The book "romeo and juliet" by the author William Shakespeare is about a great romance that accured. The great romance was known as love at first sight they didn't care about anyone or anything. Romeo hadn't known anything about juliet and nor did juliet to romeo. Soon they started to find out about one another and juliet turned out being thirteen and romeo sixteen. Like they say age didn't that was true but there was another thing in there way. They were both from very different families not just any but real important ones that did not let this romance accure. Juliet was a capulet and romeo a montague. Both families had hatered toward eachother that could not sustain to even look at one another. Romeo and Juliet did not fall back on this love because they knew they were destant to be with one another till death. With that said there where three themes in the book which was guilt,consequences, and forbidden love.
Guilt was the first theme that was brought in my mind because when romeo had killed tabalt without thinking ahead he notice later on when he was vanished out of Vermont that he wasn't going to be able to see his one and only love juliet .In the book romeo says “'Tis torture and not mercy. Heaven is here, where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog and little mouse, every unworthy thing, live here in heaven and may look on her, but Romeo may not."On page 3, 3, 30-52. Meaning to say where he's going its no place of home because he's farther away from juliet and that were hes not wanted is all his fault because now he may not see juliet. Also he shouldn't have took his anger out to death. Another reason where they show guilt in the book is when the frior saw romeo dead he knew that the planned had all broken down because he hadn't told romeo soon enough. The frior states that “And if aught in this miscarried by my fault" on page 5, 3, 281-284. Trying to say that if this tragedy happened its all because of me. Which was kind of true but wasn't intentional.
The second theme that showed up was consequences which accured from the mistakes of the people that made in the book. A person who suffered consequences was tabalt he had killed romeos best friend so in return romeo had killed him. But the consequences romeo payed were different. The prince had said "I will be deaf to pleading and excuses. Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses, therefore use none. Let Romeo hence in haste, else, when he’s found, that hour is his last." On page 3, 1, 148-149. Meaning that romeo was vanished and if he was seen his last time there would b his last time alive. Another person who payed consequences was the friar. Because he had planned the plan too late without futher notice to romeo he was led to his death and juleit was only putting her trust on him wich he had failed om. In the book the prince says “Their course of love, the tidings of her death. And here he writes that he did buy a poison of a poor 'pothecary, and therewithal came to this vault to die and lie with Juliet. Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!". On page 5, 3, 308-312. Meaning where are those who denied to this love because those are the ones who killed both of them if It wouldn't have been for there hatred they would b happily together.
The last theme that I thought of was mostly in the whole book was forbidden love. For example in the beginning of the book juliet talks about how she likes this guy she justjustet but once she finds more about him she say and I quote "my only love sprung my only hate!". In page 61, 1.5, 152. Meaning her true love comes from a family hated and that, that stops the whole meaning of freedom for her. Her love turns into a disaster. Juliet also tries states "deny thy father and refuse thy name or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and ill no longer be a capulet". On page 71, 2, 2,37-39. Meaning that for her love she would change where she was born and rase she would fight for this forbidden love.
All in all the book romeo and juliet by William Shakespeare has included three themes throughout the book guilt, consequences, and forbidden love. In my opinion the theme that was the most powerful was forbidden or guilt because they had a forbidden love that killed them and the people who forbidden the love were guily as charged.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Romeo and Juliet
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