Lust is typically believed to be the root of all evil, and this idea is prominent in Romeo And Juliet. However, it's not the only thing to assign blame to. Romeo and Friar Laurence are catalysts when it comes to the fiasco that slowly arose. They both made some rather poor choices and hurt many people, including themselves. Even in the bible ardor is believed to be a sin and the downfall of men as said in Romans 7.7, “Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet” (New Living Translation Romans 7.7). Lust was the fire that fueled Romeo to take it to the next level with Rosaline. When she declined because of her celibacy, she unknowingly triggered Romeo to find another significant other to fawn over. This leads us to the party where Romeo and Juliet meet. The beauty of the daughter of Lord Capulet causes Romeo to stroll on over to her and y to get a kiss out of her. “My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss...Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take./Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged” (Shakspeare 1.5). Romeos lechery brought the two forbidden lovers together and set into motion unerasable actions. …show more content…
For example, Romeo is infatuated with Juliet's beauty. He doesn't feel lustfully towards Juliet's face but rather want to enjoy it with his own eyes and never stop looking at it. At the balcony after they first meet Romeo expresses his fondness for her beauty, “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!/It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear;/Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!...Did my heart love till now?/forswear it, sight!/ For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love tales, but what if the play is not actually a tale of love, but of total obsession and infatuation. Romeo has an immature concept of love and is rather obsessive. Romeo is not the only person in the play who is obsessed though. Many people throughout the play notice his immaturities about love. Very rarely was true love actually shown in the play. attention. Romeo childishly cries to his friend, Benvolio because Rosaline will not love him back and says " She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow/ Do I live dead that live to tell it now" (I i 219-220). Romeo is stating that he's ready to die for loving Rosaline. This is exactly the same attitude Romeo had towards Juliet a little later in the play. During Scene I, Act ii, Romeo's friend, Benvolio tries to get him to go to the Capulet's party to help him get over Rosaline and meet other women Romeo gets very angry and emotional when he suggests this. “Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, / Alike bewitched by the charm of looks” (II 5-6). The chorus expresses Romeo’s juvenile way...
Lust or Love: An Essay Analyzing the Relationship of Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (1.V.52). This quote demonstrates how deeply Romeo is possessed by Juliet, showing their love at first sight. Not knowing that Romeo and Juliet are from feuding families, they fall in love at first sight. The love between Romeo and Juliet continues, despite the bitterness between the two families. “Love gives me strength, and strength shall help afford” (1V.1.125)
Capulet and Romeo Montague, face a bigger problem; forbidden love. Taking place in Verona, an ignorant Romeo first meets a childish Juliet at the Capulet’s party. Romeo and his kinsman, Benvolio, attend the party masked, searching for his first love, Rosaline. Coincidentally, Romeo meets Juliet, a new beauty, and falls in love with her not knowing the fact that she is a Capulet. The feud continues, leading one mistake after another, until both families realize their selfishness at the last minute. The unfortunate tragedy of two “star-crossed lovers” is ironically caused by the impetuosity of Romeo and Juliet themselves (Shakespeare 7).
Juliet`s beauty instantaneously mesmerizes Romeo, which ultimately diminishes his previous affection for Rosaline. In this scene, impulsive behavior and decision- making are greatly portrayed. During Romeo and Juliet`s first encounter, he asks for a kiss “[my] lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready to stand, / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (I.v.95-96). On his initial reaction to seeing her, Romeo boldly approaches Juliet with the sudden desire to kiss her. Romeo`s coaxing portrays his persistent personality and the strong emotion he feels towards her to which is far beyond his control. Consequently, the overpowering feeling that has taken over Romeo, which causes him to ask for a kiss from someone he met moments ago. Ultimately, Romeo`s decision to ask for a kiss
I chose this quote Mainly because Romeo says that he is in love with the daughter of Capulet which is Juliet. Of course that's what makes Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo wasn't Montague's only son, and Juliet Capulet’s only daughter there would be no point in Romeo and Juliet. You can't find love in two hours, so this shows me that they're looking just for looks. Basically Romeo shallow, he thinks he's in love just by looks. Don't get me wrong sometimes people find your soulmate like that, but it is very unlikely. I know the whole love-at-first-sight but that's nonsense, you may think so but people are not always what they seem to be. Behind every person there is a monster (2.3.57-58).
Romeo has an obsessive personality. The morning before he meets Juliet, he is obsessing on Rosaline. To see Rosaline, Romeo snuck into a Capulet’s party; once there, he meets Juliet and instantly he forgets his obsession of Rosaline, thinking Juliet is the most beautiful creature on earth. Friar Lawrence even acknowledges this when he states, “Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes” (II iii 67-68). Romeo’s affection is easily swayed from Rosaline to Juliet.
Love, at first sight, is the idea where to people fall profoundly in love after their first encounter. But, how can a person fall in love with someone they just met? Love is when two people know and care deeply for each other no matter what. Therefore it is not possible to fall in love with someone without knowing who they really are.
In Romeo and Juliet, two families are in a quarrel. The Montagues and Capulets. These two families are not the only families in a feud, some more families that are in a feud are the Pazzi and Medici, the Hatfields and McCoys, the Campbells and MacDonalds, and the Taira and Minamoto. The type of people and situations that cause a family feud is jealousy, self-assurance, theft and higher power. To begin with, jealousy is one of the main reasons why family feuds initiate. For instance, the Pazzi and Medici. The Pazzi family was jealous of the amount of power the Medici clan had, so the Pazzi wanted to eliminate the Medici clan. The Pazzi eliminated them by assassination. In addition, self-assurance caused family feuds, such as the Hatfields and
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the two “so called lovers” are having their lust being mistaken for true love. While critics of the argument will argue that “the couple wouldn't have killed themselves if they were only in lust” the fact of the matter is that they met each other purely on the basis of looks. The first example of the couple’s lust emerges when Romeo sneaks into the Capulet’s party. Just hours after loving Rosaline, Romeo spots a new girl. He then turns to a servant and asks who the girl is,“Oh, doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in Ethiop's ear” (1.5.42-44). This demonstrates
Love is a wonderful curse that forces us to do unexplainable things. Romeo and Juliet is a famous play written by William Shakespeare, who does an exceptional job in showing the readers what hate, mercy, death, courage, and most importantly what love looks like. This play is about two star-crossed lovers who are both willing to sacrifice their lives just to be with one another. Unfortunately tragedy falls upon the unconditional love Romeo and Juliet have for each other, but along the way they experience immeasurable forgiveness and extraordinary braveness just to be with one another. Sadly enough, love is a cause of violence in the end. Even though the pair spends less time together, it is enough for them to fall in love. It is clearly true
Like Friar Laurence’s hypothetical kiss between fire and powder, Romeo and Juliet have one night together, then the situation implodes, with Romeo banished for slaying Tybalt and Juliet betrothed to Paris. The obsession that the ill-fated lovers have for one-another is, in the very extremity that pulls them together, deadly. Romeo’s obsession with Juliet and his honor, and, as a result, mortality, leads to the death of numerous characters, both innocent men and pugnacious brawler. Romeo’s obsession with seeing Juliet and dying next to her leads to Paris’s death outside Juliet’s tomb. Likewise, the obsession with honor leads Romeo to slay Tybalt, his cousin of one hour following Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. At the crossroads of his joint obsessions with Juliet and honor, Romeo poignantly states, “My reputation stained/With Tybalt’s slander.—Tybalt, that an hour/Hath been my kinsman!” (III i 73-75). The theme of obsession is a powerful undercurrent in Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare does not waste a chance to accentuate its importance. When Romeo goes to Friar Laurence to requisition a marriage with Juliet, the friar chidingly says, “For doting, not for loving, pupil mine.”(II iii 82). Here, Shakespeare hints that the attraction that the lovers feel for one-another is obsessive, and reinforces the difference between obsession and true love. Also, he uses frequent, deadly duels to underline
In Act I of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare demonstrates different forms of love that characters face. From the beginning, Romeo struggles to find true love and what love really is. As for Juliet, she also struggles on what love is, but also finding her own voice. And when finally finding true love they discover that they have fallen in love their own enemy. They both realize that the idea of love can be amazing, but also a painful experience. Shakespeare demonstrates love versus evil and the forms love takes that is acknowledged as an universal issue that connects different types of audiences. Audiences are captured by relating on love and the emotions that are displayed. From Romeo and Rosaline’s unrequited love, Paris and Juliet’s false love, and Romeo and Juliet’s ill-fated love, create the forms of love that establishes love as a leading theme in Act I.
In the play “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare shows that love has power to control one’s actions, feelings, and the relationship itself through the bond between a destined couple. The passion between the pair grew strong enough to have the capability to do these mighty things. The predestined newlyweds are brought down a rocky road of obstacles learning love’s strength and the meaning of love. The power of love controlled Romeo and Juliet's actions.
Even before Juliet is introduced, Romeo considers himself to be in love with Rosaline. Although he says that it is true love, stating “.. Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes.” (Shakespeare, I.1.23), it is clear that his obsession with Rosaline is purely surface-level.