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Romeo And Juliet Research Paper

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Romeo and Juliet Essay Love is the most powerful human emotion, it trumps fear, sadness, and anger, but what makes it special. According to Dr. Amelia Brand “Love is the one thing that we're able to perceive that transcends the dimensions of time and space”. An argument remains if Romeo and Juliet really loved each other in Shakespeare's ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Through evidence in the play, Romeo and Juliet never felt true love, because they haven't known each other long enough, they never got to know each other on an intimate level, and why wouldn’t they want the world to know of their true love. Romeo and Juliet have only known each other for a few days, and got married in as little as twelve hours after meeting each other for the first time, …show more content…

In the play they have only known each other for a few days, but they didn’t spend all of that time together. Even though they were married, they never got to spend lots of time with each other which means they couldn’t have gotten to know each other intimately when they only have seen each other for a few hours. There is an argument that they were married, but you don’t need to know someone to get married to them. A TV show called married at first sight disproves that you need to know someone to marry them. “ Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow, that tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops”(2.2.107-108). In these lines Romeo is talking to Juliet in their rooftop scene, but later goes on to say “ O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?”(2.2.125). Romeo is saying that he is unsatisfied that they only talked, and Romeo wants to do a bit more than talk. The very definition of intimate is defined as closeness, but how could they be close if Romeo wants to do more than talk to Juliet. “ Ha, banishment, be merciful say death”(3.3.12). Romeo is more worried about himself and his banishment than Juliet and what will happen to her when he is gone. If Romeo were truly close to Juliet and vice versa then wouldn’t they go together or think of something else that doesn’t involve them dieing. “ Waiting is a sign of true love, anyone can say I love you but not everyone can wait and prove it’s

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