Romeo and Juliet Script Analysis

1. Identify the MAJOR CONFLICT of the play. This is between two characters or a character and a group of characters or force.
The major conflict is between Romeo & Juliet and their families' feud.
The feud between their parents had lead to the younger generations to hate each other as well, other wise the youth wouldn't have a reason to hate each other.
This feud is the only thing that could keep the young couple apart.

2. Identify what these characters REPRESENT.
Romeo and Juliet represent forgiveness and love.
The Families' Feud represent animosity and hatred.

3. Identify the CLIMAX of the major Conflict.
In my opinion, the climax of the major conflict takes place when Romeo finds Juliet in the Capulet tomb, believing her to be dead, poisons himself.

I feel this is the climax because the audience knows of Juliet's plan and are hoping that Juliet will wake in time to stop Romeo from committing suicide. It the one point that I felt puts you on the edge of your seat.

4. Identify the RESOLUTION of the conflict.
The resolution is when Juliet awakes to find Romeo dead laying by her side and as a result she stabs herself with Romeo's dagger.

5. Identify the FINAL ACTION of the two figures involved in the major conflict.
Obviously Romeo and Juliet's final action is the double suicide, but as far as the family feud, this takes place when the two families learn of the love that Romeo and Juliet shared and that they had killed themselves.
The significance of this is that both families had been feuding for so many years and that feud is the reason to the secrecy of Romeo and Juliet's love, and that same feud is that lead the way for their eventual deaths. Both families find themselves mourning over something that could have been avoided if they had just forgiven each other.

6. Identify each of the character's (in the major conflict) over all OBJECTIVES.
Romeo and Juliet's over all objective is to be together.
The Families' Feud's over all objective is to keep Romeo and Juliet apart.

7. Identify the SUBJECT of the play.
Love.

8. Identify the IDEA of the play.
The idea of the play is that love prevails over all. Two young people fall desperately and passionately in love with each other despite that they are expected to hate each other just because of their last names. And through the many obstacles made by their families feuding they manage to remain together, even if it is in death. It shows that neither one was willing to live in a world where the other doesn't exist, and I believe the double suicide expresses the degree of love they shared.

9. Write a short paragraph, 75 to 100 words that describes what the play is ABOUT to you and what it conveys.
The forcefulness of love, there is love at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. The two come from two families that hate each other and have been very violent towards each other for years, but even after learning of who the other was, Romeo and Juliet are unable to be apart. And we see these series of events that force the young couple to choose between their love and their families. And unfortunately all this decisions lead to tragedy, but still love won by them ending up together in death.