Romeo and Juliet Fate plays an important part in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet The motif presents many examples to lead the star crossed lovers to their suicides One example is Count Paris wanting to marry Juliet around the timing of Juliets wedding to Romeo Lord Capulet who did not know about Juliets marriage to Romeo agrees to the Counts proposal in his daughters hand in marriage To avoid the marriage to Paris Juliet drinks the poison to set her into a death like coma to defy fate The letters
ROMEO AND JULIET The play set in Verona begins with a street brawl between Montagues and Capulets The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death Later Count Paris talks to Lord Capulet about marrying his daughter but Capulet is wary of the request because Juliet is only thirteen Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball Lady Capulet and Juliets nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Pa
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage star crossd lovers 1 whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families It was among Shakespeares most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet is one of his most frequently performed plays Today the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity Its plot is based on an Itali
CHAPTER I INDRODUCTION ALDOUS HUXLEY AND THE MODERN NOVEL It is rightly said Aldous Huxleys writings express the disillusionment of the 1920s the cynicism of the 1930s and the questioning of the 1940s 45 Paul W P S Huxley was the product of the times and his novel and essays are the expression of his beliefs and concerns Huxley was twenty when the First World War began in 1914 His book of stories Limbo was published in 1920 and his last novel Island in 1962 His work covers forty there years whi