The ext day, they are secretly married by friar Laurence, with the assistance of Julies maid. After the wedding, the lovebirds plan to meet later and Romeo walks around the town. Soon a fight breaks out between Gullet’s cousin, Table, and Romeos best friend, Mercuric. Since Table is Romeos new family, he chooses not to fight him until Mercuric is killed by Table. Romeo, out of anger, kills Table to avenge his best friend’s death. Romeos punishment for the murder is banishment instead of the death penalty.
As this is happening, Gullet’s father, unaware of her marriage to Romeo, arranges or his daughter to marry Count Paris, whom Juliet doesn’t like. Juliet makes up a plan for her to take a potion to make her appear dead and while she is “buried” Friar Laurence informs Romeo of the hoax and then later her escape so they can live together secretly. Standing by to help Juliet out of her tomb, Friar Laurence sends friar john instead to deliver the news but Romeos servant sees Juliet dead and tells him before the details of the plan gets to Romeo.
In desperation, Romeo goes to Gullet’s tomb to find her “dead” and to being able to stand to be alive while she isn’t, he kills himself. Moments after Romeo dies, Juliet wakes up to find him dead and also kills herself. The families then find their two children dead because of the feud and decide to have a joint funeral and live in peace forever and ever. The story of Romeo and Juliet takes place in the 1 ass’s during the Renaissance that started in Italy, where the story takes place.
One aspect of the movie that is very historically accurate is how the people spoke, although they should be speaking Italian, as it takes place in Italy, but William Shakespeare wrote the play in London, England where they speak English. Many details in Romeo and Juliet connect it to Italian literature which Shakespeare was familiar with. For example, one parallel is Paramus and Thesis, a story of two forbidden lovers who end up killing themselves because they think the other is dead.
During the 1 6th century, many Greek and Roman literature was rediscovered, translated and widely read, which inspired many writers, such as Shakespeare. These “Classical” writers focused on human condition, flaws and what caused suffering, which lead to Humanism, a belief n human potential and achievement that can be gained without offending God. Many of these ideals are evident in the play, such as how passion can be dangerous and destructive but also express love and grief.
The lovers deaths because of a family feud connect to the tragedies found in the classics such as in Oedipus by Sophocles. Another Accuracy is Verona, Italy, where the story takes place. During the Renaissance, the feudal system broke up and smaller nations, with their own monarchies, languages and city states, started to form. In Florence, Italy the Medici family, wealthy merchants, controlled the government by giving loans to political leaders. In time, the Medic’s very basically the dictators on Florence and had complete power.
The fictional Verona, where the play takes place, was ruled by the powerful prince, as many other city-states very ruled the same way. A 3rd Accuracy would be the turning away from religion, mainly the Roman Catholic Church. Although throughout the story, Romeo and Juliet confide in the Friar and are married in the church, the two are not very religious, which was common during the incessant. The term for this is called “Secular” which means to be worldly and rejecting religion in government, education and daily life.
The Two lovers are very much obsessed with each other and their only focus is being with each other and make rash decisions based on emotions. They worship each other as idols and use the term “blessed” and “holy’ when talking about one another, while one Of the Ten Commandments is to “have no other idols before God”. The whole Renaissance was a secular movement, as people turned away from their faith and religion because of the black plague.
