The Importance Of Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

As the Bible states, “Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish.” This quote contradicts Shakespeare 's writing in the play Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet 's love for eachother takes a turn for the worst. People are revenged and killed for their love. Romeo and Juliet’s undivided love eventfully causes chaos and obstruction though many characters in the play. In the Play Romeo and Juliet, Capulet, and Friar Lawrence dramatically change the outcome of the play through love.

Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet both affect their own love relationship. In this scene Capulet announces to her daughter, Juliet that she will be marrying Paris. She confusingly says,

Although he truly loves his daughter, he is not well acquainted with Juliet’s thoughts or feelings. Capulet’s curt and irate behavior towards Juliet gives her a dilemma between Romeo and Paris. Capulet states, “Mistress minion you, / Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds, / But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next / To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, / Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. / Out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage! / You tallow face!” (3.5.151-158) Capulets adamant response to Juliet truly shows how Capulet is not well acquainted with Juliet’s thoughts and feelings. This response can also expect later decisions with Juliet’s marriage. Juliet’s love for Romeo effects, and changes the mood as well as tone of multiple characters, like Capulet and Lady Capulet. This truly shows how Romeo and Juliet’s love is a catalyst for change in shakespeare 's play. Ultimately, Juliet uses Friar Lawrence 's plan to escape the wedding with Paris. When Juliet drinks the potent she accumulated by Friar, she “dies” or appears to be dead the morning of the wedding. When the Nurse wakes her up the morning of the wedding, she is terrified and calls in Capulet who says, “...why camest thou now / To murder, murder our solemnity? / O child, O child! My soul, and not my / child! / Dead art

However, Friar Lawrence seems to change the play though his own actions as well. Friar used kind and loving words towards the Capulets when they found out from the Nurse that Juliet has died in her sleep. Here Friar interrupts Capulets weeping by saying, “Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion’s cure lives not / In these confusions. Heaven and yourself / Had part in this fair maid. Now heaven hath all,” (4.5.71-73) Friar’s words change the emotion and mood of the characters around him. He tells them to be quiet, and that the cure for confusion is not yelling and screaming. Also he tells them that they had this child with the help of heaven, now heaven has her. This part in the play shows dramatic irony because the audience is aware of something that the characters are not. We know that Juliet is not really dead but appears to be dead. We also know that Friar is in on the plan with Juliet to escape marrying Paris. But, Capulet, Lady Capulet and the Nurse really think she is dead. Earlier in the play Friar assures Juliet that when she wakes in the vault, Romeo will be there to take her away. Friar then writes a letter to Romeo to let him know what their plan is. But Romeo does not receive the letter. Friar states, “Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?” To this, Friar John says, “I could not send it—here it is again— / (gives FRIAR LAWRENCE a