Romeo And Juliet Superstition

In "Romeo and Juliet" Shakespeare uses the contemporary superstitious beliefs and plays on them using the main characters Romeo and Juliet. For the duration of the Elizabethan era, people rested on their beliefs on God, superstition and fate to get through their everyday lives. They contemplated the fact that the world, in general, had had a stability of both good and evil. There are many specific examples which illustrate how the subject of fate had impacted on the public at that point in time. For instance, Religion was varied in England during the Elizabethan Age. There was much conflict between the Protestants and the Catholics. Elizabeth restored the Protestant service but kept many features of the Catholic religion. She hoped this negotiation …show more content…
As the play commences, the audience's attention refers directly to the prologue. Shakespeare has already told the audience of how he decided the characters' lives to be like. This action taken is very akin to what people expected life to be like for them during the 16th century. The audience can easily match up Shakespeare to being a God-Like figure, as he holds the supremacy to map out Romeo and Juliet's lives individually from the start. Audience in Elizabethan era had thought that in this exact way, God had the power to control all human inhabitants, and simultaneously depict their lives from their birth. An important quote in line …show more content…
During the party, Romeo is caught sight by Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, who is first to decipher Romeo as being a member of the Montague Family. Immediately, he passes this message to the Capulet Servant. Surprisingly, Capulet says to "let him alone" and "he shall be endured". This angers Tybalt, and regardless of his numerous protests, Capulet refuses Tybalt to bring violence into the party. The ability for Shakespeare to put controversy is very effective as Fate takes place in the play and it makes the play more exciting. Capulet peculiar and contentious decision to resist Tybalt's desire for aggression paves the way for Romeo to meet Juliet. In their initial conversation, fate is factually intwinned in language. Together, Romeo and Juliet form a sonnet; the way they speak in this conversation is very diverse as they make rhyming couplets. One main identification that the audience can spot from the speeches is that not only is it related to fate, but their conversation embodies the extended metaphor of a pilgrimage. In Romeo's view, he describes Juliet as a "shrine", and later, "an angel." The use of a metaphor gives the audience an idea that Romeo, who describes himself as a "pilgrim", has been searching like the love he has for Juliet his whole life. Just as pilgrims find their shrine. In addition, a pilgrims aim is to get what it most wants. Equally, Romeo has