Romeo and Juliet. Young lovers, or just young teenagers full of lust? That is the question most readers are asking. Juliet is 13 years old, while Romeo is about 19 years old. With this information present, does Romeo love Juliet or just lust her body and her beauty? Juliet was a beautiful young lady, no doubt. But given the fact that she’s only 13, she most likely doesn’t know what love is and just lusts Romeo for his looks and his sweet talk. Romeo is a Montague while Juliet is a Capulet. Their two families have been feuding for ages. Their anger is built on their love for their family and protecting them no matter what. In addition, throughout the play, Shakespeare embellishes the idea of oxymoron’s, such as love and hate, life and death, and love and lust, by emphasizing the fatal love of Romeo and Juliet.
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Juliet exclaims “My only love sprung from my only hate!...That I must love a loathed enemy,” (15). Juliet is exclaiming that she loves Romeo, whom her family despises. Another example is where Romeo states “here’s much to do with hate, but more with love” (8). This is showing how he previously stated that he had fallen out of love with his previous lover, and it had more to do with love than hate. These citations from the play are significant because both of them show how their anger grows mostly from love. Juliet’s anger is from her loving her family members and her trying to protect them, while Romeo’s is about how Rosaline does not love him, but he loves her with most of his heart. To sum up all the information previously presented, Shakespeare’s considerable amount of oxymoron's about love and hate are between the Montague's and the Capulet's and them trying to protect themselves and their
Juliet exclaims “My only love sprung from my only hate!...That I must love a loathed enemy,” (15). Juliet is exclaiming that she loves Romeo, whom her family despises. Another example is where Romeo states “here’s much to do with hate, but more with love” (8). This is showing how he previously stated that he had fallen out of love with his previous lover, and it had more to do with love than hate. These citations from the play are significant because both of them show how their anger grows mostly from love. Juliet’s anger is from her loving her family members and her trying to protect them, while Romeo’s is about how Rosaline does not love him, but he loves her with most of his heart. To sum up all the information previously presented, Shakespeare’s considerable amount of oxymoron's about love and hate are between the Montague's and the Capulet's and them trying to protect themselves and their