Love is a powerful thing and can be viewed in many different ways. This is expressed in the tragedy of Romeo of Juliet written by William Shakespeare. This is the tragedy of two lovers who struggle to find ease in their life as they are in two opposing families. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the major characters have very different views of love that they use to their advantage. Lord Capulet sets Juliet up with Paris for marriage which shows that he has trouble understanding what love is. He even told his wife that “unworthy as she is, that we have wrought so worthy a gentleman to be her bride?” (3.5.149-150). Lord Capulet expresses a lot of anger here because Juliet won’t accept what he set er up with. This shows that Lord Capulet doesn’t understand true love and that it is just about social status and looks. He is so fed up with Juliet that he even insults her saying that she should “hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch” (3.5.166). He is continually angry that Juliet can’t accept her fate that is being with Paris as her husband. He may not know about Romeo and Juliet being together but he still doesn’t give her a choice. Lord Capulet’s finite view of how love works are not right and he uses it as a tool to build the family that he wants. Kersten 2 Romeo’s view of love in the story is very different from what Lord Capulet thinks of it. In the beginning of the book, he asks himself “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too
Romeo’s misinterpretation of what love is shows a lot in this play. He attends the Capulet’s party just so that he could see Rosaline not to see Juliet. Romeo, being so young, automatically falls in love with Juliet. In act 1, scene 5, and page 394, Romeo states, “Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take. Thus from my lips, by thine my sin is purged. Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.’’Romeo doesn't even know a detail about Juliet and is already kissing her and saying that he loves Juliet. Also in act 2, scene 2, page
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,
Romeo could have chosen any girl to be with instantly, but instead he had to pick a Capulet, one of his family's enemies. His infatuation with the idea of love causes him to believe that he had true feelings for Juliet. However, his actions toward Juliet shows his obsessive and clingy personality. He was with Rosaline one day and the next with Juliet. He was so desperate to be with someone, he had to marry Juliet. Friar went along with the proposition and married the two of them. Romeo didn’t even think of what consequences they could have faced if they became married or how their families would feel of the situation. To be married at such a young age, Romeo cannot possibly handle all of the obstacles that hang in the future. When Romeo went to the Capulet ball uninvited, Tybalt felt offended and sent a letter challenging Romeo to a duel. Romeo was relaxed and tried to solve the argument words, but instead Tybalt insulted Romeo by calling him a villain. Instead riling him into a fight, Romeo responded with, “But love thee better than thou canst devise/...And so, good Capulet—which name I
Love is something everyone feels, and is different for everyone. It can make people do things that they could never see themselves doing. It impacts everyone in their day to day lives. In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, love is shown in a variety of ways and can make people do crazy things. Love can be friendly, forced, or romantic.
A bit young for " True Love" some would think. We all know that the youngster's desire and hast in being together was one of the reasons for their deaths. So what would true lovers think of each other? " Love causes a rought and uncouth man to be distinguished for his handsomeness" It one of Love's many virtues. Romeo describes Juliet " Arise Fair sun and kill the envious moon". He uses the symbols of light rather than darkness as he had done for Rosaline. Not long, Romeo says Love is supposed to peaceful and lovely. Obviously, Romeo and Juliet both passionately love each other very much. However, Shakespeare makes the " Hate" between them seem just as dangerous as the love itself. " A Man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love" is another rule for love. It is the rush of passion and the feud of the two families that brought to the deaths of Tybalt, Paris and at last, Romeo and Juliet themselves. This brings the question" They love so much, is death the only way to preserve it?" How realistic is Love anyway? Mercurtio delivers a wonderful speech about Queen Mab, a rather perfect symbolising image of dreams and fantasies for beautiful love, which in actually fact, is said to be lust and greed. This is then compared to Romeo and Juliet who sees such truth and realism in their love. So what is Shakespeare trying to say about love? Is it really
Romeo and Juliet were facing many obstacles during the time they first encountered one another. Their, so-called, “love” sprung as they were both trying to escape from their present problems. Romeo was previously in love with a beautiful girl named Rosaline, although she couldn’t love him back and fulfill Romeo’s sexual desires because she was becoming a nun. He was heartbroken when he found out about this, and thus, he was left inconsolable. Once he discovered that Rosaline was attending the Capulet ball, he decided to sneak in. Minutes into the ball, Romeo sees Juliet and immediately professes his love for her. Juliet also had her own dilemmas to deal with. Some of which included being forced into marrying Paris, a man whom she did not love. Therefore, her love for Romeo was influenced by her reluctance to marry Paris. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter at the Capulet party, Juliet comments on marriage stating, “It is an honor that I dream not of,” (1.3.68). This quote shows that Juliet had no interest in getting married anytime soon, although when she meets
Throughout William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, the characters represent opposing views on love. Shakespeare did this in order to allow each person in the play to have someone they could relate to and show that not everybody feels love the same way.
In Act I of Romeo and Juliet, the audience is introduced to the two families: the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo, a Montague, is shown hopelessly in love with a girl that does not return his love. He is seemingly very upset over this and is sure that he will never be happy again. Then, in Scene V, Romeo meets the youthful and innocent Juliet. They both instantly fall into what they immediately refer to as love (Romeo and Juliet, Act I S V L 141). Earlier, when asked to consider marrying Paris, Juliet refuses to consider him more than her mother would like her to (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 S III L 97-99). While this is extremely stubborn of her, it is recognizable as she is still a young teenager (Romeo and Juliet, Act I S II L 9). Later, Tybalt - the tenacious and overly proud
Because of this, Capulet lead to Romeo and Juliet falling in love. In Act 1.5 lines 63-72 Capulet says, “Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone…. show a fair presence and put off these frowns, an ill-beseeming semblance for a feast.” which shows he was too focused on his party to care about the fact there was a Montague. If Romeo was kicked out when Capulet had the chance, Romeo and Juliet would never have fallen in love at the party in the first place. He created this party so Juliet would get to meet Paris, but never took her feelings into account. He felt that if she didn’t have interest in Paris, she must be too young to love anyone else. If Capulet had let Juliet choose any man that she wanted, she wouldn’t have met Romeo at the party and have fallen in love, and neither of them would have died for the
Love is an emotion many-if not all- desire for in their life, but should a person’s past flings call that love into question? Romeo had strong feelings for two different people in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, one being Rosaline and the other being Juliet. Romeo’s feelings for Rosaline were more of an infatuation than love, but this does not weaken the credibility of his love of Juliet. There are three reasons that must be taken into account when talking about the connection between his infatuation with Rosaline and his love for Juliet. Many people have infatuations at some point in their lives before they meet someone they truly love, he learns many things from his infatuation that help to deepen his
The eponymous Juliet Capulet of the famous William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet is fair and unprejudiced to all, if somewhat prone to the bonds of love and lust, and her main purpose is to act as a storytelling device to further her and Romeo’s emotional developments against their feuding families, exemplified in some of her most notable quotes. Despite her very first line in the entire story being a humble assertion that “marriage is an honor that [she] dreams not of” (1.3.71), love instantly blossoms upon her and Romeo’s first encounter before they have even formally introduced each other, which, not two hours later, culminates in a suggestion of elopement between the two. Her susceptibility to love at first sight caused her to accomplish
First off, he causes the death of his mother. At the end, Montague claims that “Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath” (V, iii, 211). The love that Romeo’s mother had for him made her take her own life because she cared about him so much. This shows another state of crazed love, which is the only trait that is shown in Lady Capulet. Romeo indirectly, and without intent, causes more insanity through love. And also, he kills Paris without any knowledge of who he is or his intent, because he is standing in the way of him and Juliet. His love matters more to him than the life of another person and does it with only a single warning to Paris. And Romeo is not the only one risking his life for this love, Paris is trying to protect his lover’s tomb. He does seem to genuinely love Juliet and tries to do one last thing for her, combined with the fact that the law is on his side. And back on the subject of Romeo, the law, in fact, is not on his side. He does multiple actions that break the law completely. Like when he illegally buys poison from the Apothecary. He doesn’t ignore the law, or see it as invalid, he instead sees his love as more important. And all of this connects back to what Shakespeare is really saying about love: it corrupts people.
Lord Capulet does love Juliet but he thinks of himself as the dominant figure. Which is how it would have been as the fathers did tend to take the dominant figure of the family. It is a very unequal relationship.
What is love? Is it an object? Is it a feeling? Is it even attainable? Love is everything, it is an object, it is an emotion, and it cannot be bought, stolen, given. Love can only be found. Love is discovered in the most unthinkable places during the most unimaginable times. It can never be predicted who you fall in love with or when you do but all you do know is that you are in love and you would give anything for that person, and for your love to always stay resilient through all other obstacles and distractions. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Montague’s and Capulet’s are know and expected to hate each other until the miracle of love presented its self. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. They both fell in love when
In 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare portrays different aspects and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fateful love between Romeo and Juliet although the play also displays platonic love, maternal love and aspects of adolescent love.