Romeo And Juliet Overpowering

Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare portrays the feeling of love as a strong force that can control the way people live their lives. Romeo and Juliet were two adolescents who were madly in love, but were born into families on opposite sides of an ancient feud, which means they were supposed to hate each other. However, all throughout the play, they are forced to decide between their family and each other. The overpowering force of love transcends all other values and feelings; therefore, people need to think about how a relationship can affect them and their peers. The overpowering force of love that Romeo and Juliet share is portrayed through the use of oxymorons describing how they feel for each other. At the end

fiend angelical! / Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! / Despised substance of divinest show! / Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st, / A damned saint, an honourable villain!” (Shakespeare 3.2.81-85). Juliet describes Romeo as both good and evil in each line. She is trying to figure out how someone like Romeo, her one true love, could kill her beloved cousin. She feels like Romeo had deceived her, but she still loves him. Any sensible person would despise the individual who killed their cousin and would think of them as an evil villain. Juliet, however, still associates Romeo with good things in her life. Shakespear uses oxymorons to convey the way Juliet thinks about Romeo. Though she is supposed to hate him, she truly loves him. The love that Romeo and Juliet share helps them stay true to each other throughout the play and helps them overcome the hatred between their families. Shakespeare uses this external conflict to demonstrate how strong Romeo and Juliet’s love is for one another. Romeo snuck into the Capulet Orchard to see Juliet, knowing that he would be in danger of being caught by her family and that their family feud would likely prevent them from being together. Nevertheless,