Compare and Contrast Romeo and Juliet Essay

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There are any different kinds of love everywhere, William Shakespeare uses various love types in his famous play Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are two star crossed lovers who have a fatal ending. While Romeo and Juliet have romantic love, the Nurse and Juliet have parental love. William Shakespeare uses the play Romeo and Juliet to illustrate the love types romantic and parental. To begin with romantic love is lustful. In Act one scene five page 19 when Romeo first sees Juliet at the Capulet party, the first thing he talks about is her beauty. He says “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright”, when only a few minutes before he was lovesick over Rosaline. This makes Romeo’s love for Juliet unrealistic. Also in act two scene one page 30 Juliet tells Romeo if he really loves her that they will marry. The balcony scene is right after they meet at the party, so they have only known each other for a few hours. The next thing is parental love. Parental love is protective. In Act two scene four page 37 the Nurse tells Romeo “I will keep to myself: but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool’s paradise, as they say it were a very gross behavior, as they say: for the gentlewoman is young and therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offended to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing.”. In other words, she is telling Romeo if he leads Juliet into a fool’s paradise there will be consequences. Not only is the Nurse watching out for Juliet, she is also watching out for Romeo to make sure they don’t do anything rash. Likewise, romantic and parental loves have the same qualities. Even though romantic love and parental love can be completely different they have similarities. One example is they can both be unconditional. In some cases of romantic love they love each other so much that they are willing to die for
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