Romeo And Juliet Critical Analysis Essay

William Shakespeare’s Elizabethan drama, Romeo and Juliet, is set in Verona, Italy, during the Renaissance. Romeo and Juliet is about two star-crossed lovers who end their lives because of their feuding families. Juliet feels romantic love is not important at the beginning, but quickly falls in love, with Romeo bringing her happiness, which she feels she can’t live without.

In the beginning of the play Juliet feels that romantic love is not important and that she is too young for it. When speaking to her mother about marrying Paris, she says, “It is an honor that I dream not of” (Shakespeare 1. 3. 66). Showing that Juliet has never really thought about love and marriage, making her not ready. This contrasts with her mother and father, who have already planned to

When talking to her true love, Romeo, she says, “Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say “Ay;” and I will take thy word. Yet, if thou swear’st, thou mayst prove false. At lovers’ perjuries, they say Jove laughs” (2. 2. 90-95). Juliet is asking Romeo if he actually loves her, so her heart is not broken by her loving him, but him not loving her back. This is change from not thinking about love to becoming very passionate about love. Juliet get married the next day, to Romeo and that evening she says, “Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night; give me my Romeo; and when I shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night” (3. 2. 20-24). Juliet says this because is waiting for Romeo to visit her to celebrate their wedding night and wants night to come faster, so he will come faster. It also shows how desperate Juliet wants to be with Romeo, showing a strong love for him. In the beginning Juliet does not care about romantic love, but when she meets Romeo, she begins to want everything to do with