Young Love In Romeo And Juliet

Young love is a very deep immature feeling, which tends to misguide those affected by it, and the affected ones fall too deeply in love, which leads to a tendency of self-destruction. The concept of the young misguiding love is emphasized in the drama, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet are young when they first see each other and make the mistake of loving each other without knowing their family names. Their deep love without any understanding of the concept of love leads to the young lovers committing suicide, which is a rash decision. They do not embrace their situation, and think about other solutions other than suicide. Romeo and Juliet act on impulse and make rash decisions without thinking about the

Although William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shows that teenagers struggle to interpret the difference between love and infatuation,

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.

Love is a topic that has taken over today’s world. From music to movies, everything is now based on the love and relationships between people. However, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which is arguably the most famous love story in the world, could also be seen as a warning against love. The play Romeo and Juliet shows how platonic and romantic love can cause tragedy.

At one part in the play his friends think he is still in love with Rosaline when in fact he has forgotten about Rosaline and is in love with Juliet. Romeo is quick to arrange the wedding and doesn’t wait to visit Friar Lawrence. The fact that Romeo and Juliet didn’t stop to think about marriage is one of the factors that contribute to their deaths. The Friar also thinks Romeo is in love with Rosaline and expects that he has spent the night with her, because he is in a good mood “God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline”, but instead he has spent the night with Juliet. Romeo has a close relationship with the Friar, he acts as a father figure. This is shown when the Friar tell him he is banished. Romeo threatens to kill himself but Friar Lawrence stops him and gives Romeo some advice as Romeo knows he can trust the Friar “ Let me dispute with thee of thy estate”.

Friar Lawrence is shocked to know that Romeo is in love with someone after he was so passionate about another girl the day before. At first, he does not agree to marry them but does it anyway with a hidden agenda of fixing the feud. Friar Laurence proclaims, "Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, / So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes." (2.3.66-69). Friar Laurence soon sees how passionate they are and agree to help them reunite towards the end. The other half of this power couple, Juliet rebels against her family when she shares her strong disagreement about getting married to Paris. Her family threatens to disown her, but she feels her commitment and love for Romeo is something worth fighting for.

Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste to season love, that of it doth not taste! The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears. Lo, here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit of an old tear that is not washed off yet” (2.3.69-80). When Romeo opens up to Friar Laurence about his newly found love, Juliet, Friar Laurence’s reminder to him that just the other day he was in love with Rosaline foretells of misfortune to come. At one point during the two lovers relationship Romeo was going to commit suicide because he thought Juliet hated him for killing her cousin Tybalt. Juliet's nurse and Friar Laurence prevent Romeo from commiting suicide by stating “Hold thy desperate hand! Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art. Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote the unreasonable fury of a beast. Unseemly woman in a seeming man, or ill-beseeming beast in seeming both! Thou hast amazed me. By my holy order, I thought thy disposition better tempered. Hast thou slain Tybalt? wilt thou slay thyself, and slay thy lady that in thy life lives, By doing damnèd hate upon thyself? (3.3.118-28). This

Love is defined as the intense feeling of deep affection. In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, the attraction between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, does not factually classify as true love. Meanwhile, lust is a concept in which is commonly mistaken for love, which is very apparent throughout this classic “love story” of Romeo and Juliet. While others could debate that Romeo and Juliet’s love, was love at first sight, it is debateable that their feelings towards one another were pure lust. Romeo and Juliet are too immature to fully understand the concept of love as they are too young and hormone-driven, they were both in search for escapism from their present troubles, and they had an excessive amount of

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.

Romeo goes to confront Friar Lawrence about the idea of them marrying when Friar states, “Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men’s love, then, lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (2.3.68-71). In this quote Friar is asking Romeo what happened to Rosaline and how he got over her so fast. Friar then proceeds to tell Romeo that if he actually believes he loves Juliet then he loves her for how she looks not her heart and personality. The fact that Romeo only fell for Juliet's looks gets proven again when he stated “Did my heart love till now?

The play of Romeo and Juliet obtains its status as the most tragic love story in literature with its imagery and spark. William Shakespeare uses love in many guises to thread together the intricate and multifaceted love between the star-crossed lovers. Although Romeo and Juliet share a love of intensity and compassion, their whirlwind romance exhibits reckless and pernicious actions. The lack of authenticity between Romeo and Juliet’s love illustrates how teenage love is not true love. Shakespeare enforces this idea by fully describing this type of mutual attraction with Romeo’s relations to love with physical appearances, Juliet’s naivety due to her inexperience with romance, and how the two does not have the breadth of experience to behave more moderately.

In the beginning of the play, Romeo is enamored by a girl named Rosaline. With the hope of seeing her, he sneaks into a party hosted by the Capulets. Instead, he meets Juliet and instantly falls in love with her, forgetting all about Rosaline. He tells Friar Laurence about this new interest. Friar Laurence is surprised by this sudden turn of events: “Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken?

A famous speaker named Henry Ward Beaker once said “Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable” (Teenage Love Sayings and Quotes). Shakespeare is known for his stories on adolescent love, Romeo and Juliet is just one example of how some teens can mistake a crush for love and take things too far. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two adolescent star-crossed lovers that get married and kill themselves in only two days of knowing each other. Romeo is characterized as a typical teenage boy, someone who loves with their eyes and not their heart.

The Friar was very honest and being truthful when he said this. The Friar was referring to Romeo’s love. Romeo went to the Capulet’s party very depressed about Rosaline not liking him back. However, once he saw Juliet, Romeo had completely moved on from Rosaline. His emotions changed very quickly for not even knowing Juliet.

In the story “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare two teens that do not have a bond nor trust between them and their parents. The play is set in Verona where there are two stubborn families in a feud called the Capulets and the Montagues. Their feud causes a horrific ending to the lives of Romeo and Juliet. In the story it shows that teenagers can be adaptive, impulsive, and vulnerable.It also shows that teens value risk over reward. When the teen is supported by friends and family he or she tends to not make any dishonorable decisions.