Unconditional Love In Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, love between the two main characters is demonstrated by their perseverance, sacrifices, and unwillingness to live without each other. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet experience life changing events together and even make the ultimate sacrifice by joining each other in death. The meaning of love can be interpreted in many ways, but some significant qualities are affection, accepting, and selflessness. While Romeo and Juliet are a pair of star-crossed lovers, they definitely have these qualities. Their love can be debated as infatuation, but their actions and words prove otherwise. In the duration of the play, Romeo and Juliet show their unconditional love by remaining faithful even in difficult times

Their relationship’s fast pace is obvious since they never met before the Capulet party and the whole play ended in four days. The idea of love at first sight could be debated as well because fate and soul mates are something some people don’t believe in. It is also believed that loving someone at first glance is based on appearances since you don’t know anything about them besides their looks and is not genuine love. Infatuation can be easily mistaken as love since it is an intense, but short lived need for each other. Romeo and Juliet fell in “love” at the party, declare their undenying love on the same night, get married the next day, and are having sex on their fourth day since knowing each other. Prior to the party, Romeo said, “When the devout religion of mine eye Maintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fire (Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 3, lines 95-96).” when he was describing his faith towards Rosaline, his “love” interest at the time. When he sees and approaches Juliet, all thoughts of Rosaline disappear when he says, “If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready to stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss (Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 5, lines 102-105).” Romeo is clearly careless with his love and changes his mind a lot, his declaration of love to Juliet scenes unbelievable because he was desperately in love with Rosaline just hours before. Juliet also seems to be lusting after Romeo because she hints early on that she wants to have sex with Romeo when she says, “Spread thy close curtains, love performing night, That runaways eyes may wink, and Romeo Leap to thee arms, untalked and unseen. Lovers can do their amorous rites (Shakespeare Act 3, Scene 2, line 58)” . Their “love” could be based on impulses and lust, but the same arguments could be used in support