The Greatest Love Story Many people enjoy reading romances to hear about two lovers and their story. There are countless love stories available for us to read, and many we hold dear to our hearts. There is one in particular, however, that has many controversies; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is adored by some and is criticized by others. Why does this novel get the title of “The Greatest Love Story of all Time”? This story has too many deaths, Romeo and Juliet’s love is more of lust, and there are many other love stories out there that are arguably much better.
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous tragedies written by the great poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. Many people love the thought of two young people so in
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When he saw Juliet, however, he was overtook by her beauty, and the couple was married the very next day. “Romeo's sudden change in feelings emphasise the whimsical and spurious nature of his love. Juliet also gives into his confession of love and even proclaims “you kiss like you've studied how”.” This makes us wonder if Romeo really did love Juliet, or if he was just girl crazy. On a debate website on this subject someone went as far as to say “The story is one of lust not love. Lust that resulted in multiple deaths, not just Romeo and Juliet's.” The young couple only talked for a few minutes on a balcony before deciding to be married the very next day. This leaves us to suspect that they are marrying each other for what meets the eye instead of each other's personalities. Others may argue, however, that they married quickly because it was love at first sight. One high school teacher wrote on a discussion page that “It is called the greatest love story of all time because it was one of the first stories of this nature. I think the sad ending helps the story and proves the point. If Juliet had run off to Mantua with Romeo, the story would be far more
Romeo and Juliet is arguably the most famous story about love in literature. This is in part because of the tension caused by the look the different characters have towards what love means and its role in life. These views were very important for the progression of the story. Their different views collided and caused much grief and sorrow for the characters throughout play. Many important events that propelled the story forward would not have happened without the various feelings towards love the characters have and how they felt of and reacted to the other characters’ view on love.
Every day it’s possible to find something related to romance. There are so many “epic” stories that have gone down in history but a lot of them were infatuation mistaken for true love. Infatuation is a lot like love so it’s difficult to pick the two apart. They both are strong intense feelings and make you feel the same emotions but infatuation typically takes off very fast and is short lived. It’s more of an obsession based off of physical attraction and leads to absurd, impulsive decisions. A lot of the qualities of this fixation describe Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee!” (IV.iv.58) in this scene Juliet drank poison so she could fake her death to be with her lover which is an insane choice. When in love crazy things can be done but with infatuation a person will do anything to feel the euphoria again without even giving the consequences much thought. This is alike what Juliet did because she didn’t have any second thoughts until the very last minute before drinking the poison. “The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand / And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. / Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (I.V.50-53) this was when he first saw her. As previously stated infatuation can be based off of physical attraction and this was when Romeo first saw her; he hadn’t even talked to
...o find someone who can surpass his brilliance in taking a major theme in a play such as love, and use so many other techniques in writing such as time, stage imagery, and language to better express the true emotions of love. Romeo and Juliet is a play that is known for its tragic love story, but will always have so many other aspects and elements of literature that make it much more real and stand out in so many different ways. If it were not for Shakespeare's usage of time, stage imagery, and language this love story would not have as great of an impact as it does. The fact that Shakespeare was able to incorporate many different elements into his writing makes him an "expert in the field." "For never was a story of more woe" and excellence "than this of Juliet and her Romeo" (939), and this is only because of the brilliant mind of the playwright, Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, was one of the first plays about romantic love. In Act I of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare demonstrates different forms of love that characters face. Additionally he establishes the characters conflict and emotions towards love. These emotions acknowledge an important matter that is known throughout the world, love. Love is important because it is a universal issue that everyone relates to. Shakespeare cooperates unrequited love, false love, and ill-fated love into Act I to connect different types of audiences. These forms of love create a major theme about romantic love.
Even though the pair spend less time together, it is enough for them to fall in love. It is clearly true love and there is great intensity in the young lovers’ passion for one another. Love has unlimited forgiveness. As already shown, both Romeo and Juliet are horrified to discover that they are family enemies. Despite this, they both choose to devote their love to each other.
Romeo and Juliet, a very famous love story and play written by William Shakespeare, filled with many emotions felt in peoples lives almost every day, love, lust, hate, joy, happiness, depression and the most important emotion felt throughout this famous love story was blame.
Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the greatest love stories, but it has its fair share of tragedy as well. The story riddles with themes throughout. Love is the first theme, and there is no greater love than the love Romeo and Juliet share. Shakespeare offers his audiences just as much hate as love in Romeo and Juliet. The families of both Romeo and Juliet involved themselves in centuries of feuding.
Firstly, being married did not make it true love. According to Lacy Talerico on the topic of 2 teens, Andi Bresher and Mitchel James, that got married at the age of 18, “Even at a young age, these teens say they know exactly what they are looking for in a significant other, and it does not seem to matter that they have found it so early in life” (Talerico para.2). These two teens found love at a young age so it is not far-fetched that Romeo and Juliet could have truly been in love. Also, these teens prove that young people do not have to wait to marry and that young people can make life decisions such as marriage. But according to James C. Dobson, Ph.D, “those who wed between 14 and 17 years of age are twice as likely to divorce as couples who wait until their 20’s,” (Kecskes, para.1). So even if these teens had stayed alive then the odds of them getting divorced or even killing themselves was definitely higher than others. This also could mean that the reason these teens got married was because of lust and not true love. As you can see by these examples you can see how people would think that Romeo and Juliet were in love but just because they got married does not mean that they were experiencing ...
There was action and there was tragedy, but put it all together to make the perfect comedy and a perfect tragic story. William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, said to be the finest written play in history, for its originality and it's many plots. This story will take you through a lot of mixed emotion and will show you what a true feud is. This story is laid out perfectly because of its true holding and both family's passion for their children. William Shakespeare wrote the story to show how Romeo and Juliet's love for each other will show their youth and immaturity. Their over reacting cost them their life. At such a young age they thought they could never love another being again, and so, " A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life."(Act one scene one)
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet `Romeo and Juliet` is one of the best love stories of all time but although Shakespeare wrote the play, the story wasn't original. It all started hundreds of years before Shakespeare was born, in Italy when myths and folktales travelled about two young lovers from enemy families. After that, a poem was written called `The tragical history of Romeus and Juliet` by Arthur Brooke in 1562. So although Shakespeare's ideas weren't original, he has developed the basic ideas so well that now the whole world are familiar with the deeply touching love story of `Romeo and Juliet`.
Love is often perceived as something perfect and flawless in today’s society. However, Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, portrays love as a form of passionate and violent force that comes with both rewards and consequences.The tragedy focuses on two young lovers called Romeo and Juliet, whose families are intertwined in an ancient feud that disrupts the peace in Verona, Italy. For love, the two teenagers are driven to overcome obstacles they will never imagine doing, and as a result, they along other family members are forced to pay the price of their lives. Through the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare exhibits the reality of young love through the portrayal of the Queen Mab Speech, the impulsive actions taken by both lovers, and the results caused by the powerful nature of their love.
Despite what many people think, Romeo and Juliet is not a love story; rather a story of desperation and obsession. People have been reading Shakespeare for hundreds of years and several people have mistaken it for a love story, due to the fact that Romeo loves Juliet so much he is willing to kill himself when he finds her supposedly dead; she does the same when she wakes up to find him dead. But in fact, Romeo is more taken aback by her beauty than he is in love with her. Juliet is intrigued by the fact someone could love her because her parents are very unsupportive of her. When the two find each other, they immediately become obsessed, mistaking this for love at first sight.
Through this tragic play, Shakespeare illustrates that love requires people to sacrifice many precious things, which can include family, friends, even life. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet depicts the nuances of human experience of love. Romeo and Juliet’s story is the greatest declaration of romantic love.
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story about a young lad named Romeo who has fallen in love with Lady Juliet, but is unable to marry her because of a long-lasting family feud. The play ends in the death of both these characters and the reunion of the friendship between the families. Romeo is in love with Juliet, and this is a true, passionate love (unlike the love Paris has for her or the love Romeo had for Rosaline) that nothing can overcome, not even the hatred between their two families that is the reason for the death of their two children. Throughout the play, Shakespeare thoroughly explores the themes of both true love and false love and hatred. Without either of these themes, the play would loose its romantic touch and probably would not be as famous as it is today.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a play commonly viewed and known as a true love story; however, after analyzing several hints portrayed by the protagonists, it is evident that Shakespeare did not intend to make Romeo and Juliet seem like a true love story but a criticism of how superficial society’s view on love is.