“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Act II. Scene ii. Line 33). A famous line spoken by the heroine of the play Romeo and Juliet. Our heroine Juliet goes through many conflicts through the course of this play. From rushing into marriage, to being torn between Tybalt and Romeo, to killing herself to be with her beloved. Yet throughout the play Juliet shows us that she isn’t the quiet and obedient girl she was portrayed as in the beginning, because as she meets and falls in love with Romeo she is loving, witty, loyal, and strong. In Act II Romeo goes to visit Juliet but as he is hidden she does not notice him until he makes himself seen. As Romeo is hidden he overhears Juliet confessing her love for him and asking of him to give up the name of Montague and in return she will give up the …show more content…
Romeo has heard that Juliet is dead, but as he was never informed of what Juliet and the Friar had planned he does not know that she is not truly dead. As Juliet awakens from her death-state she is greeted by the Friar and she ask where her beloved is. As the Friar shows her that Romeo is dead as well as Paris, he informs her that the watchmen are on there way here and that they should leave now or be caught. Juliet denies him and says she will stay there and join her Romeo in death. As the Friar leaves Juliet looks at her beloved and realizes that he has drunk poison in which to kill himself and she looks to see if there is a drop left in which she could use. There is no poison left and she kisses him on the s lips in hopes that there will be some poison that had remained clinging to his lips. She is disappointed to find none left. She soons hears the Watchmen approaching and she spots Romeo’s dagger. She takes his dagger and says, “This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die,” (V.iii.170). She stabs herself and then falls to the ground soon to be with her beloved. Showing that she would do anything for
Soon after Romeo killing himself to be with Juliet, Juliet wakes up only to see the love of her life dead in front of her, which results in Juliet killing herself. Friar Laurence
When she woke up Friar arrived, what a surprise. After he surveyed the scene he left Juliet with a dagger and ran, as shown here “Oh, good, a knife! My body will be your sheath.” (Juliet Pg 90 Lines 182-183) She ended up using the dagger to kill herself.
“O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” ( Act 2, Scene 2,Line 33) This legendary quote is from the one and only book Romeo and Juliet by Williams Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is a book about lovers from opposing families. Their journey of love caused many deaths through the journey including theirs.
Juliet does not wish to get married to Paris, since she had married Romeo, and still, no one has found out. Friar helps Juliet, friar gives Juliet a potion to drink, this will make her look dead for two days, when she is actually sleeping. Romeo is been banished from Verona because of two deaths, Tybalt and Mercutio. While Juliet has drunk this, romeo has no clue what is going on. Friar sends a letter, as he send this letter, he send out Friar John a messenger to give his letter to Romeo, but it does not get to him.
When Juliet threatens to kill herself rather than marry paris, Friar proposes a plan. “ take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off… shall Romeo by my letters know our drift. And hither shall he come.” Friar tells Juliet to drink a herbal essence that will cause her to seem dead. THinking that she is really dead, her sorrowing family will take her to the Capulet tomb, where Friar and Romeo will wait secretly for her to regain consciousness.
Meantime I writ to Romeo, which he should come as this terrible night, To help to take her from her borrowed tomb, being the time the potion's force should cease. "Unfortunately, the messenger arrived too late for Romeo had received a message but not from the messenger Friar Lawrence sent but from his servant Balthazar. The message Balthazar spoke of basically stated that Juliet was dead. When Romeo saw Juliet in the tomb, he thought she was dead, so he killed himself. Then Juliet awoke and noticed Romeo was dead she then to kill herself.
After the party scene Romeo notices himself searching the Capulet palace for Juliet. Out of all the rooms in such an enormous home, Romeo finds Juliet standing on a balcony outside her room. Destiny brings them together continuing their tragic end. The most well known quote in Romeo and Juliet is, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Act 2, scene 2, line 33).
In the morning, the nurse discovers her and pronounces her dead. Of all the things the Friar has done so far, giving Juliet the poison is the worst of his actions. As the Friar’s plan goes, Romeo did not receive the letter from the servant describing the situation of how Juliet is not dead, only sleeping. Romeo then kills himself when he sees his ‘dead’ wife, and when Juliet rises only to see her dead husband, she ends her life with a
He had given Juliet, who was begging for help, a small vial containing the liquid that would fake Juliet’s death. When the time had come, he depended too much on Friar John, and Romeo received the wrong news. Romeo had thought that Juliet was dead and went back to Verona with a bottle of poison to kill himself. Quickly, Friar Lawrence ran to stop him, only to find Romeo dead and Juliet waking up.
The family controversy between the Capulets and Montagues caused the death of Juliet, Tybalt, and Lady Montague. However, Shakespeare never indicated why the families never got along. Furthermore, Tybalt died, simply because he wanted to duel Romeo, and Romeo won. On the other hand, Juliet committed suicide after seeing Romeo had drunk poison. Also, after Romeo had passed, his mother, Lady Montague, had died from grief.
Romeo sees what he thinks is Juliet lifless and cold. He professes his love for her and kisses her. Romeo says, "Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!/ Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on/ The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark! Here's to my love (drinking)/ Oh true apothecary/
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet. For centuries William Shakespeare has been influencing society. We perform his plays, quote his writings, analyze his sonnets.
“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.
[Romeo Returns] [Juliet appears in a window above] Juliet- Oh my god. Juliet- Oh Romeo.
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.)