Comparing Zeffirelli's Romeo And Juliet

During Romeo and Juliet's first meeting the theme of sudden and forceful love is heavily alluded to. The theme describes a situation in which love is extremely sudden, such as love at first sight, and powerful enough to make previous situations or plans seem insignificant. Though Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet and the scene displayed in Act 1 Scene 5 are notably different, due to them being represented in different mediums, they both touch on this theme using specific diction and details. In Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet the theme is conveyed through the song, “ What is a Youth” , which was playing in the background of their first meeting as well as the meeting itself. One of the verses of the song stated,” Some may think only to marry, others will tease and tarry, mine is the very best parry, Cupid he rules us all” which may represent the idea that despite your former plans, whether you wanted to marry or not, ultimately love is uncontrollable, extremely forceful, and will grow to control your life. During the meeting Juliet and Romeo completely fell for each other, which you could tell by their speech and anxious motions that eventually resulted in a kiss. Both of these youths had never met before and …show more content…
The suddenness of love is displayed in both lines 116-117, and lines 136-139 where Romeo and Juliet discovered each other’s true identities and began to panic. This distress was caused by how much they already loved each other, despite not knowing each other’s names, since they could no longer retract their feelings and were now in danger of receiving either a broken heart or broken body. The forcefulness of love is displayed in lines 132-133 when Juliet declares that she would rather die than marry anybody else, which demonstrates how the love had already taken over her other plans, to marry Paris, and her sense of