Romeo & Juliet
Romeo and Juliet Essay
By: Avery Froome
February 25th, 2013
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright and was also known as the greatest writer in the English language. He has written close to 40 plays, one being the famous Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that was written at the beginning of his career about two young adults who meet, fall in love and soon get wrapped up in something no one ever expected. From sneaking around and lying to everyone, the characters in Romeo and Juliet were not perfect. Most had many flaws, which may or may not believed to be the cause of the sad outcome of many dying.
One of the main characters was Friar Lawrence who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage and “helps” them throughout the entire play. Under many circumstances, he was the most common blame for everything. Many believed he was unwise, foolish but also good hearted while making rational decisions for Romeo and Juliet. Friar acts foolishly and unwise because, firstly, he marries Romeo and Juliet when they go to him. They are so young that it made them vulnerable and unable to make considered decisions. Friar Lawrence's other foolish action is giving Juliet a potion that will put her into a death-like sleep. He is unable to think through these decisions and does everything to be the “hero” of the play. Friar is also good hearted though. He helps the lovers because he thinks it will stop the feud between the two families. Even though it didn’t end up how he wanted it to end up, nothing that happened was intentional or on purpose.
However, another main character, Nurse, was not popularly the pick to be blamed but has some very real character flaws that may make you think otherwise. The nurse is kind but harsh, loving but ineffectual, both a mother and not really a mother at all. Throughout the play, Nurse provided poor advice and showed a side of her being very two-faced. One day she was encouraging Juliet to marry Romeo and the next
By: Avery Froome
February 25th, 2013
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright and was also known as the greatest writer in the English language. He has written close to 40 plays, one being the famous Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that was written at the beginning of his career about two young adults who meet, fall in love and soon get wrapped up in something no one ever expected. From sneaking around and lying to everyone, the characters in Romeo and Juliet were not perfect. Most had many flaws, which may or may not believed to be the cause of the sad outcome of many dying.
One of the main characters was Friar Lawrence who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage and “helps” them throughout the entire play. Under many circumstances, he was the most common blame for everything. Many believed he was unwise, foolish but also good hearted while making rational decisions for Romeo and Juliet. Friar acts foolishly and unwise because, firstly, he marries Romeo and Juliet when they go to him. They are so young that it made them vulnerable and unable to make considered decisions. Friar Lawrence's other foolish action is giving Juliet a potion that will put her into a death-like sleep. He is unable to think through these decisions and does everything to be the “hero” of the play. Friar is also good hearted though. He helps the lovers because he thinks it will stop the feud between the two families. Even though it didn’t end up how he wanted it to end up, nothing that happened was intentional or on purpose.
However, another main character, Nurse, was not popularly the pick to be blamed but has some very real character flaws that may make you think otherwise. The nurse is kind but harsh, loving but ineffectual, both a mother and not really a mother at all. Throughout the play, Nurse provided poor advice and showed a side of her being very two-faced. One day she was encouraging Juliet to marry Romeo and the next