The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Thalia Socarras
Mrs. Constance M. Pinckney
English 1 Period 7
8 April 2013
The dramatic comedy about love, hatred, bloodshed, and death, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, masterfully conveys the power of boundless love, and bitter abhorrence. In the setting of Verona, Italy, two disputing families fight over a long-forgotten disagreement. Within the walls of each opposing family’s home, live two teens, whose fates are grim, but love is unbinding. They happen to meet, and in the short span of 5 days their utter adoration for each other leads to a sad and premature demise. With strong references to light and darkness, this story powerfully illustrates how perpetual and senseless feuding is immoral, and love that is too strong is rare to end well. When two people are in love, love needs to be contained to a certain extent, or else something even as tragic as Romeo and Juliet’s tale may occur.
The young lovers’ love blooms when they meet at the ball Sir Capulet hosted. Juliet was simply home; Romeo, snuck in to see his fair faced Rosaline. He did see Rosaline; Juliet, however, caught his attention even more. Romeo, when seeing her, says “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (I.IIIII.51) Meaning that she is so beautiful, she is the quintessential symbol of light and she might as well teach the torches themselves to burn bright. That is the first said word by Romeo, which was began the blossoming of the two lovers’ dangerously intractable love. After leaving the ball with Juliet’s love, Romeo cannot stop thinking of Juliet’s “beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear,” (I.IIIII.54) that he decides to go back to Juliet’s extremely shielded home. Romeo manages to sneak away from his buddies and meet with his love. When thinking of her, outside her home waiting for her to come out, he describes how “It is the east and Juliet is the sun,” (II.II.3) meaning it is dark and it will only lighten when Juliet, the sun, arises to illuminate the sky. Once
Mrs. Constance M. Pinckney
English 1 Period 7
8 April 2013
The dramatic comedy about love, hatred, bloodshed, and death, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, masterfully conveys the power of boundless love, and bitter abhorrence. In the setting of Verona, Italy, two disputing families fight over a long-forgotten disagreement. Within the walls of each opposing family’s home, live two teens, whose fates are grim, but love is unbinding. They happen to meet, and in the short span of 5 days their utter adoration for each other leads to a sad and premature demise. With strong references to light and darkness, this story powerfully illustrates how perpetual and senseless feuding is immoral, and love that is too strong is rare to end well. When two people are in love, love needs to be contained to a certain extent, or else something even as tragic as Romeo and Juliet’s tale may occur.
The young lovers’ love blooms when they meet at the ball Sir Capulet hosted. Juliet was simply home; Romeo, snuck in to see his fair faced Rosaline. He did see Rosaline; Juliet, however, caught his attention even more. Romeo, when seeing her, says “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (I.IIIII.51) Meaning that she is so beautiful, she is the quintessential symbol of light and she might as well teach the torches themselves to burn bright. That is the first said word by Romeo, which was began the blossoming of the two lovers’ dangerously intractable love. After leaving the ball with Juliet’s love, Romeo cannot stop thinking of Juliet’s “beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear,” (I.IIIII.54) that he decides to go back to Juliet’s extremely shielded home. Romeo manages to sneak away from his buddies and meet with his love. When thinking of her, outside her home waiting for her to come out, he describes how “It is the east and Juliet is the sun,” (II.II.3) meaning it is dark and it will only lighten when Juliet, the sun, arises to illuminate the sky. Once