Comparing Romeo And Juliet's 'Romance In The Air'

20-10-2013 “Romance in The Air”
Romance can be a very tricky thing. When it is experienced, it becomes something that we want more of. Why is that you may ask? Simply because we like things that make us feel good about ourselves, and lets face, romantic love does a good job of that. True love and romantic love does exist. It might be a different time and era now, however, along with time changes, romantic love also does evolve as well. Looking back in time, we see the cliché acts of chivalry and ‘old school love’ which is the most appealing and more of what we crave for. Meaning the simple things that show you care such as holding the door open, giving a coat to their partner when its cold, picking her up from her home and meeting the
The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the deep passion that comes up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. This reading shows that both Romeo and Juliet’s love is not only dramatic but also pure. Pure in the sense that nothing can come in between their love. Not even family. In Act 2: “In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, / And therefore thou mayst think my havior light. [ . . . ] I should have been more strange, I must confess . . . ” (Shakespeare 2.2.103-104, 107). That is the first and most obvious hint of romantic love being love at first sight. As soon as she laid her eyes on Romeo he was exactly what she wanted. In my opinion, Juliet could be so taken aback by Romeo simple because he is out of the ordinary and different. Being of human nature, we want what we can’t have. Their lives are so different that is just wouldn’t be accepted by either families’. Shakespeare presents this as a force (romantic love) of nature, so strong that it leads to a societal rule where family and social standards start to get in the way. This idea is set in the play with the line “a pair of star-cross 'd lovers take their life.” Maybe Romeo and Juliet 's love is fate; their love is given a high importance, which can therefore knock down any of the social boundaries of “fair Verona.” The Capulet and Montague
Its true when it is said that it their love is the rare kind. How often do you see someone, a complete stranger, and think of spending the rest of your life with that person? Their story proves that there is still hope. However, “Romeo and Juliet” is not the only kind of romantic story out there. A similar type of love is also shown in the movie, A Walk to Remember. This also being a tale of two very different lovers who learned to look past each other’s differences and fell in love. The only difference would be that the two main characters’ love started with a friendship which is also shown in Sharon Olds’ work that a bond as strong as friendship, can very easily lead up to romantic love. (As in the