Comparing Love In Romeo And Juliet And Black City

The Shakespearean playwright resulted in great tragedy when two star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, fell deeply in love with each other, continuing the blight between the two households. Which has been notably occurring in more than just this universally known Shakespeare play. In both Romeo and Juliet and the book Black City by Elizabeth Richards, the characters experience love that comes with consequence, and adults with good wishes bringing even more heartache for them.
In Romeo and Juliet and Black City, the characters discover a love that wasn’t meant to be and when they do, chaos erupts within their city. In Black City, the book concludes, “‘Natalie’s not my Blood Mate,’ I say. Evangeline shakes her head. ‘No. I am’” (pg. 264). This is the part where Ash and Natalie both find out that they were not supposed to be the ones that fell in love but they did anyway. Which also occurs in Romeo and Juliet. This creates turmoil between the Darklings and humans because humans and Darklings are not supposed to be associated with each other at all. In addition, the Romeo and Juliet text expresses, “‘O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? 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’” (Act 2.2). Which explains how Juliet recognizes that their love is forbidden and incredibly frowned upon, yet she is optimistic.

The topics include adults with good wishes bringing even more heartache for the characters and experiencing love that comes with great consequence. And now one final thought from Romeo himself, “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed a sea nourish'd with loving tears: What is it else? a madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet” (Act