Theme of Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Theme of Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet" is one of the most famous love stories ever

written. In writing this play William Shakespeare focuses on Arthur

Brooke's poem, "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet". There have

been many adaptations of "Romeo and Juliet" and the plays are still

being performed in theatres across the world. A recent and modernised

version of the play was made by a director called Baz Lohman. The film

focussed more on the love and was less dramatic than the play. The

last scene was also altered and left out the last and most dramatic

parts.

The play opens with the chorus, it is a sonnet and has a rhyme scheme

of A, B, A, B through out. The chorus sets the scene and environment

of the play. The chorus gives the audience the summary of the play.

The play begins with two Capulet servants, Sampson and Gregory. Later

Abram and Balthasar, who are both Montague's, enter the scene and a

fight breaks out between them all. Tybalt, of the Capulet's is ready

for a fight but Benvolio, a Montague comes to stop the fight and keep

the peace. Tybalt refuses the offer of peace and says,

"What! Drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,

As I hate hell, all Montague's, and thee.

Have at thee, coward!"

Shakespeare does this because he wants the audience to experience the

hate between the Capulet's and the Montague's, before the play

advances any further. This may cause a stir of emotions among the

audience, mainly excitement. This would be a good chance for

Shakespeare to use special effects like blood and sound effects.

In the second part of Act 1, Scene 1, Romeo enters...

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... willing to kill

themselves. When Romeo thinks that she is dead he takes the potion

that he brought from the Apothecary and dies. When Juliet sees Romeo's

corpse she too kills herself. This seen is full of tension and may

cause the audience to feel sad because of the unnecessary suicides of

Romeo and Juliet. The audience may also be excited by the action in

the fight between Romeo and Paris.

The death of the two lovers brings the two families together. The

deaths were too ironies and created a great twist at the in the play.

There are various different loves in the play. The love between the

Nurse and Juliet, the love between Romeo and Rosaline, the love

between Romeo and Mercutio, the love between Lady Capulet and Juliet

and finally the love between Romeo and Juliet. This is truly the

strongest love of them all.