Preview

Romeo and Juliet: Love theme

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
725 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Romeo and Juliet: Love theme
Alazia Scott
09/04/14
3rd period

4. Choose a theme from the list of themes. Make a claim about it and write your essay on how the play reveals the truth about the theme. William Shakespeare wrote a play called Romeo and Juliet, a story based on two lovers that ended up killing their selves because of society. There’s this thing people like to call “fickle or puppy” love. That’s when two people think that they love each other but it’s nothing real. Shakespeare showed this kind of love in two instances in the play. One with Paris’ love for Juliet and the other is Romeo’s love for Rosaline. Although Paris went to Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, to ask for her hand in marriage, Juliet didn’t really care for him. Initially, when Paris asked to marry Juliet, Capulet gave him permission too as long as Juliet agreed as well. But when Paris went to him again, he then changed it and said that Juliet was going to marry him. Now, Rosaline is the woman Romeo was “in love” with. Rosaline had sworn off boys and sex, which had left Romeo no chances with her. Up until the night of the ball, Romeo was moping over. During the conversation he had with Benvolio, Benvolio was trying to talk Romeo into “exploring his options”. “By giving liberty into thine eyes; examine other beauties.” (Act 1, Scene i). When Romeo had seen Rosaline’s name on the list of invitees to Capulet’s feast, he was so gunho to attend the feast just to see her. But once he laid eyes on the beautiful Juliet, his feelings for Rosaline really didn’t matter anymore. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, parental love was shown as well just not between Romeo and Juliet and their parents. Juliet and the Nurse were extremely close, for instance. Juliet tells her Nurse all of her secrets, and the Nurse is the message carrier between her and Romeo. She looks out for Juliet’s best interest even if it’s not what Juliet likes or wants to hear. “I think you are happy in this second match; For it excels your first; or

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Furthermore, In Act 1 Scene 5 - Romeo changes dramatically, when he meets Juliet and his love with Rosaline had all vanished. He says that he has never seen a 'True Beauty' till this night - like Juliet. This shows that he was not in love with Rosaline and tells that he is a very unloyal love with people. Juliet had sparked Romeo's eye very deeply and had attached on Romeo's heart.…

    • 543 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Themes for Romeo and Juliet

    • 2315 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Romeo and Juliet are two of the most famous lovers in history, but some people doubt that their historic love lives up to its reputation. Romeo starts the play infatuated with Rosaline, a gorgeous girl with no interest in him. His "true-love-at-first-sight" encounter with Juliet seems like it could be just another case of puppy love. The two lovers come from warring families, but their love overcomes their families' hatred. Their whirlwind romance, however, ends in tragedy when each thinks the other is dead and chooses to commit suicide rather than live alone. While Romeo and Juliet never doubt the power of love, other characters criticize love and reject is as simply…

    • 2315 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Cornet at Night Essay

    • 727 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Romeo Montague’s apparent love to Rosaline at the beginning of the play shows how needy Romeo is. Since Rosaline did not want to lose her virginity, Romeo lost interest in her seconds after looking at Juliet. Romeo is allegedly in love with Rosaline but since she cannot fulfill his ‘needs’, he moves on very quickly to Juliet. “Did my heart love till now, forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (I.v.52-53). Within seconds, Romeo completely forgot about Rosaline. Before going to the party, Romeo is depressed and lonely. Before the Capulet’s feast, Romeo has never heard of Juliet, and afterword he is proposing to her. Romeo must be experiencing “puppy love” because there is no way that he can possibly move on from Rosaline that quickly. Romeo is concupiscent and desperately wants a girlfriend so he is letting his hormones getting the best of him and falling in love with any girl he finds attractive. If Juliet tells him that she wants to stay a virgin, Romeo would have undoubtedly found another girl to, “fall in love” with.…

    • 727 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Over time, the red rose has developed to become a symbol of love. It is common for people to give them to their loved ones as a token for their affection. A rose communicates that love, much like its appearance is beautiful and delicate. One similar aspect of love is also displayed in its red shades, a color of passion. However, many forget of a rose’s thorns, sharp and painful to the touch. The rose is similar to the love expressed in Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare. The story follows a pair of star-crossed lovers who must deal with the various aspects of love. For Romeo, love produces feelings of pain, joy, and impulsiveness.…

    • 1195 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Can one act alienate you from society for the rest of your life? One act completely separates you and your family from everyone forever. Of course not many people believe this be untrue, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the story of a woman that had this happen. I believe the main theme in the story to be alienation. There are three people who were alienated that were alienated in the novel: Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Pearl.…

    • 396 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about lovers who end up killing themselves because they think that they cannot be together. Many people contributed to bringing about the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Some should be pardoned and some punished, but I think that the tragic deaths were caused mainly by fate.…

    • 1564 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Firstly, the language that Romeo uses makes the audience suspicious of his love. He uses quite conceit and exaggerate metaphors making it appear as though he is putting on a show. He likes the idea of being in love and, as he is young, he might not have experience true love before. The language he uses seems quite artificial and elaborate. This reinforces the idea that he is in really in love. Also midway through a speech about his love and Rosaline, his mind seems to wonder as he asks “where shall we dine?” this shows that he is thinking about food and not only about Rosaline.…

    • 525 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The tragic death of the two lovers Romeo and Juliet could be the fault of their love for one another. While most people in the play believe in a marriage that is profitable to one's social status, Juliet and Romeo's feelings for each other do not follow this distinction: “For both [the Nurse and Lady Capulet] in Juliet’s life, what matters most is a socially advantageous marriage…”(Dupler 1). Yet their love is one that transcends the orthodox realms of society and goes against what is socially appropriate. Even Friar Lawrence makes this distinction when he speaks of the difference between loving and doting. This is the difference between Romeo's feelings for Rosaline and…

    • 404 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, is surface on the tale of love. Somewhere within the play we see many different connections between violence, hate, and death. Romeo and Juliet’s death is cause by the unbending and strict society that would not allow them to be together. The connection between violence and love is to be determined. The drama is able to advice readers more or less with the meaning of gender, love, and fate, and it will provide examples of how our society is today.…

    • 184 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Romeo and Juliet is a classic play by William Shakespeare about a pair of star-crossed lovers whose passion eventually drives them to their unfortunate deaths. Since the theme in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is Love as a Cause of Violence, it is easy to see why Shakespeare uses that thematic focus to show how Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another affected the outcome of their relationship.…

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When we first meet Romeo, he is infatuated by Rosaline (which he calls love), who happens not to be in love with him and plans to become a nun.…

    • 939 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Romeo & Juliet

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Romeo and Juliet do not share a close relationship with their parents, nor do their parents know them very well. At the beginning of the play, when Romeo is moping over Rosaline, his father is worried about him but he actually does nothing about it. Juliet's parents are nasty to her, especially her father, who is particularly horrible when she says she wants to marry for love. He tells her that he has lined up a suitable husband, meaning a wealthy one, and that is that. If she doesn't marry Paris she will be thrown out of the house, to fend for herself. What a father does not know is that his only daughter, who he is supposed to be so concerned about, is already married to the son of his enemy, Montague. He really doesn't communicate with his Juliet at all. Obviously she has not spoken to him about it. She cannot even share her secret about the most important moment in her life with her mother. Meanwhile, The Nurse and Friar Lawrence continue to remain strong parental figures to Romeo and Juliet.…

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Romeo, still a teenager at 17 years old, didn’t stop to think about his decisions and how it would affect himself and others. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”(I, V, 52-53). Romeo went to the Capulet’s masquerade ball and saw Juliet. He instantly fell in love with her and forgot about his past love, Rosaline, whom he said he could not live without just recently. Rosaline was the main reason Romeo went to the masquerade ball. If he got over her or she didn’t come, then Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have met Juliet. Romeo fell in love too quickly with Juliet’s beauty, when he should’ve taken it slow and got married at least a year into their relationship and not a day after they…

    • 1220 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The classic is something that can’t truly be defined. Is it something that people remember? Is it something that’s influential? Is it both? Is it neither? Do people even have to like it? The classic is something that can be a matter of opinion. What I can consider a classic is something that someone else might disagree with. Yet, there is certain works of art that everyone considers a classic, regardless of previous knowledge of that subject. Certain pieces, like Homer’s The Odyssey or the 1920’s movie Gone with the Wind, are well known enough to be considered a classic or have actual evidence supporting why it should be called a “classic.”…

    • 886 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Love - Romeo and Juliet

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Romantic love can end in death, but love can be presented in such a manner that can be shown to be courageous and unconditional. Additionally, the so-called "romantic" comedies may feature a certain degree of tension between romantic and anti-romantic elements. Marriage—typically viewed as the goal of romantic love—is also treated ambiguously by Shakespeare. For example you have Edward and Bella from the Twilight Series, like Romeo and Juliet they both make stupid decisions regarding their love for each other.…

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays