Relationship Between Romeo And Juliet

Romeo & Juliet: True Love We all recognize the famous Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Two young star-crossed lovers from rivaling households ultimately die ending their families’ feud. Most people would argue that Romeo and Juliet are the greatest symbol of love. Somehow, I think not. Romeo and Juliet can’t possibly be in love because they are not destined to be a couple, they are quick to fall in love, and they are immature. Firstly, Romeo and Juliet’s are not destined to be a pair. In the Prologue, Chorus clearly tells us of their inevitable doom, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (Romeo & Juliet. Prologue.5). The term star-crossed means to go against fate. Furthermore, Romeo came from the Montague, and Juliet came
Before Romeo had come to the Capulet party, he had not known of Juliet’s existence. Once he set eyes on her, he proclaimed his love and inquired for her hand in matrimony. Conversely, it takes adults months to even enunciate their love for each other. In the same fashion, adults take even longer, sometimes years, for one of them to inquire for the other’s consent to wed. Also, Romeo and Juliet hardly conversed except from a few prepossessing words. They barely even knew each other. They never came to experience what the others hopes and dreams were. To summarize, Romeo and Juliet were quick to love the other in a span of five days, marrying, on the
Before Romeo fell in love with Juliet, he was in love with Rosalind. He spoke as if there were no women on earth that could rival her beauty, “Her beauty is like a note telling me where I can see someone even more beautiful” (1. 1.225). However, when he met Juliet, he had completely forgotten of the beauty Rosalind possessed, “My eyes were liars, then, because I never saw true beauty before tonight” (1. 5.50). This proves that Romeo loves with his eyes, not with his heart. After Romeo and Juliet got married, all that was on Juliet’s mind was to have sex with Romeo, “When the night comes and everyone goes to sleep, Romeo will leap into my arms, and no one will know” (3. 2.5). This indicates, that Juliet was to naïve to be in love. Juliet’s idea of love is more physical, than mental. This means, that she believes that to love someone, she has to be able to have sexual intercourse with them. Overall, this proves that Romeo and Juliet are too immature to love each