Love In Romeo And Juliet
Every day we go through life struggles that affect our future. Yet, sometimes after dealing with these issues, for so long, they become a part of us. They become so real that we build our lives around these unpredictable events. William Shakespeare uses this theme to describe love in his play Romeo and Juliet. Through these two main characters he shows how love is something we cannot get rid of, instead something you will take to the grave. Just like a disease, the memory and scars will always be there to remind you of your journey.
“Alas, poor Romeo! He is already dead, stabbed with a white wench’s black eye, shot through the ear with a love song, the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy’s butt shaft. And is he a man to encounter …show more content…
Since diseases are such a big part of a person's life, they begin to become more than just a few specs of bacteria. One women even described her cancer by saying it “was sitting patiently on the sidelines, waiting for its chance to jump into the game.” Through this personification we can visualize the emotions that were developed through this period of time; Feelings that were too deep for simple words to describe. Shakespeare also fell in love with this use of giving non human things human characteristics. “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn (Act l Scene lV).” Here Romeo questions love, and gives it human emotions of being tender, rough, rude, and boisterous, while comparing it to thorns. Love and death are harsh and you can never underestimate them.
“Love is a disease.” This line is well known but takes a different perspective in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. These two teenagers take their lives because they rather be dead than live another day without one another. This creates a bond to the fact that illnesses start to cause people to lose hope in finding a solution and everything starts to become unpredictable. Through personification, weaknesses, and perseverance, this play takes a deep turn and mysteriously relates to diseases in a creative and unique
“Alas, poor Romeo! He is already dead, stabbed with a white wench’s black eye, shot through the ear with a love song, the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy’s butt shaft. And is he a man to encounter …show more content…
Since diseases are such a big part of a person's life, they begin to become more than just a few specs of bacteria. One women even described her cancer by saying it “was sitting patiently on the sidelines, waiting for its chance to jump into the game.” Through this personification we can visualize the emotions that were developed through this period of time; Feelings that were too deep for simple words to describe. Shakespeare also fell in love with this use of giving non human things human characteristics. “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn (Act l Scene lV).” Here Romeo questions love, and gives it human emotions of being tender, rough, rude, and boisterous, while comparing it to thorns. Love and death are harsh and you can never underestimate them.
“Love is a disease.” This line is well known but takes a different perspective in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. These two teenagers take their lives because they rather be dead than live another day without one another. This creates a bond to the fact that illnesses start to cause people to lose hope in finding a solution and everything starts to become unpredictable. Through personification, weaknesses, and perseverance, this play takes a deep turn and mysteriously relates to diseases in a creative and unique