Who Was Responsible For Juliet's Death?

Romeo and Juliet is the popular tragedy written by William Shakespeare. This famous story is about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their conflicting families. There are many different causes for the death of these young teenage lovers. Let's take a look at Juliet's death for instance. Firstly, I think that Romeo is one of the causes of Juliet's death. This is because Juliet loved Romeo with such great, intense passion that she could not bear the pain of his death. Since Romeo was dead in front of her, the passion that Juliet had for Romeo and the great heartache of his permanent absence lead her to kill herself too. Also, Juliet is to blame for her own death because she was not forced to kill herself but she chose to die. Even though Juliet is to blame for her tragic death, Romeo has the greater responsibility to her death because her love and passion for him caused her to decide to kill herself. In conclusion, Juliet and Romeo are both responsible for the unfortunate death of Juliet but, Romeo plays the greater cause.

Rhetorical Devices

 

A rhetorical device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective. In other words, it is the use of language that creates a literary effect, often without literal significance. There are many types of rhetorical devices, one which stands out to me is an oxymoron. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction is basically what an oxymoron is. Let's take the tragedy Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare which contains many oxymoron. An example of an oxymoron that is used in the book would be when Juliet says "O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!"(3.2.73-85). Basically the meaning of this quote is that sometimes, some people are ugly on the inside but that fact is hidden by their beauty shown on the outside. This rhetorical device was used to describe Juliet's conflicting feelings towards Romeo. He murdered her cousin, Tybalt but he is her husband and she loves him.

   

Gender Stereotyping

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, there are many gender stereotypes being portrayed by William Shakespeare. The quote "Draw, if you be men!" (1.1) which is said by Sampson to Abram when the servants of the Capulet family are about to fight with the servants of the Montague family is an example of gender stereotyping in the play. Sampson is basically telling Abram to make a move if he is actually a "man". This quote shows the honor of masculinity. The stereotype in this quote is, if you want to prove that you are a true man you are apparently supposed to be "strong" and "courageous", which in this specific situation is to make the first move in the fight. This stereotype, of men having to be masculine, strong and courageous in order to be classified as a true man, is present in society even today.

Star Crossed Lovers

Romantic movies are amazingly entertaining but they seem to have a role of fate in the romantic relationships.The role tends to have a pattern that is alike. It always goes like this: girl likes boy, boy likes girl, parents do not agree and do not accept their longing for each other, but in the end they end up living happily ever after. For instance, let's take the movie called The Notebook by Nick Cassavetes. In the movie the two main characters love each other very dearly but unfortunately their parents do not want them to be together because of the money and class differences. In the end, obviously, they end up happily together. We can also take traditional romantic Bollywood movies as another example. Basically, in the Bollywood movies the boy and girl both love each other but conflict between their families separate their fate of being together, forever. Some how in the end of the movie they end up together because the families decide to put their differences aside. Based on watching Bollywood movies and The Notebook, I have come to the conclusion that the role of fate in romantic relationships consistently have the same pattern. Typical, same, old story, yet we never seem to get tired of it; forever entertained by the same events.

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