Love Between Romeo And Juliet

Without love, one would be completely miserable, but with love, instead, one is utterly and completely powerful with someone by their side. Romeo and Juliet, a famous tragedy written by William Shakespeare, geniusly and realistically creates a love story between a forbidden couple. In this ill-fated story, the offspring of two quarreling families, the Capulets and Montagues, in Verona fall in love. Young Romeo, a Montague, and fair Juliet, a rivaling Capulet, fall in love at first sight. Despite the rivalry between their parents, Romeo and Juliet decide to marry the next day. However, after a dilemma involving Romeo sparks between their families, the two are left in a mortality as the aftermath between their feuding parents. Although these

The fiery passion between the newly couple leads them through a rushed road filled with obstacles and eventually, their death. Today, similar young couples get involved in comparable activities from sneaking out of the house to eloping with their lover. Compared to the love in their families, Romeo and Juliet’s hypnotizing desire to be together assists them in their irrational decisions and behaviors. However, their love for each other also symbolizes the power that love can have. During their famous balcony scene, Juliet speaks out towards Romeo, “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,” (2.2.71). Juliet dreams of marrying Romeo because the night that they met, Juliet felt the deep passion and knew he was her true love. He gave her a thrill that empowered her to venture out of her compliant-self for love, a foreign concept to her. With her aspirations to be with Romeo, the extent she will travel to be with him including destroying her ties with her family, friends, and many other people. In terms of Shakespeare, true love is a risky journey that takes a drive and will in order to complete the journey. Therefore, even today, love drives emotions and hypnotizes our brains to go the distance in order to find

Throughout the play, readers venture into Verona and view the messages that Shakespeare clearly conveys. Constantly, Romeo and Juliet continues to relate to the world today through the play’s themes of love. Through his tragic story, Shakespeare reveals the messages of love in a family, love in a companion, and the connections love plays throughout life towards Romeo and Juliet and in the daily lives of people. Surely, William Shakespeare’s timeless artistry continues to amaze readers of all ages throughout the