Literary Analysis of Romeo and Juliet's Similarities
To be similar is to have common features among two or more things.
Similarities are used to compare alike things. The characters Romeo
and Juliet from the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet are comparable
throughout their short lived relationship. Although strangers, they
are drawn together by their mutual bond . The most distinct similarity
between Romeo and Juliet is their undying love for one another.
Both Romeo and Juliet have an intense love for each other that never
weakens. Romeo and Juliet experience love at first sight when they
meet each other at the Capulet’s party. Romeo expresses his immediate
physical attraction towards Juliet when he remarks, “This holy shrine
… my lips, two blushing, pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough
touch with a tender kiss” ( I.iv.93-95 ). Juliet excitedly replies
“Good pilgrim you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion
shows in this for saints have hands that pilgrims hands do touch…[and
has] holy palmers kiss” (I.iv.97-100). Romeo and Juliet have an
overwhelming strength in their desire for one another when they
declare their love in the balcony scene. Romeo proclaims his desire
for Juliet when he says, “It is my lady, o it is my love” (II.i.10).
Juliet’s yearn for Romeo is revealed when she says “In truth fair
Montague I am too fond” (II.ii.98). Romeo and Juliet agree on
concealing their romantic love with a rash marriage. Juliet purposes
to Romeo “If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage,
send me word tomorrow” (II.ii.144-145). Romeo agrees with this idea
when he remarks “Love goes towards love, as schoolboys from their
books… [Tomorrow] At the hour of nine” (II.ii.156-168). Romeo and
Juliet’s passionate love for one another never falters, and is full of
purity and innocence.
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Concequently, both Romeo and Juliet choose their profound love
despite the many obstacles they face as partners. Romeo and Juliet
mistakenly fall in love before realizing they are hereditary enemies,
and feel it is to late to turn back.
“Do not deny to him that you love me.”(Rom. 4.1 25) Paris, one of Juliet’s suitors, is trying to win Juliet’s love at the same time that Romeo loves her. Together, Paris and Romeo are juxtaposed, while vying for Juliet’s love, so that they are compared and contrasted. Both have similar traits but are different through how they act towards people and personalities. Paris and Romeo are alike in integrity but very different by their personalities and treatment of Juliet.
The drama, “Romeo and Juliet”, shares many similarities to the ancient text, “Pyramus and Thisbe”. Even though these two tales’ origins are far apart in geographical location and time period, they are surprisingly related. This proves the truth of universal themes. Universal themes are ideas that span nations because of their relevance to mankind. True love and death is the universal theme of the two tales. “Romeo and Juliet” can compare to “Pyramus and Thisbe” for three reasons; the lovers come from disagreeing families, the tales are both tragedy, and they are based on misconception and ill-timing.
...it or unsure. You can see this when Benvolio answers Lady Montague in 1.1.112-124. Metaphors are also used you can see this in 1.1.184-185 “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lover's eye”. Oxymoron’s are used in 1.1.170 when Romeo says “O brawling love, O brawling hate”.
Romeo repeats the word 'love' during a conversation with Benvolio in Act 1 Scene 1. This love I feel, that I feel no love in this. Then, in her famous gallop apace speech of Act 3 Scene 2, Juliet. repeats the words 'come' and 'night'.
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
must I use thee." (Act 5, scene 1, line 93). Second when Romeo is about to
I preferred Romeo and Juliet to Shakespeare in Love because Romeo and Juliet felt like a tragedy, while Shakespeare in Love was sad at the end but there wasn’t as much bloodshed and violence, and nobody in Shakespeare in Love were bitter and heartbroken at the end besides Shakespeare and Viola. Even though it was hard to understand at times I like the iambic pentameter and poetic language in Romeo and Juliet. Although I did enjoy the humorous parts of Shakespeare in Love but there was still funny parts in Romeo and Juliet.
Through the flaws in the characterization of his characters, Shakespeare allows their weakness to manipulate and cloud their judgment. This fundamentally leads to the outcome of Romeo and Juliet, with each weakness presenting a conflict that alters the characters fate. Being especially true with the star-crossed lovers, William Shakespeare leads their perfect love into tragedy with these conflicts. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt all contribute to conflicts that enhance the plot. From destructive flaws in their characterizations, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt are all consequently controlled by their weakness, therefore affecting the outcome of the play.
But come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight. Do thou but close our hands with holy words, Then love-devouring death do what he dare-- It is enough I may call her mine.” (Shakespeare Act, Scene) Romeo is delighted and thrilled for their marriage that he admits that whatever sorrow or death comes their way, nothing can outweigh the joy he has for Juliet every second he is with her.
Forswear it, sight, I ne’er seen true beauty till this night” (1: 5: 51-52). Romeo believes that Juliet is the first person he has ever loved before, but he only thinks he loves her because she is so pleasing to his eyes. Juliet is no better than Romeo in this. The text states, “Go ask for his name. If he be married, my grave is like my wedding bed” (1: 5: 133-134).
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east, and Juliet is the sun/ Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon/ Who is already sick and pale with grief/ That thou her maid art far more fair than she/ Be not her maid since she is envious/ Her vestal livery is but sick and green/ And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off!/ It is my lady. Oh, it is my love/ Oh, that she knew she were!” (Shakespeare II ii 2-11).
Shakespeare uses Juliet to portray his message by having her marry Romeo. In scene two of the second act or more
(II.2.73) after Juliet asks if he is a Montague. He is willing to do anything for the girl he just met (again, touching on the theme of infatuation), and the fact that their two families don’t get along only makes the stakes higher for Romeo.
A Psychological Analysis of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet was obviously not written to fit the psychoanalytic model, as the theories of Freud were not developed for centuries after Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote about Renaissance England, a culture so heavily steeped in Christianity, that it would have blushed at the instinctual and sexual thrust of Freud’s theory. However, in order to keep literature alive and relevant, a culture must continually reinterpret the themes and ideas of past works. While contextual readings assure cultural precision, often these readings guarantee the death of a particular work. Homer’s Iliad, a monument among classical works, is currently not as renowned as Romeo and Juliet because it is so heavily dependent on its cultural context.
In Friar Lawrence's cell, Romeo dramatically cries, " There is no world for me outside the walls of Verona." Romeo murderer Tybalt, and the result of that Romeo was banished. In addition, the law states that death will be brought to whom kills. Romeo ridiculously does not accept his responsibilities. Romeo reveals his immaturety for assuming it is the end of the world for being banished from a place his "soulmate" lives. After Juliet and Romeo make love, Romeo passionately cries, " Let me be put to death. I am content if that's what you want." Romeos irrational need to stay with Juliet is becoming a foolish remedy. Knowing he would be put to death if he does not leave shows how lustful and courageous Romeo truly is. If Romeo wasn't being irrational then he would have kissed Juliet goodbye without a lustful thought of having to stay. As a result, Romeo barely made it out of Juliets home. If he had not he would have been executed.