Read more about Romeo and Juliet themes.For this unit we took a little bit of a look at Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet.
The play also explores the consequences of futile quarreling and social division.
Themes in Romeo and Juliet: Romeo and Juliet is the deepest, most penetrating, exploration of love that can be found in Shakespeare or, indeed, in any other writers’ plays. Friar John is the associate of Friar Lawrence who is unable to deliver a critical message which is the immediate cause of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.Įscalus is the Prince of Verona who threatens death for anyone who breaks the peace. Balthazar, Samson, Gregory, Peter and Balthazar are servants of the two families. Paris is the young nobleman Juliet is to marry, and whom Romeo kills. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend, accidentally killed by Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, whom Romeo kills and is banished to Mantua for his crime. Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet and her Nurse are other members of the Capulet household.įriar Lawrence is a monk, who helps Romeo and Juliet to marry. He gatecrashes a party at the Capulet mansion where he falls in love with Capulet’s daughter, Juliet. Romeo and Juliet Characters: Romeo Montague is the son of Lady Montague and Montague, the patriarch of a rich merchant family engaged in an ancient feud with another wealthy family, the Capulets. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
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