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Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

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In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Shakespeare shows numerous individual and unique ideas about love, through the tale of two ‘star-cross'd’ lovers' who “take their life” (pg. 9). With the aid of this tale, Shakespeare is able to successfully convey his ultimate ideas about love. The 'ancient' feud between Romeo and Juliet's families provides the audience with the ideas that love is unforeseen, and that love isn't always perfect. The suicides of Romeo and Juliet provide the audience with the idea that there is a huge difference between fake and true love. The deaths of Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris in 'Romeo and Juliet' show that love is dangerous, and that it can lead to shocking outcomes. All of the examples that Shakespeare provides the audience within …show more content…

Romeo and Juliet had to undergo many demanding compromises in order for their relationship to succeed, as they experienced many obstacles and hardships in their relationship, and many compromises had to be made in order to resolve them. A painful compromise that Romeo and Juliet underwent was that they had to keep their marriage a secret, which for them would have been an agonising deed for the two of them to commit. Romeo and Juliet never received the chance to formally celebrate the union between themselves, because of their family’s ‘ancient grudge.’ Romeo and Juliet’s love wasn’t perfect as they were separated from each other, but it was still worthy as it was true love. Romeo was banished from Verona, resulting in a separation from Juliet. Romeo had to compromise not seeing the love of his life, Juliet, for a long period of time, or he would have to face the repercussion of death, meaning that he would never be able to see Juliet ever again. Romeo had to suffer the short-term outcomes of leaving Juliet in order to receive the successful long-term outcomes, which would be to hopefully be reunited with Juliet, alive. Being separated from Juliet must have taken a huge negative toll on Romeo, and being separated from Juliet meant that their relationship wasn’t going to be ‘perfect’, but he had to make this difficult compromise in order for his and Juliet’s relationship to go on. Romeo and Juliet were willing to sacrifice their will and fortune, as they were willing to leave their families in order to continue their relationship. This can be seen through the quote, “O Romeo, O Romeo! Wherefare art thou Romeo? Deny, thy father and refuse thy name; or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet”. (Page 89). This quote means that Romeo and Juliet are willing to leave their families, (thus willing to abandon their will and

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