Romeo and Juliet is a famous play, written by acclaimed 16th century poet, playwright and actor, William Shakespeare. There are many recurring motifs in this piece of literature; however, two of the most prominently portrayed ones are those of love and hate. These themes are inextricably entwined as the love of the two main protagonists in this play, Romeo and Juliet is constantly overshadowed by a pallor of hate, leading to an unresolvable confrontation between these two emotions, with each emotion having an equal overall impact upon the play.
Love is a reoccurring theme in the play and defines the overall shape and result that the play eventually concludes in. There are many different types of love expressed in Romeo and Juliet, and these …show more content…
These emotions make the young lovers aware of their ironic situation, as is seen by Juliet’s exclamation, “My only love sprung from my only hate,” and Romeo’s realization, “My life is my foes debt.” Their passion for each other, as well as the ironic situation they are embroiled in leads to many conflicting emotions, which are often highlighted by the use of an oxymoron during these tense situations. An example of a situation where Juliet is unable to express how she truly feels about Romeo comes when she talks to her mother after Tybalt’s death. She uses veiled language to express supposed ‘rage’ at Romeo, while truly feeling concerned for his safety. In an attempt to cheer Juliet up, her parents arrange for her to get married to Count Paris. This gesture shows the love they bear for her, as well as the concern they feel for her ‘sorrow’ at Tybalt’s death. This attempt to placate her backfires, as she is obviously already married to Romeo. When she refuses their offer of marrying Paris, they get angry, and this parental love changes to shock, and then curdles into hate, which is expressed by Lord …show more content…
Prodigious amounts of love are displayed in the play, shown by Romeo and Juliet’s infatuation with each other. By the same token, hate is also quite prevalent, shown by the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, which is largely responsible for the deaths of several people in the play, including Romeo and Juliet themselves. With the frequency of the two emotions, it is then unavoidable that the two become intricately linked, as is shown during Juliet’s exclamation at her discovery of who Romeo actually is, and it is this relationship between two conflicting feelings that lead to each of them gaining equal dominance over the eventual outcome of the
Love is a reoccurring theme in the play and defines the overall shape and result that the play eventually concludes in. There are many different types of love expressed in Romeo and Juliet, and these …show more content…
These emotions make the young lovers aware of their ironic situation, as is seen by Juliet’s exclamation, “My only love sprung from my only hate,” and Romeo’s realization, “My life is my foes debt.” Their passion for each other, as well as the ironic situation they are embroiled in leads to many conflicting emotions, which are often highlighted by the use of an oxymoron during these tense situations. An example of a situation where Juliet is unable to express how she truly feels about Romeo comes when she talks to her mother after Tybalt’s death. She uses veiled language to express supposed ‘rage’ at Romeo, while truly feeling concerned for his safety. In an attempt to cheer Juliet up, her parents arrange for her to get married to Count Paris. This gesture shows the love they bear for her, as well as the concern they feel for her ‘sorrow’ at Tybalt’s death. This attempt to placate her backfires, as she is obviously already married to Romeo. When she refuses their offer of marrying Paris, they get angry, and this parental love changes to shock, and then curdles into hate, which is expressed by Lord …show more content…
Prodigious amounts of love are displayed in the play, shown by Romeo and Juliet’s infatuation with each other. By the same token, hate is also quite prevalent, shown by the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, which is largely responsible for the deaths of several people in the play, including Romeo and Juliet themselves. With the frequency of the two emotions, it is then unavoidable that the two become intricately linked, as is shown during Juliet’s exclamation at her discovery of who Romeo actually is, and it is this relationship between two conflicting feelings that lead to each of them gaining equal dominance over the eventual outcome of the