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The Forcefulness Of Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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"Love is not something you find. Love is something that finds you"(Loretta Young). The forcefulness of love, Romeo and Juliet of William Shakespeare is the most famous love story in the english literature. Love is evidently the play's dominant and most important theme. Numerous form of love are uncovered in the play Romeo and Juliet; the physical love advocated by the nurse, unrequited love between Romeo and Rosaline, and the passionate, romantic love of Romeo and Juliet.

To begin the relationship between Juliet and the Nurse is extremely strong and is shown throughout many examples in the play.- It is evident that their relationship is powerful when Juliet revealed her secret about her love towards Romeo. Juliet says to the Nurse, …show more content…

Firstly, they both insist on getting married immediately and they do not want anyone in the way of their wonderful marriage. Romeo says to the Nurse,"Bid her devise, Some means to come to shrift this afternoon. And there she shall at Friar Lawrence' cell,Be shrived and married. (gives her coins) Here is for thy pains"(2.4.84-88). Romeo sets his eyes on Juliet at a party her parents were having and within an instance the rae planning a secret wedding because they're madly in love. Although Romeo and Juliet are from feuding families, they are going against their parents to be together. Friar Lawrence tells Juliet, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distillèd liquor drink thou off,When presently through all thy veins shall run, A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse"(4.1.96-99). This proves that Juliet is willing to fake a death and lie to her family in order to spend her life with her beloved Romeo. As Well they wanted to be together so desperately that they both died to be with each other, which seemed to be their only option. Juliet says to herself, "Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die. (stabs herself with ROMEO’s dagger and dies)"(5.3.182-184). Romeo, not knowing Juliet was not in fact dead, took a potion to poison himself and take his life. Juliet then woke up to realize her husband

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