The story shows the hatred between two families, and the secret love of two lovers. The hatred was shared between the Capulet and Montague's. ... Romeo and Juliet brought the secret love. ... This story brings out the themes of the hatred shared between two families, and the secret lovers caught in the middle. ...
That very same day Romeo and Juliet are married in secret, without heed to the reactions of their fathers or their precarious future together. Their love will not sustain a shared life, but they do not let the impossibility of their love dampen its wonderment. ... Mercutio, Romeo's friend, advisor, bodyguard, and fellow member of the Montague clan cannot understand Romeo's cowardice without the benefit of knowing of Romeo's secret marriage, and steps in to accept Tybalt's challenge. ...
In Act I Scene V, Shakespeare uses a sonnet for the first dialogue that Romeo and Juliet share; a sonnet has fourteen lies and ten syllables in each line. ... The love they share at the end of the first act is that based on looks, beauty and idolisation, and for Romeo this is no longer an unrequited love as was his love for Rosaline. ... Although this should be a wonderful and celebrated day their wedding is held in secret. ... During the four scenes that Romeo and Juliet share there are numerous references to the sky, whether it is day/night or moon/sun/stars and this gives the audience t...
He also states that literature must be radical, rebellious, and extreme to be considered great, and that only those who share in this spirit can truly enjoy literature. ... It is a great love story, with plot twists, secret love affairs, and even some interwoven, gently presented social commentary. ...
People may well think of Romeo and Juliet to be "the greatest love story ever told", due to their rather vague knowledge of the passion shared by the two main lovers. ... During the first mother-daughter conversation, Lady Capulet first asks for the Nurse to leave for a while ("Nurse, give leave awhile, /We must talk in secret."), but then, on realising her lack of intimacy with Juliet, calls the Nurse back for reassurance and back-up. ... The Nurse takes the general approach that love is a regular part of family life, which should bring pleasure and fun to all who share it. ...
Romeo hurries to see his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence, who, though shocked at the sudden turn of Romeo's heart, agrees to marry the young lovers in secret since he sees in their love the possibility of ending the age-old feud between Capulet and Montague. ... The Nurse, who is privy to the secret, procures a ladder, which Romeo will use to climb into Juliet's window for their wedding night. ... After she is laid to rest in the family's crypt, the Friar and Romeo will secretly retrieve her, and she will be free to live with Romeo, away from their parents' feuding. ....
Romeo and Juliet - The Betrayal of the Adults to Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the adults betray Juliet becausethey are unable to understand her. Juliet's parents, Capulet and LadyCapulet, fail to understands Juliet's decision not to marry Paris. TheNurse fails Juliet by not supporti...
