Assumed to be the greatest love story of all time that captures the most beautiful moments of true love between two young star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, shows us how love can be both absolutely heart-wrenching and the most beautiful thing in the world at the same time. The play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare conveys many different types of love such as romantic and friendship love. During this essay, the two types of love are to be compared and contrasted.
Romantic love is considered to be one of the strongest and most passionate types of love as it portrays the strongest types of attraction and happens to be involuntarily. Romantic love is a mutual feeling of intense attraction; both emotional and/or sexual. Usually, when a person is in love with another he/she might feel the desire of ownership due to jealousy. In the play “Romeo and Juliet”, romantic love is shown when Juliet says “That “banishèd,” that one word “banishèd”Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. …... “Romeo is banishèd.” To speak that word,
Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, All slain, all dead. “Romeo is banishèd.” There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In that word’s death. No words can that woe sound.”(3.2.123-127). In the quote shown, after the nurse accidentally told Juliet Romeo is banished after Tybalt's death, Juliet is saying that if …show more content…
One of the many differences between the two types of love is sexual attraction. Sexual attraction is felt during romantic love only and strictly not friendship love. Another difference is that romantic love is involuntarily since you cannot control your feelings and you are unable to choose who you love while friendship love is where you choose who you befriend based on their values, characteristics, etc. Finally, the last difference between the two types of love is that romantic love is eternal as it is true love whereas friendship love can be
Romantic love is considered to be one of the strongest and most passionate types of love as it portrays the strongest types of attraction and happens to be involuntarily. Romantic love is a mutual feeling of intense attraction; both emotional and/or sexual. Usually, when a person is in love with another he/she might feel the desire of ownership due to jealousy. In the play “Romeo and Juliet”, romantic love is shown when Juliet says “That “banishèd,” that one word “banishèd”Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. …... “Romeo is banishèd.” To speak that word,
Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, All slain, all dead. “Romeo is banishèd.” There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In that word’s death. No words can that woe sound.”(3.2.123-127). In the quote shown, after the nurse accidentally told Juliet Romeo is banished after Tybalt's death, Juliet is saying that if …show more content…
One of the many differences between the two types of love is sexual attraction. Sexual attraction is felt during romantic love only and strictly not friendship love. Another difference is that romantic love is involuntarily since you cannot control your feelings and you are unable to choose who you love while friendship love is where you choose who you befriend based on their values, characteristics, etc. Finally, the last difference between the two types of love is that romantic love is eternal as it is true love whereas friendship love can be