Relationship Between Romeo And Juliet

3. Real Talk… is this business between Romeo and Juliet love or lust?

A: Throughout the novel Romeo and Juliet, it portrays how Romeo and Juliet ‘loves’ each other. However, I do not believe that their business is pure love. Instead this business is pure lust, or having a very strong sexual desire for someone. To begin with, Romeo is a lover based on “love at first sight.” This is demonstrated in Act 1 Scene 5, where Romeo saw Juliet for the first time. For example, “What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand; Of yonder knight” (1.5, 48-49). From this quote, it is clear that Romeo is attracted to Juliet by looks, although he does not know her as a person, as well as her love life. It is also clear how quickly Romeo moved on from Rosaline,

As an example, Romeo came up to Juliet and had a moment, in which he kissed her. (1.5, 117-122). Additionally, Juliet says “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen, unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me; That I must love a loathed enemy. (1.5, 152-155). From Juliet’s diction, she claims that her love for Romeo is enormous [prodigious] and she’s going to love her forever. Although both Romeo and Juliet claims, or believe, they love each other, it would not be considered real love, rather a lust. The novel mentioned how Romeo is seventeen or eighteen while Juliet is thirteen, about to turn fourteen. From this early age, it seems that they are attracted to each other by looks, preferably. In addition, almost all relationships occur in months, after the couple met each other. Therefore, this business between Romeo and Juliet is lust, rather than pure love6. What is Shakespeare

For example, “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries; That thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw.” (3.1, 67-68). Through these lines and the scene itself, Tybalt could be depicted as the archetype of a villain, because he is desperate for a fight against the Montagues or anyone who is a friend of the Montagues, in which Mercutio is the one who was killed. Additionally, Romeo is described as the hero of the novel. As an example, Capulet says, “He bears him like a portly gentlemen, And, to say truth, Verona brags of him,” when Tybalt informs Capulet about Romeo’s presence at their party (1.5, 75-76). This quote indicates how Romeo isn’t a bad Montague, but rather an educated and good man as well as he is not seeking for a fight. In other words, Romeo is described as the hero, from Capulet. However, Shakespeare does not adhere to the traditional archetype model, like most fairy tales have. He challenges the archetypes by providing a suicidal ending, in which Romeo commits suicide when Juliet drank poison and died shortly afterwards. From these archetypes described, Shakespeare suggests that the society in Romeo and Juliet is problematic. The novel describes Romeo and Juliet are forbidden from loving each other due to family, friends, religion, as well as political issues. In a larger sense, Shakespeare includes these archetypes to reveal