William Shakespeare's Presentation of the Theme of Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet
The play “Romeo and Juliet” which was written by Shakespeare is a
famous love story, which is based “love and hate”. I am going to look
at the different types of love and hate which some characters show
towards other characters. I will then dramatize one scene based on one
of these themes.
All the characters in this play love or someone or something. Romeo
loves Juliet and Mercutio, but he loves them in different ways. He
loves Juliet as his girlfriend and loves Mercutio as his friend. This
quote shows us that Romeo loves Juliet, “I take thee at thy word, call
me but ‘love’, and ill be new baptized. Henceforth I never will be
Romeo”. This quote tells me that Romeo is ready to change his whole
identity for Juliet. Only someone who loves someone else would do,
that not any old person would because if Romeo didn’t love Juliet he
wouldn’t be willing to change his whole identity for her. Romeo also
makes a speech about Juliet on act 2 and scene 2 some of the words he
used were “it is my lady, o it is my love. O that she knew she were.
She speaks yet nothing. What of that? Her eye discourse I will answer
it. I am too bold,’ it’s not to me she speaks. Two of the fairest
stars in all the heaven. Having some business, do entreat her eyes. To
twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were
there, they in her head?” Romeo is telling him self how much he loves
Juliet and what she means to him. Romeo is also saying Juliet is his
love which suggests to us that he loves Juliet also and he also is
saying that two of the fairest stars in heaven are in Juliet’s eyes he
is complimenting her also therefore you must like someone to
compliment them.
We know that Romeo loves Mercutio as his friend because Romeo says
In the Shakespearean play, Romeo & Juliet, aggression is represented in different ways by the different characters in the play. Tybalt, Romeo, Benvolio, and the others all have their own way of dealing with hate and anger. Some do nothing but hate while others can’t stand to see even the smallest of quarrels take place.
' Here's much to do with hate, but more with love.' Act 1 scene 1.
Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction from the beginning because of hatred. between the two families, Montagues and Capulets. Therefore, Themes of love and hate are very important in the play as the plot is driven by these two themes. Shakespeare brings out the love between the two rivals through Romeo and Juliet and their relationships with the Friar and the Nurse.
What role does hatred play in making decisions? This question can be analyzed throughout The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. The Capulet’s and Montagues have an unwavering hatred for each other, and their hatred eventually leads to the suicide of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Could this circumstance be avoided if they practiced better communication? Perhaps; however, the situation could have been completely avoided if the hatred hadn’t existed in the first place, and had the charaters not been so fast to making rash decisions. Therefore, hatred causes poor decision making.
...l kiss thy lips; haply some poison doth hang on them to make me die with a restorative.” Clearly her own thoughts equal that of the Romeo’s in the respect that she has no care for her own life now that she has lost Romeo.
saying "she has a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal to the very
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
...d with the best gems/ Ever brought into Britain, with bright pennies/ to pay,/ Fair queen, without a flaw,/ She glanced with eyes of grey./ A seemlier that once he saw, In truth, no man could say" (74-85).
Throughout Romeo and Juliet love and hate are combined. However even though they are combined love still remains the principal theme in the play. Although in the play the theme of hatred can be just as important and sometimes it intensifies the theme of love. For example Romeo and Juliet’s love wouldn’t have been so extreme and powerful unless there was the hatred between the Montague’s and Capulet’s.
The emotions of love and hate are at the forefront of the theme in this play by William Shakespeare. The Oxford Standard English Dictionary defines ‘love’ as ‘to have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to feel great affection for a friend or person in your family’ and defines ‘hate’ as ‘a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action dislike intensely, to feel antipathy or aversion towards someone or something’. However, words cannot portray such wide and powerful emotions. Love and hate include elements of life, passion, long-term bonding and dislike, disgust and loathing respectively. It is because Shakespeare incorporates each of these elements into the play that Romeo and Juliet is the ultimate story of love and hate.
Ultimately`, William Shakespeare shows in many different ways throughout the play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, that love is the more powerful force than hate. The readers see how the characters continuously forgive one another, even when the conditions are tough. The friendships between specific characters display a loving bond that cannot be broken with hate. Shakespeare demonstrates that Romeo and Juliet’s love can overpower the hate of many events in the play. He shows that their love can even overpower the death of one of their own family members. Romeo and Juliet’s love brings friendship between their feuding families. This story is a true example of how love can conquer all.
something of a shock as she did not expect for him to grab her hand as
Theme of Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare seldom created his own plots for the plays he wrote and Romeo and Juliet was not an exception. It was not unusual to 'borrow' plays written by others and edit them to their own creative styles. The play "Romeo and Juliet" had been 'borrowed' several times before Shakespeares version, and the original version was actually a poem, written in Italian by Masuccio Salernitano in 1476. Shakespeares main source of inspiration though, came from a long, English poem written by Arthur Brooke written in 1562. This poem was yet another adaptation from the original.
Romeo and Juliet, making it what it is. It acts as a chorus, like that
The Love Between Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Play I think that the love between Romeo and Juliet is genuine, and that they are not merely infatuated with one another. I have come to this conclusion from the way that Romeo and Juliet interact with one another; such as their actions towards each other, and their language used while speaking. The prologue is what leads me to think that the love between Romeo and Juliet is genuine, because Shakespeare is informing us about them and their love for each other. There are also other parts in the play script which inform us of their love such as the initial meeting of Romeo and Juliet, and the final scenes of the play where the characters die for each other.