One way Romeo’s thoughtlessness and immaturity causes the tragedy to occur is through his simplistic feelings of love. When Romeo is first introduced in the play he is a depressed and lovesick boy suffering from unrequited love. He is madly in love with Rosaline, a girl whom has sworn to live in chastity. Romeo barely knows Rosaline, but he has an infatuation with her that he calls love. Romeo exclaims to Benvolio, “Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,/ Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!/
From the beginning of the play, it is evident that Romeo is a passionate person. In Act I, Romeo is in a depressive state due to succumbing to love with a woman named Rosaline. On a tirade, Romeo tells how he is somber due to love, furthermore, how love can dismantle one. Rejected, Romeo is woefully articulating his apprehension pertaining to how love has altered him. (1.1 L. 164-176).
William Shakespeare’s tragedy of Romeo and Juliet consists of 2 prevailing themes of love and hate between the Capulets and Montagues. In Act I, in the very first scene, a very prominent example shows how their hate for one another is, and how it will turn out. “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.” -Tybalt (I. i. 63) After servants of the Capulet’s insult members of the Montague family, a fight erupts.
Throughout the play, due to love, various acts of impermanence strike Romeo and Juliet through the change of love, the loss of trust, and the disowning of family. Romeo shows the impermanence of love as he drops his affection for Rosaline. In the beginning of the play, Romeo, with a deep passion, loves Rosaline before Juliet. Romeo describes his love with Rosaline as, "One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match
The Ups and Downs of Young Love In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, young love takes Romeo on a roller coaster of different emotions from agonizing heartbreak to infatuating joy Romeo aches for his first love Rosaline as she tears his heart out of his body causing Romeo to feel a gaping hole in his chest and the act of depression. As well as this , Romeo finds joy in meeting his second love Juliet soon after who he is physically attracted to and will do anything to prove his undying magical love for her.
The theme of love is often associated with peace and kindness. However, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers’ suicidal impulse shows love as a cause of self-destructive violence, as seen through their thoughts, words and actions. Firstly, Romeo and Juliet’s suicidal thoughts reveal the violence caused by their love. In other words, it is their intense passion for each other that leads to their contemplation of suicide. For instance, when Romeo is told of Juliet’s supposed death, he immediately thinks of killing himself and begins to plan his suicide, as demonstrated by the following quote: “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.
According to Derek Landy, a famous irish author and screenwriter, “ Violence is never the answer, until it’s the only answer.” This message stays true in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this dreamful play, there are two passionate lovers. On one hand there is Romeo, belonging to the Montague family, and on the other hand there is Juliet, belonging to the Capulet family. Unfortunately, for Romeo and Juliet, their families have been fighting in a never ending feud against each other.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is the most well known and tragic tale of love to ever exist. Most say, that the two’s demise was written in the stars, that fate was the sole culprit of untimely death. However, this disregards other themes that take great precedent in the story, two powerful emotions, always warring, but without one the other could not exist. One on hand love, the word that embodies too many descriptions to ever communicate, but one will sacrifice anything and everything for it. Then there is hate.
William Shakespeare once said, “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.” Young love in the 18th century is still the same as it is now. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern times due to its mimicry of attitudes, impulsive actions and pride of young love today. Juliet 's attitude is those of modern times. She talks herself out of a tough situation by diversion.
Adults have great influence over the young impressionable minds of children, especially as parents or parental figures. It is their responsibility to help lead and guide them down a safe, successful path. However, many misuse this power, intentionally or not, causing more harm than good. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet’s lives are ended early due to the poor choices made by two adults they’d trusted: Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s father, Capulet.
Romeo’s heart drives him to make, at times, irrational decisions to be with his one true love.
Love is complex in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare by making various characters dramatically illogical, significantly overjoyed, or incredibly angry. Love’s influence on Romeo and Juliet make them noticeably illogical. Romeo, near the beginning of the story, had a strong affection for a woman named Rosaline. When Romeo is acting unusually depressed, his cousin Benvolio questions what is bothering him. Romeo explains that his love, Rosaline, does not love him back, and continues to describe the reasoning behind his sadness: “Tut, I have lost myself.
The characters in Romeo and Juliet have complex personalities, and the setting allows for contradictory scenes. As a result, confusion can often arise because of the characters’ actions in intense situations and reactions to complicated events. Therefore, Shakespeare uses juxtaposition to create a greater understanding of the complexity of his characters. To elaborate Romeo’s complicated perception of love, Shakespeare uses several oxymorons. At the beginning of the play, Romeo is only cheerful when he is with Rosaline (offstage), but she does not love him back.
Throughout the plays of Shakespeare, there are always character flaws within the main protagonist specifically in this play Romeo. In the beginning of the play we are introduced to Romeo as a love-struck boy but this is one of his flaws "Alas that love, whose view is muffled still, Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will (1.1.165-166)" this shows that Romeo is in love with ‘Rosaline' but as it is Romeo is in love with attraction, not real love because they are two separate forms. Furthermore proving this is the party of the Capulet's "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
Romeo and Juliet a couple made in the imagination of William Shakespeare had experienced something “amazing or magical”. They fell in love at first sight and irresponsibly married in secret. This situation ultimately ended with the deaths of the victims of this love at first sight tale. Love at first sight is fictional and is a bad idea for the real world.
