Romeo&J

uliet

William Shakespeare
26

April 1564- 23 April 1616

was an Englishpoet,playwright, and actor,
widely regarded as the greatest writer in
theEnglish languageand the world's preeminent dramatist.
Shakespeare produced most of his known
work between 1589 and 1613.His early
plays were primarilycomediesandhistories,
and these are regarded as some of the best
work ever produced in these genres.

Scenes

Quote
"Love is a smoke raised with the fume of

sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers
eyes;
Being vexd a sea nourishd with lovers
tears:
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet." William

Shakespeare,Romeo and Juliet

 Romeo

and Juliet
may arguably be
one of William
Shakespeare's
most popular
works. Like many of
his plays,
Shakespeare based
the sad tale of two
star-crossed lovers

 In

"Romeo and Juliet" there are some obvious truths

concerning love offered by Shakespeare. First of all,
through the main characters, Romeo and Juliet,
youthful passion is explored. Both are unwilling to live
without the other; however, on a deeper level,
Shakespeare uses the lovers to explore love within
families.

Both characters defy their parents and their

feuding families to be together. Their death is
possibly the only way the feuding of the
Capulets and Montagues would cease.
Perhaps, most importantly, youthful love, that
of Romeo and Juliet, is passionate and
reckless. I doubt if two people in their thirties
or forties would wed within a day or two of
meeting and then kill themselves if they
thought they could not be together..but
together in death.

 Romeo

compares Juliet to light throughout the

play. Upon first sight of her, Romeo exclaims that
she teaches "the torches to burn bright" (I.v.43).
She is also "the sun" who can "kill the envious
moon" (II.ii.3), and later in this scene,
Shakespeare says that her eyes are like "[t]wo of
the fairest stars in all the heaven" (II.ii.15). But
hers is a light that shows best against the
darkness; she "hangs upon the cheek of night / As
a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"

Symbols
Romeo

is also compared with a light that illuminates the

darkness; if Juliet dies, she wants Romeo cut "in little
stars/And he will make the face of heaven so fine/That all
the world will be in love with night/? And pay no worship to
the garish sun" (III.ii.22-25). This quote reminds us that their
light shines most brightly in the dark that it is a muted
glow associated primarily with stars, torches, and the dawn,
rather than with sunlight, which is almost obscenely bright.

Symbols
The

combination of light and dark makes an

interesting motif in Romeo and Juliet. But for
our young lovers, the nighttime itself is an
important motif as well. The evening hours
holds all of the significant moments for
Romeo and Juliet. They meet; they pledge
their love; they elope; they commit suicide.

Symbols
Poison,

both sleep inducing

and lethal, is the instrument
of Romeo and Juliet's deaths.
(Technically Juliet stabbed
herself, but that never would
have happened if not for the
sleeping potion.) While poison
has a literal purpose in the
play, it's also a symbol. The
poison symbolizes the Capulet
and Montague feud. Not only
is the feud deadly in itself,
recall Mercutio's death it's
also the catalyst for Romeo
and Juliet's double suicide.

History of the play

Romeo and Juliet was

based on real lovers
who lived in Verona,
Italy who died for each
other in the year 1303.
At that time the
Capulets and
Montagues were among
the inhabitants of
Verona.

Characters
Mercutio,

the witty skeptic, is a foil

forRomeo, the young Petrarchan lover.
Mercutio mocks Romeo's vision of love and
the poetic devices he uses to express his
emotions:
Romeo, Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover!
Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh,
Speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied.

The end of the story

Too little,too late
Romeo

consumes his poison and dies, however, Juliet soon

stirs awake and discovers Romeo dead at her side. The
friar, who had performed the marriage of Romeo and Juliet
earlier in the play, pleads with Juliet to escape with him.
Juliet refuses andstabs herself with Romeo's dagger, dying
as well. At the very end, the two warring families, the
Montagues and Capulets, join together in peace to mourn
the deaths of their young and beloved Romeo and Juliet.

If love be rough with you,be rough

with love.-Mercutio

Joke
The

Signs as Capulets and

Montagues
Montague:
Aries, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,
Pisces
Capulet:
Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo,
Capricorn, Aquarius

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