Romeo And Juliet Out Of Love

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is mainly known for its prominent theme of love. Romeo has the biggest impact on the overall theme of love. This is so because Romeo falls in and out of love quickly, he was willing to kill himself out of his love for Juliet, and he married Juliet really fast. Romeo is a lover, one way we know this is because of how quickly he falls in and out of love. This can be seen in I.iv.19-22. “I am too sore enpierced with his shaft/ to soar with his light feathers, and so bound/ I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. / Under loves heavy burden do I sink.” In this passage Romeo is trying to convey how strung up he is on Rosaline denying his love. In the same night, he meets the beautiful Juliet. Upon seeing her for the first time in I.v.43-45 he says, “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-/ Beauty too rich for use, for earth to dear!" It is rational to assume that Romeo had no troubles getting over Rosaline after seeing Juliet, which leads us to conclude that he does indeed fall in and out of love easily. While some people may argue that Romeo only loves Juliet because of her looks, he made many sacrifices to be with her, such as letting …show more content…

In act 5 scene 3, Romeo drinks poison since he believes Juliet is dead and dies next to her grave. During the play Romeo mentions killing himself, but in this scene the extent of his love for Juliet is truly shown. Some may say that if you kill yourself for a relationship, then you weren’t in healthy relationship. But, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s only happiness in a life surrounded by hatred, is Juliet. In II.ii.71-73. “Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye/ than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet, / and I am proof against their enmity.” Romeo already wasn’t living a good life, everywhere he turned there was hate. When Romeo saw Juliet, Romeo found happiness within their

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