The affection between Romeo and Juliet was not genuine, rather it was lustful. This is because Romeo fell in love immediately when he first laid eyes on Juliet. Romeo and Juliet were also too young to find true love, and they only met each other a couple of times. To start off, Romeo was shattered about the fact Rosaline left him. He thought that Rosaline was his “true love”. In act 1 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, line 158, Romeo says “Out of her favor, where I am in love”. In other words, Romeo is saying that he loves her but she does not. However, when Romeo saw Juliet at the Capulet party, he instantly fell in love and had erased all other thoughts from his mind. Romeo cherished Juliet’s body and did not bother to look at her personality.
Person A is in love. He feels tremendous, blessed, cheerful, and truthful. This person believes he can go an extended amount of time without talking to his “lover” because he’s assured that despite absence, nothing will change.
Moreover, Romeo through his infatuation with Rosaline learned valuable lessons that help him come to appreciate and understand the feelings he experiences with Juliet. Romeo felt rejection, sorrow, and misery from his infatuation with Rosaline which is seen when he is talking to Benvolio, “In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman” this particular quote shows the sadness or sorrow he feels from the feelings for Rosaline (1.1.201). Also when he says “She hath forsworn to love”, the words Romeo speaks allow it to be inferred that his feelings for her have been rejected (1.1.220). “At the opening of the play [Romeo] is maundering about like an erotic woman novelist, sighing and groaning because Rosaline will not listen to his tenders of affection” revealing that Romeo’s love was rejected and was upset because of this, allowing him to learn these feelings and what it is like to be rejected by the one he had feelings for (Northwood 19). Due to having felt these emotions from his infatuation, when he finds his love for Juliet and receives love and acceptance from her. Since he went so long, feeling sorrow and rejection when he finally finds Juliet, he can fully appreciate the love and acceptance he is given which intensifies his love for her and does the opposite of weakening the credibility of his love. Through his infatuation with Rosaline, he was able to grow as a person and become able to fully commit to his love for Juliet.
Though some may simply know romantic love as an intense bond between individuals devoted to one another, its effects in reality are not always as beautiful as the concept. Particularly when it is frowned upon by society and the people involved also swim against the current, the consequences of this type of love can be damaging to others outside the romance. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the actions of the young lovers in their desire to be together not only steer the course of their lives, but also those of their friends, families, and other citizens in the city. The unfortunate series of events following Romeo and Juliet’s choice to reach beyond traditional gender roles, a standard courtship, and their established social networks reveal the importance of complying with these norms. By highlighting the chaos in Verona on the path to Romeo and Juliet’s eventual demise, Shakespeare suggests that intense romantic love that threatens relationships and expectations in the established social order leads to tragedy.
How does Shakespeare show that Romeo’s love for Juliet is real? How do his words and actions differ from when he said he loved Rosaline?
Shakespeare uses the Romantic crush between Romeo and Juliet to show that parents should take crushes seriously. A strong connection between the two is present and I am going to elaborate what it means to them and what it should mean to everyone else. Parents should not take their children’s crushes for granted. In this particular instance the two (Romeo and Juliet) love each other very much; however, since they are from different families, they cannot interact. When Juliet says “Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (2,2,35), it is shown that she loves Romeo dearly and that she wishes she was not a Capulet so she could be with him. Also, when Romeo says “ I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve for sweet discourses in our time to come” (3,5,52), in response to Juliet’s questioning of them ever seeing each
To the human race, emotions and feeling are very powerful and often have a large effect on humans, which can have a negative or positive effect. Infatuation and love is one of the larger ones, as all ages and types of people, experience confusion, pain and problems. This can be most problematic for adolescences as it could be their first experience with infatuation and not know how to deal with it; which makes it important that they have someone that will support them or a confidant. The play Romeo and Juliet, focuses on the themes of the forcefulness of love and infatuation and the positive and negative effects it can have. In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', the characters of the Nurse, Friar Lawrence and Romeo and Juliet, all lead to
What is love? Is it an object? Is it a feeling? Is it even attainable? Love is everything, it is an object, it is an emotion, and it cannot be bought, stolen, given. Love can only be found. Love is discovered in the most unthinkable places during the most unimaginable times. It can never be predicted who you fall in love with or when you do but all you do know is that you are in love and you would give anything for that person, and for your love to always stay resilient through all other obstacles and distractions. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Montague’s and Capulet’s are know and expected to hate each other until the miracle of love presented its self. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. They both fell in love when
Romeo's infatuation with Rosaline does not weaken the credibility of his love for Juliet. Romeo's love for Rosaline was not real, it was temporary. But the love for Juliet was everything, they loved each other at first sight, they loved each other so much that they risked their lives for it. Firstly, the love he had for Rosaline was temporary because if he loved her like he said he did why does he fall in love with Juliet at first sight when he went to the Capulet's feast.
“Young men love with their eyes, then, not truly with their hearts!”, Friar Lawrence (103). As Friar Lawrence says in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, young men only seek for beauty instead of real love. However, that’s the only way to learn what love really is. In this novel, the “love”of two young teenagers and the hatred between their families lead to a catastrophe that ended killing them. But, who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? As a priest, Friar Lawrence should’ve guided Romeo and Juliet into a way of getting them married while no harm could’ve been done between their families, but instead, he started a calamity.
Marla Sammy Ms. Franchetti Honors English 9 3 April 2014 Romeo and Juliet In The Bible there is a passage that states, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Infatuation is defined as an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something (Infatuation, 1). The Shakespearean story of two star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, resulted in a great tragedy. Both young adults caused their own death as an act of love. However, the Biblical love story of Rachel and hard-working Jacob was written by Moses in Genesis 29 and consists of several obstacles in order to conquer their dream of being together. Both couples fall in love at first sight, but some readers believe their love to be short-lived infatuation.
True love is not just based on appearance, it is the willingness to do anything for another person. True love is more than just loving someone for their appearance. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, experience true love when they first see each other and notice their appearance. Romeo and Juliet fall in love even though their families hold grudges against one another and then they go to extremes to stay together. But despite what some may say, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet does not show a relationship based on appearance but one based on true love.
The read about, “love” story, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, had meaning of words that could actually be taken differently, by dissecting the background. To have the feeling of being infatuated, is an intense passion felt in a short moment of time. It's not a long lasting feeling; real love runs much deeper than infatuation. At such a young age, Romeo and Juliet had not known the true understanding of love. Real love, is a genuine admiration for a person's qualities and character traits.
Of the many relationships that one person can experience in the time of their life, the type that most people dream for ia a long lasting romantic one. William shakespeare's play, romeo and Juliet, develop the story of two teenageers from enemy factions. They fall in love at first sight and decide to sacrifice everything, even their own lives, for a chance at love. For the most part the kid’s relationship begins with respect, but it ends up being destructive because they act in extreme ways without thinking about the consequences. As a result both families and friends were hurt deeply by this relationship.
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.