Commentary on Romeo Juliet Essay

Many people in the 20th century look to suicide as a way out. Two star-crossed lovers in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare do the same. Romeo and Juliet are lovers from feuding families who marry. Because of pressures they self-destruct. Shakespeare uses different strategies in writing this tragedy. They are, for example, coincidence, language tricks, and secondary characters.

In Romeo and Juliet many coincidences occurred. Romeo and Juliet are enemies from different feuding families and they are in love. The night of the party is the day Benvoilio wants to cheer up Romeo. Both Romeo and Juliet drink potions to "die." These three coincidences make Romeo and Juliet move the story along.

Many different language tricks are embodied in Romeo and Juliet. Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on the dashing rocks thy seasick weary run, is an example of a metaphor. Reversed words for instance upfill are also used. Numerous references applying classical allusion are utilized. At lovers perjuries, they say Jove laughs, is a citation. These types of descriptions make Romeo and Juliet more fun to read.

Secondary characters were also used to move the plot along in Romeo and Juliet. Lord Capulet orders Juliet to marry Paris. Friar John was quarantined so the letter could not reach Romeo. Apothecary sold the poison to Romeo so he could kill himself at Juliets side. Without all of these secondary characters the story line would have been drastically different.

The use of coincidence, language tricks, and secondary characters has made Romeo and Juliet popular for 400 years. This tragic story ended with their suicides, because of their feuding families. Today, many people especially children today die because of feuds. Time and time again, we hear of young gang members killing innocent children. These happenings are more tragic because they involve real people and not characters in a story.

An essay on the line that Romeo said "Worse poison to mens souls in these poor compounds that thou mayest not sell. I hath sold thou poison, thou hast sold me none." (i'm not sure the exact line, but its pretty close).

Romeo has given the apothecary his money for the poison so he can die with Juliet. He says that money is worse than poison because it causes so many problems and that instead of the apothecary giving Romeo the poison , Romeo has given the poison to the apothecary.

I agree with Romeo that money can be worse than poison if used in a bad way. A lot of murders, robberies, deceptions, and kidnappings happen because of money. If there were no money, there would probably not be as much greed. With no money there probably not be as much greed. Also if there were no money people might not be judged by how they look or how much money they have.

One reason I agree with Romeo is money causes so much crime. If there were no money there would not be nearly as much murder, kidnapping or robbery. There wouldnt be ransom notes because there wouldnt be any money to ask for. there wouldnt be as much murder either because a lot of murder takes place due to wanted inheritance or just a quick way of getting money fast without having to deal with banks. People who murder, kidnap, or participate in any type of crime are just greedy people with low self esteem.

I think that money is part of the reason that people are popular or not. People who have a lot of money are sometimes popular and some people who are greedy like them for only that reason. Also if people dont have enough money for nice clothes they are sometimes not liked as much because they are judged by their looks and not their personality, which is not fair at all.

Money has caused bigger and bigger problems throughout time. Even many years ago money was a problem because of greedy people wanting more money and power. Money and greed kept the Montague and Capulet apart which caused problems for Romeo and Juliet leading to their death. If money was used properly this would not have happened.