Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet, a classic tragic play, was written by Shakespeare in the late 1500’s. In the play the Montagues’ and Capulets’, two families who deeply despise each other, have a boy and a girl that meet at a party and fall passionately in love becoming star-crossed lovers. Their love was magical and forbidden making it all the sweeter. All is well until Romeo and Tybalt fight to the death and Romeo wins; Romeo’s punishment, exile. Then, only chaos and disaster follows. Shakespeare uses similes, comparisons, and symbols to demonstrate to the audience that, love and labels cannot coexist.
Romeo’s friends bring him to a masquerade party, held at the Capulets’ home, in hopes of cheering him up because of Rosaline, his once true love, decided …show more content…
Then, quickly, all hell broke loose. Romeo and Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, fight to the death and Romeo wins, leaving Tybalt dead. Romeo’s punishment, exile. Juliet's father wants her to marry another man, not knowing that she was already married. When Juliet refuses without explanation Capulet tells his daughter that she is ungrateful and spoiled. Juliet comes to Friar Lawrence in search of advice and they come up with a plan. Juliet will agree to be wed to Paris, but secretly take a sleeping potion on the eve of her wedding day, making her appear dead, then she will be carried out to her family's tomb and Romeo will meet her there when she awakes and they will run away together. But there is a slight snag in the plan when Romeo is not told that Juliet is not actually dead. He is devastated and goes to the tomb that “dead Juliet” was placed and commits suicide. Juliet awakens moments later and stabs herself when she finds her husband dead. Then Romeo and Juliet’s parents come to the tomb and find their dear children dead and Friar Lawrence tells them what has happened. “O brother Montague, give me your hand. This is my daughter's dowry. I can ask for nothing more.”(Romeo and Juliet, act 5 scene 3, 295) Shakespeare uses the simile of Montague’s hand and Capulet’s daughter’s dowry. It represents how Capulet was
Romeo’s friends bring him to a masquerade party, held at the Capulets’ home, in hopes of cheering him up because of Rosaline, his once true love, decided …show more content…
Then, quickly, all hell broke loose. Romeo and Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, fight to the death and Romeo wins, leaving Tybalt dead. Romeo’s punishment, exile. Juliet's father wants her to marry another man, not knowing that she was already married. When Juliet refuses without explanation Capulet tells his daughter that she is ungrateful and spoiled. Juliet comes to Friar Lawrence in search of advice and they come up with a plan. Juliet will agree to be wed to Paris, but secretly take a sleeping potion on the eve of her wedding day, making her appear dead, then she will be carried out to her family's tomb and Romeo will meet her there when she awakes and they will run away together. But there is a slight snag in the plan when Romeo is not told that Juliet is not actually dead. He is devastated and goes to the tomb that “dead Juliet” was placed and commits suicide. Juliet awakens moments later and stabs herself when she finds her husband dead. Then Romeo and Juliet’s parents come to the tomb and find their dear children dead and Friar Lawrence tells them what has happened. “O brother Montague, give me your hand. This is my daughter's dowry. I can ask for nothing more.”(Romeo and Juliet, act 5 scene 3, 295) Shakespeare uses the simile of Montague’s hand and Capulet’s daughter’s dowry. It represents how Capulet was