To Explore and Examine the Different Forms of Love Within Romeo and Juliet

"LOVE IS A Certain Inborn Suffering derived from the sight of and excessive Meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other, and by common desires carry out all of love's precepts in the other's Embrace" is definition of medieval love. But Really, How much does Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet comes to terms of traditional " love"? Think about Romeo in the very beginning of the play, when he talks about Rosaline. He describes, rather about her looks as he says: " O, she is rich in beauty, only poor". Romeo talks of his unattainable love to the beautiful Rosaline. He sees Rosaline as strong, for she would never be hit by cupid's arrow. This is an example of courtly

Romeo and Rosaline love was not pure Romeo was just infatuated with Rosaline, this all stopped once Romeo meets Juliet. Another example of love is between Romeo and Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Friar Lawrence love is different. This is because they share a brotherly type of love. Nurse and Juliet provide another example of love in the play.

Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” By saying this, it is clear how much Capulet cherishes Juliet. He is risking a rich suitor, to let Juliet become more mature before she marries. By speaking in prose Shakespeare shows Capulet’s class and authority, nevertheless, it also shows the sincerity of his love for Juliet. However the nurse also shows the love of a parent, she

Romeo and Juliet also has lots of love for example Romeo and Juliet were so in love they did not listen to there family

The previous passage was Romeo describing Juliet as beautiful as the sun, and professing his love for Juliet . At this point, Romeo is in the garden speaking to Juliet on the balcony. He refers to Juliet as the light of his world, and uses colorful imagery to describe her looks. This is one another example of the false love that exists. In addition to this quote, the narrator of the play describes Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers”. Another quote by Juliet describing Romeo in a sexual, lustful way is as follows;

entirely in this scene as he stops thinking of love in a bad way as he

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.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice. This is the dominant theme in Shakespeare 's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, a play is about two rival noble families from Verona, the Capulets and Montagues. Indeed, the two families have such an ongoing hatred for each other that they are constantly feuding violently without end. Having had enough, Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona, one day decrees the penalty of death to be upon the person who disrupts the peace again. It is against this vicious backdrop that Shakespeare by contrast, accentuates love in Romeo and Juliet. Three different types of love are depicted: the infatuation of Romeo, the son and heir of Montague, with a woman named Rosaline; the arranged love between Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, and Paris, a kinsman of Prince Escalus, whom Juliet’s parents have chosen to be her suitor; and ultimately, the true love between Romeo and Juliet, whose families are each other’s worst and greatest enemies.

There is also a parental love for Juliet when lord Capulet is talking to Paris as he is very overprotective and wants to make sure that his daughter only gets the best. He is also trying to delay the marriage by saying it is better to wait a while.

Romeo and Juliet is a timeless literary work written by William Shakespeare in 1596. Many people have heard of this famous play, but what many do not know is it was based on another literary work. Shakespeare used Arthur Brooke’s The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, published just a few decades earlier, as his inspiration; and yes, that is really how the title is spelled (Gottlieb, 2001).

Another example of family love is between Friar Lawrence and Romeo. Friar Lawrence acts as a patriarchal figure towards Romeo throughout the play. Romeo trusts the Friar enough to enquire about marriage with Juliet without worrying that he will tell someone. Although he is needed for the ceremony it is apparent that there is more to his choice than this, including the fact that he trusts him. When the Friar notices Romeo he shouts, `Benedicite!` translated as `bless you`, this shows that he wishes good things to happen to Romeo and

In 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare portrays different aspects and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fateful love between Romeo and Juliet although the play also displays platonic love, maternal love and aspects of adolescent love.

To begin, unrequited love is one form that is present throughout the play. One time in the play where this is demonstrated is when Romeo speaks about his feelings concerning Rosaline with Benvolio. Romeo states, “Why, such is love’s transgression./ Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,/ Which thou wilt propagate, have it prest/ With more of thine. This love that thou hast shown/ Doth add more grief to too much of mine own” (I, I, 183-186). This quote shows that Romeo loves Rosaline but, he is sad because she does not love him. Since this love is only one way, it shows unrequited love. Another example of unrequited love is when Paris approaches Capulet in hopes of marrying Juliet. Paris inquires, “But now, my lord, what say you to my suit” (I, II, 6). But, Capulet counters, “But saying o’er what I have said before:/ My child is yet a stranger to the world;/ She hath not seen the change of fourteen years./ Let two more summers wither in their pride,/ Ere we may think he ripe to be a bride” (I, II, 7-11). This shows that Paris loves Juliet and wants her to be his bride. But, the love would only be one way because the marriage would be arranged. One last moment where unrequited love is shown is after Romeo and Juliet get married. Romeo walks down the street and runs into Tybalt. Romeo says he loves Tybalt but, what Tybalt does not know is that they are now family. Romeo declares, “Tybalt, the reason I have to love thee/ Doth much excuse the appertaining rage/ To such a greeting. Villain am I none;/ Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not” (III, I, 61-64). Tybalt then replies, “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries/ That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw” (III, I, 65-66). This shows that Tybalt does does not

Different Types of Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet, love is an integral theme and there is many representations of love; family love, courtly love, sexual love, and most importantly; the love between Romeo and Juliet. By comparing their love to others, we can see just how committed the star-crossed lovers are. We first see examples of sexual love when Sampson and Gregory are talking at the very beginning of the play.

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