Finding The Best Love F. Scott Fitzgerald once said “There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.” Although Mr. Fitzgerald may be correct, I believe that there are archetypes of love. Learning about these archetypes of love could possibly prevent someone from living a life in an unhappy relationship because they will marry someone who doesn’t have the same love type as them. In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the characters Romeo and Juliet fall in love but their families are in a feud and their love can never be. Their love can never be, because everyone in the play believes that love should be something else. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the characters demonstrate many types of love, but love for
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When Benvolio uses the word “liberty” or freedom, he is saying that being tied to one person is oppressive to the “eyes”. This shows that beauty is very important to him because “eyes” are what you see beauty with. Because this is in reference to how Romeo can forget Rosaline, Benvolio is showing that he believes that the only reason Romeo loves Rosaline is her beauty. When Benvolio and Romeo are in the streets of Verona, Romeo decides to go to the Capulet's feast, and Benolvio says to Romeo, “Compare her face with some I shall show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow” (Shakesperphere 1.3.93-94). Crows caw loudly, eat out of the trash, and have ugly black feathers. In contrast, Swans are beautiful birds with white feathers and elegant wings. If Benvolio says that Romeo will think his “swan a crow”, he is saying that Romeo’s beautiful and elegant love will turn ugly, loud, and gross, in Romeo’s eyes, when compared to other people. Since Benvolio believes that Romeo will get over Rosaline when seeing other beautiful people, it shows that Benvolio didn’t consider that Romeo loves Rosaline because of her …show more content…
While Benvolio shows shallow love, Juliet, after meeting Romeo, demonstrates romantic love because she shows passion and intimacy. When Romeo and Juliet kiss at the Capulet’s feast, Juliet says to Romeo,“Then have my lips the sin that they have taken” (Shakespeare 1.5.119). Romeo and Juliet’s families are in a feud. This makes Juliet kissing Romeo a “sin” because her parents will never approve of their match. When she says the sin that my lips “have taken”, she is saying she took sins from Romeo by kissing him. When she says “then have” she is inviting him to kiss her again. This is passion because she shows a need or enthusiasm to kiss Romeo. When Romeo is talking to Juliet on her balcony about their love, Juliet says to Romeo, “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, / Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be” (Shakespeare 2.2.125-126). Lighting is fast and explosive. Someone wouldn’t want a relationship to be like this because it would be fun while it’s happening, but just like lightning it would be gone before they knew it. If Juliet is worried that her love for Romeo is like this, she may not want to be with
When Benvolio uses the word “liberty” or freedom, he is saying that being tied to one person is oppressive to the “eyes”. This shows that beauty is very important to him because “eyes” are what you see beauty with. Because this is in reference to how Romeo can forget Rosaline, Benvolio is showing that he believes that the only reason Romeo loves Rosaline is her beauty. When Benvolio and Romeo are in the streets of Verona, Romeo decides to go to the Capulet's feast, and Benolvio says to Romeo, “Compare her face with some I shall show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow” (Shakesperphere 1.3.93-94). Crows caw loudly, eat out of the trash, and have ugly black feathers. In contrast, Swans are beautiful birds with white feathers and elegant wings. If Benvolio says that Romeo will think his “swan a crow”, he is saying that Romeo’s beautiful and elegant love will turn ugly, loud, and gross, in Romeo’s eyes, when compared to other people. Since Benvolio believes that Romeo will get over Rosaline when seeing other beautiful people, it shows that Benvolio didn’t consider that Romeo loves Rosaline because of her …show more content…
While Benvolio shows shallow love, Juliet, after meeting Romeo, demonstrates romantic love because she shows passion and intimacy. When Romeo and Juliet kiss at the Capulet’s feast, Juliet says to Romeo,“Then have my lips the sin that they have taken” (Shakespeare 1.5.119). Romeo and Juliet’s families are in a feud. This makes Juliet kissing Romeo a “sin” because her parents will never approve of their match. When she says the sin that my lips “have taken”, she is saying she took sins from Romeo by kissing him. When she says “then have” she is inviting him to kiss her again. This is passion because she shows a need or enthusiasm to kiss Romeo. When Romeo is talking to Juliet on her balcony about their love, Juliet says to Romeo, “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, / Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be” (Shakespeare 2.2.125-126). Lighting is fast and explosive. Someone wouldn’t want a relationship to be like this because it would be fun while it’s happening, but just like lightning it would be gone before they knew it. If Juliet is worried that her love for Romeo is like this, she may not want to be with