Comparing Love And Lust In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

How much can you compromise for love? Would you risk as much as Romeo and Juliet? The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a play about a girl and a boy that were forbidden to love each other because they came from rivaling families. The play begins with Romeo lovesick for another girl, Rosaline, but his friends bribe him to go to the Capulet feast and there he saw Juliet. He forgot about Rosaline and falls in love with Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet Semester Two Essay Final Draft Impetuosity and impulsiveness cause the death of the two main characters in Romeo and Juliet. The two are so impulsive not because of passion and love or fate, they are like this due to the two not being in true love. Some examples of how they are impulsive and impetuous is how Juliet immediately agrees with the Friar 's plan to put her to sleep to avoid the marriage with Paris and how Romeo kills Tybalt and Paris.

In a romantic comedy, two people will fall in love at first sight, with everything working out at the end. However, this is not possible in a tragedy. The tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare tells the tale of a couple’s forbidden love and how it leads to many consequences, which are caused by impulsive decisions. One consequence is the couple having to hide their love from their families and friends. Another is the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt.

Romeo and Juliet is a well known tragic love story, written by William Shakespeare. The Montagues and Capulets’ fighting causes the death of their own children, because their poor parenting and lack of involvement in the children’s lives leads to Juliet and Romeo to keep this secret. The children knew their families would never let them marry; otherwise, they would have revealed their relationship to their parents. Aside from the main pair, it appears that Romeo and his friend Mercutio, have a relationship that leads to tragedy as well, through the murder of Mercutio. In this situation, Tybalt’s taught hatred of the Montagues lead him to start the fight in the first place, and he and Mercutio suffered at the hand of the Montagues and Capulets

Both romeo and juliet believed that they could not live without one another so when romeo mistakenly thought juliet died, he killed himself which led to the death of juliet. Throughout the story, the recurring problem of the rising tensions between the two families always makes things harder and harder for romeo and juliet. Both romeo and juliet hate being montagues and capulets, and it is very clear and easy to see this because it is shown during the story when Juliet says “Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.’’

The parents’ rivalries caused the lovers to speak in secret and eventually get married in secret. They also planned to run away together, but in the end, both Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe died because they thought with their hearts rather than their heads. Both men were under the impression that their loves have died and overwhelmed with grief, they both killed themselves. In addition, the parents of the star-crossed lovers had tension. Due to the conflicts, the children (Romeo and Juliet// Pyramus and Thisbe) got married.

They weren't just looking for escapism from their families, but also Juliet was seeking for a way to escape marrying Paris. When Romeo figures out who Juliet is he says to himself, “My life is in the hands of my enemy.”(1.5.118). This is stating that his life depends on Juliet his worst enemy, which is also kind of stating that this might be his way of escaping from the family brawls. Also Juliet talks about how she is in love with her worst rival.

When Juliet meets Romeo and figures out he is a Montegue she still decides to pursue the love because it is her heart's desire to do so. Juliet exclaims "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 loathèd enemy" (1. 5. 152-155). In this moment Juliet is conflicted she doesn't know whether to follow her parents expectations or to follow her heart.

Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight, but is it true love? Friar Lawrence’s comment to Romeo shows that Romeo isn’t really in love with Juliet.

Divinity Monge Mrs.Freibott 9th Grade English 16 February 2018 Crazy Love Story Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, that is based on two teenagers that are madly in love with each other. But these two teenagers making irrational decisions based on their lack of brain development which ultimately leads them to their death.

Romeo and Juliet: How love becomes lust due to a misunderstanding Although the play of Romeo and Juliet is considered one of the greatest love stories of all time, it is mostly just love being mistaken for lust. There is love, but it is in places where you generally would not notice, and there is not much of it. For example, you only find romantic love between Romeo and Juliet once, and it is one sided. The rest of what happens between them is lust. There is other examples of love between other minor characters.

The love story of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a very powerful and delicate piece of literature that shows much emotion. The emotion and expression that is created can be described in many ways like angry, sadness, and others. Techniques used to develop this play are things like “big but words”, lists from the speaker, and full stops. It is developed through emotion and hardship. There is many downfalls in the play.

“Come weep with me, past hope, past care, past help.” -Juliet (IV.i.46) In this tragic love story, Juliet’s suffering is inarguably greater than Romeo’s. Juliet is highly distraught because of her parents’ discussion of an arranged marriage with County Paris, her acquaintance and immediate love relationship with a Montague enemy, and because she is a female living during a time period where she has little control over her future. Juliet’s connections to the County Paris show a conflict not only between husbands, but also throughout the Capulet family.