Love Stories Present and Future
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and most easily of all, the gates of fear” (Brainyquotes.com). In Romeo and Juliet these emotions are portrayed throughout this love story. However, these emotions aren’t as present in modern day couples. There are many similarities and differences between Romeo and Juliet to modern day couples. These may include: the age, physical affection, marriage and divorce. To this day many couples are far apart by age; although we do not know Romeo’s age, we know Juliet is quite young. “She’s not fourteen” (1.2.9). In spite of the fact that we don’t have the foggiest idea about Romeo’s age, it is surely the case that men simply choose younger
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In the 1950s, women married at the age of 20 and men at 23 or even younger. The median age at first marriage has been rising rapidly ever since (businessinsider.com). People were expected to start their lives right after High School. When we are thinking about the 1950s, there were lower divorce rates, and higher number of marriage and birth rates, etc. This was because the men could find a decent job with higher salary and job security even though they did not have college degrees. Women quit their jobs and put all their efforts and time in their nuclear family. This leads to a high degree of dependence on the husband because women did not have jobs at that time. All these lead to low divorce rates, long term family life, and the best situation for children to grow up. In today’s marriage, both spouses have to work in order to financially support their family. The motives of marriage have changed …show more content…
The significance of love is clearly not at the same level of intensity as it is in the twenty first century. Romeo proclaims, “in sadness, I do love women” (1.1.98). By saying this, it shows his great affection for women. Romeo decides to go to a party so that he may recover from a terrible breakup. However, as soon as he lays his eyes on a beautiful and young girl named Juliet Capulet, he completely forgets about Rosaline. He immediately attempts to win her over by taking her hand and touching her “with a tender kiss” (1.5.105). The character Romeo in the story written by Shakespeare, through his actions, exemplifies that falling for someone is an insignificant and easy thing. Romeo even asks Mercutio, “is love a tender thing?” (1.4.26) Today, one cannot simply fall in deep love in an instant with just anyone. There is an obvious gap between medieval love because Juliet is only thirteen and she gets married. Usually in present time it would be very odd to marry a thirteen-year-old. Age plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet and in modern day couples. There were many things that couples couldn’t do such as showing public displays of affection; kissing is very common in present day as well as showing affection for one another. “Then move not, while my prayer effect I take. Thus, from my lips by thine, my sin is purged” (1/5/103-105). This shows Romeo
Romeo and Juliet are madly in love with each other and will go to any lengths to be together.
' Here's much to do with hate, but more with love.' Act 1 scene 1.
play is also about hate as well as love. We are always reminded of the
Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Romeo and Juliet" is a love tragedy based on different kinds of loves. Romeo and Juliet become married in a forbidden relationship over the high tension brawl between their rival families which Shakespeare clearly shows in the play. Despite the family brawls, the pair decides to let their "perfect" love defeat all. Peoples ideas have changed in the space of 400 years, for example back then some loves featured in this play would produce different reactions to the audience, than today. Shakespeare opens the play with the chorus who speaks a sonnet, where love imagery is found; "Two Star-crossed lovers" =
As when Romeo says “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls; for stony limits cannot hold out love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.” (Shakespeare 1069). This is showing Romeo would do anything to be with Juliet; whereas today some people would barely lift a finger to be with the person they love. Today most people get married at an older age that Romeo and Juliet who were in their teens. Most people that are married today have known their partner for a long time before getting married but, in Romeo and Juliet that is not the case. It is irrelevant and may even make people think about the difference between the “love” we have
Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare examines the concepts of love in the tragic play
Romeo is desperate to be in love, and is in fact in love with the idea
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare has given the characters realistic aspects. People can relate to Romeo's immature and rash nature, can admire Juliet's growth to maturity, and can find that their teen love is very convincing. To start off, Romeo is very rash and immature, especially when it comes to love. When talking about their relationship, Juliet even said, “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden.” Furthermore, Romeo was obsessed with Rosaline but soon became infatuated with Juliet. Friar Lawrence have said, “Young men's love then lies not truly in his heart, but in their eyes.” This aspect of Romeo is realistic because it is a flaw people can relate to. In addition, when pertaining to love, people can relate to Juliet's growth from being a naïve, dependent girl to a matured adult. When Lady Capulet asked Juliet what she thought of marriage, Juliet said, “It is an honor that I dream not of.” But after she fell in love with Romeo, she became more mature when it came to love. Juliet was the one who proposed the marriage to Romeo, saying “If that thy bent...
Despite what many people think, Romeo and Juliet is not a love story; rather a story of desperation and obsession. People have been reading Shakespeare for hundreds of years and several people have mistaken it for a love story, due to the fact that Romeo loves Juliet so much he is willing to kill himself when he finds her supposedly dead; she does the same when she wakes up to find him dead. But in fact, Romeo is more taken aback by her beauty than he is in love with her. Juliet is intrigued by the fact someone could love her because her parents are very unsupportive of her. When the two find each other, they immediately become obsessed, mistaking this for love at first sight.
We know from the very opening scene of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet's love will end in
Romeo, O, Romeo. Romeo and Juliet, a drama play by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two star crossed lovers. In the city of Verona 1590, two love-stricken teenagers, are predestined to meet. They are forbidden to be with one another, for a feud by their progenitors has doomed them with a forever lasting hatred for one another. Defying those rules, the two decide to keep their love a secret, ending their lives in a way no one would have imagined.
In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the lovers establish a relationship based on infatuation. Instances throughout the play prove that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship encompasses two hormonal teenagers’ desire for one another, rooted in their attraction to one another. This vanity proves that the relationship relies upon their outward appearances, not who they are inside. Their ages, the timing of the relationship, and the reprehensible actions they take while involved with one another are culminating events which authenticate that the pair 's relationship is based on infatuation. Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers brimming with hormones that drive their ersatz relationship. The timing of the relationship proves that Romeo and Juliet
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the views of love held by the character Romeo contrast sharply with the views of Mercutio. Romeo's character seems to suffer from a type of manic depression. He is in love with his sadness, quickly enraptured and easily crushed again on a passionate roller coaster of emotion. Mercutio, by contrast is much more practical and level headed. His perceptions are clear and quick, characterized by precise thought and careful evaluation. Romeo, true to his character begins his appearance in the play by wallowing in his depression over Rosaline who does not return his love:
In the first scene of Act one there is the servants Sampson and Gregory talking about sexual love. As they both talk about taking girls virginity. They both sound arrogant as they talk as if it is through experience. To them the thoughts of taking a girl’s virginity seems a joking matter.
Have you ever been in love before? Many would say that love is hard to come by, and even harder to maintain, while some would say the opposite. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, he explores similar concepts related to love and infatuation. Although the reader never directly hears from Shakespeare, one could infer that his own thoughts are similarly mirrored in his characters, with the play serving as a warning tale of sorts, and the various roles echoing different dangers when it comes to love, which of there are many. More specifically, Romeo Montague and his actions in the play are very intentional, as they help explain Shakespeare’s intentions and his own personal thoughts on the topic of love and its hazards, as well