Romeo and Juliet Essay

In our society, love can be portrayed in thousands of ways. With simple things such as giving someone a hug or something more elaborate such as marriage. These things show are affection and love towards others, but it does not just end there. In Romeo and Juliet, as well as our society, we portray many different styles of love. These styles of love that I thought were portrayed well in Romeo and Juliet were physical love, emotional love, and paternal love.

Physical love is portrayed throughout the book as the normal love that everyone needs. For example, on Act 1, Scene 3, lines 65-67 Lady Capulet states "Marry, that “marry” is the very theme I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your disposition to be married?" Even though marriage is supposed to signify emotional connection between two people but in this case, it is a way for families to carry children in their bloodline, which implies physical love. In addition, another example of physical love is in Act 1, Scene 1, lines 199-203 Romeo says about Rosaline. "Well, in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit. And, in strong proof of chastity well armed from love’s weak childish bow, she lives uncharmed." This quote means that Rosaline has sworn herself to be a virgin for eternity, and Romeo is not happy about that because that is what he was looking for from her. He also claims that he loves her, but in reality he just physically loves her. Finally, a lot of bawdy humour is written throughout the book. For example, in Act 1, Scene 1, lines 18-24 a conversation Sampson and Gregory is heard "'Sampson: Tis all one. I will show myself a tyrant. When I have fought with the men, I will be civil with the maids. I will cut off their ...

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...ual and emotional love Romeo feels for Juliet. Finally, what Romeo and Juliet will do for each other represent their emotional love for each other. For example, in Act 5, Scene 3, line 132 after he sees Juliet dead, Romeo says “Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” And lines 183-184, after Juliet sees Romeo dead, she says “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger, this is my sheath. There rust and let me die.” I think this signifies Romeo and Juliet’s emotional love because only someone you truly love could you kill yourself for, which they both did, which makes them emotionally in love.

All in all, Romeo and Juliet has many different ways of exhibiting love towards others and themselves. Many of these types of loves have carried on to our lives today. Romeo and Juliet is not just about true love but as well as many different types and styles of love.