Explain the different types of love in Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has become a major hit all over the world and is studied in depth in many places. In the play Shakespeare portrays three types of love; arranged marriage, true love and courtly love. Arranged marriage is shared between Juliet and Paris. Juliet is forced to marry Paris after a family loss. Romeo and Juliet share true love after meeting at a Capulet ball. Finally, courtly love is when Romeo believes he is in love with Rosaline. In this essay, I will go in depth through all three types of love.
Throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet”, there are several different types of love. One of those is called courtly love. Courtly love is …show more content…
He believes that by kissing Juliet, she will get rid of his sins and he will become a child of God. He also relates their love to a pilgrim age and Juliet a holy shrine. When Romeo is in the Capulet orchard, and Juliet appears above by a window, he refers to her as ‘It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.’ This means that as the sun rises in the east, Juliet is the sun that shines light on many rich and beautiful eastern countries. Also, the sun is something that is essential to live and the center of our universe. He also refers to her eyes as stars; ‘Two of the fairest stars’, ‘twinkle in their spheres till they return.’ This means that her eyes or so bright and beautiful that it looks like two stars have taken refuge in her eyes.
Romeo also uses alliteration of words beginning with plosive letters for example ‘Teach the torches’. As well as this, he uses assonance, which is where you use alliteration with vowel sounds. For example ‘Seen’ and ‘Cheek’. This use of alliteration shows excitement. Juliet reciprocates the love. When Romeo speaks to people, he is no longer speaking in stichomythia meaning that he is happier and isn’t thinking about Rosaline …show more content…
Capulet thinks that Juliet is ‘yet a stranger in the world’ meaning that she is too young to marry and he wants to wait until she is ‘ripe to be a bride’ (meaning he should wait a couple years until Juliet is ready). Paris says to Capulet “younger than she are happy mothers” meaning that girls younger than Juliet are already married and are mothers. Capulet then sticks up for Juliet by saying that she shouldn’t be rushed otherwise there might be problems in the future. Juliet is Capulet’s last remaining child “all my hopes but she” shows us that Capulet has invested all his hopes and dreams in Juliet so that she can be happy. Capulet then decides that Paris should “woo her, get her heart’ meaning that Paris should make her fall in love with her and get Juliet’s “consent is but a part” meaning get her to want to marry
Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has become a major hit all over the world and is studied in depth in many places. In the play Shakespeare portrays three types of love; arranged marriage, true love and courtly love. Arranged marriage is shared between Juliet and Paris. Juliet is forced to marry Paris after a family loss. Romeo and Juliet share true love after meeting at a Capulet ball. Finally, courtly love is when Romeo believes he is in love with Rosaline. In this essay, I will go in depth through all three types of love.
Throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet”, there are several different types of love. One of those is called courtly love. Courtly love is …show more content…
He believes that by kissing Juliet, she will get rid of his sins and he will become a child of God. He also relates their love to a pilgrim age and Juliet a holy shrine. When Romeo is in the Capulet orchard, and Juliet appears above by a window, he refers to her as ‘It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.’ This means that as the sun rises in the east, Juliet is the sun that shines light on many rich and beautiful eastern countries. Also, the sun is something that is essential to live and the center of our universe. He also refers to her eyes as stars; ‘Two of the fairest stars’, ‘twinkle in their spheres till they return.’ This means that her eyes or so bright and beautiful that it looks like two stars have taken refuge in her eyes.
Romeo also uses alliteration of words beginning with plosive letters for example ‘Teach the torches’. As well as this, he uses assonance, which is where you use alliteration with vowel sounds. For example ‘Seen’ and ‘Cheek’. This use of alliteration shows excitement. Juliet reciprocates the love. When Romeo speaks to people, he is no longer speaking in stichomythia meaning that he is happier and isn’t thinking about Rosaline …show more content…
Capulet thinks that Juliet is ‘yet a stranger in the world’ meaning that she is too young to marry and he wants to wait until she is ‘ripe to be a bride’ (meaning he should wait a couple years until Juliet is ready). Paris says to Capulet “younger than she are happy mothers” meaning that girls younger than Juliet are already married and are mothers. Capulet then sticks up for Juliet by saying that she shouldn’t be rushed otherwise there might be problems in the future. Juliet is Capulet’s last remaining child “all my hopes but she” shows us that Capulet has invested all his hopes and dreams in Juliet so that she can be happy. Capulet then decides that Paris should “woo her, get her heart’ meaning that Paris should make her fall in love with her and get Juliet’s “consent is but a part” meaning get her to want to marry