Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet" is a love tragedy based on different kinds of

loves. Romeo and Juliet become married in a forbidden relationship

over the high tension brawl between their rival families which

Shakespeare clearly shows in the play. Despite the family brawls, the

pair decides to let their "perfect" love defeat all. Peoples ideas

have changed in the space of 400 years, for example back then some

loves featured in this play would produce different reactions to the

audience, than today.

Shakespeare opens the play with the chorus who speaks a sonnet, where

love imagery is found;

"Two Star-crossed lovers"

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This hints the couple feeling stuck and desperate to be free to love

one another. The stars in this quote means their love is bound to

happen, the forbidden bit is in the darkness, as stars are covered by

darkness meaning the two lovers are as well, but as stars shine in the

dark night this proves their love is everlasting in spite of the hard

situation.

In Act 1, scene 1 straight away we are involved in the fight scenes

followed by the violent action which would have entertained the

Shakespeare's audience 400 years ago.

In the first scene fighting is going on and rude comments are being

passed out between the two families.

Some other quotes showing how much the two families hate one another,

which could lead even to risking their own lives just to show how

brave they were. We also know that the two families liked winding each

other up which would lead up more fights therefore some more

entertainment for the Shakespeare audience.

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...ng she stabs herself before they ask her why she's

still alive and what's been going on, Juliet does this to save herself

and to be with her husband Romeo, after death.

"Yeah, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger,

This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die."

Love triumphs in the end because the two families are united. So

although Romeo and Juliet have to die, love wins in the end-in a

strange way. The Capulet and Montague's learn to re-unite because of

the tragic death that the fight brought. Both County Paris and Romeo

die because of Juliet and she kills herself because Romeo is dead,

they erect a statue for them and mourn.

"Go hence to have more talk of these sad things,

Some shall be pardoned, and some punished:

For never was a story of more woe

Than this of Juliet and her Romeo"