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How Does Shakespeare Present Love In Romeo And Juliet

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Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is the definition of young love, its the story of two star-crossed lovers who both fall blindly in love. They both come from different families who absolutely loathe each other. Shakespeare’s play is a very specific type of love. Young, irrational, exhilarating and passionate. One of the ways the theme of love is portrayed is by showing readers how love is a secret. This is shown by using the conventions of dialogue, characterisation and plot.

Love being a secrecy is shown through the plot. The pair are truly madly and deeply in love with each other, that they decide to marry in secret. On the other hand, Juliet's parents decide to marry her to Paris, a handsome young noble prince. Juliet refuses …show more content…

The secrecy of their love is shown through dialogue, An example is when Friar Lawrence says to Romeo “…Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time to blaze your marriage…” Friar Lawrence said this in reply when Romeo said “ …My conceal'd lady to our cancell'd love?…” This shows how Friar Lawrence is telling Romeo to wait so that he can figure out a way to publicly announce their marriage. Once again this shows how Friar Lawrence is the only one who is aware of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. Juliet’s conversations with her father are very disagreeing. This is shown when Capulet, Lady Capulet and Juliet are having a conversation about Juliet marrying Paris. Juliet's response to her father is “Not proud you have, but thankful that you have. Proud can I never be of what I hate, but thankful even for hate that is meant love.” Capulet believes that his daughter is ungrateful for his choice of love for her. But as readers, we know that Juliet is not proud of whom her father chose for her because she’s already in love with Romeo. This dialogue is also expressive of how Juliet's parents are unaware of their daughters love for Romeo as she is keeping it a

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