1. Romeo And Juliet Journal Essay
Romeo and Juliet Journal
Act I:
Hi. I am Roberto Montague, Romeo's cousin. This is the first of five entries to this journal.
Many things happened today. Some of these things are that Sampson and
Gregory were talking, and then Abram and Balthasar entered the room. After
Abram started to quarrel, they started to sword fight, but then Benvolio came in and broke up the
fight. After Benvolio broke up the fight, Tybalt entered and started to fight with Benvolio. Soon later,
an Officer entered the room with three or four citizens all armed with clubs, bills, and partisans, or
spears.
Lord Capulet and Montague with their Ladies entered the room and started to quarrel aswell, but the
Prince set them straight....show more content...
Romeo soon rushes off, and then the Nurse pushed Peter to see if she still has authority over him.
Juliet starts to think why the Nurse hasn't showed up after she sent her to meet Romeo. It had been
three long hours before she returned with Peter, but she soon sent Peter back to the gate. The
Nurse's bones are so weary from her long journey, and she was out of breath, but Juliet needed to
know what she and
Romeo talked of. The Nurse finally told Juliet the plans for her and Romeo's marriage. Act III:
This is the third of five entries to this journal.
Benvolio, Mercutio and some men walk up to a public place talking about the weather. A second
later, Tybalt and others come to the public place and begin to quarrel a bit with Mercutio and
Benvolio. Another second or two later,
Romeo enters the public place. Tybalt calls Romeo a boor, a clumsy stupid fellow and Mercutio
draws his sword and calls Tybalt a ratcatcher. Tybalt draws, they begin to fight! Romeo standing
aside yells for Benvolio to beat down their weapons, and then says for them to stop, not to have this
outrage in the public streets of Verona. Tybalt under Romeo's arm thrusts Mercutio in, just wounding
him. Tybalt leaves and Mercutio sends for a surgeon to heal his cut. Benvolio helps Mercutio to a
house so he wouldn't faint. Benvolio then entered telling
Romeo that
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2. Romeo And Juliet Essay
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Pearson Education, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007) is considered to
be one of the greatest love stories ever told, but is not relevant to me. Romeo and Juliet tells the
story of two "star–crossed lovers" who come from rival families, and face hardships on their
attempt to be together. Romeo and Juliet is not culturally relevant to me because the characters
and their experiences are dissimilar to events I undergo in my life. Romeo and Juliet is the story
of two teenagers who fall love and face the obstacle of their rival families. Romeo and Juliet
secretly marry, and Romeo gets into a fight soon after, and is banished for killing another character.
Juliet fakes her death to run away with Romeo, but Romeo...show more content...
Juliet and I differ in dating/courting decisions, and so do our parents. Juliet is also younger than
me by a year and is an only child. I have three younger brothers and cannot visualize having no
siblings, or servants she can call upon. Romeo is not relatable at all since he is male, a couple years
older, and even more impulsive than Juliet.
It is hard for me to imagine living in Verona, Italy in the time period of Romeo and Juliet, because
I live on a different continent and country, and a different era. I have never been to Italy, so I cannot
picture what it would look like to live there–much less in the time period of Romeo and Juliet. The
events in the play's setting would never happen in my hometown because Juliet would not be
exposed to males of Romeo's age, and would not able to find someone to marry them willingly.
Juliet would not be able to get her parent's consent for her marriage, or find a drug to make her
appear dead. Romeo would not be able to see Juliet's body because it would be locked in funeral
home. Juliet would not even be engaged to Paris because there are no princes in America, and she
would be too young to marry.
The families of Romeo and Juliet and their lifestyles are very contrasting to my family. My parents
do not have servants, or hold feasts and masquerades like the Capulet family. As I stated earlier, my
parents are not ready for me to be involved with a boy and certainly would never
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3. Romeo And Juliet Essay
What makes Romeo and Juliet so important that we still study it today? Romeo and Juliet is a
renowned romance tragedy, written by william shakespeare in the 16th century, in fact it is so
interesting that people, today, still study Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is extremely effective
for modern audiences considering several universal themes which are still applicable to modern
today society including love, conflict and fate. Romeo and Juliet is a love story between two young
people from families who loathe each other. And due to the pressures of society, families and friends,
both of them kill themselves because they can't live without each other, resulting in peace between
the two feuding families. Love is a predominant theme...show more content...
But they can never fully abandon or reject that authority. But this is still a challenge for teenagers,
who are dismissed as idealistic or melodramatic and who must balance the intensity of their feelings
against the expectation of the world around them In Romeo and Juliet, the theme of fate is one of the
main themes presented which assists in connecting to a modern audience. Immediately in the
prologue, Shakespeare reveals to the audience of predetermined destiny of Romeo and Juliet,
"star–cross'd lovers take their lives." By announcing the ending of the story to the audience, it
gains attention. Dramatic irony is shown, leaving the audience to ponder on the concept of fate
and as a result of the audience knowing the fate of Romeo and Juliet, they are unconsciously
hoping for the characters to take a different course. Despite this, their fate is secured, forcing the
audience reflect and question their own destiny and ability to make free choices. Throughout the
play, the characters attempt to take control of their fate but by doing so, ironically, they fulfil their
destinies established in the prologue. When Romeo hears of the news of Juliet's 'death', he buys the
poison from the apothecary to die with Juliet. He shouts "I defy you stars", he thinks that the world
wants him to grieve over Juliet for the remainder of his life. But in reality, he is fulfilling his destiny
that was set out for him at the beginning of the play
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4. Character Analysis of Romeo Essay
Character Analysis of Romeo Romeo and Juliet is a tale of two star–crossed lovers who in their love
for each other were willing to sacrifice their lives. Romeo is a very temperamental person; his
character develops considerably throughout the play in various ways. In this essay I shall be
looking closely at Romeo's character, his intentions & abilities and his relationship with other
characters in the play. In the conversation between Benvolio and Montague in act 1 scene 1, we
learn that Romeo is behaving strangely and avoiding his friends, "Towards him I made, but he was
ware of me and stole into the covert of the woods." In this sentence Benvolio is explaining to Lady
Montague that when...show more content...
Meaning that she does not love him and she has Dian's wit. Dian is the goddess of hunting and
chasity, she avoids Cupid's arrows ; from this we learn that Rosaline has no intention of loving
him or any other man. This is further proven when Romeo confirms Benvolio's question that she
has sworn to remain a virgin. Romeo goes on to say that his love is misplaced because Rosaline
has rejected him. Romeo compares his love to Rosaline as a devote religion. His words seem
mature which belies his actions, which is often irresponsible and immature. Even when his love
has been rejected, Romeo still feels heavy with the burden of love. His friends didn't take his love
seriously, they thought it was humorous, silly and later on exasperating. Romeo is hurt by
Rosaline 's rejections and perhaps by his friends' indifference towards his love. We learn this
when he quotes "... love pricks like thorn...". But Mecrutio does not feel melancholy about love.
He views love in a physical sense more than emotional, he advises rather crudely " If love be
rough with you, be rough with love". Romeo's actions and words in act 1 scene 5 make us doubt
if he has been in love at all, or just thinking pretending to be in love. He himself doubts it "did my
heart love till now? Foreswear it, sight for I ne, er saw true beauty till this night." By his words we
gather that He
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5. Essay For Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet Final Essay The tragedy Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is
the story of a young man and woman with a fatal love. The two were from feuding households,
but when Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet met, it was love at first sight. They desperately
wanted to be together. The day after they met, Romeo and Juliet were secretly married. However,
this would not be their happy ending. In a turn of events Romeo is then banished from Verona
after he kills a kinsmen of the Capulet house. Juliet is then arranged to be married to the County
Paris in only a few days. Juliet fakes her own death to prevent the wedding with the help of Friar
Laurence. But when Romeo hears about Juliet's "death" he kills himself, not wanting to live a
life without his wife. When Juliet sees what her husband has done she does the same. There were
many ways the death of the two lovers could have been prevented. In the end, many of the
characters feel at least somewhat responsible for the death of their friends and children. Yet the
person who should be held most accountable for this tragedy is Friar Laurence due to his poorly
executed plans and his involvement in both of the lovers lives. Only hours after the death of
Juliet's cousin Tybalt, Romeo is sentenced to exile and her father arranges for her to be married to
County Paris. Juliet, not wanting to be married to someone other than Romeo, seeks Friar Laurence
for help. The Friar then conceives a plan that is very involved
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