The Theme of love in Romeo and Juliet

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows many examples of the main theme, forbidden love. In this story two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets, each have a child who falls in love with the other. The young Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love at first sight. They know they cannot be together because of their names, and that is how the main theme, forbidden love, comes about. Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is right after they met each other and find out each…

Star-Crossed Lovers The Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, is one of the worlds most known tragedies. Rather than the use of a bright setting, director Franco Zeffirelli uses techniques using music to support their love in the scene, while another director by the name of Baz Luhrmann primarily uses setting rather than the film’s music. Both cinematic versions of the same play are different from each other in the way they are directed. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann use cinematic…

tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. This four hundred year old play has been adapted countless times, yet society has failed to understand this amazing literature. Modern culture has accepted the story of Romeo and Juliet as the perfect example of true love, but the truth is far from it. The play is in fact, a tragedy caused by lust and at most, immature hormonal driven love. The oddity would be Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet. Baz Luhrmann’s Interpretation of this tragedy syncs in with the theme that…

True love is often viewed as always thinking about the other person in a relationship no matter what the situation is. Thinking about the other person in a relationship and not focusing on personal emotions is demonstrating true selflessness. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, he argues that when it comes to love, people should not be distracted by their emotions and focus on selflessness.This is shown through the words and actions of Romeo, Juliet, and Mercutio. Romeo shows true love by not…

Shakespeare’s works are considered timeless due to their universal relevance and showcasing of themes that examine the human condition. Wise’s West Side story adapted from Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet turns the classic story into a modern tale. Shakespeare’s universal theme of love and identity continue to be regarded in today’s society. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story’s stories describe how love is a brutal, intense feeling that can overwhelm a person, capturing them against the reality…

Romeo and Juliet: A Lasting Tragedy A famous song says, “You were Romeo you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away from Juliet” These are lyrics from the 2008 Taylor Swift song, “Love Story”. They show that Romeo and Juliet, a play written in 1595, has proven its longevity for over 400 years. It is a story even kids know from a young age. Romeo and Juliet has lasted throughout the decades because of the events, themes, and the power of the story. Firstly, the work has endured time…

known play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare targets the powerful theme of love and what it is like to be amorous towards someone. Shakespeare does this by writing a play about two teenagers who have fallen in love with one another. Romeo and Juliet's love is genuine because they are captivated with each other and they sacrifice their safety to be with each other. Captivation, which is holding interest in someone and attraction demonstrates their love is genuine. Romeo…

In 1996, Baz Luhrmann defended his blockbuster film Romeo+Juliet, saying, "Everything that's in the movie is in the play. Violence, murder, lust, love, poison, even drugs that mimic death. - It’s all in there. It's just that we have come to associate productions of 'Romeo and Juliet' with a certain style”. It has been considered that perhaps Romeo+Juliet is an example of a triumph of style over content, in the worst possible way. However, it considers the universal truths from Shakespeare’s play…

During Romeo and Juliet's first meeting the theme of sudden and forceful love is heavily alluded to. The theme describes a situation in which love is extremely sudden, such as love at first sight, and powerful enough to make previous situations or plans seem insignificant. Though Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet and the scene displayed in Act 1 Scene 5 are notably different, due to them being represented in different mediums, they both touch on this theme using specific diction and details. In…

eyes of your love, you 're perfect. In the eyes of your peers, your not worth it. Romeo loved and so did Juliet, but their love was fast and their family’s hatred was not a good duet. Lets sink our eyes, in this passage of what Shakespeare wanted to accomplish in this play of two lovers who die. In Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, when the playwright explores the general theme of Fast vs. Slow, he is urging his audience to believe that love can happen between any circumstances and love at…