Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And Sonnet 130
The speaker in Sonnet 130 and Romeo has a different perspective on love. The speaker loves his mistress despite that she may not be as beautiful as the things around her but Romeo falls in love with Juliet based on appearance, or love at first sight.
Romeo falls in love with Juliet when he sees her. He says to himself, “Did my heart love til now?” He decides that he is in love with Juliet although he has never spoken to her. Romeo falls for her too quickly. Romeo’s love may also be infatuation. Before Romeo met Juliet he claimed to be in love with Rosaline, but she had not requited the love. When he sees Juliet he suddenly thinks his “love” for Rosaline was simply lust. Romeo’s love for Juliet is more real because he gives up is identity
as a Montague to be with her. Romeo’s love for Rosaline was not expressed verbally, only emotionally. We never find out if Romeo and Juliet really had “true love” because they died so young. Romeo said how Juliet completes his soul and she is his sun and “he has not seen true beauty till this night.” He appears that he is willing to lose everything for Juliet. The story of Romeo and Juliet is known as Petrarchan love. Petrarch was a famous poet from the 14th century who wrote over 300 sonnets to his lady Laura. However, this love was unobtainable as he saw Laura once in church and never spoke to her, similar to how Romeo had fallen in love with Juliet before they spoke. Furthermore, and most importantly Laura was married. Romeo could therefore be compared to Petrarch due to his love for Rosaline being unobtainable and unrequited as well. In Act II, Scene 3, Friar Laurence is surprised at how quickly Romeo has forgotten Rosaline and worries that his love for Juliet is superficial. The Speaker in Sonnet 130 has a more realistic way of love, compared to Romeo’s love life that consisted of mostly lust and relationships that may have also been infatuation and not true love.
Romeo falls in love with Juliet when he sees her. He says to himself, “Did my heart love til now?” He decides that he is in love with Juliet although he has never spoken to her. Romeo falls for her too quickly. Romeo’s love may also be infatuation. Before Romeo met Juliet he claimed to be in love with Rosaline, but she had not requited the love. When he sees Juliet he suddenly thinks his “love” for Rosaline was simply lust. Romeo’s love for Juliet is more real because he gives up is identity
as a Montague to be with her. Romeo’s love for Rosaline was not expressed verbally, only emotionally. We never find out if Romeo and Juliet really had “true love” because they died so young. Romeo said how Juliet completes his soul and she is his sun and “he has not seen true beauty till this night.” He appears that he is willing to lose everything for Juliet. The story of Romeo and Juliet is known as Petrarchan love. Petrarch was a famous poet from the 14th century who wrote over 300 sonnets to his lady Laura. However, this love was unobtainable as he saw Laura once in church and never spoke to her, similar to how Romeo had fallen in love with Juliet before they spoke. Furthermore, and most importantly Laura was married. Romeo could therefore be compared to Petrarch due to his love for Rosaline being unobtainable and unrequited as well. In Act II, Scene 3, Friar Laurence is surprised at how quickly Romeo has forgotten Rosaline and worries that his love for Juliet is superficial. The Speaker in Sonnet 130 has a more realistic way of love, compared to Romeo’s love life that consisted of mostly lust and relationships that may have also been infatuation and not true love.