'romeo And Juliet' - Values And The Human Condition (Also A Bit On Donne's 'the Sunne Rising')
Whilst time and place usually do change our values, the human condition remains essentially the same. Such a testimony can be seen in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare as the values of fate, love and hate, and excess and moderation are being displayed.
Values are defined as the concept that describes the beliefs of an individual or culture, whereas the human condition encompasses the totality of the experience of being human and living human lives. Thus, it is clear that our values are indeed affected by time and place, whereas the human condition is universal as it describes the joy, terror and other feelings or emotions associated with being and existence.
The idea of fate is most prominent throughout ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The play begins with a prologue, which states "A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” (prologue) clearly affirming that the fair tale of Romeo and Juliet is to end in death as they were destined by the stars to bad......
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