True Love, or Loving Truly?

Romantic love is shown when Shakespeare wrote,”O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art/ As glorious to this night being o’er my head,”(2.2.26-27). This quote shows Romeo in Capulet's orchard talking with Juliet. This quote shows importance because Romeo is so in love with her that he compares her to an angel. This scene takes place right after they meet for the first time, so it is clear that Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight. He shows romantic love of Romeo and Juliet when he wrote, “...you shall not stay alone/ Till holy church incorporate two in one.”(2.6.36-37). This quote shows Romeo and Juliet getting married by the friar. This is important because this scene isn’t even a full twenty-four hours after they met for the first time. Romeo and Juliet have not had enough time to get to know each other, yet they still get married. This proves that their romantic love has nothing to do with each others personality. Both of these quotes show the romantic love between Romeo and

“An intense feeling of deep attraction.” That is the definition of love. Love between a man and a dog, a kid and ice-cream, a mother and her family, and love between two selfless people. This is true love. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the feeling of attraction between the two main characters is not true love. The setting of this play is the streets of Verona, Italy, during a time when arranged marriages at the age of 14 were socially acceptable. Two young teens, Romeo and Juliet, were convinced that they had feelings for each other, but acted more out of lust than anything else. Lust is defined as “a very strong sexual desire”, and it becomes more apparent as the

leave each other. "Let me be ta'en, let me be put to death". He was so

Lady Capulet and Juliet are talking about how she should talk with Paris about marriage at the party. Juliet states, “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; / But no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly” (1.3.98-99). This proves that Juliet does not have the love feelings that her mother is trying to force her to have. Although Paris may want to be with Juliet, Juliet knows that all she could do is like him as opposed to falling in love with him. On the other hand, the connection between Romeo and Juliet is so strong that Romeo is willing to sacrifice for Juliet. Romeo climbs up to Juliet’s balcony, and when he is there Juliet says that if the kinsmen see Romeo they will murder him. Romeo exclaims, “And what love can do, that dares love attempt; / Therefore thy kinsmen are not to stop me” (2.2.68-69). This shows that Romeo’s love for Juliet is so strong he is willing to die for her. Instead of leaving with the fear of murder, Romeo chooses to spend time being with Juliet while the possibility of death hovers over him. In conclusion, Paris and Juliet do not have quite the mutual love feelings that Juliet and Romeo

Now I’m going to tell you about why I think Romeo did fall in love with Juliet at first sight. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet Romeo had to look past his family and her family’s feud. The Montague’s and the Capulet’s hated each other, when they would see each other in the streets, they would start fighting, and Romeo looked passed the hatred of the feuding family’s and still loved Juliet. When Romeo was told that Juliet was dead,

The story of Romeo and Juliet is one of love and terrible tragedy. Many people have argued if it was actually love that they were experiencing, or if it was just a physical attraction. The article, “Love At First Sight“ by Elizabeth Bernstein, provides facts that prove Romeo and Juliet were not in love, but experiencing strong infatuation with each other.

At the forefront, bidirectional, withstanding love demands more than what can reasonably be inferred from one or a few encounters with a person: it requires that both are well-versed in the other’s morals, character, and values, will support each other without hesitation in dire situations, and will demonstrate extensive reverence and admiration towards the other party. All knowledge of these characteristics is only attained in lengthier periods of time, and in more intense connection. Secondly, even if one wholly realizes that they love another for who they fundamentally are, it may still be ambiguous whether they wish to marry, or otherwise establish a lifelong romantic bond. Finally, in contrast to the reasonable, yet flawed, counterargument that one may fall in love and consider themselves inseparable with someone matching one’s ideal visions of a soulmate or permanent partner, external circumstances may interfere with introspection and distort perception of the other person. This is upheld in Romeo and Juliet, where long-standing family controversy between the Capulets and the Montagues intends prevention of contact between Romeo and Juliet, with the Capulets instead opting for Juliet to marry Paris, a man whom she does not carry any special emotion or passion towards as she demonstrably does towards Romeo. Especially in the case of those involved in potential romance, interdiction fuels innate drive, and causes the lovers to experience even more thorough romantic ardor towards each other than before, or without the outside turn of events. Overall, although love at first sight seems a great plausibility, it is not fully sound, and its attempted implementation in the real world, along with its supposed manifestation in Romeo

What is love, and how does one know when it’s been found? How does one differentiate between feelings of love and lust? In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a pair of ill fated lovers take their life when they feel as though they cannot be together. Romeo and Juliet let their naivety cloud their judgment, making them feel as though they are love, leading to brash decisions.

Romeo at the beginning of the play doesn't have the most level-headed understand of what real love is and as an example at the beginning of the play he has "fallen in love" with Rosaline and proclaimed that she is the perfect example of a women. Then later on completely forgets about her after seeing Juliet. This gives the reader the sense that Romeo is not very deep in his feelings for women and has a more superficial idea of what love is. Throughout the play though Shakespeare was able to convey how Romeo has matured in his attitude toward love from a shallow desire to a profound and intense passion. His fidelity toward Juliet is quite abstract in the sense that he loves her enough to commit suicide because he feels that he is not able to continue his lie without her which is a demonstration of his faithfulness and loyalty to her. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo is driven by his emotions a lot of the time when making decisions. Examples of him doing this are that because of anger compels him to kill Tybalt in a duel to avenge to death of his friend and despair causes him to take his own life upon hearing of Juliet's death. He also is driven many times by his love for Juliet. Love forces him to make the reckless decision to sneak into the garden of his enemy's daughter and risk death only to catch a glimpse of her. These intense depths of feeing are what drive the character in this story

Romeo's “love” for Juliet and vice versa is not true love. For Romeo the “love” he feels for Juliet is not true, it is his heartbroken heart manifesting itself after he is rejected by Rosalin. In fact the only reason he goes to the party where he meets Juliet is because he thinks that Rosalin might be there. This quote from

William Shakespeare was the man who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, meaning that the play is fiction. So by that account, love at first sight is fiction and is not a viable reality. The play of Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy. A young couple driven to suicide because they could not be together is a tragic thing. Shakespeare called attraction love because it made the play all the more tragic. In Act 2 scene 2 Juliet says “Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” In this part Juliet is contemplating what it is to be a Capulet and what a Montague is. She seems to be willing to forget her family in order to be with Romeo, who she has not even known for a night.

Romeo labels his feelings towards Juliet as “love”, although he has not gotten the opportunity to learn about her personality. This indicates that what he feels about her was entirely formed by her physical beauty rather than genuine feelings. Evidently, sexual desires seemed to be his ulterior motive for marrying her, instead of committing to love, care, and cherish her till death do them apart.

“Then young men love with their eyes, not with their hearts.” He tells Romeo that he doesn’t actually like Juliet, he just likes the way she looks. Before, Romeo said he liked Rosaline and that she was the prettiest woman alive, but as soon as he sees Juliet, he suddenly stops liking Rosaline and starts loving Juliet. This just looks like he’s going for appearance and nothing else. Experts say that affection develops over time, as well as, being in love means truly getting to know

An Important theme in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is Love. Love comes in many different forms and some of these are explored in the play. The first is love at first sight. We see this between Romeo and Juliet which begins with physical attraction at first glance. He sneaks into a masked ball and finds Juliet and is stunned by her beauty.

What determines what a true love story is? Many events in Romeo and Juliet make the audience question whether or not they are truly in love or are just blinded by a false or not true version of a not so deep feeling. Romeo and Juliet is a famous love story but it stands out compared to other love stories. Romeo and Juliet continue to be a true love story to this day. They are married at a young age and differentiate from other love stories, it’s still considered to be true love, though some aspects of the novel are considered to be more tragic than romantic. Most people in this world will do just about anything for true love and, given the chance; will go to major lengths to prove that they are in love, even getting married at a very young age.