Romeo and Juliet’s world is full of hate, so much hate resulting in death and destruction, the audience observes Romeo and Juliet’s struggle to love. Romeo and Juliet are two troubled teens caught up in a fantasy of love. It is intriguing for the audience to watch young teens struggle to love in a world full of hate, where hate is planted hate shall not always sprout. They are full of haste, this leads to suicide which may be an off-putting feature but a valuable lesson. Adolescents are exposed to the anguish the families feel as they discover the bodies of their children and finally cease their hatred. Shakespeare has delivered a heart breaking, beautiful story that shows how hate can destroy families and cause endless heartbreak. The lesson of love cannot be denied as the emotions…
In the very first act of the play, Romeo was deeply "in love" with a woman named Rosaline. He thought that she was the one but he was devastated and angry when he found out that she did not love him back. He was lovesick and felt rejected. He was very depressed right up until the night he looked at Juliet.…
and Juliet” is a thrilling play that demonstrates both love and hate. Love and hate both come at a cost, whether you lose something you love or something happens that you hate. As Mohandas Gandhi said “Hatred always kills, love never dies.” The play Romeo and Juliet demonstrates and expresses 3 main points relating to this quote. Those main points are love, hate, and marriage. Romeo and Juliet is portrayed as a “love” story but Shakespeare sets it up as a pain and death story. Romeo is in love with a woman named Rosaline at the beginning of the play. Juliet has never thought about getting married before her mother brings up the idea of marrying Paris. Shakespeare has to set their tale as ill-fated at the beginning (as “two star-crossed lovers” ) not only because their families hate each other, but because they do not know anything about what true love really is or even what life is like in the real adult world.…
The play starts off with Romeo claiming to be in a state of complete love with Rosaline. However, as he starts to explain the complications of this love with his cousin Benvolio, it becomes clear that Rosaline does not feel the same way about Romeo, as she does not even know who he is. This lets the audience know that what Romeo is feeling is infatuation and lust, not anything as deep and intense as love should be labeled as. His feelings for Rosaline have been strictly created and grown off the sight of her, but have not developed in any other form, except that he thinks of her as a beautiful woman who has allegedly stolen his heart. As Benvolio listens to Romeo…
In the beginning of the play Shakespeare wrote, “O heavy lightness, serious vanity…Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health” (1.1.172-174). With the use of oxymorons, Romeo’s confliction over Rosaline is seen. He is undergoing an emotional turmoil and feeling two extreme polarities. His unrequited love is replaced with true love once he meets Juliet. However, they can never be together. He first realizes this when at the Capulet’s party and exclaims, “Is she a Capulet? / O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.117). Romeo realizes that he has fallen in love with the enemy’s daughter and recognizes how disastrous this may end, yet he is determined for their love to see the end. Despite the imminent threat he is facing, he quickly decides that his love is more important than anything else is. Although the couple is soon happily married, the joy does not last long. Romeo’s next conflict occurs after he slays Tybalt, and the Prince declares his judgement of banishment. During the state of utter shock from the deed done, Romeo…
Most people think of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, as a love story. But as the title suggests, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is just that: a tragedy. The narrative is about the struggles of Romeo and Juliet’s love despite the century-long feud between their families. Like many tragedies, which end with fatality, the play ends with the deaths of the “star-crossed lovers.” Throughout the play, Shakespeare conveys strong feelings, or moods. In Act Five, Scene Three of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses imagery, irony, and symbolism to create a tragic mood.…
Romeo and Juliet’s instant love for each other drives their passion. Their immaturity and lack of experience drives them to act instinctively and against the will of their elders. This lack of trust and connection between peers forces them to act in mischievous ways, which results in an ill fated conclusion. Their overriding passion and conflict of interest between families is the underlying issue expressed through the words of William Shakespeare. Their passion is unguided mainly due to their fear of their families’ disapproval, and thus their acting in…
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” These words once spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. convey that love and hate have a great influence on our lives. William Shakespeare demonstrates these two strong emotions throughout the play Romeo and Juliet. In this play the children of two feuding families fall in love and attempt to overcome obstacles that come between their love. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare conveys love to be stronger than hate because Romeo and Juliet’s love was able to change the beliefs of the characters, provide trust, and overcome an ancient hate.…
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet experience an adventure that has been revisited by generations of readers and critics. The story provides an interesting look to what love can really do to its victims as Romeo and Juliet go through many adventures and trials to be together. Shakespeare paints a realistic plots and dramatically expands it to make a point that love can cause a person to give up their values and morals, while his characters commit crazy schemes and actions. He reminds the readers and audience of his play even after centuries, the importance of remaining true to the character, by showing the ridiculousness young love can become and cause.…
Romeo and Juliet is a Shakespearean classic that is widely considered to be timeless and universal - a quality that is attained through the strong values, themes, language techniques and characterisations of the play. The themes that are presented in the play revolve around love, hate, death & violence which contribute in a major way to intensify the plot and drama of the play. Other themes include the individual versus society, and the certainty of fate. Shakespeare adopts many techniques, including first person, emotive language, symbolism, foreshadowing and dramatic irony to deliver a strong and powerful effect on the responder. The play is set around two main characters, Romeo & Juliet, who are involved in an intense and passionate relationship without the approval of their feuding families. Romeo and Juliet has affected people across many generations on a number of levels, including physically and emotionally – leading to the universal and timeless quality of the play.…
The main theme in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is that of love. Shakespeare uses various ways to display the theme of love, notably in the characters varied attitudes towards love and also the different language devices in the play. Characters attitudes towards love are sometimes developed and changed throughout the play, allowing for Shakespeare to show more opinions of love that may have been common in his day. From the play it is noticeable that actions and attitudes towards love have changed since the time of Shakespeare.…
The tragic story of Romeo and Juliet teaches a valuable lesson that love is stronger than hate. The powerful lesson of the strength of love is portrayed through the actions of Romeo and Juliet. In Act 1, Juliet says, “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathēd enemy.” Juliet has fallen in love with a Montague, her family’s enemy. Even though Romeo is Juliet’s enemy, she is able to surpass the fact and love him. Both Romeo and Juliet overcome the strong hatred between their families by passionately pronouncing their love for one another. In Act 2, Romeo says, “By a name, I know not how to tell thee who I am. My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, because it is an enemy to thee. Had I it written, I would tear the word.” If Romeo could he would refuse being a Montague, because his love for Juliet is more important than the hate that is his name. He loves Juliet so much that he would disown his family. When Romeo and Juliet commit suicide at the end of the play, their families are able to forgive each other for the hatred they have been expressing for ages. The families’ love for their children is much stronger than the hatred because they come to the agreement to end the fighting since their beloved children are dead. Romeo and Juliet’s acts of love and displays of affection are the basis for the lesson that love is much stronger than…
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet begins as a tale of lovers caught in the crossfire of their feuding families. Without analysis, the plot guides the mind, as the two lovers die and the families reconcile, but the audience does not consider the opposite end on the scale of emotions. Hate. The hate of the families, the hate in Mercutio as he dies, the hate in Tybalt, the hate of Romeo as he leaves Juliet, the hate of Juliet towards her parents. Hate. A hate so strong that even the purest love could not break it till blood was spilled. So much hate that people die in the name of love. In Shakespeare’s words, “Do with their death bury their parents' strife” (1.1.8).…
One of the many themes of Romeo and Juliet is the strength of love. In the play, different types of love form between the characters. Shakespeare uses these types of love in the play to not only keep the audience on their toes, wanting more, but also to develop a tragedy, and something unexpected. Shakespeare used true romantic, community, misplaced, and caring but conflicting love, not only between Romeo and Juliet, but between Friar Lawrence and the city of Verona, the Nurse and Juliet, and Lady Capulet and Capulet with Juliet. Collectively, the different types of love, all of which are strong in their own right, allow Shakespeare to explore the tensions even something desirable and sought after, love, can cause in peoples’ lives.…
The themes of love and hate permeate Romeo and Juliet, and they are always connected to passion, whether that passion is beneficial or destructive. Love, in Romeo and Juliet, is a grand passion, and as such it is blinding; it can overwhelm a person as powerfully and completely as hate can. The power of hate is illustrated in the first scene by the exhibition of enmity between servants of the two families. The extent of the hatred has grown from the family itself to its servants. The power of love is seen in the determination of Romeo and Juliet to defy their families and be together. They love their parents, but the hate between the families causes the young couple to hate those who would keep them apart. The passion of Tybalt's hate is seen in his inability to forget about Romeo's party crashing. Even though his uncle talks him out of a fight that night, the next morning he sends a challenge to Romeo's house. Romeo's love for Juliet prevents him from quarrelling with Tybalt because he does not want to fight with his beloved's cousin, who has become his cousin by marriage. But his love for his friend Mercutio is powerful enough to turn into a rage of hateful revenge. For Juliet, the death of her cousin is a test of her love for Romeo. Her love for Romeo is stronger than that of Tybalt which allows her to forgive him for his terrible deed, to choose her husband over her blood family. Juliet's love is further tested when she has to overcome her doubts about the trustworthiness of Friar Laurence and her fear of taking the potion. Again, her love is strong enough to risk everything. Romeo and Juliet share a love strong enough that they are willing to die for the other, and they do. This tragic choice is the highest, most powerful expression of love that Romeo and Juliet can make. It is only through death that they can preserve their love, and their love is so profound that they are willing to end their lives in its defense. In…