Love or lust in the affinity of Romeo and Juliet
How true is true love? Is it really a deep amorousness, or could another common factor be the base of one’s affinity? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is taught to children as the symbol of love, immolation and sacrifice, but could their whole relationship be built off of sexual drive. The two youthful lovers stumble upon each other and instantly fall in love, but all the while talk about the beauty within their lover. As the two children may attempt to represent true love, how true can love based off of beauty be? Jay L. Halio states, “At the very beginning of the play, we are thus introduced to the lowest level of human behavior: it’s most animalistic tendencies” (Halio 74), implying that …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet’s lust is driven by both the physical and spiritual aspects as well as sexual impulses (Halio 74). “An awareness of the body as an instrument of physical brutality and sexual aggression” (Halio 74). This quote is a good example of how Romeo and Juliet use their bodies with little awareness. Catherine Belsey describes their relationship as a metaphysical body. “In Romeo and Juliet, desire imagines a metaphysical body that can not be realized” (Belsey 65)
Romeo and Juliet knew they were not allowed to be together, but showed that they did not care about these pretences. The physical looks and desires help characterize the play as the physical display meant more than Romeos title (Halio 76), as when Halio states, “Earlier, Juliet had opposed her sensuous apprehension of her lover in the abstraction of his name” (Halio 76)
Juliet expresses this when bring up the topic comparing it to a rose, by saying “that which we call a rose by any other would smell as sweet” (2.2.44). Juliet is taking much effort to defy her parents by marrying Romeo out of false pretenses, or untrue …show more content…
She attempts to comfort the nurse, and all the while begs and pleads for news from her sweet Romeo. “I would thou hadst my bones and I thy news. Nay, come, I pray thee, speak. Good, good Nurse, speak” (2.5.27-28) This is one of the many instances in this scene alone that Juliet is being impatient and is without sympathy for the nurse. Neither of the children feel as if they need to slow down, which causes more problems along the way.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is a fascinating story about to kids who fall in love, but many do not think to go deeper and question if love in the source that brought these two together. As it happens, love is not the main cause of their relationship, but it is driven on the basis of lust and the need for sexuality, through social interactions, physical interactions, and the speed of their relationship. Shakespeare’s true motive and intent may never be truly known, but along with the facts presented, it is asked once again, how true is true
How true is true love? Is it really a deep amorousness, or could another common factor be the base of one’s affinity? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is taught to children as the symbol of love, immolation and sacrifice, but could their whole relationship be built off of sexual drive. The two youthful lovers stumble upon each other and instantly fall in love, but all the while talk about the beauty within their lover. As the two children may attempt to represent true love, how true can love based off of beauty be? Jay L. Halio states, “At the very beginning of the play, we are thus introduced to the lowest level of human behavior: it’s most animalistic tendencies” (Halio 74), implying that …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet’s lust is driven by both the physical and spiritual aspects as well as sexual impulses (Halio 74). “An awareness of the body as an instrument of physical brutality and sexual aggression” (Halio 74). This quote is a good example of how Romeo and Juliet use their bodies with little awareness. Catherine Belsey describes their relationship as a metaphysical body. “In Romeo and Juliet, desire imagines a metaphysical body that can not be realized” (Belsey 65)
Romeo and Juliet knew they were not allowed to be together, but showed that they did not care about these pretences. The physical looks and desires help characterize the play as the physical display meant more than Romeos title (Halio 76), as when Halio states, “Earlier, Juliet had opposed her sensuous apprehension of her lover in the abstraction of his name” (Halio 76)
Juliet expresses this when bring up the topic comparing it to a rose, by saying “that which we call a rose by any other would smell as sweet” (2.2.44). Juliet is taking much effort to defy her parents by marrying Romeo out of false pretenses, or untrue …show more content…
She attempts to comfort the nurse, and all the while begs and pleads for news from her sweet Romeo. “I would thou hadst my bones and I thy news. Nay, come, I pray thee, speak. Good, good Nurse, speak” (2.5.27-28) This is one of the many instances in this scene alone that Juliet is being impatient and is without sympathy for the nurse. Neither of the children feel as if they need to slow down, which causes more problems along the way.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is a fascinating story about to kids who fall in love, but many do not think to go deeper and question if love in the source that brought these two together. As it happens, love is not the main cause of their relationship, but it is driven on the basis of lust and the need for sexuality, through social interactions, physical interactions, and the speed of their relationship. Shakespeare’s true motive and intent may never be truly known, but along with the facts presented, it is asked once again, how true is true