what is the theme in Romeo and Juliet?

Question

I've red the book jsut to let you nkow byut cant find it!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

basically, romeos parents and juliets parents don't get along... but they fall in love despite this..with all the hardships that their families imposed on them..they wound up killing themselves to be together...yes..love and tragedy

Answer 2

It has been noted that the plot of Romeo and Juliet is more that of a farce or comedy of errors than a tragedy, except that it lacks the vital last-minute save and that the main characters die at the end instead of "living happily ever after." In fact, it is crucial to an understanding of the play as a whole to compare it to traditional comedies of its day, such as Much Ado About Nothing, in that most of the characters, especially Romeo and Mercutio, would be recognized by the audience as comedic. Were it not for the prologue, which explicitly states that the play will end in death, Elizabethan audiences would have thought they were watching a comedy until Act III, Scene i. As a reader or audience member, one should note the differences before and after this critical scene (the intermission is often put at the end of III.i., which unfortunately robs the play of the excruciating contrast between Act III, Scene i and Act III, Scene ii). Shakespeare often experiments with dramatic convention in this way - Romeo and Juliet could be called a "tragic comedy", just as many of the romances do not fit easily into conventional ideas about drama.

While a long-running feud is ended, although at the price of not only the two lovers' lives but those of an entire generation: Romeo, Mercutio, Tybalt, Juliet, Paris. The problem with this argument is that one must wonder how remorseful the families truly are. Throughout the play, Montague, Capulet, and the Prince speak of punishment in monetary terms (remember that the families were fined for Tybalt and Mercutio's deaths). At the end, the competition to see who can build a richer statue of the other's child seems petty, especially by comparison to Romeo and Juliet, who had found a love that does not rely on money.

While on a surface level the play is about love, the underlying theme of Romeo and Juliet is the fight for power, which results in the death of all the young members of Montagues (except for Benvolio), Capulets and the Prince's House. The play shows a system which imposes its beliefs on the individual, preventing him or her from reaching happiness and leaving death as the only escape.

Answer 3

sparknotes.


The Forcefulness of Love
Love as a Cause of Violence
The Individual Versus Society
The Inevitability of Fate

Answer 4

The truth of real love, the foolishness of family feuds, the idiocy of being judged by a name

Answer 5

You can't find the book ...or the theme?

Answer 6

If you listen to your damn family they'll make you slit your wrists!!

Answer 7

love/tragedy

Answer 8

love and tradegy. (: