Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
It is love. he is saying that love is risky and sometimes forbidden, but follow what your heart says.
From Shmoop Literature on Romeo and Juliet Quotes Section JULIET O think'st thou we shall ever meet again? ... ROMEO I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come. JULIET O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb: Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. ROMEO And trust me, love, in my eye so do you: Dry sorrow drinks our blood. Adieu, adieu! (3.5.51-59) Quotes and Thoughts on Theme of Love http://www.shmoop.com/quote/literature/william-shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/love.html Thought: Before, Juliet wanted to cut short their meeting and Romeo convinced her to talk longer. Now they have switched roles - Romeo realizes he needs to go, and Juliet wants him to stay. Romeo is optimistic about their future together, while Juliet is more worried. Under Theme Fate and Free Will http://www.shmoop.com/quote/literature/william-shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/fate-and-free-will.html Thought: Juliet foreshadows how she will see Romeo for the last time: with her in her tomb.
Love.
Communication is important. A+
Romeo and Juliet was a story, adapted into verse by Arthur Brooke. William Shakespeare wrote his play based on Brooke's poem. The play has been the inspiration for innumerable screenplays, operas, songs, pieces of orchestral music and ballets. But no novels. There is no Romeo and Juliet novel.
They both loved each other and at the end they both died.
It is love. he is saying that love is risky and sometimes forbidden, but follow what your heart says.
In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Romeo falls in love with Juliet almost instantly upon meeting her at the Capulet party. This rapid shift occurs just hours after he is heartbroken over Rosaline, indicating that his capacity for love is intense and impulsive. The play suggests that his infatuation with Juliet is immediate, highlighting the theme of youthful passion.
From Shmoop Literature on Romeo and Juliet Quotes Section JULIET O think'st thou we shall ever meet again? ... ROMEO I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come. JULIET O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb: Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. ROMEO And trust me, love, in my eye so do you: Dry sorrow drinks our blood. Adieu, adieu! (3.5.51-59) Quotes and Thoughts on Theme of Love http://www.shmoop.com/quote/literature/william-shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/love.html Thought: Before, Juliet wanted to cut short their meeting and Romeo convinced her to talk longer. Now they have switched roles - Romeo realizes he needs to go, and Juliet wants him to stay. Romeo is optimistic about their future together, while Juliet is more worried. Under Theme Fate and Free Will http://www.shmoop.com/quote/literature/william-shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/fate-and-free-will.html Thought: Juliet foreshadows how she will see Romeo for the last time: with her in her tomb.
Love.
Well, love probably.
Our love
Communication is important. A+
Romeo and Juliet was a story, adapted into verse by Arthur Brooke. William Shakespeare wrote his play based on Brooke's poem. The play has been the inspiration for innumerable screenplays, operas, songs, pieces of orchestral music and ballets. But no novels. There is no Romeo and Juliet novel.
The song which was the main love theme from Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet was known at the time as "What is a Youth" and nowadays is more usually called "A Time for Us"
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has stood the test of time because Shakespeare understood universal themes like love and conflict are driving forces in human nature. The dream of finding perfect love is a strong element in literature and never goes out of popularity. The concept of star-crossed lovers who endeavor to love each other despite everyone being against them continues to be a popular theme in entertainments as diverse as 'West Side Story', â??Romeo Must Dieâ?? and 'Twilight'.
Shakespeare is a famous writer who wrote many famous plays, probably his most famous being Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about a couple who fall in love and get married, despite their families feud which has been going on for generations. Shakespeare cleverly didn't write what the feud was about, because it helps get his theme of unresolved conflict leads to tragedy across. Shakespeare also uses fate as a theme and gets this across by writing that fate conspires against them; 'star-crossed lovers.' This fate conspires so much against Romeo and Juliet that it is unrealistic to a modern day (contemporary) audience, but in a Shakespearean audience it didn't matter because as long as it was entertaining it was accepted. This essay is about the reaction of a Shakespearean audience and a contemporary audience would have towards Romeo throughout the play. Throughout Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare presents Romeo as a young man overcoming his adolescence. Romeo... ... middle of paper ... ...pinions on the reactions of Romeo throughout the essay may be completely different to what the majority of Shakespearean and contemporary audiences, because the two different audiences would react depending upon the individuals in the audiences. Shakespeare's themes of 'unresolved conflict leads to tragedy' and 'fate' are got across to us because of all the unrealistic bad luck Romeo and Juliet have. Due to the conflict, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo and Juliet are all dead, as the Prince says; 'all are punished.'