preview

Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Decent Essays
Open Document

Love, as defined by some it's an intense feeling of deep affection. I can feel it, I can see it. In many books, love is a strong force and it is portrayed as a passionate and overwhelming feeling. The same is done in Shakespeare's work of literature, Romeo and Juliet. The two young characters fall in love at once and have a consuming relationship. I have experienced a different kind of love in my life so far though. My oldest sister and I aren’t very close, we don’t talk often and she is only four years older than me. Although from the outside it may look like we don’t have a bond, the fact that we are sisters means we can never be torn from each other. Love is a force that binds people together, and these people express this love many different …show more content…

They have an instant connection and are suddenly always wishing to be with each other. Within days, Juliet wants to marry Romeo, they want to share their secrets and live together forever. Juliet declares, “But my true love is grown to such excess I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth” (Act 2 Scene 1). Her love for Romeo has grown so intensely, and Juliet believes that this passionate feeling is worth more that all of her true belongings. From this point forward in the play, Romeo and Juliet desire for time with each other. For Juliet, love is wanting to spend all the time they have with each …show more content…

When I think of what love is after reading the work of literature, I think of my oldest sister and I. These two relationships are such opposites yet great examples of what love really is. Being sisters creates a bond that can never be broken. We feel our love inside, we know we are there for each other, but not everyone can see it. In Romeo and Juliet their love is expressed in such a different way. For Juliet, it is passionate and overwhelming, for everyone to see. Love is a feeling that is expressed differently among different people. As Max Muller once said, “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” Love is such a specific word and can be shown in such different ways, yet it is essential to living my

Get Access