In the classic play, Romeo and Juliet, the well renowned playwright William Shakespeare illustrates the theme that love is an unstoppable force that conquers loyalties, other emotions, and even people’s own lives. This powerful force is what drives the actions of Romeo and Juliet throughout the play and leads them to their untimely deaths. Love steers both Romeo and Juliet to defy the traditional culture of their world as they deny their names (Act I), the law (Act V), and take their own youthful lives (Act V).
The play concludes with the once stable and lively lovers taking their own lives due to the overwhelming grief of seeing the other dead. Romeo is prepared to kill himself upon hearing that his beloved wife is deceased and he wants to …show more content…
Whilst on her balcony, Juliet declares her unconditional love for Romeo as she says,“Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (II.ii.37-39.) She is willing to go against her own family and social status to be with a man who she had only just met, displaying the forceful power of love as it started to push the lovers to their demise. Later in the play after just receiving word of Juliet’s death, Romeo had makes up his mind to kill himself and a hasty Balthasar warns,“I do beseech you, sir, have patience. Your looks are pale and wild, and do import some misadventure,” and to which Romeo replies,“Tush, thou art deceived. Leave me and do the thing I bid thee do” (V.i.28-32.) Romeo’s readiness to break the law for the sake of love shows how the emotion leaves him reckless and unstable. Over the course of the play, love steers young Romeo and Juliet through a path that sheds their original selves and leaves them feeling only an inexorable love and desire for each other.
Throughout the events of Romeo and Juliet love guides the lover’s calamitous path as the force changes their social and moral views. Love causes them to repudiate their families, break the law of a well-respected figure, and ultimately leads them to take their own lives. These events prove that an emotion
The play concludes with the once stable and lively lovers taking their own lives due to the overwhelming grief of seeing the other dead. Romeo is prepared to kill himself upon hearing that his beloved wife is deceased and he wants to …show more content…
Whilst on her balcony, Juliet declares her unconditional love for Romeo as she says,“Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (II.ii.37-39.) She is willing to go against her own family and social status to be with a man who she had only just met, displaying the forceful power of love as it started to push the lovers to their demise. Later in the play after just receiving word of Juliet’s death, Romeo had makes up his mind to kill himself and a hasty Balthasar warns,“I do beseech you, sir, have patience. Your looks are pale and wild, and do import some misadventure,” and to which Romeo replies,“Tush, thou art deceived. Leave me and do the thing I bid thee do” (V.i.28-32.) Romeo’s readiness to break the law for the sake of love shows how the emotion leaves him reckless and unstable. Over the course of the play, love steers young Romeo and Juliet through a path that sheds their original selves and leaves them feeling only an inexorable love and desire for each other.
Throughout the events of Romeo and Juliet love guides the lover’s calamitous path as the force changes their social and moral views. Love causes them to repudiate their families, break the law of a well-respected figure, and ultimately leads them to take their own lives. These events prove that an emotion