Who is Responsible for the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
In William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, many of the authority figures in the play are responsible for Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths. While Romeo asserts that he is “fortune’s fool” and while the chorus tells the audience that these are “star-crossed lovers” whose love was doomed from the beginning, the reality of the situation is that the Prince, the fathers of the two families, and the priest all bear some responsibility in the tragic outcome.
The context of the play is very important for understanding how… Continue Reading...
urge to write Romeo and Juliet. In reality, Romeo and Juliet was written for two boy actors, but in the film, his intention is to write it to be played by the woman he loves. Communication is gendered in an essential way, and only true love is heterosexual, male-male love (as was the case in the original context of the Elizabethan, Shakespearean theater and the original performances of Shakespeare’s plays) is affirmed by the presentation of Will and Viola’s love as the only authentic love. Granted, the film does acknowledge non-authentic forms of… Continue Reading...
to the New York Times he stated that he was in love with Forster like Romeo and Juliet. He was later tried. He was acquitted because he was found to be insane. He was sent to a psychiatry facility for help (Biography.com Editors, 2017).
The McNaughton Rule was adopted in the US and UK and was applied to judge the standard of right and wrong for many years. In fact, the rule is used as a standard of insanity test in nearly half of the states in the USA. The Durham Rule on the other hand made use of scientific research to handle cases of… Continue Reading...
