A Summary of Romeo and Juliet

A Summary of  Romeo and Juliet

                                                                                           -William Shakespeare

william Shakespeare 

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                                     The two rival families of Verona, the Capulet’s and the Montague’s were staunch enemies. Romeo and Juliet belonged to rival families. Old Lord Capulet hosted a grand supper. Through Romeo belonged to the family of   Montague’s, he attends the supper in disguise to see Rosaline. There he sees Juliet on the dance floor and is fascinated by her beauty. After the dance he learns that she is the daughter of Lord Capulet. She too feels a prodigious birth of love for a man from the enemy family the following verses express their implicit feelings for one another

                                                    Summary

 

sketch of Romeo and Juliet play

Romeo:

         In the great hall of Capulet’s, there servants work feverishly to make sure all runs smoothly and set aside some food to make sure they have some enjoyment of the feast as well . Capulet makes his rounds through groups of guests, joking with them and encouraging all to dance.

           From across the room Romeo sees Juliet, and asks a serving man who she is. The serving man does not know. Romeo is transfixed; Rosaline vanishes from his mind and he declares that he has never been in love until this moment.

         When Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, he is struck by her beauty and breaks into a sonnet. The imagery Romeo uses to describe Juliet gives important insights into their relationship. Romeo initially describes Juliet as a source of light, like a star, against the darkness:

            “She doth (does) teach the torches to burn bright! It appears she hangs upon the cheek of night. “She shone like a precious jewel in a black women’s ear. He says that her beauty is very precious because it has heavenly Quality. Romeo uses another simile that Juliet shines above the other ladies as much as a white dove shines among a group of crows. He comes near her and wants to touch her hand so that he could sanctify his rough hand. He exclaims that he has never seen such a beautiful woman till that night.

Juliet:

        Juliet wishes the sun would hurry up and set and night would come immediately. When the night comes and everyone goes to sleep, Romeo will leap into her arms, and no one will know.

 She wishes night would come, like a window dressed in black. She says Come, night. Come, Romeo. He is like a day that comes during the night. He is whiter than snow on the black wings of a raven. She invites gentle night to come. She tells to give her, her Rome.

 She says that when she dies, turn Romeo into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the image.

 His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun.

Important note: the word phrase is wrongly written turn of phrase in all the question don’t get confuse.

 Comprehension I

1. the turn of phrase, `teach the torches to burn bright' suggests:

 A. Juliet's glow is brighter than the light of torch.

 B. her beauty is capable of enabling the torches to burn bright.

C. her beauty surpasses the brightness of light.

 Ans: c. her beauty surpasses the brightness of Light.

2. 'for earth too dear' this turn of phrase suggests that the lady's beauty isㅡㅡㅡ .

a. Divine 

b. Rare

c. Expensive

Ans: a. Divine

3.  'the measure done', connotes the completion of 

 a. Romeo's admiration of Juliet's beauty.                             

 b. dance organized by Lord Capulet.

C. glorification of Juliet's charm.

Ans: C. glorification of Juliet's charm.

 4. the line up, 'Did my heart love till now?' convey

 a. Romeo feels he has fallen in love.

b. Romeo has been attracted before.

 C. Romeo feels this is true love

Ans: a. Romeo feels he has fallen in love.

5. The turn of phrase ‘new snow’, suggest

A. love as pure as snow

B. description of Romeo’s charm

C. Juliet’s discreet love for Romeo.

Ans: B. description of Romeo’s charm

6. What do you think the turn of phrase face of heaven signifies?

Ans: the sun shining bright

Comprehension 2

11.   What similes does Romeo use to convey Juliet’s beauty and to what effect?

Ans: Romeo watches Juliet and he falls in her love with her immediately. He is struck by her beauty and breaks into a sonnet. Romeo firstly describes Juliet as source of light, like a star. Against the darkness: “she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night." She is so beautiful that, the brightness of her face exceeds the light of the torches. Against the darkness of the night, she seems to shine like a valuable jewel in a black woman's ear. Her beauty is too impressive to be used daily. Her beauty is unlimited, that it should be reserved for special occasions and should not be open to view every day. Her beauty is heavenly. She shines above the other ladies as a white dove shines among a flock of crows.

                      Here, Romeo employs a most appropriate simile. He compares the brightness of Juliet. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ as a rich jewel in Ethiop's ear to the brightness of a precious jewel. Juliet shines as brilliantly as a precious jewel shines in the ear of a Negress (girl of black African origin).

So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows -Here is another simile, Juliet shines as brightly as white colored dove shines in the center of black crows. In this way the similes convey Juliet’s beauty.

  

 2. how, according to Juliet, would Romeo be immortalised to the world?

Ans: Juliet wishes the sun would hurry up and set and night would come immediately. When the night comes and everyone goes to sleep. Romeo will leap into her arms, and no one will know. She wishes night would come, like a widow dressed in black. She says Come, night. Come, Romeo. He is like a day that comes during the night. He is whiter than snow on the black wings of a raven. She invites gentle night to come. She tells to give her, her Romeo. She says that when she dies, turn Romeo into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun.                                                                     

Comprehension III

1.Comment on the imagery of 'night-day, black-white' in the poem. What purpose do they serve in highlighting the intensity of love?                                                  Ans: We find lovely images when Romeo says that Juliet seems to hang upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. He says that Juliet looks like a snowy dove in the midst of crows. Romeo on seeing Juliet says that her beauty is brighter than the light of all the torches. To Juliet, Romeo appears like day in night; to Romeo, Juliet is the sun rising in the east. In the trance of love each pictures the other as stars in heaven. Romeo says that if Juliet's eyes were to shine in the sky, the whole region would become bright and Juliet imagines that when Romeo dies, his body could be cut into little pieces which would become stars shining in the sky and lighting the whole world. Light and dark imagery play important roles in making mood, revelation action and highlight the intensity of love.

 2. Between romeo and juliet whose love , do you think is more passionate and intense?

Ans: Shakespeare is said to have created a masterpiece in the development of the character of Juliet. Her exquisite beauty and personal charms are amongst the finest in literature. In describing Juliet, Romeo captures the depth of her loveliness. "Juliet is the sun and the brightness of her cheek would shame the stars" She addresses the night to bring Romeo to her and when she dies Romeo should be taken  and his body should be cut into pieces which will shine like little stars. She says the pieces of his body shine in the sky and the sky will look lovely that the entire world will fall in love with night because people will love the night. Like this she talks about Romeo passionately. She immortalizes him. So between Romeo and Juliet, we prefer Juliet's love as more passionate  and intense.                                                                                        

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