Month: January 2017

In the Prologue of the play, Romeo and Juliet, the quote ‘From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;’ This quote says that Romeo and Juliet were meant for each other however their life together isn’t positive because they both die. The quote also says that they were meant to hate each other because their families hated each other and had fights for centuries.

During Act 1 Scene 4 Romeo says ‘I fear, too early: for my mind misgives’ until the line ‘By some vile forfeit of untimely death.’ This quote is Romeo foreshadowing because at the end of the play Romeo and Juliet have an unexpected death. In this scene Romeo is talking to Benvolio about finding Romeo true love also at the beginning of the scene Mercutio mocks Romeo about his love for Rosaline.

In Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo says ‘This day’s black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end.’ Romeo says this after Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, Romeo means that the day Mercutio died is the worst day of his life and he hopes that the day doesn’t get any darker (Romeo day doesn’t get any worse). Mercutio meant a lot to Romeo so Romeo got annoyed and chased after Tybalt to kill him for killing a loved one.

In Act 5 Scene 1 Romeo talks to Balthasar and then shouts and blames the stars for the lost of his love Juliet. The quote that shows this is the quote ‘Is it even so? then i defy you, stars!’ This is because Romeo followed the stars as a guide his entire life and he believed the stars would always and only let good things happen to Romeo. Romeo isn’t the only person that follows the stars, other characters like Juliet also follow the stars because the stars are believed to give good luck to those who are guided by them.

In Act 5 Scene 3 Romeo says ‘O, here Will i set up my everlasting rest.’ until the line ‘A dateless bargain to engrossing death!’ Romeo talks about some of the great things Juliet had and did and also the things he is going to miss a lot because Juliet meant a lot to him because they were meant for each other as the play says itself. During this scene Romeo kills Paris because Paris was enraged of Juliet’s death and he blamed Romeo for her death.

From the start of the play to about the end Romeo wasn’t able to choose his destiny because he followed and was guided by the stars. But then after the death of his love Juliet he decided that the stars and being guided by them was a complete lie and instead of always ending in good things he believed the stars hated him and that his destiny was meant to be horrible. It is easily seen in all of the scenes because at the end of the play Romeo acts completely different to how he acts and feels during the rest of the play he followed the stars that were meant to lead and guide him to success, good things, happiness and more.

Juliet’s relationship with her mother is quite formal because Lady Capulet (Juliet’s mother) is selfish, rude and avoids Juliet whenever she can. “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word, Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.” This quote from the play shows how little Lady Capulet cares about Juliet and as the play shows the Nurse is more of a mother to Juliet than Lady Capulet because the Nurse cares about everything Juliet does no matter how important it is to Juliet the Nurse would like to help out as much as she can.

Juliet’s relationship with her father is terrible and aggressive because Lord Capulet is the one person in the Capulet mansion that tells everyone what they must and must not do and in the play Lord Capulet gets really annoyed at Juliet because she wasn’t going to marry Paris so Lord Capulet was shouting at her and calling her rude names. ”Out you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow-face!” These are some of the rude things Lord Capulet says to Juliet for not wanting to marry Paris. Lord Capulet said these things because he thought Juliet was being ungrateful and rude but Juliet was already married to Romeo and she didn’t want to be married to two people at the same time (this is also called ‘Bigamy’).