The Consequences Of Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have: for both are infinite.” (II.ii.133-135) In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two lovers will risk anything and everything to be with each other no matter the consequences. The two’s fate was sealed the moment their families began their feud, but in the short time they had, they loved to the fullest. In a single play, Shakespeare is able to captivate a whole world for an audience and show them the picture of love. Now, in the modern world, it’s motives are questioned, but in the end the love conveyed by the author overpowers all the pitious misadventures they contain. From the extent they will go to prove they love each other and how they look past all flaws show how Shakespeare's approach on love was beautiful. Romeo and Juliet risk everything to prove that they love each other, to the end of the line, there is no reason to live without the other. To explain, when Romeo and Juliet wake after their wedding night, Romeo deems him staying would have him dead, but he chooses anyway that, ¨Let me be ta'en. Let me be put to death. I am content, so thou wilt have it so. I’ll say yon grey is not the morning’s eye.” (III.iv.17-19) This shows how Romeo is
For example, Juliet is torn about the news that her husband has shed the blood of another man, but even in her grief stricken state, her mind was focused on finding the good in her love. “Was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly bound? O that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous place!”(III.ii.85-87) Juliet has such a heavy heart upon hearing of her cousin’s death, but not once does she stray from the fact that her love is gorgeous and fair. Just as in how her and her husband’s romance is a classic love story, Shakespeare’s able to glorify the beauty of young