Forbidden Love: The Concept Of Love In Romeo And Juliet

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Love is a big conception. It can be between all races, genders and ages. Love is what is most important in this world, it simply conquers all. Unfortunately love is not experienced by all individuals. When it comes to love, so many things can end up wrong, and that is what we discover in this movie. Forbidden love is a main focus in the movie. This movie is based on the concept of Romeo and Juliet, which William Shakespeare wrote himself. In the movie Shakespeare and Viola fall into a deep forbidden love. This leads to a big drama between Shakespeare and Wessex, as they both want Viola 's love.

Shakespeare is tangled in his own mind of poetry. He believes in the fact that he has lost this most precious gift - writing poetry. He gets
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Shakespeare has a wife, kids, a lover and on top of that, he falls in love with a new woman. The love in this century is being quite misunderstood. Viola is getting married away, which is not a common thing in the modern-day Denmark. We are quite far back in time, and the whole entire concept of love in the movie is marked by that. Take the example of when Shakespeare finds out that his lover is unfaithful. He gets angry, but as the movie continues to play, he forgets all about her. He simply finds a new love, Viola. These love affairs take place all over the world, but in the 16th century these affairs are being taken a bit more loosely. As mentioned before, Shakespeare has two affairs. Viola has an affair. Even Shakespeare’s lover has an affair. Everybody is cheating on each other, and that is not what love is. Love is most likely between two people, even if it is family, friends or someone …show more content…
This movie tells us, how the hierarchy between the sexes were. The hierarchy of sexes was based on how each person had their own role in society. Men were very masculine, and not weak at all. They were not ruled by emotion, they were strong and hard working. Women belonged at home, where the men dominated as well. Men were the leading gender. Women were not able to vote or decide anything. An example could be when Viola disguises herself as a man, because of her passion for theatre. There would be no such way, as a woman playing a role in a play. Viola manages to do it anyway, and the people love it. Therefore a gender hierarchy is a bad idea. Women is as good at things just like men are. Viola does the unexpected, and gets something good out of it. The people love it, and no one is there to stop

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