The Unwritten Rules Of Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

“The only man I love is the son of the only man I hate! I saw him...and I found out who he was too late! Love is a monster for making me fall in love with my worst enemy” (Act 1, Scene 5, 136-140.) This quote shows that their love was doomed from the start because Romeo was a montague. Their love was already ill-fated, because of their last names and how they came from two different families whom were enemies. “Come, bitter poison, come, unsavory guide! You desperate pilot, let’s crash this sea-weary ship into rocks! Here’s to my love!” (Act 5, Scene 3, 115-117) This shows how Romeo took away his life, because he thought Juliet died when she was still alive. Romeo had already sealed his fate when he took his own life away. “Oh noise? Then I’ll be quick. Oh good, a knife! My body will be your sheath. Rust inside my body and let me die” (Act 5, Scene 3, 168-170.) Juliet woke from the sleeping potion and discovered Romeo was dead so she killed herself. They both died an unfortunate, sad

The suicide committed by both Juliet and Romeo demonstrates their blinding love and how they would rather love each other or not live at all. For example Romeo says,”Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe. That unsubstantial death is amorous, And that the lean abhorrèd monster keep. Thee here in dark to be his paramour? For fear of that, I still will stay with thee.” Romeo says that we would rather die with Juliet than live without her. This is a very powerful moment in the play, because it resembles that love is a poison that can kill. In reality, it is very unlikely to be able declare your love for someone only after three days. Truthfully, I believe that Romeo and Juliet didn’t love each other but fell in the love with the idea of each other, making both of them make ignorant decisions. Romeo and Juliet die because their young foolish love possessed them to do rash unintelligent things. In addition, this is another scene that demonstrates love's

He sees love as much more than simply physical, like Mercutio does, but unlike Benvolio, he does not understand how to handle the heartbreak that comes with love. “Th’ exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine” (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 134). Right after meeting Juliet, Romeo sneaks to her house and asks her to marry him. This was simply out of impulse, as just before the party, he was still heartbroken over the fact that Rosaline wanted to become a nun. But as soon as he saw Juliet, he “fell in love”. “Here's to my love… with a kiss I die” (Act 5 Scene 3 Lines 119 and 120). Here, Romeo kills himself because he thought that JUliet was dead. He believed that he was so in love with her that he could not live without her. Romeos irrational behavior ultimately lead to his demise. Although Romeo is a male character, he was very sensitive and had many feminine traits. Shakespeare created Romeo this way to show that it was okay for men to feel attached in love, and so that anybody in the audience that felt similarly to him would be able to

Later on, Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves after seeing each other dead, because both had made each other a part of their identity. Another example is the death of Lady Montague, who in particular had made Romeo part of her life. Her strong bond with Romeo is shown after she was relieved that Romeo was not part of the street fight: “Lady Capulet: Right glad I am he [Romeo] was not at this fray” (Line 1.1.119). Her bond with Romeo was so strong that she died because Romeo’s exile not Romeo’s death: “Montague: Alas, my liege [Prince], my wife is dead tonight. Grief on my son’s exile hath stopped her breath” (Line 5.3.218-220). The bond between characters is one of the strong aspects that make the play, Romeo and Juliet a beautiful tragedy.

In the very last scene of the play, Romeo goes back to Verona to go lay with his “dead” wife – who is actually under the influence of a death-like drug – after hearing from his servant about her death. He travels with his trustworthy servant all the way to the tomb, but when they reach the tomb, Romeo asks for his servant to leave. Romeo, in his obsession-driven self, threatens to tear his servant limb from limb and scatter his remains across the graveyard if he doesn’t leave Romeo. This shows that Romeo is losing himself. He isn’t just a man who likes the idea of love, he’s a man who drives himself insane with the idea of love. Even though his love for Juliet can be summed down to beauty, his mind amplifies his feelings for her. Towards the end of Act 5, Scene 3, Romeo drinks poison to “join” Juliet in her death. Romeo even goes as far as to call the poison a cordial because he believes that it will heal him – heal his pain of not being with Juliet. This shows that, Romeo’s obsessive nature made his irrational decision seem rational. A relationship to heal him from his pain of Rosaline turned into a relationship that ended with death. His mind created his feelings towards Juliet, yet he continued to let himself be deceived. His made-up passion-driven obsession with Juliet ultimately led to his

For example, when Romeo is upset when Rosaline does not feel the same way about him Juliet causes him to get over her. Romeo asks the Servant, “What lady’s that, which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” (Shakespeare 1307). Right when Romeo lays eyes on Juliet he falls in love with her, allowing him to get over Rosaline. In addition, when Romeo is exiled he cannot help but to go to see Juliet, even though it may cost him his life. Romeo says to Juliet, "Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. I must be gone and live, or stay and die” (Shakespeare 1424). Romeo goes to see Juliet even though he is exiled, demonstrating how much he loves Juliet and how she influences him. The last way Juliet influences Romeo is when Romeo finds Juliet and thinks she is dead, he sees no other option but to kill himself. Romeo says his last words, "Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die" (Shakespeare 1424). Even though Juliet does not say anything to Romeo, the fact that she is dead influences Romeo to kill himself. Juliet has the most influence on Romeo because in the end she is the reason he kills himself; Romeo loves her so much and cannot imagine life without

Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.112-115,120). Romeo kisses Juliet but before saying that he is sealing the “dateless bargain to engrossing death” with a “righteous kiss”. Romeo knows kissing Juliet is the last thing he wants to remember before he dies. Shortly after

Thus with a kiss I die. Falls” (5.3.119-120). Romeo could have waited a few second. He didn’t have to end it all there he could have found something. When Romeo kills himself he didn’t know that Juliet was dead.

For example once he hears Juliet is dead he says “here's to my love o true apothecary thy drugs are quick thus with a kiss I die” (5.3,129-131). So he jumps to the decision I'm going to take my own live instead of being patient and calm he would've come to know Juliet faked her death. This shows that out of love Romeo rather die than be in a world without Juliet when she actually was alive.

It has been said that Romeo and Juliet knew a lot about each other, and were very much in love. How could this be true if they have only known each other for a couple of days? Romeo and Juliet met each other on a Sunday, and they died the following Friday (5.3. 188-190). It takes someone months to truly learn and understand another person.

Shakespeare manifests the final scene of Romeo and Juliet to illustrate how love triumphs over the terror of death and depicts how the Capulet and Montague parents’ mutual love for their children dismisses the ancient feud. The protagonists, Romeo and Juliet’s preference of being killed rather than “death be prorogued, wanting thy love” (Page 91; Act 2, Scene 2), indicates they would rather die than death be delayed without the fulfilment of each other’s love. Romeo commits suicide as he is unaware that Juliet’s death is fiction, which results in Juliet finding his corpse when she awakens and stabs herself as they both do not wish to live with the absence of each other’s love. Again, Shakespeare portrays that love conquers the most feared prospect of life:

Explore Romeo thoughts and feelings in his last speech Romeo shows huge development in character compared to previous scenes. In Act 5, Scene 3 Romeo is faced with the reality that Juliet has ‘died’ and this is his last speech before he takes action and responds to the situation. He shows great maturity and reacts with uncertainty and was extremely composed facing this situation, where his beloved was dead. Romeo contradicts perhaps previous perceptions with the idea of him being simply infatuation and feels lust with the relationship being based on perhaps physical attractions more than anything else. Romeo last words counters previous ideas about his love being based on physical features, lust and simply being an infatuation.

Romeo begins to lose himself in his love and lust for Juliet and cannot do what he pleases to do nor describe how in love he is due to who Juliet and him are and the relationship their families have with each other. As the young couple have quickly advanced to marriage, it’s as if Romeo is under some sort of spell and can’t control his actions. When Romeo goes to Friar Laurence to discuss marriage with Juliet, he tries his best to get the Friar to agree to marry the two very young lovers, keep in mind this is over the span of two or three days. “Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet. As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, and all combined, save what thou must combine by holy marriage. When, and where, and how we met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow, I’ll tell thee as we pass.

Juliet wants Romeo to know that she loves him even if it is the last thing she does. Juliet gives him a ring and they say their last farewells before Romeo is banished from Verona to go live in Mantua. Juliet fell in love with Romeo, an enemy, and then married him in secret. This action goes against many of her family’s

In the book, Romeo and Juliet, the two kids fell in love immediately, disobeying their parents, and following love at first sight. ‘My only love has sprung from my only hate!’(Romeo and Juliet, 1.5.152). This supports my thesis because Romeo and Juliet didn’t have to wait for an arranged marriage to find love. In this quote, Juliet has just had a brief interaction with Romeo, and is already calling him her ‘only love’. In another scene, Juliet says that she had claimed marriage already proc to Romeo before he even asked.