Infatuation In Romeo And Juliet

Juliet’s love for and devotion to Romeo causes her to pursue her love, be committed to the marriage, and to be a faithful wife to Romeo. In the story, Capulet was hosting a party. The party hosted for Capulet’s family and his friends. Capulet’s servant unknowing mistakenly invited Romeo, who was a family enemy. Romeo, at the party runs into Juliet. Even though they are family enemies, they fall in love instantly with each other during discussion. As the story goes on, their love turns to be not infatuation, but true love. After they marry, a labyrinth of problems escalates. Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment add to their problems.

Juliet’s pursing of love toward Romeo is through devotion and trust not infatuation. Juliet expresses her feelings of love toward Romeo when he is in her garden. Juliet says,

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other word would smell as sweet (2.2 38-44).

Even though they have family rivalry, she tells Romeo that his last name means nothing. She has no desire to stop their love from their family names. It is only a mere word or state of fact to Juliet. Juliet continues,

Fain would I dwell on form. Fain, fain deny

What I have spoke. But farewell compliment!

Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say “ay,”

And I will take thy word. Yet if thou swear’st (2.2 87-91)

Juliet asks of Romeo if his love was true. She wants love that is true, not infatuation love that he had for his previous love, Rosaline. Juliet wants her relationship to be faithful to each other and to each other. Juliet has extre...

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Shall I be married then tomorrow morning?

No, no. This shall forbid it. Lie thou there (4.3 20-24).

The vial that she is holding is the potion she is about to ingest, fakes her death for her parents. She already tells herself that the vial might fail, so she lays a knife by her side just in case. Juliet wants to avoid this second marriage as much as possible. She already has a husband who she loves and she is bound to that. She is using anyway to get out weather by potion or by dagger (death).

Juliet’s love for Romeo was widely shown throughout the book. She show the eagerness of her pursuing her love, being a faithful wife to Romeo by not angrily cursing for killing her cousin, and being committed to the marriage by not marrying Paris are the main players of her becoming a devotional and loving person against the challenges she faces