanently
Love is one of the most important feelings on Earth. In some way, everyone has felt it: for their family, friends, or significant other. Recklessness and the consequences of one’s own actions is one of the most prevalent themes in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s writing demonstrates how far people are willing to go for love through Romeo and Juliet’s progressively reckless and rash decisions. Romeo risks it all for the ones he loves, which leads to his demise.
Romeo and Juliet Essay Oftentimes, when too many people get involved with a couples love, love becomes a tragedy. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the true love of Romeo and Juliet is diminished as characters passions, feelings and views on traditions interfere with Romeo and Juliet's true love. Too many opinions and feelings fell into the mix and ended up turning a young innocent teenage love, into a romantic tragedy. Several character are liable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Capulet’s strict and unsupportive behavior, Tybalt's quick tempered behavior and Friar Lawrence's misjudgment in his advice all play a crucial part in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Heartbroken to see him dead,she kisses him hoping for a kiss of death but she had no luck. She spots a dagger on Romeo and seals her own fate ,”Oh happy dagger,this is thy sheath!”. In the end,the King and Queens of the Montagues and the Capulets are brought together in woe grieving over their dead children. If it were not the pressure between the two kingdoms, the couple would not have to perform such a drastic act of
Juliet’s tragic downfall began when Romeo killed Tybalt, banishing himself to a lifetime of separation from her. Emotionally demolished by his sentence, Romeo says, “ Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death’”, indicating that Romeo would rather die than be banished from Verona. Romeo’s banishment by the Prince then causes Juliet and the Friar to come up with the idea to drink a potion that portrays Juliet to be as still as death. Once Romeo believes that Juliet is no longer alive, he makes another rash decision to bribe an apothecary for poison.
“Romeo is banned from Verona, which leads to him to seek out some pretty bad advice and guidance from Friar Laurence.” (Shmoop.com). The news Romeo receives is that Juliet is dead and in the Capulet's tomb Romeo does not know abou the fact he is supposed to be at Juliet's side when she wakes. Romeo is not aware of Juliet and Friar Lawrence's plan with the potion so in turn he takes his own life thinking Juliet is really dead. When Juliet wakes she finds Romeo dead next to her, she takes Romeo's dagger and stabbed it into her chest killing herself.
When Juliet and Romeo were faced with a conflict, they would act based upon their emotions rather than coming up with rational solutions that would benefit both parties. They were only thinking in the moment, and not of the future consequences. Unfortunately, their rash decisions led to tragic incidents and the deaths of friends, family, and themselves. The problematic impulsiveness from the main characters could be taken as a moral, that love can control one’s mind to behave recklessly, leading to troubling
By studying their behaviors, future similar teenage tragedies can be prevented. Many of Romeo and Juliet’s actions can be attributed to hormones in their developing brain, which led them to emotional and impulsive behaviors. For example, Romeo quickly changed interests from Rosaline to Juliet. One moment he was focused on Rosaline and the next on Juliet. This shows that Romeo could not control his impulses.
Each and every day, people make sacrifices for their loved ones. Maybe they choose to get up earlier in order to do chores or miss an important meeting so that they would have time for each other. There is no greater example of sacrifices for loved ones than in Romeo and Juliet however, where Shakespeare explores two star-crossed lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, who come from two families that have a deep hatred towards each other. The pair meet each other, secretly wed, and then in order to stay together, commit suicide out of despair and distress. Through Romeo and Juliet’s acts of defiance and sacrifice, Shakespeare proves that while hate has the power to destroy and kill, love is even more powerful as it has the power to transform.
“It seems to me, that love could be labeled poison and we’d drink it anyway”, says Atticus. This quote means that love can be dangerous, but we, as humans, are willing to take the risk in order to find happiness. This quote relates to Romeo and Juliet because Romeo and Juliet knew that there would be so many risks falling in love with each other, but they were willing to take those risks because they love each other. In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers whose love for each other shows, in the way, they are willing to die for each other, the way they forgive each other, and the way they are willing to leave their families for each other.
In reference to the bold statements of the younglings throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet, it could be said that they were willing to ‘risk it all’, despite the circumstances they were under. These two lovers, being described as “star-crossed”, propelled the storyline in a way that was facile for conflicts to form, all of which were a result of their forbidden love (Prologue 5). Over the short course of time during the period in which their story had taken place, Shakespeare asserted the impression that all these conflicts were caused by a cruel overwhelming fate, sheer accident, and by their own willfulness. All these facets of the plot coalesced and attributed to the bringing about of Romeo and Juliet’s untimely and unfortunate death.