Lust In Romeo And Juliet Essay

Lovers of Lust In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is about two teenage children that fall in love with each other. Throughout the story, the young adults’ love is portrayed to be very powerful and intense. In many cases, love and lust can be confused with each other, and although these emotions are both similar, they are also very different. This was the case in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s “love” can be proven false as lust in three different ways: Romeo’s love for Rosaline, time, and how their “loving” relationship was built on a foundation of sexual needs. At the start of the play, Romeo shares his love for a girl named Rosaline. Romeo describes his love to Rosaline to be infinite and impossible to quench, but surprisingly enough, Romeo only talks about Rosaline’s physical beauty. Later on, Romeo meets Juliet. As soon as he sees her, Romeo forgets about Rosaline. Friar Lawrence questions Romeo on this matter, “Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (1.3.66-69). The Friar questions Romeo about the authenticity of his

Romeo and Juliet both have very important sexual soliloquies and thoughts. Juliet’s soliloquy presents itself when she is alone in her room before the night of the honeymoon, “Lovers can see to do their amorous rites by their own beauties, or, if love be blind, it best agrees with night” (3.2.8-10). Romeo’s thoughts presents itself when Romeo is talking to the Nurse, “Which to the high top-gallant of my joy must be my convoy in the secret night” (2.4.170-171). Romeo and Juliet are both fantasizing about their honeymoon. Juliet’s soliloquy shows that Juliet has sexual desires with Romeo, and Romeo also has the same thoughts. Since lust is the need for sex and sexual desires, Romeo and Juliet perfectly fit the “lust” category, ultimately proving their “love” to be