Love: Romeo and Juliet

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In the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare the author shows the love between a couple in a very strong way considering the limited timeline the story covers. Shakespeare starts off by showing us the difference between infatuation and love. Then Shakespeare moves onto showing the many aspects of love and how hatred and intolerance can strengthen it. The views of love showed in this play can translate over to modern day life as well. Shakespeare's brilliant descriptions of raw human emotions that people can relate to are why his plays are still read today.

The first signs of Romeo's infatuations come while he is at the masked ball. He is ranting and raving about Rosaline and how he loves her, how she makes him feel, and how it drives him crazy not to be near her.

"She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste;

For beauty, starved with her severity,

She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair.

To merit bliss by making me despair.

She hate forsworn to love, and in that vow

Do I live dead, that live to tell it now. " (I, i, 226-232)

Then in the midst of his thoughts for this girl he claims to love, he sees Juliet and he gets a different sensation. This sensation


Here's to my love. [Drinking] O true pothecery

Juliet awakens to find Romeo dead in her tomb. Showing the same extent of love she takes Romeo's dagger and kills herself to be with him like Romeo had just done to join her.

He wants to know this girl he sees before him and wants to share his soul and the rest of his life with her. Romeo from this point is determined to be with Juliet and complications that occur only make them even more attracted to one another.

I tell thee what: get thee to church o'Thursday

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

"Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient witch!

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (I, i, 51-60)

Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." (V, iii, 116-120)

The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!

... Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,



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Approximate Word count = 1046
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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