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                                                                         Emily Chaytor                         

      Shakespeare;                             

Welcome to the Journey of Love 

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Eyes, look your last! 

Arms, take your last embrace! 

And lips, O you, 

the doors of breath, 

seal with a righteous kiss, 

and dateless bargains of engrossing breath.

                                                                           (Shakespeare.IV.iii.44)

• Shakespeare takes us on a journey through secretive love, battles and happiness. A love triangle is developed when Romeo falls in love with Juliet, Juliet falls in love with Romeo in return and Paris is always caught in between.
• Romeo and Juliet express their forbidden love for each other, in which names them star-crossed lovers.
• The star-crossed lovers are tangled in miscommunication and able themselves to take their life, escape each other to be together forever.    

~"Love can be dramatic"~

Theme: "Love can be Dramatic"

Shakespeare creates a variety of themes present throughout Romeo and Juliet. One of the themes I feel is the most powerful is "Love can be dramatic". Romeo and Juliet are just young teenagers who treat their love for one another like their last day spent on earth. Juliet and Romeo have shared many times how they feel about being apart, they would rather kill themselves as they did than marry someone else or live a lonely life without each other. Romeo at seventeen years old among a thirteen year old says,
"See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O that I were a glove upon that hand,
that I might touch that cheek!"
Romeo is listening to Juliet secretly while she expresses her love for Romeo Montague. She is admiring Romeo as she places her cheek upon her hand off the balcony and Romeo is convincing himself he will soon be with Juliet. This is just one example of how love is dramatic within the book because the smallest 
gestures can attract many, although love in Shakespeare can also change in a split second when set off negatively. 

"Whenever life seems to drift you away from me, I can't help but cry. You've grown to be such a part of me that without you life is no more than a desperate sigh. They do say love comes and goes, and to that I disagree. So, here's my hand, take it and don't let go of me."

This quote was posted on facebook by a grade nine who certainly shows that young teenagers are involved in the theme, "Love is dramatic" in today's society. It is beneficial to a teenager if they have support from a friend, although they should not have to rely on someone else to make them happy at a young age. In society, teenagers dwell on their ex boyfriends and girlfriends and usually scatter to find new ones shortly after.

In conclusion, the comparison between teenagers in Shakespeare's dramatic love and today's society has left no change and has only lead students to act in the same way while affected by love. Even in today's society, teenagers are still willing to overact about those they feel they are in love with.


     

~Fortune and Fate are mysteries~

~Fortune and Fate are mysteries~

Fortune:

• What you deserve
• Driven by you
• What you can change
• Positive or negative 

Fate:

• Out of your hands
• Whatever is going to happen, happens
• positive or negative

"O, I am fortune's fool."
(Shakespeare.III.i.132)
Romeo stated this shortly after he had killed Tybalt. Fortune is personified because Romeo gave fortune his human traits over his actions. He represented what he could have changed, meaning holding his dagger back from killing Tybalt, into personification. Romeo called himself a fool for what was controlled by him. When Romeo names himself a fool, anger is set as the mood because he was upset for killing his cousin, Tybalt Capulet after revenge from the death of Mercutio. Romeo's tone appeared to show a soft feel of regret. After revenge was dealt with, Romeo was aware of the consequences after taking a Capulet's life. The Montague's have always been known for their bad name around Verona, killing one of the Capulet's reflected on how much more damage that could be caused by the family.




"O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle; 
If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him
That is renown'd for faith? Be fickle,
Fortune:
For then I hope thou wilt not keep him long,
But send him back."
(Shakespeare.III.iv.60-65)
Juliet expresses how she will miss Romeo as he is banished from Verona after the battle. When they are saying their fare-wells, it is rushed when the Nurse runs in to notify that Lady Capulet is heading to Juliet's bedroom. When Juliet says she is not feeling well, Lady Capulet believes Juliet is upset over her cousin, Tybalt's death.Juliet Capulet is giving fortune human traits according to the banishing of her love, Romeo. Fortune is what you deserve and Juliet was stating overall that Romeo is receiving what he deserves for the killing of Tybalt. The fortune of the death was driven by Romeo and it was only to his control. The mood is realistic, although emotional. Juliet knows that the consequence that was given to Romeo Montague was reasonable as well as she was upset that she does not know when the next time she will be able to see him again. I predict the tone Juliet uses is low key which makes her very unpredictable. At this point of time, Lady Capulet has no idea Juliet and Romeo are in love in which involves Lady Capulet to assume Juliet is in distress about the known tragedy within the family.   



     

Imagery: Light and Darkness-Importance of conrasts

Light and Darkness imagery is shown throughout Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio is fooling around with Romeo`s actions. "Come, he hath hid himself among these trees To be consorted with the humorous night: Blind in his love, and best befits the dark." (Shakespeare.II.ii.30-33). Benvolio still believes Romeo is deeply in love with Rosaline, a women in which he can not have. Benvolio uses the word blind to let Romeo know that he is blinded with being in love to Rosaline that he might as well just remain hiding in the dark. Benvolio also means that he's going to miss the whole point of what being in love is all about, if his love is so blind. I believe this is darkness imagery because Romeo does not love Rosaline and Benvolio had been using the dark to symbolize Romeo's love for the woman who swore herself to celibacy. Blinded by love reflects to character development because Benvolio created a characteristic that made himself seem worried for how Romeo was handling his situation. Benvolio wanted to ensure Romeo he was not meeting the eye of true love and the experience was failing because Romeo hid in the dark.


Romeo compares Juliet's eyes to the brightest stars in heaven. "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes,To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven, Would through the airy region stream so bright, That birds would sing and think it were not night." (Shakespeare.II.ii.15-22). Romeo is comparing the change from dusk into dawn. The brightness of Juliet's cheek would not weigh out the beauty of her eyes. Romeo has used light imagery because he has given her eyes the trait of a star. Romeo develops his own character by showing he is thoughtful and imaginary to have compared Juliet to beautiful objects people look at in the world.


Yond light is not daylight,I know it, I:
It is some meteor that the sun exhal'd
To be to thee this night a torch-bearer,
And light thee on thy wa"y to Mantua.
Therefore stay yet, thou need'st not to be gone."
Juliet says to Romeo, it is not morning yet, I need you to stay with me, the sun has set a torch on the night. Juliet is trying to convince Romeo that the sun is playing tricks on the night and that dawn is no where near rising. This is imagery because Juliet has given the sun a trait that is impossible. Light imagery is shown within this quote because Juliet is fooling with the "real" light that is shining through Juliet's bedroom windows. This develops character because Juliet had not yet shown her true side of rebellion, although now that she has dared Romeo to stay into sunrise, it could led to trouble and harsh consequences.