Pain And Gain: Romeo And Juliet's Love For Each Other

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – popularly considered by many to be the quintessential love story of all time – is a play that we are all familiar with in one way or another. Whether it be through the plethora of portrayals, adaptations and performances that exist or through your own reading of the play, chances are you have been acquainted with this tale of “tragic love” at some point in your life. Through this universal familiarity an odd occurrence can be noted, one of almost canonical reverence for the themes commonly believed to be central to the plot. The most widely believed theme of Romeo and Juliet is that of the ideal love unable to exist under the harsh social and political strains of this world. Out of this idea emerge two

Juliet’s love and loyalty towards Romeo, and her developing character do not only play an important role in motivating her in speaking the lines that she does, but also in motivating her actions. Despite all the current events that have occurred; events that have affected her state of mind, Juliet decides to remain true and faithful to Romeo.

The play Romeo and Juliet has been considered to be the most touching love story of all time, but when you look closer and past all the initial “fantasies”, you see the truth. Romeo and Juliet believed that they were in love because of the mere idea of it, however based on their actions and the short amount of time that the stages of their “love” progressed in, it soon became clear that what they were actually feeling was infatuation.

Romeo and Juliet, though termed as tragedy, love is the dominating and most vital theme of this play, the whole play is intertwined on the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet at their first sight, though the love can be considered infatuation love. In this play, the lovers deny the family and the entire world and proceed with their marriage "Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, I” “And I'll no longer be a Capulet" Romeo abandons his close friends, Mercutio and Benvolio and even risks his life and returns to Verona for the sake of his lady love even after being sent in exile. Love becomes a force for every incident narrated in the play. The lovers take impulsive decisions; by this, they go against the norms of this world. Juliet has no words to explain her immense love "But my true love is grown to such excess / I cannot sum up some of half my wealth"

Love is either the best or worst thing that has ever happened to a person, without an in between. Because of how many different perspectives there are from person to person, love is what makes people’s thoughts shrouded and create turmoil. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows the audience the despair that is brought upon those who love through his characters and plot. By using love as the inciting force behind the violence, suffering and death in the play, Shakespeare suggests that love is a harmful human emotion.

During the balcony scene, Juliet shows her concern for Romeo’s life by saying,“And the pace death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee". In response, Romeo says, “My life were better ended by their hate, than death proroguéd, wanting of thy love". Romeo would rather be killed over a family feud than not have Juliet’s love. Romeo has put off taking care of his life to stay with Juliet. Juliet constantly shows that

In act two and three of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is depicted as devoted, sensitive, and passionate. Romeo tells Juliet, “For stony limits cannot hold love out”. He says this when he sneaks inside the walls to see Juliet, his love. This quote shows his devotion towards Juliet and that he would do anything for her. Later in the play, Romeo is speaking to Friar Lawrence and says “’Tis torture, and not mercy: heaven is here, Where Juliet lives”.

Romeo and Juliet were facing many obstacles during the time they first encountered one another. Their, so-called, “love” sprung as they were both trying to escape from their present problems. Romeo was previously in love with a beautiful girl named Rosaline, although she couldn’t love him back and fulfill Romeo’s sexual desires because she was becoming a nun. He was heartbroken when he found out about this, and thus, he was left inconsolable. Once he discovered that Rosaline was attending the Capulet ball, he decided to sneak in. Minutes into the ball, Romeo sees Juliet and immediately professes his love for her. Juliet also had her own dilemmas to deal with. Some of which included being forced into marrying Paris, a man whom she did not love. Therefore, her love for Romeo was influenced by her reluctance to marry Paris. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter at the Capulet party, Juliet comments on marriage stating, “It is an honor that I dream not of,” (1.3.68). This quote shows that Juliet had no interest in getting married anytime soon, although when she meets

The Shakespearean tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” represents the idea that love incurs a price through a range of dramatic techniques. In this play, it becomes very clear that intense and sudden passionate love brings hurt and pain to the lovers involved, as well as their family and friends.

Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as opposites when it comes to past relationship experience but displays Romeo and Juliet as equally emotionally immature when pitted against emotions as complex as love. Juliet’s tentative stance on love is shown by her initial

After Romeo gets banished he goes and hides at Friar Laurence's cell. “Romeo has been banished.” That news brings Infinite death.” (III,II,125). That quote means if Romeo is not in Verona Juliet feels like she is dead.

Due to this, she has tentative feelings towards Romeo’s banishment and Tybalt’s death. Juliet concludes her thoughts as she unceasingly mourns over the banishment: “All slain all death; Romeo is banished”(III.ii.150).Juliet claims that Romeo’s exile brings indefinite death as she states “All slain, all death”. She is grieving because she needs to be with her husband. If Romeo had not killed Tybalt then he would not be in exclusion with her. However, Juliet is grateful he is still alive because Romeo could’ve been slayed to his death by Tybalt

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet emphasizes the fact that there is a fine line between infatuation and love. Both young lovers assumed they had fallen in love when they first met each other, but this proved to be wrong throughout the play as they kept relying on violence and self-harm when their passionate affair hit some bumps in the road. They cared more about satisfying their own wants and needs instead of each others. As a result, many critics argue that the two star-crossed lovers were much too immature and impulsive to experience genuine love. Subsequently, the inferences made from the foreshadowing and dramatic irony in the prologue and throughout the play, reveal that the relationship between Romeo and Juliet was merely based on lust

Relationships are a major part of this story and what better relationship is there other than that of Romeo and Juliet? The ever present, spontaneous love between Romeo and Juliet is portrayed throughout the story in many different forms such as this quote

Romeo and Juliet was a play written by william Shakespeare. This play is very romantic, but also very dramatic. Romeo was not in love with Juliet. Many argue if this is true or not. Romeo and Juliet got married within the first day of meeting, Romeo said the same day he met Juliet, that he loved Rosilane and would never love another women. Whether this is true or not can be argued back and forth. The argument could go on for hours on end and would end with no real answer. People say that Romeo was not in love with Juliet. This paper is going to show the reader that Romeo truly did not love Juliet as much it seemed.