Comparing Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

When given several opportunities to provide his daughter with comfort during a time of despair and grief, he decided that forcing his daughter to marry a man much older than her that she had just met was the best solution to the problem. Of course, when Juliet rebelled against his ridiculous proposal, Lord Capulet was furious and told her she must find somewhere else to live. He left her, abandoned, neglected, and forgotten on the streets of Verona. So, not only has her cousin been murdered and her husband exiled, but now her father will not allow her to live with him. “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!/ My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!/But, an you will not wed, I’ll pardon you./ Graze where you will, you shall not house with me./Look to ’t, think on ’t, I do not use to jest” (Romeo and Juliet 3.5.160-188). Lord Capulet upsets her even more by forcing the idea of marriage on her at such a young age, and he was not considerate of her delicate, fragile state at that time. Moreover, he completely neglected his dutiful post as a father when he abandoned his only child, beautiful

In Friar Laurence's passage, he is also saying that is is better to have a short wonderful marriage, than to be forced to marry someone you do not love and it lasts forever. Juliet is in a better place, with someone she really loves. She really loves him, because she died just to be with him. The Friar is trying to tell them that this feud has ruined the Capulet family relationship. They are not allowed or accepted to marry a Montague, even if it means marrying someone you

Lord Capulet’s goal is to gain acknowledgement from the people of Verona. Therefore, he is willing to do what he needs to do to protect his image. He is the man of the house so he makes the final decisions. The Capulets’ have a daughter named Juliet. She is thirteen which is around the age women of Verona usually get married. Her parents goal for her is to marry a man who is wealthy in riches just as they are so that they may always thrive financially. In Act 1 scene 2, when County Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage, Capulet responds with, “My child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen the change of fourteen years”.(pg.1001). In other words, he exclaims that his daughter is way too young for marriage. But then later on in lines 18-19, he goes on with saying “An she agree, within her scope of choice lies my consent and fair according voice.” which just simply means he will approve anyone that she chooses to marry. In this scene, it is taken that Capulet is a caring and protective father who wants the best for his daughter. However, later on in the play his character truly unravels at the masquerade party he hosts. When he finds out Romeo has invaded, he doesn’t want to cause a ruckus because he wants to protect his image. Readers definitely begin to question Lord Capulet’s character during this event. Shakespeare uses this event to foreshadow a much bigger

As the daughter of Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet, Juliet is forced to obey her parents and marry a gentleman named Paris. Unfortunately, Juliet refuses to do so and chooses to be with the love of her life, Romeo Montague. As written, Lady Capulet suggested that Juliet marries Paris because of his good looks and money. Though marriage never crossed Juliet’s mind she still took it into consideration up until she laid eyes on Romeo Montague, the son of her family’s worse enemies, and fell madly in love with him. Juliet was so in love she prepared to disobey her parents and marry Romeo in secret, choosing him over her family. After their marriage, Lord Capulet demanded his right as Juliet’s father to marry Paris, just as Juliet refused to marry

leave each other. "Let me be ta'en, let me be put to death". He was so

Love. It’s a word that generations have used without really knowing what it means. Love in fact means having an intense feeling or deep affection for someone or something. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. One on going argument about this play is if Romeo and Juliet, the two supposed “love birds”, were in fact in love or if they were just infatuated.

Throughout the Elizabethan era, marriages were arranged for girls as early as age twelve, and most of the time, an arranged marriage was to bring wealth and prestige to the family the girl came from. However, in scene ii of Act I, Lord Capulet can be seen as the doting and loving father to Juliet, so when it came down to marriage, he allowed Juliet to give her consent to the person she married. For example, in scene ii Lord Capulet is talking to Paris and he says, “ An she agree, within her scope of choice/Lies my consent and fair according voice.” In other words, Lord Capulet allows Juliet to choose whom she marries. As a result, Lord Capulet is hoping that this will make sure Juliet is happy when she is married.

Romeo and Juliet; Love or Lust Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is by far one of the most known romantic stories of all times. With lines that would make anyone swoon and a love story so tragic that not a dry eye can be found after its performance. But with lines like “Two of the fairest stars in all of heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return,” how could your heart not melt. Shakespeare's play is filled with beautiful soliloquies and lovely adulation, but the star crossed lovers were simply not in love. Romeo and Juliet could not have truly been in love due to their age, their timing, and their actions.

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Love is an intense feeling of deep affection or a sexual attachment to someone. In Romeo and Juliet, a love story by William Shakespeare talks about a couple whose families are in a feud with each other. In the prologue, it states that “ a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” and “ doth with their bury their parents’ strife.” This means that a pair of a couple together by their brightness or looks take their life ending their families’ feud. In the story, both Romeo and Juliet knew that they are in families who are feuding against each other but continues to love despite the people around warning them.

The dominant conflict in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is that Romeo and Juliet each come from opposing families that are constantly feuding. As a result, Romeo and Juliet struggle to share a relationship because their parents would undoubtedly not approve of their love. In the play, the threat of the conflict between the Montagues and Capulets to the relationship is highlighted by “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.” (Shakespeare 2.2.45-49).

Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other was powerful, and so much so that it led them to the point of suicide. Love has the ability to make us do crazy things. But what is love? Where does it come from? In the following paper, I will be answering these questions and more by presenting a biblical view on love.

Both sets of characters, an unnamed pair of loves and Romeo and Juliet, prove that intense passion can hurt oneself when the pursuit of passion trumps aspects of one’s own individuality. The light and dark imagery

Is love a special connection or is it something more physical? Throughout many centuries the perspective of love has always revolved around an association that the two people have in common. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, we see how love is diverse; Romeo talked about Rosaline. He mentioned that he was very depressed and even offered her money to marry him. Today, love is a crave, something that people do not take much time to think on.

What is love? Love is trusting one another, being honest, helping one another, taking the time to know each other, and it is being understanding of one another. It takes time to get to know someone. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo falls in love with Juliet in a matter of hours. Romeo fell out of love and in love so fast that it was lust and not love.