ipl-logo

Love And Loss In Romeo And Juliet

1087 Words5 Pages

Ellen Kuck
Mr. Myers
English 1W
May 22, 2023

Love and Loss and Growth
“Whether it’s guilt, love, or loss. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.” (Reyes). Meriam Webster's dictionary defines coming of age as “the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity.” But, I like to think of coming of age as changing and maturing for the better by experiencing major life events such as having a first love, graduating, or having a job. Although there are many different aspects that can contribute to the coming of age of a person, love and loss are major factors that encourage the maturing and development of a person. In the book, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, the main character, Hazel, is a cancer …show more content…

At the end of the book, Gus passes away after his cancer returns. Hazel undergoes the crushing experience of losing her first love and facing the aftermath of their love. Additionally, in the drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet (one of the main characters) meets Romeo they fall in love almost instantly and she experiences a whirlwind romance for the first time. As a result, Juliet changes from the beginning of the play to the end of the play.
Firstly, experiencing the loss of a person can result in resounding change that helps people grow as individuals. In the book The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, the main character Hazel is a cancer patient who is trudging through her life weighed down by her terminal lung cancer. Everything in her life changes after she meets and falls in love with a former cancer patient named Gus. At the end of the book, Gus passes away after his cancer returns. Hazel undergoes the crushing experience of losing her first love and facing the aftermath of their love. At the beginning of the novel, Hazel believes that she is a bomb and that if she dies the lives of the people around her would be destroyed, but by the end of the book after going through loss herself, Hazel realizes that there is a way to continue to live and thrive. When Augustus …show more content…

Arguably the most famous story of star-crossed lovers that exists, is the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is the story of two young lovers who experience love for the first time. They faced many hurdles such as the feud between their families and their lack of communication. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight and they both experience the excitement of falling in love for the first time, they want to be together despite their families being enemies. Experiencing love changed Juliet from the innocent and compliant daughter to the defiant, independent, and brave woman she became. Falling in love made Juliet realize that she should put herself before the expectations of her parents. She fought to stay with Romeo even though they had many differences by declaring her love for Romeo despite her family's desire to have her marry someone else. This is shown in Act 2, Scene 2, lines 34 to 36: “Forget about your father and change your name, just swear you love me and I’ll stop being a Capulet.” This quote demonstrates that Juliet is willing to renounce her family name in order to be with Romeo. This is a big difference from the beginning of the play when she was very compliant with her parents. She learned that at the end of the day, even if others disagree it is still her life and she can fight for what she wants. This is

Show More
Related
1137 Words | 5 Pages

Not only does talk about diseases like Hazel Grace, but it also has more meaning to it. Hazel Grace has Cancer and its not just Cancer as Foster explains, instead it also is shows how Hazel is feeling. Illnesses such as cancer, usually represent sadness in the patient, and for some strength. But for Hazel Cancer is another way of showing that death is always their. Cancer tells the reader that Hazel is depressed and afraid to love because of death.

Read More
396 Words | 2 Pages

Hazel Grace Lancaster is the protagonist of the book, the story is told by from her point of view. She is a sixteen years old teenage girl who deals with thyroid cancer that spread to her lungs at the age of thirteen. After she got diagnosed with cancer, her parents withdrew her from public school. Despite her illness she was able to get her GED and attends classes at a local community college.

Read More
1000 Words | 4 Pages

She is a very emotional woman and cares for people. Hazel cried when she sees her own son, Harrison, on television but she doesn't remember why she was crying when she is asked by George. Her below average intelligence prevents her from remembering things just like how George can’t remember things, this causes them to be equal to each other. Hazel doesn't mind going against the rules as long as nobody finds out. “Go on and rest the bag for a little while.

Read More
405 Words | 2 Pages

Towards the end of each book there are some losses. Romeo losses Juliet, Juliet losses Romeo, and George losses Lennie. Juliet takes a sleeping drink to make it look like she was dead so she would be buried and Friar Lawrence and Romeo would be there when she woke up. Then Romeo and Juliet would live happily outside the walls of Verona, but the plan did not quite work out. Romeo never got the news that Juliet was just sleeping, he thought she was actually dead.

Read More
448 Words | 2 Pages

Later on, she meets a boy named Gus and the two of them seem to have some sort of interest. Throughout the book, Hazel is in denial that she is in love with this guy she just met. She often would deny Gus’s love because she was afraid of what would happen after she dies. “I fell in love like you would fall asleep: slowly and then all at once.” Here Hazel is expressing her feelings for Gus, even though she hid her feelings for a while.

Read More
1011 Words | 5 Pages

The reader does not learn if she is able to pull herself up and get out of the sad state she was in. The author does hint she is able to. We have no insight to weather she lives a long life on Phalanxifor or if she dies once the fluid builds up in her lungs. "I do," the only time first person is used in the book. These words not only make us think that Hazel is speaking to Gus at that moment, but it also reminds us of marriage.

Read More
1052 Words | 5 Pages

Myrtle is slain by her quest for capital; Wilson becomes insane from his wife's affair and subsequent death; and Gatsby loses what he looked for his entire life, the past. All of these characters prove the tragic message that no matter one's dreams or ambitions, no matter one's money or determination, they can still fail or even die as a result of their

Read More
1318 Words | 6 Pages

Throughout the book, it is easy to see that Hazel blames everything on her cancer instead of taking accountability and living her life to the fullest. At the beginning of the book Hazel states “Depression is a side effect of dying. Cancer is also a side effect of dying” (Green 3). This quote highlights what Hazel thinks about her life and how she feels that she is able to experience other normal teenage things. Hazel feels this way because she is young and immature.

Read More
324 Words | 2 Pages

As most would choose to live life as much as possible with a terminal disease, Hazel chooses an opposite reaction. Hazel knows that Stage 4 cancer will ultimately lead to her death, which isolated herself from friends, fun, and life in general for many months. “I'm like a grenade, Mom. I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up and I would like to minimize my casualties” (Green 99). Hazel believed there was no point in starting any kind or relationship because it would be cut off shortly and end with pain.

Read More
1368 Words | 6 Pages

Hazel Grace had already been facing multiple obstacles before she had met Augustus. One of them being cancer spreading from her thyroid to her lungs. After the whole love story happens of young love unfolding before our eyes, Gus reveals that he was no longer in remission. Gus reveals that before they left for Amsterdam, on their quest to find Hazel’s favorite author, his PET scan had “lit up like a Christmas tree.” This a huge huge dilemma and obstacle for Hazel because she knows she is about to lose the one she loves.

Read More
1251 Words | 6 Pages

Augustus dying is like one of Hazel’s attacks. She drowns in the pain of his dead. An Imperial Affliction: This is the novel that Hazel read over and over again. She finds this book interesting and doesn’t get tired of it.

Read More
761 Words | 4 Pages

Just like a grenade, when it explodes it injures the people around it. Hazel is an introvert and doesn’t want to be out in the public. The word grenade is important and sticks out the most because it shows that Hazel doesn’t trust herself and doesn’t feel safe. This reveals that cancer affects Hazel’s everyday

Read More
867 Words | 4 Pages

“I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally in the heart of Jesus.” “Someone should tell Jesus,” I said. “I mean, it’s gotta be dangerous, storing children with cancer in your heart.” (John Green 16) This quote expresses how Hazel has a very closed and fixed mindset.

Read More
1022 Words | 5 Pages

During her support group, Hazel meets Augustus and they fall in love, knowing that their relationship might not last because they both have cancer. Despite that fact, Hazel and Augustus begin to become really close showing us what true love and friendship is, allowing us to feel sad, happy, and wanting to take one of their

Read More
1144 Words | 5 Pages

From the moment he sees her at the Capulet party, Romeo immediately falls in love with Juliet. They both fall head over heels for each other as the night progresses. During their time together, they completely put all things aside and forget everything about the world except for their love for one another. Most people seem to think this way about the romance between Romeo and Juliet, but in reality, they aren’t actually truly in love. Romeo and Juliet are not in love with each other because just a day before they met, he felt heartbroken because of a girl named Rosaline who didn 't love him, he pressures Juliet to profess her love to him, and after just barely meeting, they both agree to get married.

Read More

More about Love And Loss In Romeo And Juliet

Related Topics

Open Document