The concept of love is one that has both confused and fascinated people since the beginning of time. Although the definition of love is “an intense feeling of deep affection”, to our hearts, it feels indescribable. However, in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, the two “star-crossed lovers” seem to form their own twisted definition of love. Their “love” is based completely on first impressions, appearances, and selfish desires. If these two were so in love, why is there a large speculation that the relationship was formed on a strong lust for each other? Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet tried to convince themselves they were in “love”, but it was really more a matter of convenience for the two. In this situation, love has turned into lust …show more content…
They don’t give each other a sense of stability in a crazy world, their love only causes more chaos. However, this isn’t the only flaw in Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Romeo’s focus is not only fixed on finding a woman who is willing to sleep with him, she also must be physically appealing. He has a habit of falling for women based on their looks, and doesn’t seem to mind hopping from one to another. Within the first moments of knowing each other, Romeo kisses Juliet and declares her beauty. They know absolutely nothing about each other, all they know is what their faces and bodies look like, and that seems to be enough for the two to be “in love”. To be in love with someone entails that you love their whole being, their flaws included. How can Romeo be in love with Juliet’s whole being if he doesn’t know anything about her past her appearance? Juliet spends no more than a couple of hours with Romeo, and then claims that she would die for him. Within those couple of hours, Romeo and Juliet failed to get to know each other in the slightest, mind you. They’re simply in love with the “perfection” they present to each other at first sight. …show more content…
For instance, right after they meet, Juliet is pacing about her balcony, thinking about Romeo, her new interest. She’s upset because Romeo is a Montague, her family’s sworn enemy. Juliet believes that if he wasn’t a Montague, he’d still be as beautiful as he is now: “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,/Retain that dear perfection which he owes/Without that title.” (2.2.48-50). Juliet doesn’t seem to be very concerned with getting to know Romeo’s personality, she’s occupied with the fact that he’s so handsome. True love isn’t skin deep. It’s even worse when two people aren’t that interested in the act of getting to know each other past first impressions. You can’t be in love if you don’t know the other person, and Romeo and Juliet don’t know each other. They can say that they would die for each other all they want, but if they can’t even make an attempt to truly talk to one another about something other than their beauty, it’s not love. Not only is Juliet infatuated with Romeo’s beauty, the chance to rebel against her parents is extremely pleasing to her. As an adolescent, Juliet feels that it’s time she separate from the control of her parents. Her parents want her to marry Paris, the Prince of Verona’s cousin, but
infatuation. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it does not. Many people disagree about what true love is, so what does being in love really mean? In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the title characters are portrayed as being convinced they are madly in love. But are Romeo and Juliet truly in love or are they just simply in lust? Romeo and Juliet are truly in love based on their immediate intense attraction which leads them to develop a willingness to defy their friends and families in order to be together
without the other person? To be like Romeo and Juliet; love and first sight and married the next day. But doesn’t that seem somewhat rushed; how could love of such magnitude take place so quickly? In this heart-braking tragedy, Shakespeare warns about the dangers of lust; in such a place and time, perhaps Romeo and Juliet never actually loved one another, but were merely infatuated with each other. As heart-wrenching as it may be to think that Juliet and Romeo never truly loved each other, there
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shows many different aspects of life and falling in love, but it also reveals the consequences of not thinking about your actions and moving too fast. Romeo and Juliet start off as enemies from rival families, but the story slowly morphs from hate to love through the five acts. The anger and deaths throughout the story help to shape the story and eventually lead Romeo and Juliet to their fates. But even though it made their families stop fighting, was it really worth
1) Romeo and Juliet’s attraction was, as Juliet asserted, “too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning.” Therefore, their attraction to each other was not love*, but lust**. I believe that there were aspects of both lust and love in Juliet and Romeo's relationship, but it is not just to say that their relationship was totally fueled by lust or totally fueled by love. Due to the play happening in just a couple days, many think that lust must be the only reason why they would "die
Romeo and Juliet was a tragic play written by William Shakespeare a playwright who wrote about two young star-crossed lovers who experienced love and loss. In the play Romeo and Juliet approached the subject of love in two antithetic ways, Romeo as the immature romantic and Juliet the reticent analyst. Romeo an immature romantic compiled the feeling of lust,while making dramatic actions. Romeo first expressed his lust for Juliet when she appeared in the balcony. He compared her beauty
Love or Lust? One of Shakespeare’s most prominent tragedies, Romeo and Juliet, tells the story of young lovers from feuding families. The Montagues’ and the Capulets’ have been enemies since long before any of the characters can recall. The feud between the families became the accepted routine in Verona. Romeo of the Montagues and Juliet of the Capulets become infatuated with each other, which promptly leads to their death. Romeo’s fixation with Juliet is not considered love, due to his short-lived
(Shakespeare 2, 6, 9-11). In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are two families, the Montagues and the Capulets, these families have been rivaling for years, Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet fall in love. Their love is forbidden and they soon realized that their love wasn't meant to be. Love is having an intense feeling of deep affection and caring about well being, happiness, and health of someone else to a greater degree than your own. Romeo and Juliet don't care about each other
Romeo and Juliet is a play about “star-crossed” lovers who end up dying due to their fate. Romeo and Juliet’s parents are rivals, which entitles the two to resent each other just as their parents do. It is forbidden for Romeo and Juliet to love each other for this reason. Overall, the play proves the essential question that love and lust do influence relationships. Romeo is the main character that helps prove the essential question. He says “did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, is typically thought of as a great love story, but in reality it is a story of lust. Shakespeare, who was 18, marries Anne Hathaway, who was 26. They rushed to marry as they only performed one reading instead of the traditional three. Not long after they got married, they had their first child. The pregnancy was supposedly unplanned and was not expected. Shakespeare suddenly moves to London without his family and rarely
history, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet explains the highly debated notion of “love at first sight” through the relationship between the “two star-crossed lovers”, Romeo and Juliet. Though many can argue that this relationship between the two is only for lust, it is clearly shown in the play that the family-rivaled couple is truly in love. Through Juliet’s decisiveness and maturity, Juliet shows that her relationship with Romeo is not about lust, but about true love. First, Juliet experiences her first
The tale of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare will always be revered as one of the most tragic, classic tales of young love. However, is it possible that Romeo and Juliet’s feelings for each other could be something other than love? It is quite unlikely that two young teenagers who just met could be so passionately affectionate towards each other within such a short time frame. Yet, the situation becomes far more likely when one takes the time to carefully define what emotions they are truly
The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is thought by many to be one of the greatest romance stories in history. Was their fondness for each other true love or was it merely lust? Romeo and Juliet “fell in love” at first sight and wanted to be married within two hours. Is two hours really long enough to get to know someone that well? Studies show that it takes up to seven years to fully get to know someone, not two hours. Romeo and Juliet wanted to partake in sexual relations with each other. Some
attractive. You didn’t know why you liked them, but you just liked them. Also teens all have read romeo and juliet in high school. Do you know what those two situations have in common? Lust. In the play, Romeo and juliet, William shakespeare demonstrates that when teens fall in “love” it might just be lust. The first reason why it is lust, is when Romeo tells Juliet he loves her.In act 2 Romeo and juliet share a kiss and after he says “A thousand times the worse to want thy light. Love goes toward
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous of William Shakespeare’s tragedies, and many believe this the most classic love story to exist. A classic love story is about two lovers overcoming a challenge, and then living a happy life. However, Romeo and Juliet is actually a very different type of love story. Romeo and Juliet is about how Romeo discovers love in a world full of lust, and how love can develop from lust. Lust is an attraction to someone based solely on their physical form, and is a sexual
Lit/Writing Period 5 7 March 2017 Lust or Love To be in love means to put someone else’s needs before you and having deep affection toward someone despite their looks. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, it tells the story of two teenagers from rival families that experience love at first sight and inevitably commit suicide over the inability to be together. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet who has been prepared to marry County Paris. When Romeo and Juliet first lay eyes on each other