A Sonnet of Love
Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting is very poetic and metaphorical in the play. Their encounter occurs at the Capulets’ party in the evening. Romeo sees Juliet and immediately falls head over heels for her. Once he comprehends his feeling of love for her, he speaks of his admiration for her, praising, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (1.5.59–60). Romeo then walks over to Juliet at the end of the dance, and him and her begin to exchange words in beautiful sonnet form. While he professes his love for her, he compares himself to a pilgrim and depicts Juliet as a saint, explaining that if he kissed her it would rid him of his sin. Juliet counters and tells him, “For saints
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have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,/ And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss” (1.5.110–111). Romeo and Juliet continually go back and forth with their reasons for kissing, still in the form of a sonnet. They then kiss, and Romeo states, “Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged!/ Give me my sin again” (1.5.120–121). After that, Romeo and Juliet kiss again. Soon enough afterwards, Romeo and Juliet are forced to part. The tone of Romeo can be considered as grateful and worshipping. This could be so because Romeo seems grateful to find someone whom he loves so much, and he feels that Juliet is a saint he must worship. He additionally believes that he is not worthy of the fair Juliet. His overall tone begins to shift from gratefulness to being in awe, almost seeming like he’s surprised he got to kiss someone who he thought had more superiority than him.
Juliet’s overall tone in this scene is mainly clever and smart. She knows what Romeo’s trying to do when he first talks to her, and in the sonnet, she responds to him trying to justify a reason to just hold hands and not kiss. Her tone tends to shift from clever and smart to more happy and astonished at what had just happened, the fact that she had met someone whom she had loved at first sight. It was as if her whole idea about the concept of love changed, because after her encounter with Romeo, she seemed to be infatuated with love for him. This whole situation of Romeo and Juliet meeting for the first time is truly a magical part of the play, and what especially gives it the most emphasis is the fact that it’s all written in a sonnet. The concept of them going back and forth, exchanging words that happen to match a perfect sonnet together while Romeo professes his love, makes it almost seem like what Romeo and Juliet are going through is in a whole different dimension. The structure of their meeting in a sonnet also adds romance and feeling to their encounter, making it an even more prominent part of the play. This whole confrontation in general proves the significance of Romeo’s and Juliet’s love, accurately portraying the
experience they had.
Yet when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, he forgets all about Rosaline and instantly falls for Juliet. In Act 1.5, Romeo is the first to spot Juliet and immediately feels an attraction to her. In addition, Romeo thinks Juliet is very beautiful and convinces her to kiss him without knowing each other. Then in Act 2.1, Romeo pursues Juliet and goes to her balcony and begins to profess his love for her. When Romeo is swearing that he is in love with Juliet, she stops him and says everything is happening so quickly.
Juliet`s beauty instantaneously mesmerizes Romeo, which ultimately diminishes his previous affection for Rosaline. In this scene, impulsive behavior and decision- making are greatly portrayed. During Romeo and Juliet`s first encounter, he asks for a kiss “[my] lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready to stand, / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (I.v.95-96). On his initial reaction to seeing her, Romeo boldly approaches Juliet with the sudden desire to kiss her. Romeo`s coaxing portrays his persistent personality and the strong emotion he feels towards her to which is far beyond his control. Consequently, the overpowering feeling that has taken over Romeo, which causes him to ask for a kiss from someone he met moments ago. Ultimately, Romeo`s decision to ask for a kiss
It shows that he prioritized her looks above anything else which by definition is not true love. Subsequently after “meeting” the couples short term infatuation becomes more apparent. Romeo pulls Juliet into a hallway and convinces Juliet to kiss him, “My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a render kiss” (1.5.95-96). Romeo’s actions once again prove that he is not truly in love. Instead of getting to know Juliet he decides to kiss her. The two demonstrate that any non physical characteristics are close to irrelevant to each other. After their affair Romeo leaves the Capulet’s party. Juliet then turns to nurse to and asks for Romeo’s name. Nurse responds by telling Juliet that she knows not who the man was, “What’s he that follows here that would not dance”? “I know not” (1.5.132). The simple action is all that is
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic play about two star crossed lovers written by Shakespeare in 1595. The play is a timeless teenage tradgedy. “The play champions the 16th Century belief that true love always strikes at first sight,” (Lamb 1993: Introduction) and even in modern times an audience still want to believe in such a thing as love at first sight. Act II Scene II the balcony scene displays that romantic notion perfectly.
Looking at the start of Romeo and Juliet's love, it is apparent that the only time they can meet safely is at night, hence their first meeting, although, not planned was at night at the Capulet's party. The first time we see both Romeo and Juliet as individuals was during the day in which neither were happy. Romeo was melancholy as we see when he states "Is the day ...
Shakespeare shows both the excitement and the dangers of first love using a range of structure and language devices to show how each character feels. He uses a wide range of metaphors to describe Romeo’s thoughts of Juliet and structures the play full of opposites and contrasts to show the light of love and the darkness of death and violence. In Act 1 Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet first meet each other in the party. This is a significant scene in the play as this is the start of the event that ultimately leads to their demise.
When Romeo first set his eyes on Juliet he had forgotten all about Rosaline and had fallen in love with her. “If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (Shakespeare 66). At a Capulet party Romeo spots Juliet when he decides to go to her and grab her hand and ask her for a kiss. This demonstrates how he only had to lay his eyes on her for him to fall in love with her it is a sign of fate and destiny. After Romeo and Juliet have experienced their first kisses they suddenly saw a future with each other. Later on, Romeo sneaks over the wall that entered into the Capulet’s house and hears Juliet speaking about how she loves him. “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet” (Shakespeare 80). 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy: Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any
That is another example of Shakespeare's convincing portrayal. of the power of love and thus love at first sight. The part of the play where Romeo first sees Juliet is a very important part of how Shakespeare convinces the reader that love at first sight exists, however Shakespeare also places some doubt in the readers' minds.... ... middle of paper ... ...and sex very closely in this play and the first meeting is no exception to this. This is again proof to the reader that Romeo and Juliet is in love with me.
The beginning of the play has a happy mood with Romeo and Juliet seeing each other at
The author uses words like confess and love to indicate that she is confessing her love but in a confusing way for Paris. Next, Shakespeare uses Romeo to show that he is involved in romance that does nott last very long and has mass influences in his and his “lovers” life. Romeo and Juliet are so caught up in their romance that they do not look at the consequences around them. Romeo has a influence on Juliet and not a very good one. One of those bad influence moments were when she said: “Yea, noise?
The lover’s immediate connection is established at the Capulet feast, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Through doing this, it shows that Romeo is reckless and continues even though he recognizes that they come from different families, “o dear, my life is my foe’s debt”. Throughout the play, it establishes that Juliet allows herself to behave impulsively and be persuaded by Romeo into a impetuous and thoughtless marriage, “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vowel for mine” Juliet expresses her concern that it is too soon to promise to love Romeo when they have only just met, “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden / Too like the lightning” This simile is used to convey Juliet’s thought on their sudden love. Although Juliet has recognized how spontaneous they are acting, it does not prevent her from continuing her relationship with Romeo, proving that Juliet is just as impulsive as Romeo. Thus, Shakespeare has skillfully utilized the lovers to demonstrate that their own reckless actions is a reason for their untimely
In the beginning of the play, Romeo was rejected by Rosaline, which caused a whole in his heart that he attempted to fill. The same night, he met Juliet. He moved too fast in a dismal effort to find true love. He kissed her in the first few words they talked, which showed his impulsiveness.
The First Meeting of Romeo and Juliet The meeting of Romeo and Juliet is possibly the most decisive point of the play. Shakespeare undoubtedly used stagecraft and language devices. to create the desired atmosphere, the idea of love at first sight. The meeting of Romeo and Juliet is cleverly written to represent a sonnet.
When Romeo meets Juliet, he claimed to be immediately in love. Although he has been sulking over Rosaline, when he met Juliet, he states, “Did my heart love till now? forswear it sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Act 1.5 Lines 51-52). The entire time as he envisions love with Rosaline, it was all incoherent. Romeo’s impulsive attitude causes him to fall head over heels with Juliet, which begins the drama in this play.
A sonnet is a 14-line poem usually written in iambic pentameter. They often take on the rhyme scheme of the English or Italian forms. William Shakespeare's “My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun” is from 1609 and it is an English sonnet. This Shakespearean sonnet expresses that women do not have to look like flowers or the sun in order to be beautiful because real love does not need the perfect setting or people since we are humans and imperfection is nothing to be ashamed of; true love comes from the heart.