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Romeo And Juliet Comparative Essay

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The way men convey their love for the first time is very similar, if not exactly the same in both literature and songs. “Michelle,” is a song performed by Sir Paul McCartney, at the White House for Barack and Michelle Obama. In the song, a man is trying to woo a woman, whom of which we assume is French; it is also. Lines 44-53 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is an excerpt from a play by William Shakespeare. In the excerpt, Romeo sees a young lady, who he does not know yet that it is Juliet, and shows instant interest upon putting his eyes on her. Considering both sources and what they say about men when they express their emotions, we can presume that when a male first has a passionate attraction to someone, that man is influenced by those emotions …show more content…

By saying that she teaches torches to burn, he is saying that her beauty lights up and is very radiant; and continues to deem her a jewel in the darkness. This relates to the earlier statement, because Romeo compares her to both a radiant light, as well as a beautiful jewel, and as well as reflects the thesis, because he influenced by emotion, and expresses his emotion with a verbal response. Consequently, men will also go the extra mile in expressing emotion when having attraction to another person, which we see in “Michelle”, when the man even learns some French to tell her that he loves her, as she does not speak English and cannot understand it also(Doc. 1, McCartney).This will relate to the earlier statement, as he goes the extra mile to express his attraction by learning the only French he can speak; this also relates to the thesis, because the man in the song is expressing his love through a verbal song. Furthermore, men will also say when first attracted to another that they will say, and mean that they are the most beautiful one in the world, as we see Romeo pronounce, “ So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,”

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