Romeo And Juliet Comparative Essay

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare juxtaposes the World of Everyday and the World of Romance to display the type of people Romeo and Juliet are. The two worlds are similar in a way because of the characteristics of the world. Both Mercutio and Lady Capulet are living in the World of Everyday, while Romeo and Juliet live in the World of Romance. The two worlds are complete opposites from each other. The World of Everyday portrays age, the past, materiality, day, Earth, public setting, prose and stasis. In contrast, the World of Romance presents the ideas of youth, future, spirituality, night, sky, private setting, verse, and change. They represent how differently people live their lives. Some exist in the everyday world as normal human beings, and others live romantically with their …show more content…

For example, Mercutio tends to live in the past when he mentions his past relationships. He complains about it and how it is the reason for why he does not trust in love anymore. Mercutio states, “If love be rough with you, be rough with love / Prick love for pricking and you beat love down” (1.4.27-28). He sees love as if it is an object of materiality and that love results in a dying companion. Instead of using women for love, Mercutio rather use women as his own sexual objects for pleasure. Romeo is the opposite of Mercutio. He decides to live in the World of Romance because Juliet is his only reason for living. He says, “There is no world without Verona walls / But purgatory, torture, hell itself. / Hence “banished” is banished from the world, / And world’s exile is death” (3.3.17-20). Romeo explains how he cannot live without Verona and Juliet. He also explains about how he has no life without them. He prefers to be punished instead of receiving a death penalty. Mercutio and Romeo differ from each other because Mercutio lives in the past, but Romeo prefers to live in the

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