Different Presentations Of Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Different Presentations Of Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In Romeo and Juliet there are many different types of love. The main

type is the true love between Romeo and Juliet. Another type of love

is the materialistic love of possessions and power. Capulet and lady

Capulet's love for Juliet is the love the power they have over her.

Capulet loves Juliet as to him she is possession that he can gain a

profit from by marrying her off. At the same time, he wants to marry

her off, because he loves her and thinks he is doing the best for her.

Juliet does not want to be married off, she tells him this and he

disowns her at this point, because he is angry with her. " Hang thee

young baggage, disobedient wretch". All Capulet wants is for Juliet to

be married and he does not see that she is disagreeable to this, so he

says to her to be at the church to be married to Paris on Thursday or

"I'll ne'er acknowledge thee". The Capulets are associated with

control rather than allowing their daughter freedom to explore and

choose for herself. They choose her husband for her (which most

parents in the 16th century do). Juliet accepts this and is prepared

to go along with it until she finds true love in Romeo.

Another type of love is care and nurture between Juliet and the nurse,

and the Friar and Romeo. Juliet was brought up by her nurse and the

nurse has a motherly love for Juliet, like she would for her own

daughter. The nurse will do anything for Juliet because she loves her

so much. The nurse goes to fetch Romeo, as this is the only thing she

can do to make Juliet happy. She risks her job, which is the only

thing she knows. She is al...

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The moment of love I have chosen to direct is Act 5 Scene 3 from line

148 where Juliet speaks first after waking up, to where she stabs

herself. Juliet sits up and speaks to the friar, then as the friar

talks he moves towards her then away and exits stage right. Then

Juliet notices the potion in Romeo's hand and reaches for his dagger,

kisses him then stabs herself. She falls to the bed and the dagger

drops out of her hand and down the steps. This sound of the dagger

hitting each step is emphasised by a percussion instrument. A flute

starts playing and then the curtains draw ready for the next scene.

Romeo is lying on the first step though out this section of the scene.

The music of the flute is used to create the right mood. On the

curtains would be drawn a set of cast iron gates to show the gates

into the tomb.