Romeo and Juliet’s “Love”
In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers experience misfortune all caused by their lust and hastiness. The play talks about the two star crossed lovers trying to have their love blossom into something beautiful. Even though the lovers are around age thirteen and completely grasp the concept of love in relationships. Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet party, after that moment they are inseparable. Like all long lasting relationships, the lovers bump into each other and the next day they are married. From the start the lovers have opposition, whether that be from their families or their impatient nature. Romeo and Juliet claim to be in love, even though Romeo yearned to be with Rosaline, Juliet and Romeo only recently met, and they both jump to conclusions.
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In his despair Romeo says “She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow do I live dead, that live to tell it now,” (Shakespeare, 1.1.231-232). One of the characters, Mercutio, even tries to snap him out of his depression. All a sudden, when Romeo and Juliet dance, then kiss Romeo is no longer depressed and is in love. After kissing Juliet, Romeo states “Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged,” (1.5.118). Romeo saying this after being depressed about Rosaline displays his impatience and immaturity in relationships. The spontaneous change from girl to girl reveals Romeo only goes off his
"LOVE IS A Certain Inborn Suffering derived from the sight of and excessive Meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other, and by common desires carry out all of love's precepts in the other's Embrace" is definition of medieval love. But Really, How much does Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet comes to terms of traditional " love"? Think about Romeo in the very beginning of the play, when he talks about Rosaline. He describes, rather about her looks as he says: " O, she is rich in beauty, only poor". Romeo talks of his unattainable love to the beautiful Rosaline. He sees Rosaline as strong, for she would never be hit by cupid's arrow. This is an example of courtly
The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married,
As Shakespeare composes this tragic love story “Violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and power, / Which as they kiss consume” (2.6.9). In the play Romeo and Juliet an enchanted love leads to violent ends and consumes two people’s lives until their powerful death. When Romeo first lays eyes on the gorgeous Juliet it is love at first sight. Though their love is authentic and empowering, it is also entirely banned. William Shakespeare writes this masterpiece with much delight but also great sorrow. Romeo and Juliet is the most abiding love story of all time. Shakespeare uses many literary devices in his works. Throughout this story the character Juliet changes remarkably. Shakespeare provides evidence for
The love that Romeo and Juliet had was very intense they weren’t supposed to be together because of family feud. The capulets and montagues are two different families that have different things that aren 't common on each other. Due to this Romeo and Juliet are conscious that what they have can 't happen but true love can cause people to take many risk. For example Romeo and Juliet can’t be together but they can decide to be together without there parents knowing that they feel in love and that they are planning to get married without their parents permission because their love is more important than what their families think about the difference and
Though some may simply know romantic love as an intense bond between individuals devoted to one another, its effects in reality are not always as beautiful as the concept. Particularly when it is frowned upon by society and the people involved also swim against the current, the consequences of this type of love can be damaging to others outside the romance. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the actions of the young lovers in their desire to be together not only steer the course of their lives, but also those of their friends, families, and other citizens in the city. The unfortunate series of events following Romeo and Juliet’s choice to reach beyond traditional gender roles, a standard courtship, and their established social networks reveal the importance of complying with these norms. By highlighting the chaos in Verona on the path to Romeo and Juliet’s eventual demise, Shakespeare suggests that intense romantic love that threatens relationships and expectations in the established social order leads to tragedy.
Romeo and Juliet had not a full-hearted romance, but infatuation from the looks of it. They both were in points of their lives where they felt trapped and had to get out. When they met each other, they both liked each other and they thought that if someone out there liked them that maybe they could take them away from problems and family life. That is what these two people believed would happen. It wasn't real love, they just thought it was. The saying ¨you want it more when you can't have it¨ applies perfectly here. They started to become more infatuated with each other when they realized their families were enemies, that is when the idea of marrying each other came up. This story is famous because its very well written but also pokes fun
Shakespeare shows that love can change anybody. When Romeo is thinking about Rosaline, he says, “Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health/Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!” (I, i, 170-171). Romeo is talking about how he feels about Rosaline. The reader can tell that he likes her but; she does not like her back. Because she does not like him back, his mood changes drastically. He has a bad mood about it. He acts like he has depression. He goes from happy to sad and upset quickly. After, he attends a party that the Capulet's family holds in their mansion. While he is at the party he sees Juliet and immediately falls in love again. When he sees Juliet he says, “Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!/It seems she
What makes a good relationship? It is the question every person in a relationship asks themselves, and sometimes it is not easy to tell. In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and get married, even though their parents are sworn enemies. In the end, through confusion, and miscommunication they both end up committing suicide. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the main character George and Lennie are best friends and they go looking for work, except Lennie isn’t very smart and causes lots of trouble for George to deal with. At the end of the book Lennie causes a major problem, and when he is on the run George kills him. Romeo and Juliet have a better relationship because: they both
The book Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare is a romantic tragedy between Romeo and Juliet. The lifelong grudge between the Capulet and Montague family have always been a problem and was an incurable feud between the two. Throughout this story Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers, struggled throughout this journey, but eventually lost their lives due to their inseparable love. In the love tragedy between Romeo and Juliet portrayed in this book, their relationship was both created and destroyed by the foolish and ignorant decisions made by Friar Laurence.
Love: an intense feeling of deep affection. Often when humans adapt to love it can become stronger than hate. In the romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers from feuding families meet and fall in love. Romeo and Juliet believe that fate is against their love and end up taking their own lives to go against fate, but not realizing that is what fate had in store for them. The two families don’t realize it, but Romeo and Juliet’s love is stronger than their hate. Shakespeare uses irony and plot to show that adapting to love can be stronger than hate.
Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare in 1594-1595. he wrote the story in his early career.Shakespeare was an english poet, actor, and playwright.He wrote Romeo and Juliet it is about the feud between two families; the Capulet and Montague.The play is also about Romeo and Juliet which he meant to represent love in a different ways.As there is; there is another view of love other than the love between Romeo and Juliet; there is the love between family and friends.Juliet whom supposed to be sixteen , but in the play and in the book; Shakespeare made her three years younger.And Romeo is a little bit older than her.At first Romeo was madly in love with Rosaline, but when he learns that Rosaline love him back, he got very depressed
The art of love found in many of William Shakespeare’s plays, including Romeo and Juliet, can be explained by the science of love. This scientific explanation of love best explains Romeo’s irrational behavior as a Petrarchan Lover found throughout the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In both relationships Romeo has during the play, he puts both of the girls on a pedestal above everything else. This is seen in Act 1 Scene one when Romeo is in a desperate state of loathing. He is caught up in this girl that doesn’t like him back, which is noted in the part of the play when Romeo says “Well, in that hit you miss/ She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow/
In William Shakespeare’s play written in 1595, “Romeo and Juliet” explores the theme of love, as the ‘two star crosses lovers’ who come from two different conflicting families that hate each other’s guts, yet fate brings them together and despite the grudge that each family holds for the other. Young Romeo is seen though impulsive and immature, his idealism and passion make him an extremely likable character. He lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and the Capulets, but he is not at all interested in violence. Meanwhile, Juliet appears to be just another teen girl infatuated with a young boy.
Towards the end of the play, Juliet still demonstrates how she thinks with her heart rather than her head. Since Juliet always follows the rules her parents set, Juliet never really was free. This is why Juliet was very hasty with this relationship and is so desperate to be with her lover, “ God pardon him! I do, with all my heart; And let no man like he doth grieve my heart. ”(III,v,92-93).
Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Lancelot and Guinevere, and Paris and Helena are some of the best and most know love stories of all time. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare stands far above all of these, and is definitely the greatest love story ever written. This play is renowned for its passion and is one of the most viewed plays ever, being republished twice in Shakespeare's lifetime. This story also contains several different kinds of love.