No matter where you live? The part when Lee talks about Romeo and Juliet being a tragedy of fate rather then a tragedy of character would be great for my paper. Aries: Aries is one of the most courageous, passionate, and hotheaded signs. And when she finally finds the right guy, she has to disguise herself as a lawyer and argue brilliantly to get him and his dumb friends out of trouble and bring everyone to justice which she does. Often prudent, he commands respect and propriety, but he is liable to fly into a rage when either is lacking. Read an Friar Lawrence - A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. Therefore Shakespeare used astrology in one of the most important love stories ever told. Both Romeo and Juliet struggle to maintain an imaginary world void of time in the face of the harsh realities that surround them.
There are thousand of them in print and online. It was the first time that Romeo and Juliet had been filmed and performed by teenagers which was considered to be risky but it was the best version ever created. Take the advice of friends. That said, if he was in fact born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, Shakespeare is a Taurus with a Libra Moon -- a very likable combination, indeed. I will use this essay to describe how their choices, while may have not been intended, lead to fateful death.
She was born, says the Nurse in the play, on Lammas Eve, July 31, and was therefore a Leo. Also how the misfortune in his fate caused his death. Perhaps you are ready to make a change and it's not been the right time to do so. Nevertheless, she shows amazing courage in trusting her entire life and future to Romeo, even refusing to believe the worst reports about him after he gets involved in a fight with her cousin. You know that already, and so care and treatment of your body, mind and spirit is important at this time.
Romeo speaks of a foreboding he feels in the stars' movements early in the play, and when he learns of Juliet's death, he defies the stars' course for him. A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. Since the beginning of the essay he relates many literary devices Shakespeare uses and refers them to bad luck. Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas, Dynamics of the Unconscious: Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Volume 2, Samuel Weiser, Inc. Mercutio is a talker, someone who loves to hear himself speak, a true son of Mercury. Zach Matthews, The Astrological Association, 1995, p. She's romantic and loyal, but she's also manipulative when it comes to double-talking at her parents, and deeply hurt over the death of her cousin.
Teaching English also for over 30 years has given her a deep appreciation of Shakespeare, as well as the opportunity to synthesize the literary and the astrological. Maybe it's a phase and it's time to focus on the growth rather than the lack. Kermode relates the word tragedy to this Shakespearean play. Romeo and Juliet, first edition title page Romeo too seems fickle at the beginning of the play, going on and on about Rosaline whom he says he loves. Friar Lawrence Friar Lawrence shows certain characteristics that make him seem like a virgo, meaning he was probably born between August 22 - September 23. With the use of oxymoron and pair signs as well as characters whose names and characteristics accurately mirror particular zodiacal signs.
Some of the tragedy in this play results from the lovers' impetuousness, rushing headlong into love and then into a secret marriage. Cancer: Let's be real, both Romeo and Juliet are probably Cancerians. After meeting Romeo and falling in love with him, despite not knowing his identity, she hears from her Nurse who he really is. This critical essay was written about the fate in Romeo and Juliet. This is true, especially in the tale of Romeo and Juliet. Lee describes the fate, fortune, and lives of humans in Shakespearean dramas. Two households, both alike in … dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, And civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
Pisces is that type of watery, rapid nature of moving into love with such a force that it may not think clearly for itself. As well as being a Catholic holy man, Friar Lawrence is also an expert in the use of seemingly mystical potions and herbs. Several writers, some of whom will be cited in this article, have successfully related one or the other to images from literature. Lings, The Sacred Art of Shakespeare, p. Ok, well, actually no one really knows the exact birth date of the great English poet and playwright, but Shakespeare's birthday is widely celebrated on April 23. You never know who may come into your life to help you form a partnership that will last for years to come. It's really important that you take ownership of your own feelings because they do project into the things that you say and do.
Some of these negative talents well describe Mercutio, whom we first meet the evening that Romeo and his friends go to a masked ball at Capulet's home. You love your family, and you like living comfortably in your castle. That's why you're such a Portia, the kick ass female lawyer from The Merchant of Venice. Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! This phrase seems to hint that the stars have predetermined the lovers' future Duality of light and dark Shakespeare's widespread use of light and dark imagery throughout the play has long been noted. William demonstrated this with the angry line from Romeo. Astrologer Palden Jenkins writes that, at the time of this zodiacal power point, Nature ripens, the young grow bigger, and each explores the maximum possibilities inherent in his or her reach.
How fortunate we are that this kind of irrational prejudice no longer exists in modern society. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! How revealing that one of the principal characters, Romeo's friend, is even named Mercutio, obviously riffed from the planet itself! You're a gentle, sensitive person who loves sweeping romance when the time is right. This is a time when things are raw emotionally, and yet never could be any clearer. It's a time when stability steps in and takes our hand and yet, we feel as though we are in a state of change. Sagittarius: Sagittarians are the fun ones of the bunch.