“Farewell, my love, until we meet again someday, somewhere.” -Unknown. This quote talks about how lovers who have been separated make a promise or wish to see the other once again, no matter what goes in their way or how long it would take. In the play Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare, the reader finds a pair of star crossed lovers who go by the names of Romeo and Juliet. In this play they see these two lovers get crushed by the expectations of their family names when they find out they are of the different families Montague and Capulet, forbidding their love. Throughout the play the reader sees them experience love, passion, hardships, tragedy, and in the end of it all, death. At the end of this play both Romeo and Juliet kill themselves after …show more content…
“The beautiful Rosaline whom you love so much will be at the Capulet’s traditional feast, along with every beautiful woman in Verona.” -Benvolio. In Act 1, Scene 2 we see how Romeo's ‘love’ for Rosaline is what urges him to go to the feast, hence leading to the start of this whole affair. “Who is the girl on the arm of that lucky knight over there?” -Romeo. This is the first time Romeo lays eyes on Juliet while at the feast, and it's love at first sight. He goes on about how beautiful she is and how she outshines any woman. “When this dance is over, I’ll see where she stands, and then I'll touch her hand with my rough and ugly ones.” -Romeo. This shows how love has compelled Romeo to go to Juliet. Afterwards, the reader witnesses how they slowly fall more and more in love with each other. “The only man I love is the son of the only man I hate! I saw him too early without knowing who he was, and I found out who he was too late! Love is a monster for making me fall in love with my worst enemy.” -Juliet. After their first interaction we now can see how Juliet has fallen in love with Romeo. They are both involved with each other now because love brought them together. Hence becoming the reason for the start of the whole …show more content…
Throughout the entire play Romeo and Juliet make a lot of really underthought decisions because they are blinded by their love for each other. In the end these decisions lead to their death. “Is it really true? Then I rebel against you, stars! You know where I live. Get me some ink and paper, and hire some horses to ride. I will leave here for Verona tonight.” -Romeo. Romeo plans to set out to verona out of an act of love for Juliet even as he believes her to be dead. “I’ll take this mixture, which is a medicine, not a poison, to Juliet's grave. That’s where I must use it” -Romeo. Here the reader can identify that Romeo plans on killing himself for the sake of his love for Juliet. Later after love devours Romeo and he kills himself, Juliet wakes up to see his dead body resting there. “Oh, noise? Then I’ll be quick. Oh, good, a knife! My body will be your sheath. Rust inside my body and let me die.” -Juliet. With that we have the end of Romeo and Juliet, where their love for eachother ended up clouding up any rational
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare where two star crossed lovers died and there are many people who’s at fault for the death of the two lovers, but fate also portrayed a role in their deaths. Friar Lawrence, the Capulets and Montagues, the nurse, Romeo and Juliet also played a role in the deaths of the two lovers and could have prevented the deaths by not making foolish mistakes. Many people led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Starting with Romeo and Juliet, both were unreasonable and didnt think about their actions. They rushed into what they thought was right and didn’t take time to think of the consequences.
Juliet’s brashness also resulted in her suicide. She shows her happiness to die when she says, “This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” (5.III.170). Juliet’s immediate suicide shows how brash she is and her inability to think before she acts. Their conjoined flaws led to Romeo and Juliet’s ultimate demise, the defining factor of their
Romeo’s impulsive nature gets him into trouble so he starts acting purely off of his emotions. Lastly, Romeo choosing to act off of emotion rather than logic leads to multiple deaths. When Romeo hears the news of Juliet’s death, he immediately decided he wanted to die with her. He sets out to find poison so he can lay himself to death in the Capulet's tomb. He drinks it, and with a final statement Romeo declares, “Here’s to my love [drinks] O true apothecary!
Without knowing if Romeo got the letter or not she drank the potion. Romeo had thought she was actually dead. He went to the apothecary to get poison to kill himself and lie right beside Juliet’s side. When he got to Juliet’s tomb he said The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss / A dateless bargain to engrossing death / Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!
The Death of Romeo and Juliet The star crossed lovers tried to overcome a substantial amount of challenges in order to live the loving and affectionate life they intended for, however given their circumstances, they were ill fated. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, the couples marriage was cut short due to a series of events caused by multiple characters in the play. Characters such as the couples themselves could have been held responsible for their death due to their reckless decisions influenced by love and immaturity.
Upon learning of Juliet’s supposed passing, Romeo immediately takes to an apothecary, where he convinces the man to sell him a vial of poison. ‘Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. / Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift / To enter in the thoughts of desperate men.’ (Shakespeare 5.1 34-36).
In The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers battle against their fate as they slowly realize the consequences of forbidden love. In the play, Romeo is one of the main characters, and he falls in love with Juliet, which is then soon followed by a proposal for marriage. Throughout the play, the couple fights to remain together, leaving a trail of death and destruction along the way; a journey which ends in the tragic deaths of both of them. Romeo is a passionate and brave lover, yet also impulsive and reckless, flaws which eventually end in the deaths of himself along with Juliet. Ultimately, Romeo’s evolution from being depressed over Rosaline’s chastity to becoming Juliet’s devoted lover serves as the main
This shows the reader that even though Romeo and Juliet have only known each other for a day, they have already developed deep feelings. This is just the beginning for these star-crossed lovers and this shows, not only is love possible, but deep passionate bonds can be made, and made to last a lifetime. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet's relationship is unexpected, exciting, and passion-filled. It will also last a long time since it's forbidden and
This impulsive decision proves fatal, as Romeo kills himself just moments before Juliet awakens from her drug-induced sleep. This quote suggests that Romeo is acting out of desperation and without a clear plan, which contributes to the tragic outcome. Romeo is not thinking logically, but is
“If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely to foolish to be afraid.” (Laurell Hamilton). This quote goes perfectly with how Romeo and Juliet came to die. Foolishness is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because of their foolish outbreaks, foolish handling of their relationship and their foolish acts.
The story is about a tragedy death of two star-crossed lovers, and how they fell in love falling in love. Romeo starts by going after a girl named Rosalina, and then falls madly in love when the beauty of Juliet. Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet’s party, and then fall instantly in love, with each other, and get married in the Friar Laurence office. While Romeo and Juliet physically committed the acts that ended there own lives, the long-stand family feuding and fate should be blamed for their deaths.
Romeo agrees to go and sees Juliet, Lord Capulet’s daughter and falls in love instantly with “her true beauty” (Shakespeare. I.v.51) and pulls her into the other room where they kiss. This meeting results in a prolonged love affair which springs a whole event of scandal including Juliet’s push back to marry Paris, but ultimately it results in Romeo and Juliet’s
In William Shakespeare’s prominent play, Romeo and Juliet, the defiance of the teenagers leads to their ill-fated end of the two star-crossed lover, Romeo and Juliet. For example, Romeo displays disregard to authority when “At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s sups the fair Rosaline, whom thou so loves, with all the admired beauties of Verona” (1.2.84-86). This quote, said by Mercutio, represents how Romeo casually neglects the problem that is the feud between the Capulet and Montague families. It informs the way that he falls for a Capulet but is heartbroken, then attends a party of the Capulets to find another eligible Capulet to get over that Capulet. Also, in the scene in which Tybalt had ignored the wishes of Lord Capulet’s that were,
After meeting Juliet at the Capulet ball, Romeo quickly falls in love with her and decides to marry her the very next day. He quickly forgets about Rosaline and moves right on. Romeo says in Act II, Scene 2, lines 75-78. "I have night's cloak to hide me from their
Through the predominant influences of certain characters, inconsistency of decision making, and secretiveness amongst the characters, these events quickly lead to the grievous incident of the play. All the way from past hatred and persuasive friends, to emotionally driven decisions such as Romeo’s desire to be married and his vengeance, the play concluded with potions that provoked counter outcomes. Romeo and Juliet displayed the risks they were willing to take in the name of love, but in the end, poor choices took responsibility for the continuous occurrences that lead to dreadful ends; however, opposed to the idea of fate, or a stronger force guiding the character’s actions. With this, the play closed with the poisonous idea of the love that Romeo and Juliet shared, including all that they would sacrifice to have a chance at a life