...“The Power of Love” Many may argue that hate is stronger than love, but love is definitely stronger than hate. First of all, in the play, Romeo & Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the love for two people can pull anyone together, even if it means death. The two star-crossed lovers’ gruesome families have had an ancient mutiny between each other which has caused the death of their children and many others. Though the two families have strong hatred towards each other, in the end both of families finally understand the true meaning of love and reunite with each other. Finally, love is stronger than hate because Romeo only killed Tybalt because of his strong love for Mercutio and Romeo shows a great amount of passionate love towards Juliet no matter what happens to him. Firstly, love is stronger than hate because Romeo killed Tybalt only for the sake of his dying friend Mercutio who he loved...
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...Essay Option #2 Dazia Grigsby I do not believe Romeo and Juliet are really in love in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. I believe that their childish love is based purely on their physical love for one another. Their first kiss was 5 minutes after they first meet, Romeo only wants to talk to her because he is physically attracted to her, Romeo was head over heels for Rosaline seconds before he meets Juliet, both characters are selfish, and they basically use marriage as an excuse for having sex. These are some of the reasons why I believe this love story isn’t really about love at all. When Romeo and Juliet first meet, the only reason for them to be attracted to one another is for physical reasons and Romeo had just been whining about Rosaline, moments before. Usually the only reason someone decides they like someone without knowing who they are, is based on their appearance. Romeo isn’t any different. The first time he looks at her he says, “What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand/ of yonder knight?...
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...Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is one such text that uses the play form to address the impact of emotions overruling people’s thoughts and decisions. Shakespeare, demonstrating how their love is destroyed by the irrational hatred created by society, explores the impetuous and romantic love of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare examines the complexity of love and the inevitability of fate through the ingenious use of literary and dramatic techniques. Love is a convoluted emotion that sparks intense feelings of passion. The understanding of the emotion, its causes and consequences is timelessly relevant. The obsessive nature of love is...
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...Views of Love When we think of Romeo and Juliet we think of the love that they embody. But there is so much more than that. What about the other characters thoughts of what love is? How are they affected? Romeo and Juliet is known to be the love story of all love stories, But it goes so much deeper. Each character in Romeo and Juliet sees love differently, Lady Capulet sees love as material gain, Friar lawrence sees it as a responsibility, Lord capulet sees it as a duty, or honor. Romeo thinks it is a passion that stirs inside, and Juliet sees love as destiny. All these different perspectives can also be applied into a modern sense in NIcola Yoon's Everything, Everything. The characters mimic the idea of many viewpoints when it comes to love. Olly sees love as something to escape to, Maddie is afraid and yet exhilarated with the thought of intimacy. The nurse, Carla, thinks of love as the adventure of a lifetime, Maddie's mother thinks of love as something to lose. The angles of which characters recognize love and affection are infinite. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is usually boxed into just the one angle of love that the two famous lovers embody, passionate and irrational affection. But the truly brilliant part of Shakespeare's love story is that he reminds us of the...
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...Fleeting Love In Act 2 of the tragic play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers begin their whirlwind romance. After meeting Juliet at the Capulet party, Romeo Montague confesses his love to her, and despite his awkward, somewhat unconventional confession, Juliet’s reciprocated feelings are also revealed, and the two are married the next morning. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the ever-oblivious Romeo, his new cousin-in-law, Tybalt, sends him a letter demanding a duel. Time plays a menacing force in the play, and drives the protagonists to rush their relationship. Two acts of the play pass in just two days, creating fast-paced action The sun and the moon, two opposite celestial beings, are destined to chase each other, falling into a cycle, never managing to truly catch the other. In this way, the orbs are similar to Romeo and Juliet, who face an obstacle at every turn in their dizzying...
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...Should Love be Influenced by Name? “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet.” (2.2.43-44) Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, it is clear that the theme is love; specifically, the influence love has on the way a person acts and feels. The quote questions the power of a name, specifically that of a rose. The quote illustrates the fact that even if one refers to a rose by a different name, it smells just as sweet. The quote develops the theme as it illustrates that when one is in love, little things such as names do not matter and that they should not influence how a person sees and loves someone. In addition, the quote also reveals that Juliet is very impetuous. Juliet is so madly in love with Romeo, that she does not even stop to think about what she is saying and how she is acting. The quote illustrates that she doesn’t find value in a name and that she is willing to push her own name aside because of love. Moreover, the quotation foreshadows later events. By saying that names have no influence over how one acts when in love, the quote hints to the reader that both Romeo and Juliet may put aside their names/titles so that they can be with each other. Furthermore, the quote also...
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...famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare examines the theme of love. Undoubtedly, he draws upon the wealth of experience in allowing the audience to experience various types of love personified. In his play Shakespeare reveals that love is a complex emotion hovered over an evil cloud of death, is confusing when loved at first sight and is the partner of death.The theme of love in this play is illustrated through the use of cacophony, imagery and metaphor, rhyming couplet and first person. These techniques reveal to the audience how Romeo and Juliet’s love was doomed from the start. The first scene in which love is explored is in the prologue. The quote “death marked love” is portrayed through the technique of cacophony.The effect of cacophony puts a harsh and discrete sound pattern in the reader’s mind and in this case the letters are d, th, m, and rk. The imagery or metaphor stained shows that their love will end in grief and ultimately death. introducing this quote from the beginning expresses that their love was doomed from the start and wasn’t meant to be. The adjective ‘marked’ shows us...
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...There are such a significant number of wrong things about the affection that Romeo and Juliet had. They said they cherished each other, yet I don't locate that conceivable. For a specific something, the adoration that Romeo felt for Rosaline was not loved. Second, Shakespeare does not precisely clarify love exceptionally well or its meaning. Thirdly, Juliet and Romeo were never infatuated, plain and basic. What's more, fourthly, characterizing fixation. Unmistakably, Shakespeare has confused love for captivation in this play. For one thing, the 'affection' that Romeo felt for Rosaline was certainly not real love. He just firmly appreciated her from a separation, not having the capacity to get nearer. She never felt anything for him...
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...Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and “Appointment with Love” by S.I. Kishor have similar ideas that are both associated with society expectations. Romeo and Juliet is about two lovers who cant be together because of a feud going on between their families. Next, “Appointment with Love” is about a Lieutenant who goes off the war, but leaves behind an unknown admirer who he hasn’t met. At the end of the story they finally meet, but there is a twist and a test of John’s love. One similarity between “Appointment with Love” and Romeo and Juliet is that one of the themes is love versus society’s expectations. Next, one primary difference between the two stories are the morals and messages of the story. The moral of “Appointment with Love” is now to judge someone on there outer appearance but their personality. Finally, the moral of Romeo and Juliet is not to let the past determine your...
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...We all know that Romeo and Juliet has countless remakes, but why? Because Romeo and Juliet is considered a classic. Many people of all ages love this play because they can relate to some of the themes, or make connections to the story line. Between the years 1591 and 1596, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, along with many other plays. Directors have been writing and directing plays and movies that are all based off of Romeo and Juliet, including Twilight and Titanic. West Side Story is a musical that is more modern example of a Romeo and Juliet, because it has the forbidden love, the feud between both sides, and the most of the main characters sacrifice themselves. Evidently, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo comes off as a smart, passionate,...
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...Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet 1 Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction from the beginning because of the hatred between the two families, Montagues and Capulets. Therefore, the themes of love and hate are very important in the play as the plot is driven by these two themes. Shakespeare brings out the love between the two rivals through Romeo and Juliet and their relationships with the Friar and the Nurse. I want to argue that in the play, the themes of love and hate are closely linked. To show this, I have selected some of the most important scenes in the play, which illustrate the idea that love and hate are closely bound together. The first example is the chorus, which is found at the beginning of the play, in the prologue. It is a short summary of what the play is about. The chorus is in the form of a sonnet and sonnets were often associated with love in the time of Shakespeare. However, the words of the chorus seem to emphasize the idea of hate although there are some words about love. “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” (Prologue, 3-4) These two lines are about the feud between the families. It shows that it is a feud, which has been brewing for many years. By repeating the words civil, Shakespeare is stressing the fact that they are all civilians...
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...Romeo and Juliet Essay Draft “Love” is all over the place, and can be in many shapes. Such as, you love your family, your pets, or even your boyfriend or girlfriend. Love is shown in a cognitive way, and a corporeal way like hugging and saying that you love someone, or just thinking about love can have a great impact on someone, but it isn’t always a good thing as at times people can become victims of other people with only the thought of love in their mind for others, as in the play Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare; love is both wonderful, harmful or that some people can just take it to an extreme. In the play Romeo and Juliet love can cause pretty much anything to happen, including bad things. Love can have consequences on people....
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...(anonymous) Love is strong for people missing each other because they wish they could just be together. This is the way Juliet felt when Romeo was banished. There is a lot of love between Romeo and Juliet in the play by William Shakespeare. Two young people fall in love but they have families that have been feuding for years. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the theme of love is stronger than hate because Romeo risks his life for Juliet and he agrees to marry Juliet even know there families hate each other. Love is stronger in Romeo and Juliet because they get married even though there families are enemies. Juliet says this to her love Romeo “My love is deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.” (2-2-146) This shows Juliet’s love is deep for Romeo because she says that her love is never ending. Even though her family would never approve of her being with Romeo she confesses her love for him. Some believe that hate is stronger in the play Romeo and Juliet; because of the fued. However...
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...Hershberger, Rusty Dwinell Period 1 3/9/12 Romeo and Juliet different love in a different time This essay is all about the different types of love mentioned In the book. The book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare takes place in the late sixteenth century in the Italian city of Verona. In the book, Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and instantly fall in love, even though they are from feuding families. There love causes many deaths, including there own, but in the end the two families, the Capulets and Montagues, end their feud while mourning for the two lost teens. Shakespeare talks about many types of love but this essay will include platonic, Romantic,and familial even though there are many other types of love mentioned in the play. The first type of love is platonic. Platonic love is the love between friends and it can usually be a very good and helpful thing especially when some one is getting over a former girlfriend like Romeo is in the book. The first time you see Romeo's friends helping him is when Benvolio and Marcutio are trying to convince Romeo to go to the Capulets party (1.4). This was good for Romeo for a few reasons one is that his friends are trying to help him get over Rosalin who Romeo had been dating until they broke up just before the story starts. When the story starts and we first see Romeo he seems very sad about his "break up" with Rosalin (1.2 166-244). In this scene we found Romeo sitting alone and when Benvolio goes to talk to...
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...Discuss romantic love in Romeo and Juliet Romantic love is a recurring theme throughout the play. Shakespeare introduces Romeo at the beginning of the play when he is depressed about love. “Out of her favour, where I am in love” He’s been rejected by Rosaline despite his efforts to court her. However, this is not seen as romantic love, but just infatuation. Romeo is portrayed as innocent towards love and has not yet experience so-called “true love”. The idea of romantic love is shown all the play. Shakespeare presents this as a force of nature. This idea is established in the play’s prologue “a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.” When Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party, Romeo’s feelings towards Rosaline are completely forgotten. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” this shows how awestruck Romeo is with not only with the possibility of love but also with Juliet’s beauty. Romeo and Juliet's love can be seen as fate. Romeo and Juliet’s love is not prevented by the Capulet and Montague households, and Juliet is to marry Paris. Yet, they find themselves drawn together. Juliet’s attitude to love is rather different to Romeo’. In the beginning, she appears to be very mature towards the feelings of love when discussing the prospects of marrying Paris. “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move” Paris’ love for Juliet is borne out of tradition, not passion. He has identified her as a good candidate for...
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