Lust In Romeo And Juliet

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Lust or Love: An Essay Analyzing the Relationship of Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
By the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet have completely fallen in love, which ultimately led to their premature deaths; with their relationship beginning as lust and blossoming into love. While Romeo and Juliet's interest in each other starts off as just physical attraction, through spending time together and learning about each other, their relationship transitions into true love because of the constant fear of living without each other.
When they first meet, Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is only based on their physical attraction for one another. Here, Romeo is “too sore enpiercèd with his shaft” and is “so bound” he “cannot bound a pitch above dull …show more content…

“Well, you have made a simple choice, you know not how to choose a man: Romeo? No, not he; though his face be better than any man’s and for a hand and a foot and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare. He is not the flower of courtesy, but I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb. Go thy ways, wench, serve God. What, have you dined at home?” (Shakespeare 2.5 38-44) The nurse says that while Romeo is very attractive, he is not very kind and rude. Romeo could also be described as selfish and conceited. Why would Juliet fall in love with a jerk? Because he’s hot. Romeo swears his love to Juliet on the moon the night they decide to get married. Juliet says to “swear not by the moon, th’inconstant moon” (Shakespeare 2.2 109). The moon is a feminine symbol that stands for eternity and the rhythm of time. While Romeo intends to swear his love on the constant rhythm and time of the moon, Juliet believes that because of the “monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy prove likewise variable”, it would be inconsistent to swear love on the moon (Shakespeare 2.2 110-11). Juliet is starting to love Romeo, not just for his looks, by wanting him to swear his love on something more constant and stable. Juliet doesn’t want their love to be

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