Romeo and Juliet Love/Lust
Romeo and Juliet is a well-known story portrayed as a tragedy. This play was written by William Shakespeare in the year 1595. He wrote many plays as well as poems. Romeo and Juliet is a play set in Verona, Italy. Romeo was part of the Montague family, and Juliet came from the Capulet family. The two families had always had a family feud. When Romeo and Juliet met, they then instantly fell in love. But was it love or lust? It is lust.
One reason that it is lust is because they get married the day after they met. In the play, Act I Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet's party. Then that night in Act II scene 2, they talk about how they want to marry each other. Then the next day in the play, which is Act II scene 6, they then got married. It is lust because they hardly know each other. They love each other mainly because of their looks, which Romeo states in Act II Scene 2 “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art more fair than she.” He has told her how beautiful she is many times, but never …show more content…
He was weeping and moping around forever, because he could not marry her. Evidence of that is from Act 1 Scene 1, when Lady Montague asks Montague and Benvolio if they have seen Romeo. He replies “He’s been seen there many mornings, crying tears that add drops to the morning dew and making a cloudy day cloudier with his sighs.” He replies saying that he has cried and sighing, so much. Later that day, in Act 1 Scene 2, Romeo finds out that Rosaline will most likely be at a party which he goes to. But at the party, it is not Rosaline, whom he wanted to see, but Juliet, who he had no intention of seeing. He oversees Rosaline, who he was heartbroken over, then when he meets Juliet, he falls for her. Although he just ‘loved’ Rosaline, he moved on
Romeo and Juliet is a well-known story portrayed as a tragedy. This play was written by William Shakespeare in the year 1595. He wrote many plays as well as poems. Romeo and Juliet is a play set in Verona, Italy. Romeo was part of the Montague family, and Juliet came from the Capulet family. The two families had always had a family feud. When Romeo and Juliet met, they then instantly fell in love. But was it love or lust? It is lust.
One reason that it is lust is because they get married the day after they met. In the play, Act I Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet's party. Then that night in Act II scene 2, they talk about how they want to marry each other. Then the next day in the play, which is Act II scene 6, they then got married. It is lust because they hardly know each other. They love each other mainly because of their looks, which Romeo states in Act II Scene 2 “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art more fair than she.” He has told her how beautiful she is many times, but never …show more content…
He was weeping and moping around forever, because he could not marry her. Evidence of that is from Act 1 Scene 1, when Lady Montague asks Montague and Benvolio if they have seen Romeo. He replies “He’s been seen there many mornings, crying tears that add drops to the morning dew and making a cloudy day cloudier with his sighs.” He replies saying that he has cried and sighing, so much. Later that day, in Act 1 Scene 2, Romeo finds out that Rosaline will most likely be at a party which he goes to. But at the party, it is not Rosaline, whom he wanted to see, but Juliet, who he had no intention of seeing. He oversees Rosaline, who he was heartbroken over, then when he meets Juliet, he falls for her. Although he just ‘loved’ Rosaline, he moved on