Love Is Blind In Romeo And Juliet

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"Love is blind. It will take over your mind. What you think is love, is truly not. You need to elevate your mind."- Eve. William Shakespeare portrays this in a rather interesting way in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is not just a whimsical love story; along the way it takes turns into dark paths and in the end leads to one rather simple but universal message. The tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare the story shows a pair of“star-crossed” lovers that just were not meant to be. Romeo, a montague, and Juliet, a capulet, are two lovers, they get married secretly and end up killing themselves finally reuniting their families together after feud. In the play, the author uses the characters of Romeo and Juliet to …show more content…

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. Scene 2. Lines: 33-36) Shakespeare specifically uses the words refuse, no longer, and deny to show that Juliet is “confused.” At first, she wants him to change that but then quickly after she says “if you don’t want to change your name then swear you love me and I will no longer be a Capulet.” Another side of Juliet is that not only was she really confusing but she was also sending puzzling messages to Paris in Friar Lawrence's cell. When Paris asked if Juliet loved him she gave a vague answer: “I will confess to you (friar), that I love him.” (Juliet Act 3 scene 1 line: 26). Juliet was saying that she loves Romeo but then gave Paris a misunderstanding thinking that she loves him. The author uses words like confess and love to indicate that she is confessing her love but in a confusing way for Paris.
Next, Shakespeare uses Romeo to show that he is involved in romance that does nott last very long and has mass influences in his and his “lovers” life. Romeo and Juliet are so caught up in their romance that they do not look at the consequences around them. Romeo has a influence on Juliet and not a very good one. One of those bad influence moments were when she said: “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be

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