“Lust is wanting to sleep with them. Love is wanting to wake up next to them in the morning’’ - Dan Simmons, American fiction writer. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two so called “star crossed lovers” who think that their love is so strong that they will be brought together even in death if they cannot be together in life. However, due to their young ages, and small amount of time that they knew each other, they were not in actual love. There is no doubt that they lusted for each other, but in this story, love was nowhere to be found. Romeo and Juliet could not have been in love because they were young and immature, their relationship was required to be a secret, and they were complete strangers.
Romeo and Juliet have a secret relationship. The two lovers don’t tell anyone the only ones who know is nurse and Friar Lawrence.2.2. The feud was a part of why they were keeping it a secret. The two lovers are not even allowed to be together due to their last names . …show more content…
Another reason why Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love is that they’re strangers. Romeo and Juliet met at the Capulet party . Romeo sees young Juliet in the distance. They only know each other for 2 days and get married. Back in Romeo and Juliet’s time most marriages were arranged, and no one married for love. Most girls Juliet’s age married an older man and met their husband on their wedding day. Paris actually wanted to get to know Juliet and Romeo didn’t, he felt he already knew her enough in the small time that they spent together.. In Act 3 Romeo asks Juliet to marry him, 4 hours after the party, which is not enough time for anyone to truly fall in love . In Act 2.2.133 ‘’ th’ exchange of thy love’s faithful vow of mine’’ 2.2.150 Juliet informs Romeo ‘’ you want to marry me ,send me word tomorrow, by someone ‘ll send to you’’. They are caught up in the moment that they are in, instead of thinking through their decisions and realizing that they are perfect strangers, not lovers at
Romeo and Juliet have a secret relationship. The two lovers don’t tell anyone the only ones who know is nurse and Friar Lawrence.2.2. The feud was a part of why they were keeping it a secret. The two lovers are not even allowed to be together due to their last names . …show more content…
Another reason why Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love is that they’re strangers. Romeo and Juliet met at the Capulet party . Romeo sees young Juliet in the distance. They only know each other for 2 days and get married. Back in Romeo and Juliet’s time most marriages were arranged, and no one married for love. Most girls Juliet’s age married an older man and met their husband on their wedding day. Paris actually wanted to get to know Juliet and Romeo didn’t, he felt he already knew her enough in the small time that they spent together.. In Act 3 Romeo asks Juliet to marry him, 4 hours after the party, which is not enough time for anyone to truly fall in love . In Act 2.2.133 ‘’ th’ exchange of thy love’s faithful vow of mine’’ 2.2.150 Juliet informs Romeo ‘’ you want to marry me ,send me word tomorrow, by someone ‘ll send to you’’. They are caught up in the moment that they are in, instead of thinking through their decisions and realizing that they are perfect strangers, not lovers at