his works are still read and studied all around the world. In one of William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies, Romeo and Juliet, the idea and images of darkness and lightness can be recited quite often. These ideas and images represent the characters and tell of their emotional bond. Throughout his play, Shakespeare mostly uses the ideas and imaged about light and dark to associate Romeo and Juliet’s powerful love, romance, and death do-part between each other, and to ultimately show how it
kept taking risk after to risk just be with the one she loved, Jack. It was true love and people will take any risk if it’s true love. In two of Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet and The Twelfth Night, the protagonists take risks for love, but Juliet takes greater risks than Viola. You can take great risks for love, but revealing that you have been in disguise is not the most extreme risk you can take. In Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night Viola takes the risk of revealing that she is indeed a woman
centuries, people have been compelled by Shakespeare’s poems, plays, and novels, and despite how modernized these legendary works have become, people, yet to this day, gives Shakespeare the respect he deserves and the respect he had throughout his lifelong career as an author. One of William Shakespeare’s most famous works is the play “Romeo and Juliet.” In the original version, it tells the tragedy of how two lovers from two highly opposing families, fell deeply in love with each other, and eventually gave
A well known scene from Shakespeare’s classic; Romeo and Juliet, is the balcony scene. The two movie renditions of this romantic scene provide varied aspects of the passion between star-crossed lovers. The Zeffirelli film (1968) and the Luhrmann film (1997) both represent Romeo and Juliet as spontaneous youth, overcome by each other’s appearances. Encountering Juliet at a Capulet party, Romeo comes to the balcony of her house later that night, sitting outside, hoping to see her again. The similarities
Three Interesting Literary Devices in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, he used three literary devices to bring his imagination to life in such a creative and interesting way. The first literary device he used was a soliloquy, which is a lengthy speech in which a character-usually alone on stage-expresses his or her thoughts to the audience. Shakespeare’s second way of making the play more interesting was his use of asides, which is a
Romeo and Juliet is thought to be one of the most tragic love stories of all time. "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” One of the famous lines Shakespeare uses, there has been many adaptations about these two star crossed lovers. For our purposes we will be comparing the similarities and differences of the 1996 version directed by Baz Lurhrmann and the 2013 film directed by Carlo Carlei. Two completely different styles to the same story in the hopes that the present
themselves in love on the first day that they meet, or get married on the third day; it usually takes years, if not decades. The first year or so in a relationship, most people are just getting to know their significant other. However the main characters Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” got married on the third day that the knew each other. When Romeo and Juliet first meet, they instantly think that they are in love. And yet, even though there are many complications to their “love”, they
Modern Shakespeare Shakespeare’s works have withstood the spiteful punishments of time and remain relevant. Many actors, from amateur to professional, hope to perform Shakespearean plays via movies or other methods of physical storytelling. Consequently, film directors have adapted many of William Shakespeare’s plays and fused them with his or her interpretations. In a way, Shakespeare has ascended from its Elizabethan grave and walk along the streets of the twenty-first century, and rightfully so
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories of all time. The story is also very well known for Romeo and Juliet’s love at first sight. When Juliet’s father throws a party, Romeo sneaks in and he sees Juliet for the first time. When Romeo sees her, he immediately forgets about his previous “true love” Rosalind and starts talking about how beautiful Juliet is and how he has to be with her. “Oh she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night...Did
Shakespeare brilliantly crafts his opinions and observations about the Elizabethan societal customs into Romeo and Juliet. By characterization and plot structure, he uncovers the flaws in this time period. Shakespeare’s commentary on women displaying bravery and intelligence, along with confirming that love and truthfulness are a necessity within a true marriage is expressed throughout Romeo and Juliet. To begin, Shakespeare illustrates women to be brave and intelligent, proving there is more to the role