Actions of Love
What is love? Is it something that just knocks on a person’s doorstep or do they have to fight for it? Does it change someone’s ideas, opinions, and actions that ultimately change who they are? Love is a passionate force that could be different in the eyes of many. The idea of love for people, places, objects, and ideas affect the way we act and how impulsive we are if they were to be threatened or killed. In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the love between Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, causes them to make impulsive decisions that affect not just their lives, but also their families and the rest of Verona. These actions can present the theme as “Love is an overpowering force that
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Love is a force of nature that inspires people to exceed expectations to become closer to their love. According to Shakespeare for Students and the opinions of many other people, love and emotions toward someone can be strong enough to propel them to do great deeds, which may or may not alter their future with their love. In the tragedy, after Juliet “dies”, Romeo tries to be the hero and die alongside of her so they could be together in peace without causing any complications between the feuding families. Before Romeo dies, he cries, “Here’s to my love! [drinks poison] O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. This with a kiss I die.” This shows how he would not want to live in a world without Juliet so he kills himself to try to have a better life for him and …show more content…
The power of love affected Romeo’s decision to prevent the fight instead of trying to protect his friend from dying. This leads to Romeo killing Tybalt and being exiled from Verona, thus ruining his reputation. Finally, love can destroys relationships between families and friends. Masterplots, written by Kenneth Atchity, wrote about the couples relationship between them and their family, “ At her request he offers to change his name and to be defined only as one star-crossed with her. Juliet, too, questions her identity, when she speaks to the nurse after Romeo’s slaying of Tybalt.“ This happens multiple times in the story where Romeo and Juliet have thoughts about leaving their family so they can be together for the rest of their lives. After Juliet questions why Romeo has to be her enemy, Romeo shouts, “I take thee at thy word./ Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized./ Henceforth I never will be Romeo.” (Shakespeare 2.2.49-51) Romeo’s dialogue shows how he would rather be with Juliet than his family, even though he has only known Juliet for just a few
“Love is the only thing capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” (Martin Luther King Jr). A love that was commenced between two teenagers who one was still in love and one was looking for love. The love that was delineated in one of William Shakespeare’s tragedy play, In which a lot of themes were shown but had one main theme that was demonstrated throughout the entire play LOVE. The love that is shown in this book is so strong and deep that it lead two teenagers to love one another tremendously to the point of death. Hence, three types of love will be listed and explained later in the essay to show why love is the most popular theme in the play Romeo and Juliet. Firstly, romantic love will be explained then parental love and last
Love, in 'Romeo and Juliet' has its own importance in the theme of inner struggle between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is torn between staying loyal to her family and therefore obeying her parents to marry Paris or staying married to an enemy, Romeo, “My husband lives, that Tybalt has slain; / And Tybalt's dad, that would have slain my husband: / All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?” (3:2). On the other hand, Romeo has his struggles too. He juggles between the idea of banishment from Verona and not being able to see his beloved Juliet again and that of death, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say 'death'.” (3:3). The secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet is also one of the outcomes due to love. It is because of love that Juliet risked her parents' disapproval to not marry Paris and Romeo risked the danger of being killed by Capulet's kinsmen to go to see her. Yet again, this shows the inner struggle of Romeo and Juliet.
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.
Questions of love and lust have plagued the story of Romeo and Juliet, a romantic tragedy written by Shakespeare for years. However, the real question would not be whether what the two had was love, but what type of love it was. Romeo and Juliet had a short-lived relationship bursting with young passionate love, despite family quarrels disputing one another’s name. Some say love is purely a chemical reaction in the brain. Others say it is what separates us from love that shows it most, with some believing that love is life’s greatest blessing, never hurting. It is my belief that Romeo and Juliet had a passionate commitment that never hurt, though costing dearly, with obstacles that proved it stronger.
In life, one of the most baffling motifs that presents itself is the feeling of love. Whether you take it when you have it or be scared and back away is up to you. However, when you decide to take it and embrace it freely, this is when is when people finally decide to open up and be their true self. In the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the author portrays a contrasting theme between how life and death relates with how dramatic their love can be.
The power of love can help people get through obstacles that stand in their way and can help one become his or her own individual. In the famous play “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, Romeo is willing to do whatever it takes to be with Juliet without even looking back or thinking of the consequences while Juliet struggles with becoming an individual going from someone who shares a mind with her mother to an independent individual choosing to be with Romeo. Shakespeare develops Romeo by his overdramatic choice of words and Juliet by her change in behavior going from obedient and letting others speak for her to rebellious in trying to be independent, which refines the central idea: the power of love against obstacles.
People who fall in love can experience countless powerful emotions that can lead to numerous conflicts. This pattern can be seen in the book Romeo and Juliet as two adolescents fall in love, not realizing their families were rivals. In the end, all the tragic events and emotions caused by their love for one another led to them both committing suicide. In the book Romeo and Juliet, the author, William Shakespeare, uses multiple literary devices to convey his opinion that love causes people to feel strong emotions, including being sorrowful and infuriated.
Love is defined as the intense feeling of deep affection. In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, the attraction between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, does not factually classify as true love. Meanwhile, lust is a concept in which is commonly mistaken for love, which is very apparent throughout this classic “love story” of Romeo and Juliet. While others could debate that Romeo and Juliet’s love, was love at first sight, it is debateable that their feelings towards one another were pure lust. Romeo and Juliet are too immature to fully understand the concept of love as they are too young and hormone-driven, they were both in search for escapism from their present troubles, and they had an excessive amount of
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. — O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after! I will kiss thy lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, To make me die with a restorative. Thy lips are warm” (5.3.170)!
Jane Champion believes that the compulsive and the foolhardy shouldn’t follow the impulse of love as it is dangerous. Romeo of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is both compulsive and foolhardy yet he still chooses to impulsively follow the path of love. This following of impulse causes a large amount of misfortune for him and the people around. He shows this impulse in various way the first being falling in love with Juliet, then murdering Tybalt being the second and committing suicide in a very untimely moment. It is these three moments which show how a widely discussed theme in Romeo and Juliet is impulse and how impulse leads to misfortune.
He makes drugs from herbs… If a man needed some poison… here is a miserable wretch who’d sell it to him” (“Romeo and Juliet”). These lines are significant because it shows how desperate Romeo is, which means he would do anything to be with his wife even if it means taking his own life. In reality, these lines showed connection to those people who commit suicide because they feel weak and worthless after losing their loved one. Therefore, this scene in the drama, “Romeo and Juliet” let its audience endure the character’s own pain, which in this case Romeo’s devastation and eagerness to be with
In conclusion, the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, characterizes the idea of love as powerful using motifs and personification, and this additionally supports the theme that love causes brash actions. Love can cause one to disregard many consequences of potential actions, so it is important to be aware of one’s actions when in
The passionate love between Romeo and Juliet starts from the moment of Romeo’s inception with death when Tybalt is determined to kill him. This is when Romeo catches sight of Juliet and cannot help but instantly fall helplessly in love with her. From then on love and violence only push the story of the two lovers. Thoughts of suicide torment the two lovers and their willingness to experience it is seen in the play when Romeo wields a knife in Friar Lawrence’s cell and threatens to kill himself when he is banished from seeing his love. Juliet also draws a knife in the presence of Friar Lawrence only three scenes later. Capulet decides that Juliet will marry Paris, Juliet says, “If all else fail, myself have power to die” (3.5.242). The theme continues until the two lovers make a tragic choice that holds the most potent expression of love, double suicide. Romeo and Juliet believed that death was the only way to preserve their love, and because it is so intense they were willing to end their lives to defend it. In this play the great moment of insight is in the theme that love is an extreme passion and is the most astonishingly gorgeous force that only few would want, or be able to resist, but it leads as much to destruction as it does to
The play “Romeo and Juliet” Probably had a happily ever after but, there was a darker happily ever after. When Juliet saw Romeo lying on the floor next to a bottle of poison, Her first instinct was to kill herself to be with Romeo. “ O happy dagger! This is thy
Shakespeare once said,“The course of love never did run smooth.” Love can deeply impact the lives of the pair and close friends or family negatively. In the book Romeo and Juliet, the two fall madly in love and this has a damaging effect on theirs and others close to them lives. Their love for each other creates a jeopardizing impact between the two rival houses, but it will someday bring the houses together, making them live in harmony. Shakespeare believes that love can cause people to act foolish, can harm, and love causes people to perceive things differently. He uses language to convey his opinion of love throughout the novel. Shakespeare thinks love can have a largely negative impact on people's lives.