The Theme of love in Romeo and Juliet

In the play Romeo and Juliet the playwright, William Shakespeare, introduces us to two young people who let lust get the better of them. Romeo is fooled by lust that he feels for Juliet leading to bad decision making and their death, showing us that lust kills. The play follows these two star-crossed lovers and their forbidden “love” story. Romeo is the first to be fooled by his feelings of lust, leading to Juliet thinking that what she feels is truly love and not just lust. Romeo is to blame…

In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, young love and passion are the most important themes throughout the entire play. The illogical, reckless, emotional, suicidal impulses that both Romeo and Juliet exhibited throughout the play are related to the theme of young love. Besides the conveying the theme of young love, Shakespeare does not seem to consider that the self-destructive tendency is inextricably connected with love. Romeo and Juliet committed suicide because…

Love and sacrifice can help people overcome many obstacles that occur throughout one’s lifetime. There are many different types of sacrifices one makes throughout life, the first one being personal sacrifice, the second one being group sacrifice and the last one as societal sacrifice. In the novel The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, the 1996 movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann, and the article Does Love Involve Sacrifice or Compromise? by Aaron Ben-Zeév this is the…

Romeo + Juliet is a movie about two star-crossed lovers who journey with a relationship between the toils of two families feud, adapted from Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and produced into a film by Baz Luhrmann. The movie details the lives of Romeo and Juliet, who are in love, though caught in the confusion of their families feud. The lovers conceal their relationship, but that doesn’t keep either families from concealing their ‘swords’. Several die in the conquest of…

star-crossed lovers in Romeo and Juliet appear to have a relationship that entails emotions that date back for years, when in the grand scheme of it all they were only together for a couple of weeks if not months. Their love was quick and all consuming, furthermore it is clear that the two characters predictable deaths can be attributed to their young love. Romeo and Juliet’s predictable deaths, however do prove to be fitting in terms of the themes of rashness and heedlessness of young love…

Simba’s father, Mufasa. Romeo and Juliet, on the other hand, is known for a love story where two lovers died. When it comes to children, The Lion King is more of a classic than Romeo and Juliet because the family feud is way easier to understand, it has easy themes for children to comprehend, and it is a timeless tale. Romeo and Juliet is a love story that tells us about two people that would do anything for love. That is where the problem begins. If children see Romeo and Juliet and somehow…

1. I Saw Her Standing There-The Beatles This song represents how Romeo falls in love with Juliet at the first sight of her. The lyrics of the song are; “Now I’ll never dance with another; Since I saw her standing there.” This reflects Romeo’s feeling after seeing her for the first time in the dinner. He is absolutely fascinated and obsessed by her and he does not want anybody except her. His love is obsessive because he has idea that she will not dance with anyone else except him. This thought…

Tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, many themes were portrayed in this thrilling play. Some were: love versus hatred; youth versus age; and civil disorder. Each of these give fair insight into the plays sophisticated story line but yet only one truly gives a clear and precise definition. It ties the story line within its name and is a tough argument that does not seem to end with one side winning. Love versus Hatred: A grand theme that properly depicts the wondrous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.…

disapproval of parents can’t stop true love. This is just one major theme of Romeo and Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet knew that if their parents had known about their love they would have forbid it. They decided they would not let that stop them and they got married against their parents wishes. Romeo and Juliet only knew each other for a short time, but they were willing to give up literally everything for each other. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet are both aware that their joining…

Throughout the play, “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, the causes of the tragedy can be blamed on many characters and themes. Just like when a single suspect is accused of a crime, there is often much more to the story than what is being told, which can illustrate blame upon other people who were involved. Similarly in Romeo and Juliet, the causes of the tragedy are directed towards many characters and ideas. Although the deaths of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on a wide spread of…