Love can be shown in many different ways. In the classic play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the two main characters fall in love in a very unusual way. They go behind the backs of their families just to be together. One scene in which their love is truly demonstrated is the famous balcony scene. This scene is one of the romantic peaks of the play because it emphasizes how quick Romeo and Juliet have fallen in love. In it, Juliet is standing on her balcony as Romeo is gazing at her from below. The quotes in the balcony scene add to the meaning of Romeo and Juliet’s love. First, their love can be seen when Romeo compares Juliet to the sun’s light. He is standing in the orchard under Juliet’s balcony. He gazes up at her and he is blinded by her beauty. Romeo says, “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”(Act 2.2.2-3). He thinks she is bright, radiant, and beautiful so he compares her to the sun. …show more content…
She asks why Romeo has to be from the house of her family’s enemy. Juliet, not knowing Romeo is standing under her in the orchard, says, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”(Act 2.2.33). She doesn’t actually mean “where” is Romeo she means “why” is Romeo a Montague. She is angry that out of all the people she could fall in love with, she falls in love with someone she cannot really be with. Juliet accurately points out a primary conflict in their relationship which is the fact that their families would never allow them to be together. If her family found out, she would be greatly punished. In the same quote, Juliet goes on, saying, “Deny thy father and refuse thy name!”(Act 2.2.34). Juliet is asking Romeo to deny his family for their love. If they both turn away from their family, they could have a chance at being together. Juliet is upset that Romeo is from the house of her family’s greatest
1. a) Romeo compares Juliet to the sun because she the best thing that has ever happened to his life and she lights up his world.
enemies - it was only when the youngest member of each family tragically died (for each other) that the feud ended. Juliet has just been betrayed by her family, after being forced into a relationship she doesn't want with Count Paris; and her nurse has advised her to go ahead and marry Paris - a marriage that Juliet's father has arranged. We know that she is willing to try anything to avoid her forthcoming wedding to the Prince, as mentioned in a previous scene: Act four, scene one. "O bid me leap rather than marry Paris, from off the battlements of any tower…" When Juliet says this, it makes the audience see that she really doesn't want to marry Paris, and is suggesting she would rather end her own life than go ahead and marry him. She continues, "… and hide me with a dead man in his shround - Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble - And I will do them without fear or doubt.
Romeo and Juliet earlier in the act had professed their love and that they would be with each other no matter what their families would say, and by Juliet saying this, it not only reminds him that what their parents think doesn’t matter, but no matter what financial, emotional, or physical condition they are in, they will always be there and love for each other, which really represents the purpose
He is talking about love but uses words that convey pain and suffering. “It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.” in this line Romeo is talking about Juliet rising like the sun. Romeo thinks Juliet is the sun of his life that we all cannot live without. Another interpretation of this quote is that the sun is deadly and if you get too close to it you will die and in the play Romeo’s love for Juliet leads to his death.
Juliet’s internal conflicts are evident throughout the play, especially when she says “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy”. This quote comes from the very first act, right after she had met and kissed Romeo at the Capulet banquet. She had fallen in love with him, and had asked the Nurse who Romeo was. She had then explained to Juliet that he was a Montague. The first part of the quote, (My only love sprung from my only hate) means that the only person that the truly loves, Romeo, came from the only person she has been raised by her family to hate, Montague, meaning that Romeo is Montague’s son. When she says “Too early seen unknown...
Playwright, William Shakespeare, conveys the different forms of love between the characters in his drama, Romeo and Juliet. In the small town of Verona, the different types of love are highlighted, through character actions and speech. Unrequited love is seen in Romeo and Juliet through Romeo's 'love'for Rosaline in Act one, while the forbidden love at first sight, also known as romantic love is seen between Romeo and Juliet. Furthermore, the motherly love/ familial love, Juliet and the Nurse share is also explored. William Shakespeare shows the forbidden love at first sight between two characters, Romeo and Juliet.
This excerpt affects Juliet because she is finally admitting that her parents are not always right, mostly about the feuding, but also about selecting her a husband. She is showing an indication of rebellion in the line “Deny thy father and refuse thy name'; by saying “deny thy father';.
I believe these feelings transferred to the two families’ offspring, causing them to be born with a hatred for the opposing family. Due to this constant war between the families, Romeo and Juliet seem to have been trying to go against their respective parents, and be together, in what I believe, was an act of rebellion, something which is very common and occurs a lot still now. “Adolescent rebellion begins as a result of the desire for independence. It is a developmental norm. In fact, if you have the sneaking suspicion that teenage rebellion may be inevitable, you’re right! Pretty much every teenager will test the limits – and even cross the line – at one time or another.”
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon'. This demonstrates Romeo's true affection and physical attraction to Juliet. Even to a non-romantic at heart, the following lines are simply magical. 'Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return'.
Instead, her parents would decide for her even if she did not like the man. I am a In Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet is waiting for Romeo to arrive so they can consummate the marriage to make it legal, she is getting very impatient and she is also very anxious :-"Gallop apace you fiery footed stead" and also she says "Come, civil knight" but there is a case of. Dramatic irony because the audience knows that Romeo killed Tybalt but Juliet does not yet possess this piece of information, and she also. does not realise that Romeo has been banished for this crime. In line 43.
Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be together. Upon seeing Romeo, Juliet sends The Nurse to find out who he is. Nurse returns saying, “His name is Romeo, and a Montague, / The only son of your great enemy” (I v 36-37). They instantly become desperate to see each other all the time, ignoring the fact that their families are feuding. Juliet likes the proverbial forbidden fruit, saying, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called / Retain that dear perfection which he owes / Without that...
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.
It’s obvious: Romeo and Juliet come from vastly different families with a strong distaste for each other, often fighting and speaking poorly about the other. However, this does not prevent Romeo and Juliet from falling in love: if anything, it makes their relationship more intense as they sneak behind their families’ backs to be together, which is shown in many ways, with the most well known being the balcony scene in Act II, in which Romeo replies “..Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike.” (II.2.73) after Juliet asks if he is a Montague. He is willing to do anything for the girl he just met (again, touching on the theme of infatuation), and the fact that their two families don’t get along only makes the stakes higher for Romeo. He wants to please Juliet, and their families’ intense rivalry plays a part in their relationship as
Romeo and Juliet’s families play a big part in their deaths because of their huge family feud. Juliet says to herself on her balcony, “Deny
While conversing on the balcony that night, she laments Romeo's familial affiliation, aware of the feud between their families, yet deceives her parents, elopes, and meets a tragic fate. Youth, as demonstrated by Romeo and Juliet, often leads to impulsive behavior. Reflecting on personal experiences, I recall instances of misguided actions driven by what I believed to be love. Juliet undergoes a similar transformation, uncertain about marriage until meeting Romeo. Love, known for its capacity to induce irrationality, prompts Juliet to engage with Romeo even after he kills her cousin Tybalt.