ROMEO AND JULIET ESSAY -Talia Mcpherson
How is love developed in three scenes across Romeo and Juliet? Through the exploration of three scenes from William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the idea of love is portrayed in different lights. In some scenes love is seen as violent and destructive and in others it is seen as passionate and lustful. When we see Romeo In act 1, scene 1 he is describing what he thinks love is. This scene shows the different lights of love, sometimes it is confusing and other times it is sweet. Romeo describes love using a metaphor, he says, “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, being purged, a fire sparkling in lover’s eyes”. He is using all these technical words to describe love but he doesn’t really …show more content…
There are multiple examples of this idea throughout Act 2, scene 2. During this scene Juliet declares her love for Romeo with the use of similes “my bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep;” with Shakespeare using the stage direction of an aside, the audience is getting a one on one narration from Juliet, speaking of her love for Romeo without knowing that he watches on and can hear her every word. Whilst Romeo is expressing his love for Juliet using symbolism and visual imagery, for example “stony limits cannot hold love out”. Romeo states that the stone walls cannot keep his love out, but it has a deeper meaning, the stone walls are the families trying to divide Romeo and Juliet but that wall will not keep them apart forever because their love is “infinite” and conquers all. The techniques used in this scene cause an effect on the audience because it shows that the star-crossed lovers would do anything to be together, even change their identity. This is seen when Juliet says, “deny thy father and refuse thy name and I’ll no longer be a Capulet”. Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other continues to grow throughout this scene and the rest of the
How is love developed in three scenes across Romeo and Juliet? Through the exploration of three scenes from William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the idea of love is portrayed in different lights. In some scenes love is seen as violent and destructive and in others it is seen as passionate and lustful. When we see Romeo In act 1, scene 1 he is describing what he thinks love is. This scene shows the different lights of love, sometimes it is confusing and other times it is sweet. Romeo describes love using a metaphor, he says, “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, being purged, a fire sparkling in lover’s eyes”. He is using all these technical words to describe love but he doesn’t really …show more content…
There are multiple examples of this idea throughout Act 2, scene 2. During this scene Juliet declares her love for Romeo with the use of similes “my bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep;” with Shakespeare using the stage direction of an aside, the audience is getting a one on one narration from Juliet, speaking of her love for Romeo without knowing that he watches on and can hear her every word. Whilst Romeo is expressing his love for Juliet using symbolism and visual imagery, for example “stony limits cannot hold love out”. Romeo states that the stone walls cannot keep his love out, but it has a deeper meaning, the stone walls are the families trying to divide Romeo and Juliet but that wall will not keep them apart forever because their love is “infinite” and conquers all. The techniques used in this scene cause an effect on the audience because it shows that the star-crossed lovers would do anything to be together, even change their identity. This is seen when Juliet says, “deny thy father and refuse thy name and I’ll no longer be a Capulet”. Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other continues to grow throughout this scene and the rest of the