Love is the driving force behind the events in Romeo and Juliet‚ particularly the romantic forbidden love between the two characters. Its significance is immediately established when they first meet and the realisation occurs that they are from opposing houses. Juliet’s dialogue ‘My only love spring from my only hate‚’ symbolises the depth of the chasm between the 2 houses with the emotive use of “love” and “hate”. The issue of forbidden love reaches its peak when Juliet is forced to marry Paris
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Romeo and Juliet/ West Side Story Compare and Contrast I recently finished reading Romeo and Juliet‚ as well as West Side Story. As I read I noticed various things which were similar between the two stories. That also got me thinking about the things that are different as well. One of the obvious similarities is what happened to Bernardo and Tybalt as the stories progressed. They both tried to stop the two lovers from continuing their romance. If they left the two lovers alone they would have lived
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destiny. In “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Shakespeare makes multiple references to the stars. They don’t make any references to destiny in “Pyramus and Thisbe”. Destiny‚ however‚ does not exist. This essay will analyze both “Romeo and Juliet” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” to show how the ending of these two stories was simply the outcome of bad decisions from both characters. The main reason these two stories ended in tragedy was because the characters were rushing into their marriage or relationship. Romeo and Juliet
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Love is powerful‚ and the passion that comes from it can lead to actions made rashly. Such love is exemplified in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare uses the idea of love to exemplify how one can be blinded by love‚ the dangers that come with love and the realization that love doesn’t necessarily always lead to happiness. The first instance of what love teaches in this play is that Romeo and Juliet were both blinded by love. When they fell in love‚ they did not always
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Romeo and Juliet – a play of contrasts. The play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare‚ has many contrasts‚ all that cause a big impact in the play. We see it all throughout the play‚ but none more than love verses hate‚ mainly seen in both the Capulet’s and Montague families. We have both hate between the two families‚ and yet we see Romeo and Juliet being ‘star crossed lovers’‚ we see love in each individual family‚ and hate when they are put together. In the prologue itself‚
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Hate can be spelled Love What do you hate? What do you love? Are those things similar or the same? Love and hate usually coincide together. Where you see love you see hate or vise versa. Everything proves this even in Romeo and Juliet. Hate is just a misunderstood concept of love that can be portrayed in different ways. Hate is the feeling of strong dislike towards someone. You feel angry every time you think about what you hate. Hate comes from a bad memory or reputation of someone. You can not
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involved in love. Romeo and Juliet is a play based on the tragedies of young love and is one of the many plays that connects love with death. Shakespeare ties love to a responsibility that ultimately leads to the demise of many‚ as shown in Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. Romeo and Juliet additionally show through their suicidal impulses that adolescent love can often be hasty and careless. Shakespeare links a self-destructive tendency with love as shown by the suicidal impulses Romeo and Juliet exhibit
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period in their lives isn’t going to end. So they tend to choose a very permanent solution that they believe will help solve the problem. That solution is suicide. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the couple had both reached that point. After Romeo had heard the news that his true love was dead he rushed out to be with her and died in her arms. Juliet then wakes up to see that her one and only was dead. She then proceeds to take her husband’s dagger and kills herself. They had felt that death was the only option
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consumed by love‚ then we could make decisions that could seriously affect our lives negatively. In “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Shakespeare says that love can cloud a person’s mind‚ and cause that person to make rash decisions. This can be shown through Romeo’s romantic love and Tybalt’s love of his kin. Romeo’s romantic love for Juliet overwhelms his mind and causes him to act rashly. One example is when Romeo says‚ “Farewell. Thou canst not teach me how to forget” (Act 1‚ scene 1‚ 246). Romeo loved Rosaline
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Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Falling in love at first sight is certainly a possible situation‚ but is doubtful that it is true love. There are many relationships that poses different types of love‚ one type is infatuated love. Infatuated love is an instant connection and is a need for physical attraction and affection. However‚ actual love has to be built and is being able to create a deeper connection with another person. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare describes the romance
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