Romeo And Juliet In Comparison To The Flea And Val

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One of the first similarities between two of the texts, is the perceptible barriers that the ‘falling in love’ creates, barriers are built in great contrast to one another, and these come across as impossible to destroy. “His name is Romeo, and a Montague; The only son of your great enemy.” A barrier is built by the two families ongoing feud between one another, in which they do all they can, to protect ones maiden name. It is first brought about in the prologue, “and the continuance of their parents’ rage” highlights the foremost hurdle they encounter, its initial intention is to separate their togetherness and never let it merge into a “new mutiny” but in actual fact it brings them closer together. This creates the sort of scenario of ‘not being allowed to have something, increases you’re covet for that thing’ be it love or even a symbolic item, like say, an onion maybe... Juliet reacts in a way that she expresses her anger and frustration at this barrier of hatred, which is held together by the concrete family name “My only love sprung by my only hate” It weakens her mentally, knowing that she feels for the man so deeply, the man that “If they do see thee, they will murder thee” Her hearts love and desire for Romeo has only strengthened “Prodigious birth of love it is to me” yet the barrier still stands. This makes her more vulnerable to being hurt but only motivates her further, to bulldoze the barricade down as if it is her heart that is controlling her mind, rather than hear actual intellect controlling her mentality, this foreshadows and explains future tragic events which occur ever so wretchedly. “Fatal loins of these two foes” as “a pair of star crossed lovers” are blinded by love which makes them susceptible to any heart break and “The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love” in which conveys later scenes of critical elapses. Romeo attempts to break
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