Romeo And Juliet: Powerful Love

Angel Ruiz

Powerful Love Love is said to be many things, for example, it’s mysterious, dangerous, stupid, happy, the best thing in the world, and it’s said to be powerful. Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare who has written many plays but the one about Romeo and Juliet is a play that shows how powerful love can be. The power of love has been shown throughout the play and it’s a universal theme in the story because of what names mean to the characters, the deaths of others and killing one’s self for the other person. The play captures just how powerful love is and how far people are willing to go to keep being with someone. In Romeo and Juliet, names are found to be an important part in everyone’s lives. That all changes once

Some of the characters he shows love to is to Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris. Although Tybalt and Romeo aren’t exactly friends, they’re more likely enemies, Romeo shows a certain love for Tybalt. After being wedded to Juliet, Romeo went where Tybalt was and Romeo hugged Tybalt and said they should be friends and they have no reason to hate each other. That attitude was due to being married to Juliet but Romeo could have hated Tybalt for the rest of his life but Romeo showed that he cared after rejecting to not fight Tybalt. Tybalt declines Romeo’s offer, and that sorta leads towards a different love Romeo shows. Mercutio had fought Tybalt for Romeo and when Mercutio died Romeo says, “My very friend hath got this mortal hurt In my behalf. My reputation stained With Tybalt’s slander-Tybalt, that an hour Hath been my kinsman! O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper softened valor’s steel.” (Act 3. Pg.72). It’s shown that Romeo is hurt for his friend and he kills Tybalt for killing Mercutio. Although it wasn’t the right thing to do, Romeo showed, by fighting Tybalt, that he loves Mercutio. Towards the end of the play, Romeo has a battle with Paris, the man who was supposed to marry Juliet, and Romeo defeats Paris and Paris asks to be near Juliet who in Romeo’s and Paris’s mind is dead. Romeo takes Paris to the Capulet’s Monument where Juliet’s body lays.

This is a sign of power that love has ‘cause first, Romeo is worried about Juliet being dead when she isn’t. He doesn’t know Juliet isn’t actually dead so he takes a poisonous potion and goes to the Capulet’s monument where Juliet’s body is. Romeo takes the potion which kills himself. He was so in love with Juliet that he couldn’t live without Juliet and his love made him kill himself. The second example is similar to Romeo’s but it’s from Juliet’s point of view. Juliet had this idea of being with Romeo by taking a sleeping potion and making her family think she was dead. After waking up she finds Romeo dead and she decides to kill herself too. That was another example of the power of love. Now, due to that event, the Capulets and Montagues were gathered together and Juliet’s father faces Romeo’s father and says, “O brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter’s dowry. For no more can I demand.” (Act4. pg.128). Then Romeo’s father also says some words of grief and comfort and they show each other love that Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other