Romeo And Juliet Relationships

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a play about love, or more specifically, the forcefulness of love in the lives of both Romeo and Juliet. Despite the fast and rushed nature of their relationship, the romantic connection and bond between them dominated every other aspect of their individual and collective lives. At first sight, the reciprocated intense passion they shared nurtured into a strong, overpowering, and even violent force that superseded all other emotions and values. As the play progressed, both lovers defied the strict and socially structured world surrounding them. Given their families’ history of feuding, any overt interaction between them would have resulted in another clash, reviving the dangerous dispute that had been plaguing them …show more content…
He had also defied the rules and laws of Verona for love, having illegally entered the city after his banishment to find Juliet after he had heard news of her death, without the knowledge that she was actually alive. Shakespeare's portrayal of love in the play wasn't as light and innocent as other writers of the era had previously portrayed it. Instead, love was presented as a powerful and brutal emotion that had the capability to seize individuals, and eventually force them against their society, and even themselves. The dominant nature of love throughout the play could be shown specifically through the variety of descriptions made by characters. At times, the strong emotion was described in terms of religion, as it was during Romeo and Juliet’s first interaction. At others it was described as a sort of magic during the second prologue. Love is present in times of positivity and life, and negativity and death. Romeo’s last words, “Thus with a kiss I die,” were made in Juliet’s presence with the idea of love still present even until his death (V.iii.120). Juliet’s subsequent words prior to her own suicide, “A cup, closed in my true love’s