Throughout William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare conveys that when one is lustfully infatuated, irrational decisions are made by rushing their romantic relationship based on physical appearance.
Romeo and Juliet make quick, unreasonable decisions soon after they meet with little to no communication, suggesting that their relationship is based on lust. To begin, when Romeo realizes that the girl he is in love with, Rosaline, does not love him back and plans to remain chaste, he goes into a state of depression. Then, to get Romeo over Rosaline, Benvolio and Mercutio sneak themselves and Romeo into the Capulets’ ball to look at other girls. Soon after they enter the ball, Romeo exchanges a dance and kiss with Juliet and falls in …show more content…
Love is more than being attracted to one’s looks, but lust is being attracted to one’s looks alone (“The Differences…”). When Romeo only raises the subject of Juliet’s beauty and never speaks of her beyond her appearance, he clearly shows he has lustful infatuation towards Juliet and not true love. Additionally, Romeo rushes into claiming his “love” for Juliet whom he’s known for only a few hours, when he was just in love with Rosaline a couple hours before. As a matter of fact, when Romeo is underneath Juliet’s balcony, other than speaking of her beauty, he speaks of taking her virginity in metaphors and similes, wishing that Juliet would castaway Diana’s virginal clothing. In today’s culture to judge who is the most attractive in a room and give them the attention is a sign of lust, not love. The first arousal releases chemicals, which is known as physiological arousal (Buri). This validates that in the short amount of time Romeo and Juliet were acquainted, it was not love , but lust based on the fact that when Romeo speaks it is solely focused on Juliet’s exterior figure not caring about or knowing of her personality. After Juliet tells
Romeo and Juliet make quick, unreasonable decisions soon after they meet with little to no communication, suggesting that their relationship is based on lust. To begin, when Romeo realizes that the girl he is in love with, Rosaline, does not love him back and plans to remain chaste, he goes into a state of depression. Then, to get Romeo over Rosaline, Benvolio and Mercutio sneak themselves and Romeo into the Capulets’ ball to look at other girls. Soon after they enter the ball, Romeo exchanges a dance and kiss with Juliet and falls in …show more content…
Love is more than being attracted to one’s looks, but lust is being attracted to one’s looks alone (“The Differences…”). When Romeo only raises the subject of Juliet’s beauty and never speaks of her beyond her appearance, he clearly shows he has lustful infatuation towards Juliet and not true love. Additionally, Romeo rushes into claiming his “love” for Juliet whom he’s known for only a few hours, when he was just in love with Rosaline a couple hours before. As a matter of fact, when Romeo is underneath Juliet’s balcony, other than speaking of her beauty, he speaks of taking her virginity in metaphors and similes, wishing that Juliet would castaway Diana’s virginal clothing. In today’s culture to judge who is the most attractive in a room and give them the attention is a sign of lust, not love. The first arousal releases chemicals, which is known as physiological arousal (Buri). This validates that in the short amount of time Romeo and Juliet were acquainted, it was not love , but lust based on the fact that when Romeo speaks it is solely focused on Juliet’s exterior figure not caring about or knowing of her personality. After Juliet tells