Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Conflicts and Family Grudges In today’s world family could mean a lot of things; two moms; two dads; no dad; no mom; only grandparents. But in all families there is both love and hate. Love for their own kin‚ and hate for their neighbors. Even in Roman time their was love and hate. We see this is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Today’s world and the old world these love hate relationships conflict another’s plans. At what point does conflict come up with
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control‚ usually regarded as controlled by a supernatural power. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the story of two young lovers from opposing families. Fate is a dominating and inescapable force throughout the play. From the very beginning of the play‚fate predetermined Romeo and Juliet’s death. The prologue introduced their destiny when it stated that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed”. In the time period Romeo and Juliet took place‚ people believed that the alignment of the stars dictated
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the main conflict was an old fight between two families‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. However the cause of the conflict was unknown as Lord Capulet quotes: "I think I’ve forgotten how it started." Furthermore it began being small and being small and like Lord Montague‚ Romeo’s father‚ and Lord Capulet‚ Juliet’s father‚ had children and servants. While the people of each family were learned to hate the members of the other family and vice versa. Beside this vice versa was what caused Romeo and Juliet’s
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In Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet sends the nurse to find Romeo and learn details about when Juliet and Romeo are going to be married. These scenes display that the nurse and Juliet are always looking out for the others’ best interest and that they have a very trustworthy relationship. Juliet and the nurse are always looking out for each other. In act 2‚ the nurse helps Juliet be secretive about her relationship with Romeo. As the nurse relays Romeo’s message to Juliet‚ she states‚ “I must another
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the love in Romeo and Juliet the driving force behind the play’s success. Shakespeare incorporated many different types of love in order to capture the hearts of the Elizabeth Era. Juliet’s nurse shows amazing concern for the young girl’s well being. She‚ in some ways‚ takes the place of her natural mother ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Lady Capulet treated Juliet as a naïve young girl with no knowledge and feelings of her own. Nurse recognized the maturity of Juliet and helped
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The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story about two “lovers” who took their life for one another. Each Romeo and Juliet at some point in the play expressed a type of love for either someone or for something. Whether is be eros‚ agape‚ or phileo love. Eros love is a type of erotic love that develops between sexual feelings. Agape is a type of love that resonates from selfless love . People show agape love through sacrifices‚ like Jesus. Lastly ‚ phileo love is a type
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The Effects of Conflict and Feuds Conflicts and feuds among families and friends only cause disaster. They rip people apart and destroy relationships. William Shakespeare displays this in the tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. He emphasises this point through arranged marriage‚ loss of childhood‚ and suicide. Initially‚ Shakespeare shows the calamitous effects of feuds through the arranged marriage of Juliet and Paris. In Act 3 Scene 5‚ Lady Capulet approaches Juliet in her room and announces‚ “Marry
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characters‚ in the book Romeo and Juliet. So what is fate? Fate is generally thought of as the idea that one’s future is already planned out for one’s self. But there are two sides to fate‚ the one where your choices are made for you and your life is going to go down a path whether you like it or not or the fate where the choices you make predetermine your fate. Now why do I think fate is the one to blame for this tragedy? I believe fate is the reason that Romeo and Juliet killed themselves because
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The play that I have studied is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Act three‚ scene one‚ the climax of this play‚ is a scene where much conflict occurs. This scene opens with two of Romeo’s friends‚ Benvolio and Mercutio‚ talking. Tension and suspense is established when Benvolio says‚ ’The day is hot‚ the Capulets abroad‚ And‚ if we meet‚ we shall not ’scape a brawl’ The ’fiery Tybalt’ enters looking for Romeo. He felt that Romeo had insulted him by going to the Capulet masked
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This play is “Romeo and Juliet”‚ written by “William Shakespeare”. The story is about two lovebirds (Romeo and Juliet)‚ when they are together‚ something bad happens. People end up dead‚ injured‚ or angry. They both die at the end of the play. But there is some relief between the feuds. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Old Montague is innocent But Nurse And Friar Lawrence should be punished. Old Montague should be pardoned. For this reason‚ he had done nothing wrong to cause Romeo and Juliet’s
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