Juliet is a hopeless romantic who will do anything for her lover Romeo; she would even go as far as deceiving her family and friends. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, we see that Juliet is someone who would go above and beyond for her lover who she barely meets but that doesn't stop the emphasized lust for Romeo. Throughout the play, we see that Juliet gives up everything in order to be with him even if that means she has to deceive her family in the process of trying to be with him. She chooses individual choice vs. tradition because she values her lover over her tradition which is to stay far away from the Montagues. Though love is a fundamental component of relationships, deception can be detrimental to one's existence. Shakespeare …show more content…
Take for instance when Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for a solution so she doesn't have to marry County Paris and while with Friar Lawrence she receives a sleeping potion and a plan and now she goes back to her father Lord Capulet to inform him that “ I have learned me to repent the sin of disobedient opposition to you and your behest, and am enjoined by holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here to beg your pardon. Pardon, I beseech you. Henceforward I am ever ruled by you” (IV.ii.18-23). This demonstrates Juliet deceiving side in order to fool her parents into believing that she has finally accepted her role as an obedient daughter. Because she chooses individual needs vs traditions in order to highlight her need to be with Romeo no matter the circumstance. This relates back to Juliet deceiving her family in order to be with Romeo because she tells them a lie about marrying County Paris and that she takes back everything she said to her father but that is not the case she is hiding her true emotions and feelings in order to fool them into believing that she has repented and is now …show more content…
In addition to lying to her family, Juliet also tricks Romeo into believing she has died as a result of that choice. Romeo would later commit suicide as a result of Juliet deceiving acts. Take, for example when Juliet drinks the sleeping potion she did not know this would effects others after taking the sleeping potion her lover Romeo would later come and kill himself because of her deceving acts he is so ready for death that he 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.⌝ O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (V.iii. 116-120). This demonstates Juliet deceiving not only her family but her lover Romeo because Juliet did not realize that her individual choice vs traditions can also hurt people since she has becomed selfish and not thinking of how other would react to her sudden death. Consequently, sinec Romeo was unawer of her plans it is why he killed himself because he believe that she had actually died she single handily not only deceive her entire family and friends but her husband and lover Romeo all because of her individual actions in not wanting to marry County Paris. Furthermore, not only Juliet fool her family for the sake of love but now has also deceived Romeo due to the fact that she hoped that Romeo would come and wake her
She also had fallen in love and was willing to risk things to be with him. Romeo let the best of the relationship get to him and didn't stick up for his friend. He was hiding after a big fight with Tybalt and ended up not getting a note Juliet passed to him to tell her she faked his death. He ended up finding out from people that she was "dead" and he felt the need to kill himself just so he can be with her spiritually. It turned out she wasn't dead and she ended he life for the same reason Romeo ended his.
Juliet came up with a plan to fake her death to complete her plan she needed a potion. She went to Friar Lawrence to get the potion; Friar Lawrence shouldn’t of given Juliet the potion understanding the future consequences of helping Juliet fake her death. As a result of Juliet faking her death there were repercussions romeo didn’t know that Juliet’s death was a hoax and the trauma of her death resulted in Romeo going to the apothecary to get poison.
Juliet would pretend to be dead to avoid marriage to Paris, and then would escape to Mantua with Romeo. Next, Capulet moved the wedding up, so when Romeo got word that Juliet was dead, he believed it to be true. Romeo poisons himself out of sorrow, and
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, trickery and deceit are both at the root of all of the obstacles Romeo and Juliet’s relationship faces. First, they have a wedding in secret. Then, when Juliet finds out she has been promised to another man, she doesn’t come clean to her parents. She instead, once again with the help of yet another ruse, fakes her death.
Romeo and Juliet are two of the most iconic characters of all time, and their tragic love story is one that is celebrated across the world. Unfortunately, their story also highlights some of the worst qualities in human nature, namely selfishness, dishonesty, and irresponsibility. To begin, Romeo and Juliet's selfishness caused a rift between their families that could have been avoided. Romeo's infatuation with Juliet led him to put his own desires first, without considering the repercussions of his actions. He never thought about the consequences of his love affair, or the consequences of his family's feud with the Capulets.
Fake Love There is a difference between love and infatuation. In the Play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo claims Juliet is the woman he is helplessly in love with and is destined to be with. Although he may think that he loves her, his desire is captivated by her looks. Throughout the play, it becomes more obvious through Romeo's words, history, and knowledge that he does not know the loyalty of love. “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 67-68)
Bridgette Stucky-Dorris Dr. Eicher English 8 13 February 2023 Dishonesty, Disobedience, Control In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, performed in 1595, the darker side of love is shown throughout the play. Juliet and Romeo are shown to do very dangerous things for each other, like harming themselves and lying to their family. There are many examples of the dark side of love, Juliet is dishonest, Romeo breaks rules, and Capulet is very hard on Juliet. Juliet shows the dark side of love through her dishonesty.
Juliet was deceitful when she answered “I have” (Shakespeare, 1997, p.61) to the nurse when she asked if Juliet had asked permission from her parents to have confession. This is an act of deceit because although her parents know about her having confession they don’t however know about her getting married. Her deception towards her parents led to her and Romeo’s death because the purpose of Juliet’s deceit to her parents was so her and Romeo can get married, and their secret marriage is the one that was making their decisions harder to make, like when Romeo having to deny the fight with Tybalt which resulted in having two lives taken and Romeo’s banishment, which in turn made Juliet fake her death that led to Romeo’s own death. So that’s why Juliet’s deception towards her parents led to her and Romeo’s
He deceived both Romeo’s and Juliet’s parents, and he deceived Paris, too. He married Romeo and Juliet knowing that it could
The neglection made it seem as if Romeo cared for her the most. Juliet’s state of mind was unsteady and she began to make unwise and impulsive decisions. Juliet eventually marries Romeo; the marriage is completely behind her parent’s backs. But the lying does not end here, Juliet also pretends to die. Her fake death causes hysteria among the Capulet because they are devastated.
At first, In Romeo and Juliet, the secrecy of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship was the thrill of their love, willfully lying in order to keep it alive. However, lies eventually began to backfire and eat away at their relationship. When Juliet lied to society about her death, Romeo unintentionally believed the news after not receiving her letter about the plan. Juliet was willing to fight for them with dishonesty, nevertheless, the fake death took a massive toll on Romeo. His large quantity of love for Juliet superseded any other values or emotions he had for himself, so he contemplated suicide.
when he finds out that Juliet is dead, but doesn’t know she faked her death. Then Romeo sets out in his sorrow to an apothecary and says, “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor: hold, there is forty ducats: let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins that the life-weary taker may fall dead and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as hasty powder fired doth hurry from the fatal cannon 's womb.” These quotes show you that Romeo is planning to kill himself because of Juliet faking her death, which Romeo doesn’t know about. In the end, Romeo kills himself by poison and dies by Juliet and then Juliet stabs herself and dies when she finds Romeo dead.
The play “Romeo and Juliet,” written by William Shakespeare is a world renowned tragedy which follows the story of two lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, who both originate from the city of Verona. At the beginning of the play, Juliet who is 13, is characterized as a young, naïve girl; who, after meeting Romeo is flung into adulthood very abruptly and goes through many different character developments. These character developments led Juliet to becoming a self-assured, loyal and knowing woman, whose choices, along with those of Romeo’s lead both to their untimely deaths. From the beginning of the play “Romeo and Juliet,” up until act 1, scene 5, where Juliet meets Romeo, Juliet is conveyed by William Shakespeare to be a young and naïve child. Juliet is seen in many occasions to follow her parent’s orders in spite of what she actually feels or thinks in order to please them.
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a play that is heavily influenced by social expectations and the need to uphold family honor. Romeo and Juliet lie frequently throughout the play due to the ongoing pressure to uphold the family name. Within each lie that is made, the relationship
Intro Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story about two star-crossed lovers. This play involves love, hate, death, violence, vengeance, and betrayal. Before Romeo and Juliet met, Romeo was in love with another girl called Rosalind. He was quite heartbroken when he was rejected as shown in this sentence in Act 1 Scene 1 “Out of her favour, where I am in love.” and “Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will!”.