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ROMEO & JULIET PASSION SLAVE

The Role of Love in Romeo and Juliet 
The modern literature community recognizes Shakespeare as one of the most brilliant minds
in the history of dramatic theatre. His unmatched ability to represent human behavior and
emotion makes the love in Romeo and Juliet the driving force behind the play's success.
Shakespeare incorporated many different types of love in order to capture the hearts of
the Elizabeth Era.
Juliet's nurse shows amazing concern for the young girl's well being. She, in some ways,
takes the place of her natural mother (Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet). Lady
Capulet treated Juliet as a naпve young girl with no knowledge and feelings of her
own. Nurse recognized the maturity of Juliet and helped to make her truly content. During
the entire traumatic experience of arranging a marriage between Romeo Montague and Juliet
Capulet, the nurse aided the two young lovers in their quest to be together. She acts as
a messenger from Romeo, Juliet, and the friar (Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet).
Despite the nurse's efforts the plans go array because of the arranged marriage between
Juliet and Paris. At this time, the nurse shows her love for Juliet once again. She goes
to Juliet's defense and stands up to Lord Capulet by saying: God in heaven bless her!/
You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so.(Act III, Scene 5, Line169-170). One is easily
able to see the motherly care the nurse shows for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
The counterpart to the love nurse displays for Juliet as a mother is the fatherly love
the Friar gives to Romeo. The prince exiles Romeo because of his murder of Tybalt. This
leaves the young man alone and scared of his future. The only person available to aid
Romeo in his sufferings is the Friar. He tells the fugitive Arise, one knocks/ Good
Romeo, hide thyself (Act III, Scene 3, Line 71). This shows that Friar puts himself at
risk in order to make certain no harm comes to Romeo He provides insight to the situation
at hand and helps Romeo to see the next course of action. Another example of fatherly
love was shown through Lord Capulet to Juliet. He saw that his daughter was in great
grief over the death of Tybalt and the exile of her love Romeo. He lovingly tries to ease
her remorse by finding a husband for Juliet. He presents the arrangement in an attempt to
lighten the spirits of his daughter:
Soft! Take me with you, take me with you, wife/ How? Will She none? Doth she not give me
thanks?/ Is she not proud? Doth she not count her blest/ Unworthy as she is, that we have
wrought/ So worthy a gentlemen to her bride? (Act III, Scene 5, Line 142-146)
. However, his plan backfires and worsens the situation. Juliet rejects his proposal,
which send Lord Capulet on a rampage. I believe that he cared deeply for his daughter.
The reason for his anger and fit was a mere case of frustration. He had tried his best to
help his daughter, and the attempt had failed. Capulet felt helpless as his daughter
slipped further and further into depression. He thought that if she would give the
marriage a chance, Juliet would find true happiness. Obviously he did not know the true
motive behind Juliet's rejection, or he might have halted his efforts.
The love of a mother and father figure is necessary for a character to mature. However,
the character cannot be fully sound without input from a peer position. Benvolio provides
this insight for Romeo. He tries to reason with the love-sicken Romeo after losing
Rosaline. He is the one to convince Romeo to go to the Capulet ball in order to meet a
lady more beautiful than Rosaline (Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet). Benvolio allows
Romeo to progress with his life instead of wallowing in his self-pity. He strengthened
Romeo's character and gave him a more experienced outlook on love. Romeo also displayed
friendly love throughout the play. The first instance of this is when he tries to prevent
a fight between Mercutio and Tybalt (pg. 652, Line 83). Romeo tries to reason with
Mercutio, telling him Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up (Act III, Scene 1, Line 83),
however, does not heed to the warnings and thus arrives upon and early death. The love
Romeo showed for his friend does not end at his death. The young, brave man rushes off to
avenge the death of Mercutio. He starts a battle with Tybalt in order to take vengeance
on his Mercutio's life:
Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?/ Away to heaven respective lenity, and fire-eyed
fury be my conduct now!/ Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again that late though gavest
me; for Mercutio's soul I but a little way above our heads/ Staying for thine to keep him
company/ Either thou or I, or both, must go with him (Act III, Scene 1, Line 121-129)
Without the ever-present love among the peers of the characters in Romeo and Juliet, the
plot would have never developed into such an enticing storyline.
Perhaps all these examples of love have let up to one inevitable type of love. The love
that changes a person's soul and captures the hearts of all who hear the tale (Theme 1-
Love). Obviously the love described is the true love that is the driving force behind
this great Shakespearean tragedy. Romeo and Juliet show their undying love time and time
again throughout the play. Their love was recognized, first, on the infamous balcony
scene. Romeo sneaks to Juliet's window, and they profess their love for one another (Act
II, Scene 2). This scene initially gives the reader a concept of how the two feel towards
each other. This dialogue would not be enough to represent the amazing love the couple
felt. The words must be accompanied by actions. The first act was Juliet drinking the
sleeping potion, Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee (Act IV, Scene 4, Line 58). This
took a great deal of motivation in order to drive Juliet to such extremes to be with her
lover. Her aching heart provided this motivation. Romeo finds his love lying motionless
in the tomb. Now it is time for him to prove his love for Juliet, as she has done for
him. Romeo finds a deadly poison and proceeds to take his life with this drink. As he
dies, he says thus with a kiss I die (Act V, Scene 3, Line 120). Juliet quickly awakens
to find her love that she risked her life for to be dead. Her soul perhaps overwhelms her
common sense. She draws a sword and takes her own life beside her fallen husband.
Love is the most important aspect of Romeo and Juliet (Examples of Love in Romeo and
Juliet). Shakespeare's understanding of this emotion allowed him to set the tone for many
romantic and tragic playwrights to follow. His impact on our world can never be measured,
but the play Romeo and Juliet was, no doubt, a revolutionary play in the history of
literature.
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