What Is Shakespeare's Use Of Language In Romeo And Juliet
Anyone who has taken a high school English class probably knows the tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. The story of their doomed love is still inspirational today. What made this story so famous around the world? One component of the story that has made The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet famous is Shakespeare’s use of the dialect of English spoke in the 1500s, the language creates distinct characters that can be seen as relatable to. Shakespeare depicts the culture and society of Verona, Italy very precisely with his descriptive language. Shakespeare’s decision for Romeo and Juliet to be challengers of society allows them to bring strength for their love for each other. It is when they later attempt to re-conform to the
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(II.ii.26-28)
Never will you find a man placing a woman higher than himself like this. Another gesture of submission from Romeo to Juliet is when the two lovers exchange vows of love; Romeo revokes his name for the sake of being with Juliet:
Romeo:
Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptiz’d;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo” (II.ii.50-51).
It is not very often that a man would give up his name for his love in today’s society, much less the society of Verona. Although the selfless acts of Romeo are eventually what leads Juliet to fall in love with Romeo.
In Verona, Women are considered less than men. They fall in a totally different class. They are seen as objects to the sexual needs of a man, making them inferior. They would never be seen as equals, and no one would ever listen to their opinions, much less appreciate them. The standards in Verona suggest that a woman’s only goals are to please her parents, marrying a man of equal or higher status than her family, and bearing children to continue the husband’s bloodline. Juliet’s nurse references a joke her husband made years ago multiple times: “Thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to age” (I.iii.56). The nurse is attempting to lighten the harshness of the sexually submissive life that a woman must become accustomed to as she becomes old enough to bear children. Juliet’s mother also presses the normality of a woman’s role, referencing her own life at Juliet’s …show more content…
This leads to him being banished to Mantua, which is the point in the play where the tragedy initiates. Upon hearing of Juliet’s death, Romeo seeks out a means of suicide, and murders Paris in his compulsiveness. He doesn’t know that Juliet is not dead when he begins his rampage. When Juliet listened to Friar Lawrence, drinking a potion that would seemingly kill her to get away from her parents, surrenders her power. This subordinate behavior allowed disaster to strike because she put her fate in someone else’s hands. When the two lovers surrendered their society challenging roles, they lead themselves to their own
(II.ii.26-28)
Never will you find a man placing a woman higher than himself like this. Another gesture of submission from Romeo to Juliet is when the two lovers exchange vows of love; Romeo revokes his name for the sake of being with Juliet:
Romeo:
Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptiz’d;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo” (II.ii.50-51).
It is not very often that a man would give up his name for his love in today’s society, much less the society of Verona. Although the selfless acts of Romeo are eventually what leads Juliet to fall in love with Romeo.
In Verona, Women are considered less than men. They fall in a totally different class. They are seen as objects to the sexual needs of a man, making them inferior. They would never be seen as equals, and no one would ever listen to their opinions, much less appreciate them. The standards in Verona suggest that a woman’s only goals are to please her parents, marrying a man of equal or higher status than her family, and bearing children to continue the husband’s bloodline. Juliet’s nurse references a joke her husband made years ago multiple times: “Thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to age” (I.iii.56). The nurse is attempting to lighten the harshness of the sexually submissive life that a woman must become accustomed to as she becomes old enough to bear children. Juliet’s mother also presses the normality of a woman’s role, referencing her own life at Juliet’s …show more content…
This leads to him being banished to Mantua, which is the point in the play where the tragedy initiates. Upon hearing of Juliet’s death, Romeo seeks out a means of suicide, and murders Paris in his compulsiveness. He doesn’t know that Juliet is not dead when he begins his rampage. When Juliet listened to Friar Lawrence, drinking a potion that would seemingly kill her to get away from her parents, surrenders her power. This subordinate behavior allowed disaster to strike because she put her fate in someone else’s hands. When the two lovers surrendered their society challenging roles, they lead themselves to their own