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Romeo and Juliet, the "Star crossed lovers" are doomed from the start, not by fate but by their own personalities and the people that surround them. Discuss Introduction: Doomed from the start Prologue The play Romeo and Juliet begins with a short prologue, which is to gain the rowdy Elizabethan audiences attention. ... In the prologue Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "Star crossed lovers" which suggests that fate plays a part in their lives. Shakespeare tells the audience what happens to the main characters in the play, as he wants the audience to concentrate on the reasons why Romeo and Juliet die not the fact that they die. The prologue suggests that it was a tragic accident "whose misadventured piteous overthrows" that resulted in the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet but it also suggests that there might be other reasons as well such as the rivalry between there two families "their parents strife" Act 1 opens with a fight in a public place in Verona between the Montagues and the Capulets. ... " This suggests that the two lovers are "Doomed from the start" as any relationship between the son and daughter of these families isnt going to work because of the extent of their families hatred. We are now introduced to Montagues son Romeo, Before Romeo appears on stage, we already know from his father that he is depressed, melancholy wants to be alone and has been crying "Tears augmenting the fresh morning dew" and "Private in his chamber pens him self, shuts up his windows and locks fair daylight out" This highlights his sensitive and romantic nature, and intrigues the audience, as they want to know what is wrong with him? We soon discover the reason for his melancholy mood-Unrequited love "Out of her favour where I am in love" When Romeo is on the stage he behaves as a typical Elizabethan courtly lover, a European tradition dating from the middle ages, based on a set of expectations about the way lovers from aristocratic families should behave. ... Romeo displays many qualities of a courtly lover including his use of oxymorons "Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire", as these are contradictions it highlights his confusion, as he is so much in love He is also very dramatic "She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow, do I live dead" And is unwilling/incapable of listening to sensible advice for example when Benvolio says "Be ruled by me, forget to think of her" Romeo replies " O teach me how I should forget to think" The Elizabethan audience would have thought this made him a romantic character. ... Juliet is very different from Romeo when we first see her in Act 1 scene 3 she is being questioned by her mother about marriage, this wouldnt have been unusual in Elizabethan times as girls were expected to marry at 14 or 15. Juliet responds to her mother by saying "It is an honour I dream not of" which suggests That she is naïve, unworldly and innocent when it comes to love. The audience would have thought Juliet to be a typical Elizabethan 13yr old Obedient and dutiful as she asks her mothers permission to fall in love with Paris who has asked her hand in marriage "Ill look to like if looking liking move but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly" Shakespeares intentions were to keep the audience wondering when Romeo and Juliet would meet and fall in love as Romeo loves Rosaline and Juliet is being questioned about marriage to Paris When Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time it is at Capulets ball. Romeo is attracted to Juliet through her beauty (physical attraction) So shows a snowy white dove trooping with crows As an audience we may wonder if Romeo is being fickle and that he easily changes his mind when it comes to love. |
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