The Various Perceptions of Love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is about two lovers who get caught up in a feud between their separate families, the Montagues and the Capulets, and their fight to let love conquer all. The play was written by one of the best English writers, William Shakespeare in about 1595. During the Elizabethan period, women were seen as objects which could be passed from father to respectable suitors for marriage. This aspect of life is a major part to the play. Although the play is known for its love story, it is as much about love as it is about hate between the two rival families. Therefore there are many contrasts within the play, for instance Romeo uses oxymorons which Juliet echoes later, ' Here's much to do with hate, but more with love.' Act 1 scene 1. Within the play there are many different characters who have different perceptions of love, which is what I will be analysing in this essay. The first reference to love in the play occurs in the first scene when the audience meet Sampson and Gregory who perceive woman in a crude, vulgar and misogynistic way. 'Tis true and therefore woman being the weaker vessel are ever thrust to the wall.' Act 1 scene 1 This shows their characters to have no respect for woman and the audience can presume that they have never experienced true love, which is a major contrast to Romeo and Juliet's love. Another character who is extremely bawdy is the nurse, 'Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wilt.' Act 1 scene 3. Although we learn that she is widowed, her marriage was based around sex and not around love, therefore the n... ... middle of paper ... ... is. When she says, 'Ay sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks. I would the fool were married to her grave.' I would make the actress look upon Juliet with disgust and would have her standing while Juliet sits, so that the hierarchy is known. Throughout the scene, I would direct both actresses not to touch each other or show any other emotional contact. When Lady Capulet talks of how distressed Juliet and herself are about Tybalts death I would place Juliet in her bed with her mother sitting, looking uncomfortable on the end of the bed. As you can see, Shakespeare brought many different contrasts of love into the play and it would be very important for the audience to see these distinctions. In the above I have explained how I would stage two contrasting scenes in William Shakespeare's 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:
to be a quite romantic person, as, to start with, he is in love with
The Different Attitudes to Love and Marriage Presented in Romeo and Juliet In “Romeo and Juliet”, the characters of Juliet, the Nurse and the Capulets have different attitudes to love and marriage. The relationship between the characters reflects their attitudes for marriage. The Capulet’s have a distant relationship with their daughter Juliet, as was common in Shakespearean times. Juliet is much closer to the Nurse who knew her from birth and she is Juliet’s
Attitudes Towards Love in Romeo and Juliet In the play Romeo and Juliet, love is a very important theme. The play is a tragedy set in the sixteenth century in “Fair Verona”. Love is a very important theme in the play and appears in many forms. Different people talk about love from very different points of view.
Throughout the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, various types of love are portrayed. According to some of the students of Shakespeare, Shakespeare himself had accumulated wisdom beyond his years in matters pertaining to love (Bloom 89). Undoubtedly, he draws upon this wealth of experience in allowing the audience to see various types of love personified. Shakespeare argues that there are several different types of love, the interchangeable love, the painful love and the love based on appearances, but only true love is worth having.
Romeo is desperate to be in love, and is in fact in love with the idea
How Shakespeare Presents Love and the Problems of Love in Romeo and Juliet With particular focus on Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 2 Scene 2, show how. Shakespeare presents love and the problems of love in Romeo and Juliet. In the book Romeo and Juliet we look at the love and passion between Romeo of the Montague house and Juliet of the Capulet house as well. the feud between the two houses. Act 1 scene 1:
It is obvious that the love Romeo has for Juliet is true and deep, it
Romeo and Juliet as a Play About Love Romeo and Juliet is a story about love, hate and death. It is a romantic play but also contains sexual and slightly comedic aspects. From all these themes there are two of them that carry more importance. than any other, love and hate. Romeo and Juliet was initiated as a play by Arthur Brooke, which was intended to tell children not to disobey their parents.
the play is not solely about love but also a lot of hatred is involved
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.
The second type of love I picked was romantic love which is intimate relationship emotional and/or physical. The second type of love that I picked was romantic love which is someone loving you or you loving someone. The quote from the play is from act 1, scene 5, line # 104 and the quote says “then don’t move while I act out my prayer
The way one chooses to use anything can be immensely powerful, with positive or negative effects on his or her surroundings. Friar Laurence, in Romeo and Juliet, wisely notes this fact. One example of this is how love affects different characters in the story. The Nurse loves Juliet to no end as if Juliet were her own daughter. This way, Juliet has the mother figure her biological mother is incapable of being, and receives the care that every child craves. The Nurse is willing to deliver materials for Juliet’s secret wedding, too. The Nurse says, “Hie you to church; I must another way, / To fetch a ladder, by the which your love / Must climb a bird’s nest soon when it is dark” (Shakespeare 2.5.71-73). Here, love is given to Juliet in a manner
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
Shakespeare's Development of the Themes of Love and Hate in Act One Scene Five of Romeo and Juliet