Love Revealed In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet, one of William’s Shakespeare most famous classic works, is a heart-wrenching tale which is composed of passionate love and anger. It is a timeless piece of literature that has lasted to this century. The beautiful story is set in the remote town of Verona. This play recounts a tale of two star-crossed lovers, forbidden to pursue their inescapable love due to the long history of a violent family feud. Passion is strongly represented in Romeo and Juliet’s undying romance. As the story continues, passionate and uncontrolled anger is clearly expressed, fuelled by the noxious hatred of the family’s feud, intensifying as the plot progresses.

The emotion of love is an incredibly complex feeling, as displayed in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

“My only love sprung from my only hate.” (1.5.136) Even before finding out who Romeo is, Juliet has already decided that Romeo will be the sole love of her life. Her statement is very similar to the prologue that states, “... Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love …” In both, it seems that love will “bury” any hatred between the two groups. Romeo and Juliet are so deeply in love that they both find the very idea of living without the other to be unbearable. Upon being banished, Romeo begs for death. Likewise, Juliet threatens to kill herself if Friar Laurence will not help her avoid marrying Paris and be reunited with Romeo. In the end, it is the love that they feel for each other that forces each of them to commit suicide in order to be with the other in death. Their deaths cause great pain to their families and, consequently, the feud between the two families ends due to the pain they share. “O brother Montague, give me thy hand…” Upon finding their children dead, Lord Capulet and Lord Montague make amends, both promising to honor each other’s child. “As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie - Poor sacrifices of our enmity!” Lord Capulet states that the deaths of their children are direct results of the hatred between their

Romeo’s love for Juliet in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet becomes so powerful and necessary that him and his lover would choose to end their own lives if it meant they could be with each other forever. With the deaths in either household, they are able to end the feud, and with it, the hate between each other because of the love Romeo and Juliet shared. “O brother Montague, give me thy hand./ This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more/ can I demand/... As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie-/poor sacrifices of our enmity!”

Once love is found, any obstacle presented will neither diminish nor terminate that love, even when tragedy strikes with the loss of a loved one. Tybalt, the cousin of Juliet is one of the Capulet’s that despises the Montague’s and he will do anything in his power to kill them all, and once he confronted Romeo, he met his fate and died by Romeo’s sword. The Prince arrived to the scene and said “Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio” (III.i.181), him referring to Tybalt, and once realized, he banished Romeo out of the city. Once Juliet discovered the truth about Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment she said in grief “Romeo is banished- to speak that word is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, all slain, all dead- Romeo is banished” (III.ii.122-124). Her heartache for Romeo’s banishment more than her cousin Tybalt’s death shows that he is her life, her world, and her breath, and without him she would be nothing and life as she knows is would end, even through tragedy and anguish.

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.

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers experience misfortune all caused by their lust and hastiness. The play talks about the two star crossed lovers trying to have their love blossom into something beautiful. Even though the lovers are around age thirteen and completely grasp the concept of love in relationships. Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet party, after that moment they are inseparable. Like all long lasting relationships, the lovers bump into each other and the next day they are married. From the start the lovers have opposition, whether that be from their families or their impatient nature. Romeo and Juliet claim to be in love, even though Romeo yearned to be with Rosaline, Juliet and Romeo only recently met, and they both jump to conclusions.

“My only love, sprung from my only hate!” (A1, S5, L154.) Juliet shows she is upset as she utters these words to the Nurse.

Young Love (An analysis of Shakespeare’s portrayal of young love) Shakespeare has captivated audiences for decades. I believe he did this, because he understood human nature. He had mastered the art of human emotions. Every person in the audience could relate to one, or more, of the characters in his plays.

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Romeo is a lover. He is easily tricked into thinking attraction is love. He sees a pretty girl and immediately wants to be with her. So when he goes to a girl trying to start a relationship and is denied, he goes around depressed. For example, in Act 1 scene 1, Romeo is talking to Benvolio and his love Rosaline. Benvolio ask him why he is so sad and Romeo responds by saying that Rosaline is “in strong proof of chastity well armed” (Shakespeare pg 23). Rosaline wants to become a nun and has to chaste. Romeo is heartbroken that he can’t be with her and his people around has to cheer him up. He is so depressed that it affects other people.

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.

William Shakespeare is best known for his drama The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.The love story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic drama, because everybody dies at the end.The fact that Romeo and Juliet had to keep their love a secret, Is the ultimate reason of their deaths, this is because they came from feuding families, They knew their love would be complicated, and new lovers came into the picture.

Love found in the play Romeo and Juliet first meet at Capulets feast. Romeo Chases.

When defining love in literature it is described as ‘a feeling of intense deep affection’. William Shakespeare, one of the greatest advocates for romantic love, alludes to romantic love as being like ‘drunkenness’ . Like too much alcohol or happy drugs, romantic love takes over all senses in a person, and somewhat changes his or her outlook on situations and decisions. However the power of love and passion is all too often associated with destructive irrational thinking none more so than William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in which love ultimately leads to the death of six characters. Still, the most important factor to take into consideration when discussing love is the contextual influence and era in which the play, novel or poem