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Lust In Romeo And Juliet

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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

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