Different Forms of Love in "Romeo and Juliet"

In the play “Romeo & Juliet” shakespeare portrayed all aspects of love throughout different characters. Each character carries its own meaning of love which is what makes this play unique. Romeo,Nurse, and Tybalt all represent divergent love.The word Love can come in all sorts of ways which is why it is such a diverse word. Love is a powerful term that can be portrayed as deep affection, devotion, and even heartbreak.

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

While he is being forced out of Verona, Lady Capulet is arranging a marriage for Juliet and Paris.For example, In scene five Nurse says, Romeo is banished and he has wrecked everything for you. He must not dare to come back and claim you. I think it would be best if you married Paris. He is a fine man and would be gould for you and your family. I think you would be happy in this marriage, for it will be better than the first (215-225). The Nurse has changed her mind on who she thinks Juliet should marry. She went from helping Juliet elope to Romeo and then moved on to helping Lady Capulet convince Juliet that she should marry Paris. In addition to the theme of this essay, In scene 5, Juliet says, “Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain./ I’ll to the friar to know his remedy./ If all else fail, myself have power to die “(242-224). If Juliet can not be married to Romeo, she would rather be dead. She will not marry Paris or anyone that is not Romeo. She can not imagine a life without him. Juliet is so distraught by this arranged marriage that she would rather

Although along the course of the play, the nurse has many times caused discouragement and show unsupportive attitude, but her maternal instincts and moral values prevents her from reporting Juliet’s behaviour to the Capulets. Despite her sudden betrayal towards the end of play, Shakespeare positions us to empathise for the nurse that she was the one who raised Juliet, fed her , cared for her, yet witnessed Juliet’s tragic death. William Shakespeare portrays both the likeable and irritable persona positioning the audience to dislike the character, yet empathise for the immense regret that she has to suffer for the rest of her

In the first scene of Act one there is the servants Sampson and Gregory talking about sexual love. As they both talk about taking girls virginity. They both sound arrogant as they talk as if it is through experience. To them the thoughts of taking a girl’s virginity seems a joking matter.

To start off, Capulet, Juliet’s father, is introduced as a thoughtful and caring character but ends up giving Juliet the false pretence that he values her thoughts and opinions. In scene two, when he is offered a proposal for Juliet's hand in marriage, he replies saying “My will to her consent is but a part; / An she agree, within her scope of choice / Lies my consent and fair according voice.” (1.2.17-19), which indicates how he values Juliet’s choices. Though Paris is of a high status of power, Capulet is more concerned about Juliet’s happiness, with her being his only heir, than power at this point. Further on, there is a change of heart situated in Capulet. Previously he has made it clear that Juliet has a final say in marriage, but Capulet

Despite the fact that lord Capulet was against Paris and Juliet’s marriage at the beginning, he soon changes his mind. This is proven by the quote; ‘A ‘Thursday let it be- a ‘Thursday, tell her, she shall be married to this noble earl’. The reason towards lord Capulet’s haste was because he did not want his daughter to grief over Tybalts death. This shows us how much he cares for Juliet. In addition to this, lord Capulet believes that Juliet would accept this marriage, as he is all a girl can wish for; wealth and a high status. However, lord Capulet himself is nearly fifty years old while lady Capulet is in her thirties, so he has good reasons to thinking a young wife is trouble. On the other hand, Juliet is his only surviving child, so when young Tybalt is killed unexpectedly in his duel with Romeo, lord Capulet remembers how easily young people die in medieval Verona - and decides that he wants Juliet to marry Paris as soon as possible. This shows us how Capulet’s concern towards Juliet’s future is overpowering his concern towards her feelings.

Humans have many goals and decisions throughout their life, some important, some trivial. Love is one of the big decisions that appears in life. Love varies in many forms, love between friends and the love between a parent and their child are different. These different types of love are called facets, and are often utilized in literature to show the relationship between characters. These facets lets the reader know what kind of person the character is and makes the story more engaging, and detailed because Eros, one of the types of love, shows the passion between lovers, Philia shows the love between friends, and Storge shows the loving relationship between a child and their parents.

Paris knows Juliet does not wish to marry him, yet this only makes him more determined to marry her as he sees Juliet as a prize, to show his superiority over everyone else. In today’s society, we would view Lord Capulet as a cold, unfeeling father because of the way he treats his daughter, but Lord Capulet is a prime example of Shakespearian fathers. His only wish is to make a good marriage for his daughter, but she rejects his help. Capulet doesn’t know Juliet has fallen for Romeo and so cannot be expected to understand why she doesn’t wish to marry Paris.

He can not get out of his head, that Juliet doesn’t want to marry yet, at least not to Paris. Capulet sadi, “ And too soon marred are those so early made. Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she; she is the hopeful lady of me earth. But woo her, gentle Paris, net her heart, My will to her consent is but a part.”(Act I, Scene II, 13-17).In this Capulet was explaining how much he would like Paris to marry Juliet. “ I was your mother much upon these years That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief; the valiant Paris seeks you for his love.” ( Lady Capulet, Act I, Scene III, 72-74). Just like how Capulet wants Juliet and Paris to marry, so does Lady

In Romeo and Juliet, love is expressed in multiple ways, each showing different views and thoughts on love. It is expressed poetically with the belief that love can defeat all or shown with distaste for it and its impacts and more. In Romeo and Juliet, love is expressed poetically, by those in love, as something that has no bounds and possesses them. In Act 2 Scene 2, Romeo says to Juliet in the famous balcony scene, as a response to danger, ‘stony limits cannot hold love out’.

How is Love presented in Romeo and Juliet and two poems from the Shakespeare Literary Heritage

Shakespeare accentuates the caring and humorous ideas of the Nurse and contrasts them with Lady Capulet’s deliberate and serious views on marriage. Lady Capulet’s ideals can be expected because of her own arranged marriage with Lord Capulet. She may want someone to be sympathetic to her past, or simply just want company. In either case, the Nurse’s low-key jokes hint that she feel the opposite; a man would only drag Juliet down in her years of

The word love can mean many things. Love can be an object, emotion, and a life. However, love could lead to a loss of power, prosperity, and status. In the literary work “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, the readers are introduced to a tragic love story. In this play, readers are also shown the different perspectives of love and the many downfalls it could lead to. The central theme of this work is the recklessness of love. The theme is significant because it is shown throughout the whole story and it’s a strong force that takes place of all the other emotions and values. In this play, Shakespeare uses characters to present different aspects of love. In addition, Nurse, Mercutio, and Romeo completely show what actual love is and what it is like to lose it due to their experiences.