"true love" or is this merely a toxic infatuation with each other. Can a love for someone be so strong that they cant live without them or is this bordering the line of insanity?
Romeo and Juliet is a case of the forbidden fruit, you want what you cant have which makes they're "love" more of a lust for each other instead of genuine true love. They never even spent more then a day with each other so how could they have genuine love without lust. The fact that Romeo loved Rosaline at the start of the play and then said he loved Juliet makes him sound rather scattered in what he thinks he wants; it sounds like he uses the word love very lightly and mistakes it for strong infatuation and lust. He says that if he ever sees a girl more beautiful then Rosaline that his eyes are lying and to let his "tears become fires and eyes burned."(act 1 scene 2 88-91)then he forgets about his love for Rosaline the second he saw Juliet so who's to say that he wouldn't forget about Juliet once he saw a girl more beautiful?
The name of this play should be "Romeo and Juliet a tale of impulse" because everything they do is at the drop of a dime; falling in love, murder, getting married and taking their own lives are all done with little to no thought. When Romeo kills Tybalt he has no thought of what he is doing or what the repercussions of his actions will be and how it'll effect his relationship with Juliet until after he kills him, then once again completely on impulse threatens to take his life which Friar Lawrence talks him out of doing "art thou a man hast thou slain Tybalt? wilt thou slay thyself? and slay thy lady too?"(act 3 scene 3 124-134). Romeo and Juliet are actually very selfish throughout the play. They never really think about what would happen or how their actions would affect the people around them and when they take their lives they never mention anything about hoping to see each other in an after life they only mention about ending their sorrow or their pain and perhaps if Romeo wasnt so hasty to act on impulse he would have been able to live the rest of his life with Juliet.
We're all aware of the things that go through someone's mind at their age...Its mostly sex. When your a teenager your hormones are crazy high and for a awhile all you really want is sex. This just makes their relationship even more lustful "Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night That runaway's eyes may wink and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of and unseen. Lovers can see to do their amorous rites By their own beauties; or, if love be blind, It best agrees with night. Come, civil night, Thou sober-suited matron, all in black, And learn me how to lose a winning match, Play'd for a pair of stainless maidenhoods: Hood my unmann'd blood, bating in my cheeks, With thy black mantle; till strange love, grown bold, Think true love acted simple modesty." (act 3 scene 2). When your so filled with hormones and different emotions it takes time to build a relationship and you certainly cant do that in the four days Romeo and Juliet had.
Romeo and Juliet a tale of true love? I think not, this play may have been written with the intent of creating a story about true love but instead resembles more lust then anything. Both were very selfish and impulsive resulting in many mistakes and their own demise. You simply cant have true love for each other in such a short span of time.
The name of this play should be "Romeo and Juliet a tale of impulse" because everything they do is at the drop of a dime; falling in love, murder, getting married and taking their own lives are all done with little to no thought. When Romeo kills Tybalt he has no thought of what he is doing or what the repercussions of his actions will be and how it'll effect his relationship with Juliet until after he kills him, then once again completely on impulse threatens to take his life which Friar Lawrence talks him out of doing "art thou a man hast thou slain Tybalt? wilt thou slay thyself? and slay thy lady too?"(act 3 scene 3 124-134). Romeo and Juliet are actually very selfish throughout the play. They never really think about what would happen or how their actions would affect the people around them and when they take their lives they never mention anything about hoping to see each other in an after life they only mention about ending their sorrow or their pain and perhaps if Romeo wasnt so hasty to act on impulse he would have been able to live the rest of his life with Juliet.
We're all aware of the things that go through someone's mind at their age...Its mostly sex. When your a teenager your hormones are crazy high and for a awhile all you really want is sex. This just makes their relationship even more lustful "Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night That runaway's eyes may wink and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of and unseen. Lovers can see to do their amorous rites By their own beauties; or, if love be blind, It best agrees with night. Come, civil night, Thou sober-suited matron, all in black, And learn me how to lose a winning match, Play'd for a pair of stainless maidenhoods: Hood my unmann'd blood, bating in my cheeks, With thy black mantle; till strange love, grown bold, Think true love acted simple modesty." (act 3 scene 2). When your so filled with hormones and different emotions it takes time to build a relationship and you certainly cant do that in the four days Romeo and Juliet had.
Romeo and Juliet a tale of true love? I think not, this play may have been written with the intent of creating a story about true love but instead resembles more lust then anything. Both were very selfish and impulsive resulting in many mistakes and their own demise. You simply cant have true love for each other in such a short span of time.
Good job it was well done
ReplyDeleteCailen this is quite well done, especially for someone who missed major parts of the play. As you move forward with your writing you need to cite any sources you use, including all websites and the actual textbook. Your choices for quotes are appropriate, although the argument seems to taper off in the final paragraph when it should actually be its strongest. :)
ReplyDeleteI didnt actually use any sources except to google quotes
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