Comparing The Emotions Of Love And Marriage In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Juliet's attitude towards love and marriage changes significantly throughout the play, at first she never even thought about marriage, but then falls deeply in love with Romeo, as a result Juliet decides she can’t live without Romeo and kill’s herself.

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

he is later in the play. He thinks that Juliet is too young and if she

    We know from the very opening scene of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet's love will end in

Early in the play, Romeo and Juliet meet and instantly fall in love. In the infamous balcony scene, they clearly express their love and decide to get married. Juliet says, “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bend of love be honorable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, By one that I’ll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, And all my fortunes at thy foot I’ll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world,” (2.2.149-155). Juliet has confirmed that she wants to marry Romeo the next day so long as he gives her a notice the next day. Romeo and Juliet are so in love that they are willing to rush into this marriage, not truly thinking of what is about to come next. They don’t stop to think about what this marriage will mean for the rivalry between the families and they don’t understand that maybe it isn’t a good idea. If Romeo and Juliet had considered the trouble that this marriage would cause, perhaps they would not have gotten married so quickly. Later, once Romeo has been banished to Mantua and Juliet is told she must marry another guy named Paris, she is distraught and runs to Friar Lawrence. Once there, Friar tells Juliet of a plan that involves her faking her death using a concoction that will make her appear dead. Romeo will then find her and they will be reunited and live their lives together away from their feuding

tension, the second he lays his eyes on her he says “if I profane with

Within the play titled Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the character Juliet of the Capulet family changes her attitude toward love and marriage. Shakespeare's play displays that Juliet’s attitude adjusts throughout the play; she goes from being an independent woman who does not seek marriage, to having a cautious love, to eventually hopelessly in love. At the beginning of the play Juliet’s mother speaks with her about marriage, which Juliet answers to her mother "It is an honor I dream not of,” showing that she has no interest in love. Then when the play moves to the balcony scene Juliet shows change of where she feels that Romeo is her first love, yet she still displays no intent to marry. Eventually after Juliet does decide

Juliet is to be married as “The valiant Paris seeks [her] for his love”(686) and Romeo feels depressed. Juliet doesn’t truly want to be married to Paris and when Romeo comes along and says he loves her, Juliet uses this as an excuse to be ineligible to Paris. At their young ages of 13 and 16 both, don’t truly know love and can’t effectively associate their feelings. The friar feels that"[Romeo’s] love did read by rote, that could not spell'"(707). Romeo is only repeating what he has heard about love, not genuinely understanding what he is saying. He acts impatient and brash, quickly jumping at any chance to say he is in love thinking it will bring him happiness. Moments before he saw Juliet, Romeo claimed that he was deeply in love with Rosaline, although when presented with someone who he deemed as more beautiful he’s questions if, "[his] heart [did] love till now?...For [he feels he has] ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (pg 692). If he had truly been in love with Rosaline then seeing another girl wouldn't have changed his mind, but as he is so young he isn't able to understand that what he felt for both, Juliet and Rosaline was lust. Teenagers act irrationally, based solely on emotion, Romeo and Juliet are too caught up in their feelings to take a step back and consider their

For century’s arranged marriages were common around the world. These marriages were often arranged according to class, not love. The two families would negotiate the marriage and often times the newlyweds would not even meet prior to marrying. However, the true love that you find in Romeo and Juliet fought back and persisted. Despite arranged marriages having a seemingly practical effect, the strong connection between two lovers caused them to become less common. Today, it is more common to marry the one your heart loves but finding that true love is not always an easy journey. In Room With A View, E. M. Forster uses the contrast of settings in order to show that true love that comes from the heart always wins.

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 the play and song, the narrative voices of male characters show their enthusiastic response to a romantic emotion associated with a woman. Sir Paul McCartney performed a song titled “Michelle” at the white house for the president and his family. “Michelle” is a song that was intended to expose the male’s emotion towards Michelle. Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare, in the 1300’s. In this play excerpt Romeo is overcome with an outstanding amount of emotion, and he finds himself falling in love. Both males from these sources explain the unconditional attraction between themselves and the women, and they show their emotions verbally, because they do not know how to do not any other way. In the song “Michelle” Sir McCartney

In the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet, I believe the males have more of a dramatic impact than the females. Because of the wide array of mixed emotions the men sparked the interest of the audience. I think Romeo is a dramatic figure in the play due to his mixed emotions about love. "Bid a sick man in sadness make his will. Ah, word ill urged on to one that is so ill. In sadness cousin, I am in love with a woman." Pg. 1,000 The mixed emotions Romeo has about women shows that he is a key dramatic element in the play. Next, Tybalt shows his clear hatred for the Montagues. "This by his voice should be a Montague. Fetch me my raiper dear boy. What dares the slave come hither, covered with antic face. Now by stock and honor of my skin, to strike

The tenor thudding of a heart beat, tightening of the chest, and feeling like your sanity could be replaced with a series of intense emotions; these are all potential symptoms when “lovesick.” Throughout the entirety of human experiences, love has remained a universal feeling. Even given potential barriers, love is an emotion that can be easily translated. Humans not only translate this emotion through a variety of different behaviors, but they also translate it using a variety of other tools. Helping to convey the message, literature, film, and experiences, are all tools used by humans to translate the meaningful emotion.

and he says 'the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon'

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.